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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 hath God suffered thee to fall into the iniquity of sin? observe this direction, the greater thy sin hath been to God, labour that thy humiliation may be greater, that it may carry some proportion to the greatness of thy transgression. It is observable of what you read of three men in Scripture, of David, Manasseh, and Peter, these all sinned greatly; and their sorrow and lamentation did carry proportion to their sin, in some measure; Manasseh sinned greatly, and the Scripture saith of him, That he humbled himself greatly before the Lord. Peter did deny Christ shamefully, and Peter went out and wept bitterly. You know David sinned notoriously▪ and he mourned exceedingly, rivers of tears ran from his eyes, he watered his couch with tears: all this teacheth you, that the greater thy sin hath been, the greater thy humiliation should be. An observable Law you read of in Lev. 11. 24, 25. And for these you shall be unclean, whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the Even. And whosoever beareth ought of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the Even, touching an unclean thing, a man was unclean; but if a man carried an unclean thing any length of time, then saith God he shall be unclean till Even, and he shall wash his clothes. This law shows, that touching an unclean sin, requires an humiliation; but if thou hast born a sin, and hugged a sin in thy arms, then there is greater work required of thee, he was to wash his clothes, He that hath continued in sin must wash ⟨p. 85⟩his heart by humiliation and must take more pains with his heart that hath fallen into a gross evil, then those who have not fallen so foully and frequently.
Thirdly hath God suffered thee to fall into the iniquity of sin? observe this direction, the greater thy sin hath been to God, labour that thy humiliation may be greater, that it may carry some proportion to the greatnesse of thy transgression. It is observable of what you read of three men in Scripture, of David, Manasses, and Peter, these all sinned greatly; and their sorrow and lamentation did carry proportion to their sin, in some measure; Manasses sinned greatly, and the Scripture saith of him, That he humbled himself greuly before the Lord. Peter did deny Christ shamfuly, and Peter went out and wept bitterly. You know David sinned notoriously and he mourned exceedingly, rivers of tears ran from his eyes, he watered his couch with tears: all this teacheth you, that the greater thy sin hath been, the greater thy humiliation should bee. An observable Law you read of in