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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.
Char. 4 A fourth Character, He in whom sin is pardoned, is a man in whom is no guile,1 Psal. 32. some do take guile in a particular sense, others extend it more largely, as a comprehensive word opposed to sincerity; he is a man in whose spirit is no guile, that is an upright man. Thus much for the use of Trial.
Char. 4 A fourth Character, He in whom sin is pardoned, is a man in whom is no guile,1 Psal. 32. some do take guile in a particular sense, others extend it more largely, as a comprehensive word opposed to sincerity; he is a man in whose spirit is no guile, that is an upright man. Thus much for the use of Triall.
I now come to answer the Objections.
Object. 1 The first Objection, me thinks I hear a doubting Christian say, Woe and alas, what state am I in! I have misgiving thoughts that God hath not pardoned mine iniquities, because I cannot find that I have a heart to mourn for my iniquity. And is it imaginabl• that Christ should shed blood for those sins, which I never shed a tear for? I can mourn for outward small crosses, but I cannot mourn for great inward corruptions: this makes me doubt whether ever God hath pardoned my sin.