A49255:437
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.
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. ⟨p. 100⟩On this evasion, another grosse error will follow; for by this reason faith is no more instrumentall 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 selfe-deniall, 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.
Again, another absurdity will follow, to say that a man before he repents is pardoned, it is as much as to say, before a man be in Christ, he is pardoned: this is false, for without Christ there is no pardon. I might run over many absurdities that would follow in denying this orthodox point.