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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.
The next is, the Characters to be given of a pardoned man, of a man whose sin is forgiven; I will name but four Characters of a pardoned sinner.
Char. 1 First, this, He who is brought into a pardoned estate, doth greatly admire God, and abase himself: this is laid ⟨p. 47⟩down in the 7. of Micah, 1the Prophet brings in the Churches crying out in the extolling of God, Who is a God like unto thee, pardoning iniquity, transgression & sin! a pardoned man admires God, because his grace is free, & his bounty is great: and a pardoned man abaseth himself, because he seeth sin exceeding sinful, see Ezra, 9. 6.
Char. 1 First, this, He who is brought into a pardoned estate, doth greatly admire God, and abase himself: this is laid ⟨p. 47⟩down in the 7. of Micah, 1the Prophet brings in the Churches crying out in the extolling of God, Who is a God like unto thee, pardoning iniquity, transgression & sin! a pardoned man admires God, because his grace is free, & his bounty is great: and a pardoned man abaseth himself, because he seeth sin exceeding sinfull, see Ezra, 9. 6.