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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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Secondly, It is a means to get money for the Pope: for according as the sin confessed, is more capital and notorious; so the more money must be given for indulgence and pardon; thus a reverent Divine calls it, the picklock of Sacramental confession: this being enacted merely out of State policy to know mens secret thoughts and temper; and likewise to bring in profit and revenues to the See of Rome, which doth show the practise to be unjustifiable.
Secondly, It is a means to get money for the Pope: for according as the sin confessed, is more capital and notorious; so the more money must be given for indulgence and pardon; thus a reverent Divine cals it, the picklock of Sacramentall confession: this being enacted meerly out of State policy to know mens secret thoughts and temper; and likewise to bring in profit and revenues to the See of Rome, which doth shew the practise to be unjustifiable.
Thirdly, Consider what the Scripture doth press concerning confession unto men, mark the text, Jam. 5.16. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, ⟨p. 43⟩that ye may be healed. The Scripture doth not tie us to a Priest as the Popish Religion ties them: but it ties us, that in anguish of conscience and trouble of mind we confess to any who are able to give us wholesome counsel from the Lord.
Thirdly, Consider what the Scripture doth presse concerning confession unto men, mark the text, Jam. 5.16. Confesse your faults one to another, and pray one for another, ⟨p. 43⟩that ye may be healed. The Scripture doth not tye us to a Priest as the Popish Religion ties them: but it tyes us, that in anguish of conscience and trouble of minde we confesse to any who are able to give us wholesome counsell from the Lord.