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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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Answ. 4 Fourthly, take this for comfort, that there is no godly mans conscience in the world, that is always alike in office; but sometimes it may be in office, sometimes out of office; sometimes a roaring, galling, awakening conscience; and sometimes a stupefied, a benumbed, and a •eared conscience: no mans conscience is always alike in office, it is sensible at one time, and •eared up another time. Pregnant instances: David, at one time his heart smote him for but the appearance of an evil, viz. Cutting off Sauls lap, yet at another time his conscience did not smite him for murdering Uriah. Again, at another time Davids conscience smote him but for vainglory, in numbering the people: it was only vainglory that he would please himself in a mustered Army; yet at another time Davids conscience did not smite him for adultery. O beloved, how will a mans conscience lye asleep, & not trouble him, for an evil if God lets him alone.
Answ. 4 Fourthly, take this for comfort, that there is nogodly mans conscience in the world, that is alwayes alike in office; but sometimes it may be in office, sometimes out of office; sometimes a roaring, gawling, awakening conscience; and sometimes a stupified, a benummed, and a •eared conscience: no mans conscience is alwaies alike in office, it is sensible at one time, and •eared up another time. Pregnant instances: David, at one time his heart smote him for but the appearance of an evill, viz. Cutting off Sauls lap, yet at another time his conscience did not smite him for murdering Vriah. Again, at another time Davids conscience smote him but for vainglory, in numbring the people: it was onely vainglory that he would please himself in a mustered Army; yet at another time Davids conscience did not smite him for adultery. O beloved, how wil a mans conscience lye asleep, & not trouble him, for an evill if God lets him alone.
Answ. 5 Fifthly, a step further, It is possible that the conscience of a pardoned sinner may be in so deep a sleep, and so much out of office for a while, that he may rather put his wits a work to hide his sin, then his conscience on work to check him for sin; to give you an instance for this, plain in the case of David, David committed adultery with Bathsheba, but he did not put his conscience on work to check him for his sin, but he did put his wits on work to hide the sin. Four projects David had to hide the sin: