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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.
I now come to the Use, which is for trial, to put you on a diligent enquiry, how you may know whether God hath brought you into a pardoned estate, and hath forgiven the iniquity of your sin; how may […] known ⟨p. 44⟩whether God hath forgiven you your iniquities? There are ten ways to discover this; I shall divide them into this order: there are six Concomitants, that do attend a person in a pardoned estate, and four characters laid down in Scripture of a man whose sin is forgiven him. First the Concomitants or those things in the Scripture which do attend or accompany a person whose sin is forgiven,
I now come to the Use, which is for triall, to put you on a diligent enquiry, how you may know whether God hath brought you into a pardoned estate, and hath forgiven the iniquity of your sin; how may 〈…〉 known ⟨p. 44⟩whether God hath forgiven you your iniquities? There are ten wayes to discover this; I shall divide them into this order: there are six Concomitants, that doe attend a person in a pardoned estate, and four charactors laid downe in Scripture of a man whose sin is forgiven him. First the Concomitants or those things in the Scripture which doe attend or accompany a person whose sin is forgiven,
First, In Scripture we find that remission of sin is accompanied with renovation of the heart, if sin be remitted the heart is renewed; they are both joined together, Rev. 2. 17. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden Manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
First, In Scripture wee find that remission of sin is accompanied with renovation of the heart, if sin be remitted the heart is renewed; they are both joined together,