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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.
Secondly, if a man is pardoned before he believes and repents, then this destroys Justification by faith, being justified by faith we have peace with God. Now justification is a pardoning of sin, is Gods gracious act, and not imputing sin unto you; when the Scripture saith, I am justified by faith, and the Antinomian saith, I am justified without faith, where lies the error? Now then to say that a man is pardoned before he believes and repents, is in express terms to contradict the Scripture, when the Scripture saith, he is justified by faith.
Secondly, if a man is pardoned before he beleeves and repents, then this destroyes Justification by faith, being justified by faith we have peace with God. Now justification is a pardoning of sin, is Gods gracious act, and not imputing sin unto you; when the Scripture saith, I am justified by faith, and the Antinomian saith, I am justified without faith, where lyes the error? Now then to say that a man is pardoned before he beleeves and repents, is in express terms to contradict the Scripture, when the Scripture saith, he is justified by faith.
The Antinomians have this evasion, say they, a man is pardoned before he believes, he is actually pardoned; but when he believes, then he hath manifestation of pardon. ⟨p. 100⟩On this evasion, another gross error will follow; for by this reason faith is no more instrumental to justification, then as it is declarative to a man that he is justified: whereas the Scripture saith there is more use of faith, for faith is an instrument actually to lay hold on Christ for pardon; the grace of love to Christ, the grace of humility, the grace of self-denial, and the grace of mortification; these do evidence and declare a pardoned state as well as faith: this is to destroy the main use of faith, and makes faith of little or no use in Justification.
The Antinomians have this evasion, say they, a man is pardoned before he beleeves, he is actually pardoned; but when he beleeves, then he hath manifestation of pardon.