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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
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Fifthly, to make men to taste the evils and bitterness of sin; should a man that is notoriously wicked, presently attain the sense of pardon, it may be he would not taste the bitterness of sin.
Fifthly, to make men to taste the evils and bitternesse of sin; should a man that is notoriously wicked, presently attain the sense of pardon, it may be he would not tast the bitternesse of sin.
6. Another reason is this, to teach doubting Christians that assurance is not essential to pardon, it is separable from pardon, it is separable from faith, therefore from pardon. A man may believe, yet know not that he doth believe: The Lord doth it for that end, to teach doubting Christians that though they have not assurance, yet they may have faith; though they want the sense of pardon, they may be pardoned: there cannot be fruit, but there must be a tree; yet there may be a tree, when there is no fruit; there may be grace in the heart, when there is no peace in the conscience; to have peace is additional to grace: now the Lord for these holy ends doth sometimes pardon a sin in heaven, when the pardon is not sealed to the conscience. Thus much for the first case.
6. Another reason is this, to teach doubting Christians that assurance is not essentiall to pardon, it is separable from pardon, it is separable from faith, therefore from pardon. A man may beleeve, yet know not that he doth beleeve: The Lord doth it for that end, to teach doubting Christians that though they have not assurance, yet they may have faith; though they want the sense of pardon, they may be pardoned: there cannot be fruit, but there must be a tree; yet there may be a tree, when there is no fruit; there may be grace in the heart, when there is no peace in the conscience; to have peace is additionall to grace: now the Lord for these holy ends doth sometimes pardon a sin in heaven, when the pardon is not sealed to the conscience. Thus much for the first case.