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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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Sixthly, This is the furthest step of all, take this for thy comfort, it is possible that the conscience of a pardoned sinner may not smite him for those very sins that a Heathen man by the light of a natural conscience may be ashamed of, and this is clear in the case of Abraham, Gen. 20. 9. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us, and what have Loffended thee, that thou hast brought on me, & on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me, that ought not to be done. For this falsehood Abraham's conscience never smote him, yet a Heathen by the light of a natural conscience ⟨p. 57⟩rebuked Abraham for it. Abimelech, a Heathen, did tell Abraham, Thou hast done deeds that ought not to be done.
Sixthly, This is the furthest step of all, take this for thy comfort, it is possible that the conscience of a pardoned sinner may not smite him for those very sins that a Heathen man by the light of a naturall conscience may be ashamed of, and this is clear in the case of Abraham, Gen. 20. 9. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us, and what have Loffended thee, that thou hast brought on me, & on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me, that ought not to be done. For this falshood Ahrahams conscience never smote him, yet a Heathen by the light of a naturall conscience ⟨p. 57⟩rebuked Abraham for it. Abimelech, a Heathen, did tell Abraham, Thou hast done deeds that ought not to be done.
And thus I have gone very far in answering this Objection. I have done it for to stay the troubles of a perplexed conscience; not to make any man presumptuous: these six steps near going down to the Chambers of death, yet it is possible that a pardoned sinner may have his conscience thus deluded and out of office,