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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.
First, if you consider the state of Adam, he was not as we are; but Adam was a perfect and an innocent creature: and it is a greater evil for a perfect creature to sin, then for us that are imperfect.
First, if you consider the state of Adam, he was not as we are; but Adam was a perfect and an innocent creature: and it is a greater evill for a perfect creature to sin, then for us that are imperfect.
Secondly, Consider the place where Adam was, it was in Paradise, and yet there to sin.
Thirdly, Consider the publicness of his person, he did not sin for himself; but in his sin we all sinned: for a private man to sin is an evil, but for a public person representing other men, his sin is other mens sin.
Thirdly, Consider the publicknesse of his person, hee did not sin for himself; but in his sin we all sinned: for a private man to sin is an evill, but for a publicke person representing other men, his sin is other mens sin.