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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, Consider, thou that fallest into a gross sin, though a justified person; yet it will be a harder work and a longer time for thee to attain assurance of pardon then for other men: the deeper a wound is, and the longer it is festering and rankling, the harder and longer it will be before it be healed again. David did pour out a river of tears before God did pour in a drop of the ⟨p. 82⟩oil of joy and gladness into his heart; David brake Gods Law, God broke his bones; therefore he prayed, Lord restore to me the joy of thy salvation, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. It is worthy observation of what you read of Mary Magdalen a notorious sinner, there was a woman which was a sinner, that is, as some expound it, a known harlot, a known strumpet, saith Christ, her sins which are many are forgiven her: but did Christ tell these words to Mary? no, Christ spake these words to Simon, in whose house Christ was at supper: mark the method, Divines make much use of this. Mary fell into a gross sin, but Mary must not first know her own pardon; Mary was weeping for her sin, and it was first revealed unto another that she was pardoned; to show, that when men fall into gross sins, God doth many times hide comforts from them, other men shall have good hope of their pardon, more then they have of themselves; let this be admonishment and a check to you to take heed of falling into gross evils; for God may keep you long without manifestation of pardon.
Thirdly, Consider, thou that fallest into a grosse sin, though a justifyed person; yet it will be a harder work and a longer time for thee to attain assurance of pardon then for other men: the deeper a wound is, and the longer it is festering and rankling, the harder and longer it will be before it be healed again. David did pour out a river of tears before God did pour in a drop of the ⟨p. 82⟩oyle of joy and gladnesse into his heart; David brake Gods Law, God broke his bones; therefore he prayed, Lord restore to me the joy of thy salvation, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce. It is worthy observation of what you read of Mary Magdalen a notorious sinner, there was a woman which was a sinner, that is, as some expound it, a knwn harlot, a known strumpet, saith Christ, her sinnes which are many are forgiven her: but did Christ tell these words to Mary? no, Christ spake these words to Simon, in whose house Christ was at supper: mark the method, Divines make much use of this. Mary fell into a grosse sin, but Mary must not first know her own pardon; Mary was weeping for her sin, and it was first revealed unto another that she was pardoned; to shew, that when men fall into grosse sins, God doth many times hide comforts from them, other men shall have good hope of their pardon, more then they have of themselves; let this be admonishment and a check to you to take heed of falling into grosse evils; for God may keep you long without manifestation of pardon.