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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.
Meaning, David when he kept close his sin; he roared by reason of horror; when he did not pour out his soul in confession to God; but when a man shall with an ingenuous clearness confess his evils unto God, this doth alleviate his mind, and lighten his burden, and ease his conscience,1 and quiet his spirit. Origen doth call confession of sin to God, the souls spiritual vomit. Now you know vomiting doth give ease to a burdened stomach, when the stomach is pained and burdened, and oppressed. A man is sick at the heart when meat doth not digest; the vomiting of the load off of the stomach doth ease the stomach: when the conscience is burdened, when a mans spirit is troubled, pouring out of complaints and confession to God doth ease the mind: A sinner is like a vessel of new wine filled and stopped up close; till it hath vent it is ready to burst; so is a godly man filled with sin, till he can vent by confession to God, his heart is ready to burst.2 Psal. 119. vers. 25. My soul cleaveth unto the dust, quicken thou me according to thy word.
Meaning, David when he kept close his sin; he roared by reason of horror; when he did not pour out his soul in confession to God; but when a man shall with an ingenuous clearnesse confesse his evils unto God, this doth alleviate his minde, and lighten his burden, and ease his conscience,1 and quiet his spirit. Origen doth call confession of sin to God, the souls spiritual vomit. Now you know vomiting doth give ease to a burdened stomach, when the stomach is pained and burdened, and opprest. A man is sick at the heart when meat doth not digest; the vomiting of the load off of the stomach doth ease the stomach: when the conscience is burdened, when a mans spirit is troubled, pouring out of complaints and confession to God doth ease the mind: A sinner is like a vessel of new wine filled and stopt up close; till it hath vent it is ready to burst; so is a godly man filled with sin, till he can vent by confession to God, his heart is ready to burst.2