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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.
Eighthly, saith he, I was exceeding mad against them, he was even mad with rage, and exceeding mad with rage.
Ninthly, He drove them from house to house, I drove them into strange Cities.
And then Tenthly, which was worst of all, he did through their sides strike at the honour of Jesus Christ; for why did Paul do this to the Saints? saith he, I thought with myself to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth, there was the person he aimed at; yet Paul, a man forgiven for all this; for he saith, when he aggravates his sin, in 1 Tim. 1. 11, 12, 13. According to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful putting me into the Ministry, who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly its unbelief. Thus I have done with the Doctrinal part of my Text, laying down to you an induction of instances; I am the larger in this, ⟨p. 70⟩because I know perplexed consciences in trouble of mind are apt but to greaten their own sins, but can you aggravate it worse then David, Paul, or Peter could do? yet behold those sins, and those aggravated sins were forgiven by Jesus Christ.
And then Tenthly, which was worst of all, he did through their sides strike at the honour of Jesus Christ; for why did Paul doe this to the Saints? saith he, I thought with myself to doe many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth, there was the person he aymed at; yet Paul, a man forgiven for all this; for he saith, when he aggravates his sin, in