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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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Seas. 2 A second Season wherein a man is in a ⟨p. 16⟩good plight to confess sin is, when the conscience of a man is set in office by God to pursue him with clear and with strong accusations. When God puts the conscience of a man in office to pursue him with strong accusations touching evils he hath committed; then that man is in a fit plight, if he will take hold of it. Even Judas himself when conscience awakened him, went and confessed to the High Priest and the Scribes; and said, I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. If Judas took advantage so much upon the awakening of conscience to confess sin, then a believer hath much more help. Beloved, the main use of conscience in man, is to bring him upon his knees, to make him humble in the confession of his ways; conscience serves to excuse me when I do well, but the main use of conscience is to accuse me when I do ill, and so to put me on confession to God, therefore mark, saith David, I roared all the day; there was the noise of Davids conscience for his Adultery, then I said I will confess my transgressions: when conscience roars by accusation, then let the heart confess to God: I do earnestly beg you to take these fit Seasons: you are in a good plight to confess sin when God doth lay you under afflictions, when God doth make conscience accuse you, that you do deceive in your ⟨p. 17⟩trades, that are engulfed under lust; O then pursue these accusations of conscience, then you are in a fit plight to confess fin to God.
Seas. 2 A second Season wherein a man is in a ⟨p. 16⟩good plight to confesse sin is, when the conscience of a man is set in office by God to pursue him with clear and with strong accusations. When God puts the conscience of a man in office to pursue him with strong accusations touching evils he hath committed; then that man is in a fit plight, if he will take hold of it. Even Judas himself when conscience awakened him, went and confessed to the High Priest and the Scribes; and said, I have sinned in betraying innocent bloud. If Judas took advantage so much upon the awakening of conscience to confesse finne, then a beleever hath much more help. Beloved, the main use of conscience in man, is to bring him upon his knees, to make him humble in the confession of his wayes; conscience serves to excuse me when I do well, but the main use of conscience is to accuse me when I do ill, and so to put me on confession to God, therefore mark, saith David, I roared all the day; there was the noyse of Davids conscience for his Adultery, then I said I will confesse my transgressions: when conscience roars by accusation, then let the heart confesse to God: I do earnestly beg you to take these fit Seasons: you are in a good plight to confesse sin when God doth lay you under afflictions, when God doth make conscience accuse you, that you do deceive in your