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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, In a sense God doth receive injury by a mans sin; as first, if you consider the eternal attributes of God in themselves, his Justice, his Glory, his Goodness, his Wisdom, so God is unchangeable, immutably blessed: and as our graces can give no additions to his holiness; so our sin can give no diminution to his glory, sin is an injury to God because God hath less external glory.
Secondly, In a sense God doth receive injury by a mans sin; as first, if you consider the eternall attributes of God in themselves, his Justice, his Glory, his Goodnesse, his Wisdom, so God is unchangeable, immutably blessed: and as our graces can give no additions to his holinesse; so our sin can give no diminution to his glory, sin is an injury to God because God hath lesse externall glory.
Thirdly, Though our sins can do no injury to God, to make God unholy, or to make God unhappy; yet sin doth great injury to your selves; if thou beest sinful, what wilt thou do against God? why, thou canst not bring God out of heaven, though thou mayest bring thy self into hell, God receives no diminution of his holiness, of his wisdom, of his glory, by thy sinfulness, yet thou shalt not have glory, holiness, happiness, heaven, nor eternal life, thou shalt receive miseries by thine own sins; And thus I have done with the Doctrinal part of this point; to wit, that there is a necessary connection, between mens confessing sin and Gods act in forgiving of sin.
Thirdly, Though our sins can doe no injury to God, to make God unholy, or to make God unhappy; yet sin doth great injury to your selves; if thou beest sinfull, what wilt thou doe against God? why, thou canst not bring God out of heaven, though thou maist bring thy self into hell, God receives no diminution of his holinesse, of his wisdom, of his glory, by thy sinfulnesse, yet thou shalt not have glory, holinesse, happinesse, heaven, nor eternall life, thou shalt receive miseries by thine own sins; And thus I have done with the Doctrinall part of this point; to wit, that there is a necessary connexion, between mens confessing sin and Gods act in forgiving of sin.