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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.
That when we say, we suffer for sin, and are punished for sin, understand it thus, there is a great deal of difference between our suffering for sin and Christs suffering for sin; we do not suffer for sin as Christ did, because our punishments for sin are not by way of satisfaction to Divine Justice, but only by way of castigation from Divine Justice: when God doth punish a pardoned man with some outward Judgement for sin, it is no satisfaction, no compensation: when the text saith, that our chastisements are laid upon Christ: the meaning is, Christ suffers for sin by way of satisfaction, he appealeth Gods wrath, he satisfies Gods Justice for the sins that we have done: should we lose our blood for a sin, should we give the fruit of our body for the sins of our soul, yet this cannot make a compensation for sin: therefore it may well consist that God punished Christ for our sins by way of satisfaction to his Justice, and may punish us by way of castigation, as a father his children.
That when we say, we suffer for sin, and are punished for sin, understand it thus, there is a great deal of difference between our suffering for sin and Christs suffering for sin; we doe not suffer for sin as Christ did, because our punishments for sin are not by way of satisfaction to Divine Justice, but onely by way of castigation from Divine Justice: when God doth punish a pardoned man with some outward Judgement for sin, it is no satisfaction, no compensation: when the text saith, that our chastisements are laid upon Christ: the meaning is, Christ suffers for sin by way of satisfaction, he appealeth Gods wrath, he satisfies Gods Justice for the sins that we have done: should we lose our bloud for a sin, should we give the fruit of our body for the sins of our soule, yet this cannot make a compensation for sin: therefore it may well consist that God punished Christ for our sins by way of satisfaction to his Justice, and may punish us by way of castigation, as a father his children.
Now to ratify and satisfy your thoughts the more in this: that though God doth pardon a sin, yet he will punish for a sin: take some reasons for it.