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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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I now come to answer the Objections.
Object. 1 The first objection is this, Why but you will say, what need all this pressing of confession of sin, urging, that there is a necessary connection between mans confession of sin and Gods forgiving sin? what needs confession? doth not Gods eyes run to and fro the earth? doth not God behold the evil and the good, and fully knoweth all the evils under the Sun? what need we tell God when he knoweth all things? This Objection the Anabaptists make against confession of sin. For answer;
Object. 1 The first objection is this, Why but you will say, what need all this pressing of confession of sin, urging, that there is a necessary connexion between mans confession of sin and Gods forgiving sin? what needs confession? doth not Gods eyes run to and fro the earth? doth not God behold the evill and the good, and fully knoweth all the evils under the Sun? what need we tell God when he knoweth all things? This Objection the Anabaptists make against confession of sin. For answer;
Answ. First, Negatively, we do not confess sin because only of Gods Sovereignty, because God will have us to confess sin, Gods Sovereignty may command us and say, You shall come with ropes about your Necks, and I will make you lie in the dust.
Answ. First, Negatively, we doe not confesse sin because only of Gods Soveraignty, because God will have us to confesse sin, Gods Soveraignty may command us and say, You shal come with ropes about your Necks, and I will make you lie in the dust.