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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, To aggravate thy sin, consider all sins against the manifestation of Gods love are great, when God speaks peace to thee, if thou shouldst then return to foolishness, Psal. 85. 8. this greatness sin: it was an aggravation of Solomons sin, that he sinned against the Lord after God had revealed himself twice to him, 1 King 11. 9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared to him twice.
First, To aggravate thy sin, consider all sins against the manifestation of Gods love are great, when God speaks peace to thee, if thou shouldst then return to foolishnesse, Psal. 85. 8. this greatnes sin: it was an aggravation of Solomons sin, that he sinned against the Lord after God had revealed himselfe twice to him, 1 King 11. 9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared to him twice.
Secondly, It aggravates sin, when you commit a sin upon a slight temptation, for a man to sin when he hath little or no provocation, that greatens sin; What made the sin of the Devil so great? it was this, that those Angels had none to tempt them: for thee to follow the stews, for thee to follow thy lusts? when the Devil doth not tempt thee to do it, when the provocation is merely from thine own heart, this greatens a mans sin; and thus in the Prophet Micah, that men should sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes. O when thou shalt recollect and say, how have I dishonoured God, how have I run the hazard of an immortal soul? when the Devil hath laid no temptation to me, this greatens sins exceedingly.
Secondly, It aggravates sin, when you commit a sin upon a slight temptation, for a man to sin when he hath little or no provocation, that greatens sin; What made the sin of the Devil so great? it was this, that those Angels had none to tempt them: for thee to follow the stews, for thee to follow thy lusts? when the Devil doth not tempt thee to doe it, when the provocation is meerly from thine own heart, this greatens a mans sin; and thus in the Prophet Micah, that men should sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a paire of shoes. O when thou shalt recollect and say, how have I dishonoured God, how have I run the hazard of an immortall soul? when the Devil hath laid no temptation to me, this greatens sins exceedingly.