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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.
And thus the Prodigal in Luke 18. 18. I will arise and go to my Father,1 and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee.
And thus the Prodigall in Luke 18. 18. I will arise and goe to my Father,1 and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee.
Though he was a Prodigal, yet he would go to God as to a father. In confession you are to go to God hopefully, as to a displeased father: confessions when they come to God as a Judge, create fear, horror, and amazement on the conscience, but when confessions are mingled with hope, and come to God as a Father, they work a holy brokenness of heart, a holy tenderness and remorse on the conscience. We should confess our sins to God as a Patient confesseth his disease and bodily distemper to his Physician in hope of Cure.
Though he was a Prodigal, yet he would goe to God as to a father. In confession you are to go to God hopefully, as to a displeased father: confessions when they come to God as a Judge, create fear, horrour, and amazement on the conscience, but when confessions are mingled with hope, and come to God as a Father, they work a holy brokennesse of heart, a holy tendernesse and remorse on the conscience. We should confesse our sins to God as a Patient confesseth his disease and bodily distemper to his Physician in hope of Cure.