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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.
Fifthly, Pardon of sin is called in Scripture a covering of sin, Psal. 32. 1. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, and whose sin is covered. Beloved, if pardon of sin had consisted in the removing of sin, we had been undone, pardon of sin doth not consist in the removal of all sin out of a man, but in the covering of sin; God will hide sin, that the fierceness of his wrath, and the Eye of his indignation shall not look on it to condemnation, It is the same word that refers to garments [Greek or Hebrew].1 If a man hath a Mole or Wen on his body which his garment covers,2 these infirmities are not seen by men. Beloved, God covers sin as with a garment, to wit, with the long robe of Christs Righteousness, sin is covered in thee by the Righteousness of Jesus Christ.
Fifthly, Pardon of sin is called in Scripture a covering of sin, Psal. 32. 1. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, and whose sin is covered. Beloved, if pardon of sin had consisted in the removing of sin, we had been undone, pardon of sin doth not consist in the removall of all sin out of a man, but in the covering of sin; God will hide sin, that the fiercenesse of his wrath, and the Eye of his indignation shal not look on it to condemnation, It is the same word that refers to garments 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.1 If a man hath a Mole or Wenne on his body which his garment covers,2 these infirmities are not seen by men. Beloved, God covers sin as with a garment, to wit, with the long robe of Christs Righteousnesse, sin is covered in thee by the Righteousnesse of Jesus Christ.