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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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Conscientious men do not only bewail and confess open and grosser evils; but the secret, and the smallest corruptions of the heart they bewail to God: ⟨p. 22⟩they confess their secret pride, their secret worldliness, and secret murmurings against God, they confess their secret and smaller evils.
Conscientious men do not only bewail and confesse open and grosser evils; but the secret, and the smallest corruptions of the heart they bewaile to God: ⟨p. 22⟩they confesse their secret pride, their secret worldlinesse, and secret murmurings against God, they confesse their secret and smaller evils.
Indeed wicked men fall short of this: wicked men confess their gross and their open sins, but do not take notice of their lesser and secret evils: there are two instances for this, one is in Cain, Cain confessed his murder, his sin was greater then it could be forgiven, speaking of the murder of his brother Abel, 1Gen. 4.13. And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater then I can bear. He did not confess his enmity that made him murder his brother: he confessed his gross sin, but did not confess more sly and secret evils. Thus you read likewise of Judas, Judas confessed his betraying of Christ, (a gross sin) but he never confessed his covetousness, a secret sin that made him betray Jesus Christ; saith he, I have sinned in betraying innocent blood: he that did bewail and confess his murder in betraying Christ, did not confess and bewail his covetousness and hypocrisy, that were more lurking and secret evils. That is a second Rule, make conscience to confess small and secret evils, as well as open and grosser sins.