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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.
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.
Secondly,1 That though grosse 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 spirituall sin, onely 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.
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