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The doubting believer, or, A treatiseThe doubting beleever, or, A treatise
The doubting believer, or, A treatise containing 1. the nature, 2. the kinds, 3. the springs, 4. the remedies of doubtings, incident to weak believers by Obadiah Sedgwick ...The doubting beleever, or, A treatise containing 1. the nature, 2. the kinds, 3. the springs, 4. the remedies of doubtings, incident to weak beleevers by Obadiah Sedgwick ...
London: printed by M.F. for Thomas Nicols, 1641
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Again, because that pardon is promised to actual repentance indefinitely, therefore let the sinner be what he will, let him be a person who was not converted before, or let him be a person already converted, yet if he begins true repentance, or the other renews his true repentance, they shall be pardoned: And the reason is, because it is not sin simply in such an estate which God pardons, but it is sin repented of, which God doth promise to pardon: And therefore if an evil man, whose life hath been a course of sins, repents and leaves his sins, he shall have mercy: Or if a good man fall accidentally into sin, upon his repentance ⟨p. 172⟩he may confidently plead out Gods promises of pardon, for he shall have mercy upon his repentance, as you may see Prov. 28. 14. He that forsakes his sins, shall find mercy. Ezek. 118. 32. Turn your selves, and 2live. See ver. 21, 22. If the wicked will turn from all his sins, 3they shall not be mentioned unto him.
Againe, because that pardon is promised to actuall repentance indefinitely, therefore let the sinner be what he will, let him be a person who was not converted before, or let him be a person already converted, yet if he begins true repentance, or the other renews his true repentance, they shall be pardoned: And the reason is, because it is not sinne simply in such an estate which God pardons, but it is sinne repented of, which God doth promise to pardon: And therefore if an evill man, whose life hath been a course of sins, repents and leaves his sins, he shall have mercy: Or if a good man fall accidentally into sin, upon his repentance ⟨p. 172⟩he may confidently plead out Gods promises of pardon, for he shall have mercy upon his repentance, as you may see