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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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Third thing considered is this, the Ordination or appointment of a sinner to eternal punishment; and this is fully taken away by pardon, when God doth give remission ⟨p. 72⟩of sin, he doth take away all obligation to wrath, death, hell, and damnation; and this is properly the nature of forgiveness of sin, it is a gracious and a free act of God, whereby he acquits a sinner from eternal guilt and eternal punishment, that is due to all his sins in an eternal punishment, God doth not acquit a pardoned man from external punishments, God may pardon thy sin, yet he may punish thee externally for thy sins, but not eternally; And thus much for the first particular.
Third thing considered is this, the Ordination or appointment of a sinner to eternall punishment; and this is fully taken away by pardon, when God doth give remission ⟨p. 72⟩of sin, he doth take away all obligation to wrath, death, hell, and damnation; and this is properly the nature of forgivenesse of sin, it is a gracious and a free act of God, whereby he acquits a sinner from eternall guilt and eternall punishment, that is due to all his sins in an eternall punishment, God doth not acquit a pardoned man from externall punishments, God may pardon thy sin, yet hee may punish thee externally for thy sins, but not eternally; And thus much for the first particular.
Part. 2 The second particular is, What kind of confession of sin is it that hath such a necessary connection with forgiveness of sin, I confessed and thou forgavest.
Part. 2 The second particular is, What kind of confession of sin is it that hath such a necessary connexion with forgivenesse of sin, I confest and thou forgavest.