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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, To sin against the rebukes and checks of thine own Conscience, doth greaten sin, Jam. 4. 17. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin. It is sin to another man that doth not know it; but to him that knoweth it, it is a greater sin; this Christ refers to and speaks of Judas that would betray him; and yet knew that he was the Son of God: What, my Disciples to betray me! his sin was the greater, Conscience is Gods Officer in man; it is a greater fault to strike a Constable then an ordinary man out of Office; for thee to sin against the rebukes and checks of Conscience, aggravates sin.
Secondly, To sinne against the rebukes and checks of thine own Conscience, doth greaten sin, Jam. 4. 17. Therfore to him that knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin. It is sin to another man that doth not know it; but to him that knoweth it, it is a greater sin; this Christ refers to and speaks of Judas that would betray him; and yet knew that he was the Son of God: What, my Disciples to betray me! his sin was the greater, Conscience is Gods Officer in man; it is a greater fault to strike a Constable then an ordinary man out of Office; for thee to sin against the rebukes and checks of Conscience, aggravates sinne.
Thirdly, To sin against Gods judgements upon other men, is an aggravated evil; for thee to sin when God ⟨p. 110⟩hath given thee warning of sin from other mens blood; this did aggravate Belshazzars sin, Dan. 5. 22. 23. And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; But hast lifted up thy self against the Lord of heaven, &c. Thou that knowest how a man is plagued for his uncleanness; thou that knowest how a man is plagued for riotous living, yet thou wilt live riotous, and thou wilt live adulterous, that thy sin is the greater, thou sinnest against the monument of the eye, as well as against the warning of the ear.