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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.
It is sin in us to hide our sins: as it is sin to hide our talents, so it is sin to hide our sin; therefore when the Psalmist saith the forgiveness of sin consists in the covering of sin, this covering is understood of Gods covering. Which is not to be understood of a total abolition or Extirpation of sin, but of such a covering of it, as it shall never be imputed for condemnation and that is a second expression to set out Gods pardoning sin. viz.
It is sin in us to hide our sins: as it is sin to hide our talents, so it is sin to hide our sin; therefore when the Psalmist saith the forgivenesse of sin consists in the covering of sin, this covering is understood of Gods covering. Which is not to be understood of a totall abolition or Extirpation of sin, but of such a covering of it, as it shall never be imputed for condemnation and that is a second expression to set out Gods pardoning sin. viz.
2. This forgiveness is set out by not imputing of sin, vers. 2. Sin shall not be imputed unto a justified person, though still it shall be inherent in him.
2. This forgivenesse is set out by not imputing of sin, vers. 2. Sin shall not be imputed unto a justified person, though still it shall be inherent in him.
Secondly, The Psalmist shows the Character of that ⟨p. 2⟩man whose sin is pardoned, vers. 2. Blessed is the man in whose spirit there is no guile. If sin be pardoned to the soul, guile will never be harboured and indulged in the soul.