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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.
A third Instance was in Paul; you shall see many circumstances to aggravate and greaten Pauls sin, Acts 9. 10, 11. I verily thought with my self, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Which thing I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the […] did I shut up in Prison, having received authority from the chief Priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. And I punished them oft in every Sy••gog•e, and compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly and against them, I persecuted them even unto strange Cities. There are no less then ten aggravating circumstances to greaten Pauls sin.
A third Instance was in Paul; you shall see many circumstances to aggravate and greaten Pauls sin, Acts 9. 10, 11. I verily thought with my self, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Which thing I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the 〈…〉 did I shut up in Prison, having received authority from the chief Priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. And I punished them oft in every Sy••gog•e, and compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly and against them, I persecuted them even unto strange Cities. There are no lesse then ten aggravating circumstances to greaten Pauls sin.
First, It was one circumstance to greaten his sin, if you consider the quality of the persons that he did injure, they were not ordinary men, but they were the Saints of Christ, he put the Saints of Christ into prison