A49255:318
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.
Ninthly and lastly, To make his sin out of measure sinful, David continued under this sin with all these ⟨p. 67⟩aggravations for nine months together without repentance or remorse of conscience. I do not name this to bolster any man in sin; I only mention this for a distressed conscience, that though thy sin be an aggravated and a great sin, clothed with many hideous and heinous circumstances; yet God did forgive such a sin as that, and therefore well may David say, The Lord forgave the iniquity of my sin, not only sin, but the iniquity of sin.
Ninthly and lastly, To make his sin out of measure sinfull, David continued under this sin with all these ⟨p. 67⟩aggravations for nine moneths together without repentance or remorse of conscience. I do not name this to boulster any man in sin; I onely mention this for a distressed conscience, that though thy sin be an aggravated and a great sin, cloathed with many hideous and hainous circumstances; yet God did forgive such a sin as that, and therefore well may David say, The Lord forgave the iniquity of my sin, not onely sin, but the iniquity of sin.
Inst. A second Instance is of Peter, you all know the story, but it may be you have not looked narrowly into the circumstances that made Peters sin to be great: In Peters sin.
Inst. A second Instance is of Peter, you all know the story, but it may be you have not lookt narrowly into the circumstances that made Peters sinne to be great: In Peters sinne.