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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 consider, though your gross sins cannot bring your persons into a state of damnation, yet they will bring you into a state of sequestration; though they cannot keep thee from heaven, yet will they keep thee from comfort: God will suspend and withdraw the manifestations of his grace; he will turn his smiles into frowns upon thee. Beloved this is sad, a gross sin will keep thee from the comforts and joys of heaven, though it cannot keep thee from the possession of heaven.
First consider, though your grosse sins cannot bring your persons into a state of damnation, yet they will bring you into a state of sequestration; though they cannot keep thee from heaven, yet will they keep thee from comfort: God will suspend and withdraw the manifestations of his grace; he will turn his smiles into frownes upon thee. Beloved this is sad, a grosse sin will keep thee from the comforts and joyes of heaven, though it cannot keep thee from the possession of heaven.
A child of God that sins though he be not under ejection ⟨p. 81⟩but of his heritage, yet he is under an interdiction thou mayest have a right to heaven, a right to salvation, yet God hath shut thee up that thou mayest not have the manifestations of a reconciled God towards thee; this is astonishment to thee.
A child of God that sins though hee bee not under ejection ⟨p. 81⟩but of his heritage, yet he is under an interdiction thou mayest have a right to heaven, a right to salvation, yet God hath shut thee up that thou mayest not have the manifestations of a reconciled God towards thee; this is astonishment to thee.