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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.
Seventhly, pardon of sin is expressed in Scripture, by not remembering of sin; Jer. 31. 34. For I will forgive their iniquity; and I will remember their sin no more. It is an allusion to the Scape-goat, which was to bear the sins of the people on his head, to carry them into the land of forgetfulness; Thus the Lord that remembers all things, that God is said graciously not to remember the sins of his people, not to remember them so, as to damn them for them; he will forget your iniquities and remember them no more.
Seventhly, pardon of sin is expressed in Scripture, by not remembring of sin; Jer. 31. 34. For I will forgive their iniquity; and I will remember their sin no more. It is an allusion to the Scape-goat, which was to bear the sins of the people on his head, to carry them into the land of forgetfulnesse; Thus the Lord that remembers all things, that God is said graciously not to remember the sins of his people, not to remember them so, as to damn them for them; he will forget your iniquities and remember them no more.
Lastly, Pardon of sin, is expressed in Scripture, by ⟨p. 36⟩not imputing of sin, Rom. 4. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin? It is a word drawn from Merchants, when they have a friend that owes them money that they care not whether they receive or no, they do not put it down in their Book. God will not impute sin, he will not set sin on the score, he will not put sin to thine account, though sin be in thee, yet it is not imputed to thee. Thus these names or expressions do something Illustrate the nature of forgiveness.
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