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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.
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. Act. 26. 18. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darknesse to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgivenesse of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith that is in me. So that till thou beest turned from darknesse to light, untill thou beest turned from Satan to God, thou hast not received forgivenesse of sins: mark the antecedent word, hee opens their eyes, &c. therefore God expresly doth tye forgivenesse of sin to repentance: and so in Joh. 1. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithfull and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousnesse. There is first a confession, this is a part of repentance, and then forgivenesse.