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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
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Fourthly, forgiveness of sin, is accompanied in Scripture, with a cordial forgiving other men all the personal wrongs and injuries that they have done you. Mat. 18. 35. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye from your heart forgive not every one his brother their trespasses: It is in the Lords prayer annexed, forgive us our trespasses, Mat. 6. So that forgiving of other men is in Scripture as an Attendant or Concomitant of Gods forgiving us. Put on as the Elect of God, saith the Apostle, bowels of mercy, forbearing and forgiving one another.
Fourthly, forgivenesse of sin, is accompanied in Scripture, with a cordiall forgiving other men all the personall wrongs and injuries that they have done you. Mat. 18. 35. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye from your heart forgive not every one his brother their trespasses: It is in the Lords prayer annexed, forgive us our trespasses, Mat. 6. So that forgiving of other men is in Scripture as an Attendant or Concomitant of Gods forgiving us. Put on as the Elect of God, saith the Apostle, bowels of mercy, forbearing and forgiving one another.
A fifth Concomitant that attends forgiveness of sin, is repentance from dead works: repentance for sin is a Concomitant that is ever joined with the forgiveness of sin:1 Act 5. 31. Him hath God exalted with his Right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, 2for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. There they are linked together to give repentance & remission of sin. It is a Question among the Schoolmen, Whether God by his absolute power can forgive a man his sin, if a man doth not repent him of sin. There are few of them that do incline to the affirmative, because God hath expressly tied himself in the Word, that pardon must have repentance for sin.