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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.
Use. 1 First of all, it shall be directed to moral and civill honest men: if God doth forgive men great sins▪ clothed with many heinous and aggravated circumstances,1 as Davids sin was, as Peters sin was, and Paul sins were, then I have great hopes of pardon; mine are but sins of an ordinary incursion, therefore I have hopes my sins are pardoned, because they have not been crying great sins.
Use. 1 First of all, it shall bee directed to morall and civill honest men: if God doth forgive men great sinnes▪ cloathed with many haino•s and aggravated circumstances,1 as Davids sinne was, as Peters sinne was, and Paul sinnes were, then I have great hopes of pardon; mine are but sinnes of an ordinarie incursion, therefore I have hopes my sinnes are pardoned, because they have not been crying great sins.
- 1Five considerations concerning lesser sins
First of all consider, That God hath shown as much ⟨p. 74⟩displeasure against small and little sins, as against greater and grosser enormities: I will give you some instances.
First of all consider, That God hath shewn as much ⟨p. 74⟩displeasure against small and little sins, as against greater and grosser enormities: I will give you some instances.