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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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Thirdly, Hath God suffered thee to fall into the iniquity of sin? observe this direction, the greater thy sin hath been to God, labour that thy humiliation may be greater, that it may carry some proportion to the greatness of thy transgression. It is observable of what you read of three men in Scripture, of David, Manasseh, and Peter, these all sinned greatly, and their sorrow and lamentation did carry proportion to their sin, in some measure; Manasseh sinned greatly, and the scripture saith of him, that he humbled himself greatly before the Lord. Peter did deny Christ shamefully, and Peter went out and wept bitterly. You know David sinned notoriously, and he mourned exceedingly, rivers of tears ran from his eyes, he watered his couch with tears: all this teacheth you, that the greater thy sin ⟨p. 146⟩hath been, the greater thy humiliation should be. An observable Law, that you read of in Levit. 11.24, 25. And for these ye shall be unclean, whosoever toucheth the carcass of them, shall be unclean until the Even. And whosoever beareth ought of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the Even. Beloved, touching an unclean thing, a man was unclean all night; but if a man carried an unclean thing any length of time, then saith God he shall be unclean till Even, and he shall wash his clothes. This law shows, that touching an unclean sin, requires a humiliation; but if thou hast touched a sin, born a sin, and hugged a sin in thine arms, then there is greater work required of thee, he was to wash his clothes, O thou must wash thy heart by humiliation, thou must take more pains with thy heart, that hast fallen into a gross evil, then other men should do.
Thirdly, Hath God suffered thee to fall into the iniquity of sin? observe this direction, the greater thy sin hath been to God, labour that thy humiliation may be greater, that it may carry some proportion to the greatnesse of thy transgression. It is observable of what you read of three men in Scripture, of David, Manasses, and Peter, these all sinned greatly, and their sorrow and lamentation did carry proportion to their sin, in some measure; Manasses sinned greatly, and the scripture saith of him, that he humbled himself greatly before the Lord. Peter did deny Christ shamefully, and Peter went out and wept bitterly. You know David sinned notoriously, and he mourned exceedingly, rivers of tears ran from his eyes, he watered his couch with tears: all this teacheth you, that the greater thy sinne