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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.
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. ⟨p. 46⟩We are commanded to repent that we may have pardon.3
A fifth Concomitant that attends forgivenesse of sin, is repentance from dead works: repentance for sin is a Concomitant that is ever joyned with the forgivenesse 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 linckt together to give repentance & remission of sin. It is a Question among the Schoolemen, 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 expresly tied himself in the Word, that pardon must have repentance for sin. ⟨p. 46⟩Wee are commanded to repent that wee may have pardon.3