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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.
Sixthly, Content not your selves with slight and superficial repentance so falling into great and gross evils, ⟨p. 88⟩be not like Lewis the eleventh King of France, when he did an evil against his conscience, he pulled off his hat and took his Crucifix and cried God mercy for what he had done; so many men, if they can but cry God mercy in ordinary and general terms, they think they have made a Compensation to Divine Justice. And thus have I done with the second branch of the use in these six particulars.
Sixthly, Content not your selves with slight and superciall repentance so falling into great and gross evils, ⟨p. 88⟩be not like Lewis the eleventh King of France, when he did an evill against his conscience, he pulled off his hat and tooke his Crucifixe and cryed God mercy for what he had done; so many men, if they can but cry God mercy in ordinary and generall tearms, they think they have made a Compensation to Divine Justice. And thus have I done with the second branch of the use in these six particulars.
The third and the last branch shall be by way of Consolation,1 to troubled and perplexed Consciences,2 that by reason of their falling into aggravated and heinous sins, do entertain doubtful thoughts of their own pardon: five Consolations I shall lay down to you from the scripture, who have repented of great and many sins.
The third and the last branch shall be by way of Consolation,1 to troubled and perplexed Consciences,