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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.
The first answer is this, That it is clear by an induction of particular instances in Scripture, that pardoned men have fallen often into the same sin, this is most clear.
First, if you refer it to spiritual sins, to evils that are of daily incursion, evils that are inward and spiritual, spiritual pride, distempered passion, omission in duties; a pardoned man may many times fall in such sins as these.
First, if you referre it to spirituall sins, to evils that are of daily incursion, evils that are inward and spirituall, spirituall pride, distempered passion, omission in duties; a pardoned man may many times fall in such sins as these.
Further, it is clear by induction of instances in Scripture that a pardoned man may fall into gross sins, oftentimes into the same sin: some instances, one is of Joseph, it was a gross sin for Joseph to swear an heathenish Oath, by the life of Pharaoh, Gen. 42. 15. Hereby ye shall be proved, by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence except your youngest brother come hither. Send one of you ⟨p. 193⟩and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. Yet the Jews were so well instructed, and had such prohibitions against swearing, one should think that they should not be guilty of so gross an evil; yet Joseph being in Pharaohs court among heathens, he swore twice by the life of Pharaoh. And thus you read of Jehoshaphat, he fell twice into the same sin, he made a league with Ahaziah King of Israel, he loved them that were enemies to God,