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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, That confession that hath pardon annexed to it, doth quicken the soul to strong & earnest supplication, to prayer. David confessed sin & his confession quickened Prayer, Daniel confessed sin, and confession quickened supplication; Daniel 9. 20. And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, &c. (Beloved,) when confessions of sin are to prayer as the whet-stone to the knife; when you sharpen your affections and put a keen edge on your hearts in prayer: this is an evident token that such confession hath a connection with forgiveness of sin. So much for the second particular.
Fifthly, That confession that hath pardon annexed to it, doth quicken the soul to strong & earnest supplication, to prayer. David confest sin & his confession quickened Prayer, Daniel confest sin, and confession quickened supplication; Daniel 9. 20. And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, &c. (Beloved,) when confessions of sin are to prayer as the whet-stone to the knife; when you sharpen your affections and put a keen edge on your hearts in prayer: this is an evident token that such confession hath a connexion with forgivenesse of sin. So much for the second particular.
Part. 3 The third particular is to show you, how doth this connection between confession of sin and forgiveness of sin consist with the freeness of Gods grace in pardoning of sin, in placing a connection between pardon and confession? How doth this consist with the freeness of of Gods grace in pardoning of sin? For answer;
Part. 3 The third particular is to shew you, how doth this connexion between confession of sin and forgivenesse of sin consist with the feernesse of Gods grace in pardoning of sin, in placing a connexion between pardon and confession? How doth this consist with the freenesse of of Gods grace in pardoning of sin? For answer;