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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.
Another instance of Uxzah, one would think it but •mail thing for Uzzah to put his hand to uphold the falling Ark, it was out of a good intention, that the Ark should not fall; yet, you know how the hand of God smote Uzzah for it.
Another instance of Uxzah, one would thinke it but •mail thing for Vzzah to put his hand to uphold the falling Arke, it was out of a good intention, that the Arke should not fall; yet, you know how the hand of God smote Uzzah for it.
So likewise of David, you would think it but a small matter for a King to number his people; yet you know how many thousands in Israel God did take away by the Plague for that very sin: so that beloved, suppose thou hast not fallen into hideous and heinous wickednesses, yet thou seest little sins displease God as well as great; because sin, though little, yet is against a great God, and little sins displease as well as great.
So likewise of David, you would thinke it but a small matter for a King to number his people; yet you know how many thousands in Israel God did take away by the Plague for that very sin: so that beloved, suppose thou hast not fallen into hideous and hainous wickednesses, yet thou seest little sins displease God as well as great; because sin, though little, yet is against a great God, and little sins displease as well as great.
Secondly,1 That though gross sins may carry a greater infamy, yet little secret sins may carry a greater guilt in them to God. Beloved, the sin of Angels, it was but a small sin, a spiritual sin, only one sin, and a sin in thought too, not of act; yet you know that for that sin God did tumble the Angels out of heaven. Indeed gross sins carry a greater infamy, but little small sins may carry as great a guilt.