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The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin…
The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin and the privilege of the pardon of sin : together with a discourse of Christs ascension into heaven and of his coming again from heaven : wherein the opinion of the Chiliasts is considered and solidly confuted / being the sum and substance of several sermons preached by that faithful servant of Christ, Mr. Christopher Love ...The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin and the priviledge of the pardon of sin : together with a discourse of Christs ascension into heaven and of his coming again from heaven : wherein the opinion of the Chiliasts is considered and solidly confuted / being the sum and substance of several sermons preached by that faithful servant of Christ, Mr. Christopher Love ...
London: printed for John Rothwell, 1657
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
From the connection of confession and forgiveness of sin, And thou forgavest, which is by way of connection not causation, with an et not an ergo. The Doctrine I hence observe is this, That there is a necessary connection between a penitential confession of sin, and forgiveness of sin. I confessed, and God forgave. You have frequent testimonies that inculcate this on your thoughts, Prov. 28. 13. He that covereth his sins, shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Job, 33. 27. He looketh upon men, and if any said, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, & it profited me not. Vers. 28. He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
From the connexion of confession and forgivenesse of sinne, And thou forgavest, which is by way of connextion not causation, with an et not an ergo. The Doctrine I hence observe is this, That there is a necessary connexion between a penitentiall confession of sinne, and forgivenesse of sinne. I confessed, and God forgave. You have frequent testimonies that inculcate this on your thoughts, Prov. 28. 13. He that covereth his sinnes, shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Job, 33. 27. He looketh upon men, and if any said, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, & it profited me not. Vers. 28. He will deliver his soule from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
In the handling of this point, there are these particulars which I shall dispatch.