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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.
Reas. 5 A fifth Reason why justified persons must confess sin unto God, is, because their secret confession of sin doth give a great deal of glory to God, it gives glory to Gods Justice: I do confess sin, and do confess God in justice may damn me for my sin: it gives glory to Gods mercy; I confess sin, yet mercy may save me: it gives glory to Gods omniscience; in confessing sin, I do acknowledge that God knoweth my sin: confession of sin gives glory to God,1 Josh. 7. vers. 19. And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him, and tell me now what thou hast done, hide it not from me: It is a giving glory unto God.
Reas. 5 A fifth Reason why justified persons must confesse sin unto God, is, because their secret confession of sin doth give a great deal of glory to God, it gives glory to Gods Justice: I do confesse sin, and do confesse God in justice may damn me for my sin: it gives glory to Gods mercy; I confesse sin, yet mercy may save me: it gives glory to Gods omnisciency; in confessing sin, I do acknowledge that God knoweth my sin: confession of sin gives glory to God,1 Josh. 7. vers. 19. And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him, and tell me now what thou hast done, hide it not from me: It is a giving glory unto God.
Reas. 6 A sixth Reason why justified persons must confess sin unto God, is, because holy confession of sin will embitter sin, and endear Christ to them, when a man shall let sin recoil on his conscience by a confession. These after reflections, and these after recollections of sin, do greatly embitter sin, and do endear Jesus Christ; the stronger desires that a sinner hath after Jesus Christ, the more he doth enhance the price of Jesus Christ. And thus much for the first Query, to wit, the Reasons of the point.