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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, You are to confess sin, because the confession of sin doth give glory to the attributes of God; it gives glory to his Omniscience, you do by your confessions acknowledge that God seeth your sins: it gives glory to his Patience that he would spare you in the act of sin, that he would not throw you to hell in the very act of sin: it gives glory to his Justice, Psalm 51. 4. Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy s•ght, that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, & be clear when thou judgest: it confesseth Gods Mercy, and this Paul doth, 1 Tim. 1. 13. Who was before a Blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious; but I obtained mercy, &c. He confessed his sin that so he might the abundance of Gods grace and Love.
Fifthly, You are to confesse sin, because the confession of sin doth give glory to the attributes of God; it gives glory to his Omnisciency, you doe by your confessions acknowledge that God seeth your sins: it gives glory to his Patience that he would spare you in the act of sin, that he would not throw you to hell in the very act of sin: it gives glory to his Justice, Psalm 51. 4. Against thee, thee onely have I sinned, and done this evill in thy s•ght, that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, & be clear when thou judgest: it confesseth Gods Mercy, and this Paul doth, 1 Tim. 1. 13. Who was before a Blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious; but I obtained mercy, &c. He confest his sin that so he might the abundance of Gods grace and Love.
Again, Of confession of sin there is great use, because it doth ease the mind, it gives vent to a troubled mind, concealed guilt breeds horror and hell in the conscience; it is an ingenuous clearness when a man can open himself to God in free confession, which doth allay the anguish and trouble of mind,