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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.
Secondly, We do confess sin, to stir up more sorrow for sin, Psalm. 38. verse. 18.
Secondly, We do confesse sin, to stir up more sorrow for sin, Psalm. 38. verse. 18.
Thirdly, We confess sin on this ground, that by confessing sin to God we might see sin to become exceeding sinful. Confession of sin saith Bernard, is enjoined by God for this reason, that thou mightest magnify the greatness of grace, and see the greatness of sin; if a man should never see his sin, he could never magnify Gods grace and pardoning mercy.
Thirdly, We confesse sin on this ground, that by confessing sin to God we might see sin to become exceeding sinfull. Confession of sin saith Bernard, is enjoined by God for this reason, that thou mightest magnifie the greatnesse of grace, and see the greatnesse of sin; if a man should never see his sin, he could never magnifie Gods grace and pardoning mercy.
Fourthly, That you might more prize the merits of Christ. Should a man never confess sin to God, he would never see of what value Christs blood is of. A Chirurgeons skill is not seen in healing a slight green wound; but in the healing a man of a deadly disease: Beloved, an ordinary plaster can cure a green wound: if you look on your sins as green wounds, you will never prize Christ, nor put an estimate on his merits and blood, when a man can confess his sin, withal its heinous ⟨p. 42⟩