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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.
Thirdly, Here is laid down the happiness of a pardoned man, vers. 3. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my roaring all the day long: yet for all this David calls him blessed; though Gods hand was heavy upon him, yet his heart was still towards him; yet a blessed man, though an afflicted man:
Thirdly, Here is laid down the happinesse of a pardoned man, vers. 3. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my roaring all the day long: yet for all this David cals him blessed; though Gods hand was heavie upon him, yet his heart was still towards him; yet a blessed man, though an afflicted man:
Fourthly, Here is laid down the course that the Psalmist took to procure pardon of sin, that is in my Text, I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Thus I have brought you by the hand to the Text. I shall give you a short paraphrase of the words: I said, this word implies in Scripture phrase three things.1 First, it notes a deliberation or consideration of the mind, Psal 14. vers. 1. The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God: (that is) he hath thought so in his mind,2 that there is no God. Psal. 30. vers. 6. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved: that is, I thought so. Saying, is not always an act of the tongue, but sometimes of the mind: I said I will confess my sin, that is, I have bethought my self, and considered in my mind, that it is meet for me to get pardon and to confess my sin to God, I said.
Fourthly, Here is laid down the course that the Psalmist took to procure pardon of sin, that is in my Text, I said, I will confesse my transgressions to the Lord, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Thus I have brought you by the hand to the Text. I shall give you a short paraphrase of the words: I said, this word implies in Scripture phrase three things.