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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.
As if he should have said, My soul cleaves to the dust, I am in a very low and sad condition, but I have declared my ways, I have confessed my sins; then God heard me, ⟨p. 7⟩then I had peace, then I had quiet, then I had comfort: that is the first Reason, secret confession to God, it doth give a great deal of ease and holy quiet to the mind.
As if he should have said, My soul cleaves to the dust, I am in a very low and sad condition, but I have declared my waies, I have confest my sins; then God heard me, ⟨p. 7⟩then I had peace, then I had quiet, then I had comfort: that is the first Reason, secret confession to God, it doth give a great deal of ease and holy quiet to the minde.
Reas. 2 A second Reason why justified persons must confess sin, is, because God loves to hear the complaints and confessions of his own people; lying on the face the best gesture, and the mourning weed the best garment that God is well pleased with,1 Jer. 31. vers. 18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, &c. (that is) confessing his sin unto God.
Reas. 2 A second Reason why justified persons must confess sin, is, because God loves to hear the complaints and confessions of his own people; lying on the face the best gesture, and the mourning weed the best garment that God is well pleased with,1 Jer. 31. vers. 18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himselfe, &c. (that is) confessing his sin unto God.