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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 Query is, What are the reasons why persons justified ⟨p. 6⟩and pardoned, are yet bound to make confession of sin unto God in private. The Reasons are these following.
The first Quere is, What are the reasons why persons justified ⟨p. 6⟩and pardoned, are yet bound to make confession of sin unto God in private. The Reasons are these following.
Reas. 1 First, They are to confess sin unto God, because holy confession gives a great deal of case and holy quiet unto the mind of a sinner; concealed and indulged guilt, contracts horror and dread on the conscience. As wind when it is dispersed and diffused through the air doth little hurt; but when it is concealed in the bowels of the earth, it makes ruptures and earthquakes, overthrows things up and down: Sin when it is unconfessed, concealed, and indulged, makes heart-quakes in the conscience, and contracts a great deal of horror and terror, Psal. 32. vers. 3.1 When J kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my roaring all the day long.
Reas. 1 First, They are to confesse sin unto God, because holy confession gives a great deale of case and holy quiet unto the mind of a sinner; concealed and indulged guilt, contracts horror and dread on the conscience. As wind when it is disperst and diffused through the air doth little hurt; but when it is concealed in the bowels of the earth, it makes ruptures and earthquakes, overthrows things up and down: Sin when it is unconfest, concealed, and indulged, makes heart-quakes in the conscience, and contracts a great deal of horror and terror,