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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.
I answer to this query, that God doth pardon sin after a man repents and believes, not before: and to give you a proof for this: First, I shall give you the grounds from the Scripture: then absurdities that would follow if this were not so.
I answer to this query, that God doth pardon sin after a man repents and beleeves, not before: and to give you a proofe for this: First, I shall give you the grounds from the Scripture: then absurdities that would follow if this were not so.
First from the Scripture, Observe, that the Scripture doth limit and confine pardon to a repenting state. Act. 3. 19. Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your sin may be blotted out. No blotting out of sin without repentance, Repent that your sin may be blotted out. Act. 26. 18. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith that is in me. So that till thou beest turned from darkness to light, until thou beest turned from Satan to God, thou hast not received forgiveness of sins: mark the antecedent word, he opens their eyes, &c. therefore God expressly doth tie forgiveness of sin to repentance: and so in Joh. 1. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. There is first a confession, this is a part of repentance, and then forgiveness.
First from the Scripture, Observe, that the Scripture doth limit and confine pardon to a repenting state. Act. 3. 19. Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your sin may be blotted out. No blotting out of sin without repentance, Repent that your sin may be blotted out.