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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.
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.
Now to ratifie and satisfie your thoughts the more in this: that though God doth pardon a sin, yet hee will punish for a sin: take some reasons for it.
First, Because wicked men that are punished for sin, would accuse God of partiality and injustice, should he punish them and not his own people for the same sin: wicked men would account God partial: but the wicked shall say, I see Gods own people are punished in this life, more severely then I am: the Lord doth it to vindicate the impartiality of his Justice, that he will not spare sin where ever finds it.
First, Because wicked men that are punished for sin, would accuse God of partiality and injustice, should he punish them and not his own people for the same sin: wicked men would account God partiall: but the wicked shall say, I see Gods own people are punished in this life, more severely then I am: the Lord doth it to vindicate the impartiality of his Justice, that he will not spare sin where ever finds it.
A second Reason is, Because God doth command Magistrates to execute punishments in this life for sin even upon good men; therefore if he commands a Magistrate to punish a good man for his sin, surely he doth approve of their punishment. Suppose a good man should commit adultery, he was to dye for it: suppose he should commit murder, he was to dye for it; if God did command that penal punishment should be inflicted on good men in this life, then surely he might do it much more himself.