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The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…
The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithful labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithfull labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.
London: printed for Nathaniel Brooke, 1653
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First Consideration of the time when Auricular confession came first in use in the Church: Ecclesiastical Historians tell us that for 800. years after Christ there was no such practise in the Church of ⟨p. 42⟩God: And that the Law of Auricular confession was not enacted until Pope Innocent the Third, which was about 1200 years after Christ: and the first Council that did establish Auricular confession, was the Lateran Council; and after that, the Council of Trent. The Church of God in the Primitive times having no such practise, it may be exploded from being now in the Church of God.
First Consideration of the time when Auricular confession came first in use in the Church: Ecclesiasticall Historians tell us that for 800. years after Christ there was no such practise in the Church of ⟨p. 42⟩God: And that the Law of Auricular confession was not enacted untill Pope Innocent the Third, which was about 1200 years after Christ: and the first Councell that did establish Auricular confession, was the Laterane Councell; and after that, the Councell of Trent. The Church of God in the Primitive times having no such practise, it may be exploded from being now in the Church of God.
Secondly, Why did the Popes invent Auricular confession? One doth demonstrate this;
First there is this reason: It is a notable invention to discover the secrets of mens thoughts both in Church and State.