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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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Seventhly, Godly men confess sin out of a sight and sense of sin, as it is dishonourable to God, rather then as it is a shame and a reproach unto themselves. In Psal. 51. saith David, Against thee, thee only have I sinned: it was against Uriah that he had sinned, but against thee, thee only have I sinned, for thou wast dishonoured by my sin. When the Apostle speaks of repentance, he calls it repentance towards God, Act. 20.21. Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. To note, That where sorrow and confession of sin is true, it is more out of a sense of sin, as it is against God, then as it is against self. But wicked men never confess sin as it is a dishonour to God, but as it contracts a guilt and a shame on themselvea.
Seventhly, Godly men confesse sinne out of a sight and sense of sin, as it is dishonourable to God, rather then as it is a shame and a reproach unto themselves. In Psal. 51. saith David, Against thee, thee only have I sinned: it was against Ʋriah that he had sinned, but against thee, thee only have I sinned, for thou wast dishonoured by my sin. When the Apostle speaks of repentance, he cals it repentance towards God, Act. 20.21. Testifying both to the Jewes, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. To note, That where sorrow and confession of sin is true, it is more out of a sense of sin, as it is against God, then as it is against self. But wicked men never confesse sin as it is a dishonour to God, but as it contracts a guilt and a shame on themselvea.
Lastly, Holy confession of sin in godly men, leaves a holy awe, and a dread upon the heart, making them afraid to commit the sin after they have confessed it; making them afraid to come into the