The Penitent Pardoned, Title page – Index
THE Penitent Pardoned. A TREATISE. Wherein is handled the duty of confeſsion of Sin, and the priviledge of the pardon of Sin. Together with a Discourse Of Chriſts Aſcenſion into Heaven, and of his coming again from Heaven. Wherein The opinion of the Chiliaſts is conſidered, and ſolidly confuted, Being the ſum and ſubſtance of ſeveral Sermons preached by that faithful ſervant of Chriſt, Mr Chriſtopher Love, late Miniſter of the Goſpel at Lawrence Jury, LONDON.
1 John 1. 19.
If we confeſſe our ſins, he is faithfull and juſt to forgive us our ſins, and to cleanſe us from all unrighteouſneſſe.
Heb. 9. 28.
Unto them that look for him, ſhall he appear the ſecond time without ſin unto ſalvation.
Qui dat peccanti poenitentiam, dat poenitenti veniam. Veniet judicaturus, qui venit judicandus.
London, Printed for John Rothwell, at the Bear and Fountain in Cheapſide, and for Nathanael Brooks, at the Angel in Cornhil, 1657.
To the Chriſtian Reader.
THE extraordinary acceptance which Mr Love's books have found with ſober and ſolid Chriſtians, as it hath occaſioned the publiſhing of more treatiſes of his, then was at firſt intended, ſo it hath imboldned ſome without our knowledge and conſent, to thruſt forth ſome imperfect Copies under Mr Love's name; concerning which we will only ſay, that the want of our atteſtation (to whoſe care the publiſhing of his ſermons were intruſted) is ground enough to render them as ſuſpected and ſuppoſitious to the ſerious and deliberate Reader.
Amongſt ſome other Sermons of Mr Love's, which have been printed by imperfect Copies, Theſe two Treatiſes had the unhappineſſe to be very haſtily and unhandſomely publiſhed, being never peruſed by any of us, or compared with his own Notes.
Now that theſe two, very uſeful tracts, may be fit to be joined with the reſt of Mr Love's works, the Reader is deſired to know, that they have been diligently compared, with the Notes written with Mr Love's own hand, and have been corrected from very many faults, with which the former Edition abounded, and moſt of them materiall.
We will add no more but this; that in the Polemicall part of theſe diſcourſes, as we approve the authors judgement to be ſound and orthodox: ſo we beleeve, that had he lived to publiſh his own labours, this and other books had come forth more anſwerable to the learning, piety, and vigorous parts of the Author. We commend thee to God, and the word of his Grace, which is able to build thee up, and to give thee an inheritance amongſt thoſe that are ſanctified.
London, April 27. 1657.
Edmund Calamy.
Simeon Aſhe.
William Tailor.
William Whitaker.
The Table.
AFflicted people fit to confeſſe ſin pag. 9, 10
Aggravation of ſin 16
Antinomians confuted 24
Aggravation of ſin by circumſtances 85. & 109
Auſtins confeſsion and aggravation of ſin ibid.
Godly afflicted for ſin 94, 95
Antinomians confuted 96
All ſins not alike 108
Chriſt aſcended into Heaven 116, 117
Time of Chriſts Aſcenſion 126
What we gain by Chriſts Aſcenſion 134
B.
BEnummed conſcience 55
Boldneſſe in ſin 57
Chriſts body in Heaven, and why 119, 120
Hereticks confuted, that denied Chriſts body to be in Heaven 121
Believers went to heaven before the incarnation of Chriſt 131, 132
Bodies of Saints ſhall go to Heaven 197
Endowments of a glorified body 199
Of ſin againſt the body 208
C.
God loves to have his people confeſſe their ſins 7
Confeſſe our boſome ſin to God 12
Small ſins muſt be confeſſed 14
We muſt confeſſe ſin to God 19
We muſt confeſſe our ſins to God, 20, 35. and our particular ſins 22
Of auricular confeſſion 19, 24
In what caſes we must confeſſe our ſins to men 21, 23
Cofeſſion of ſin muſt be affectionate 36
We muſt confeſſe all ſin 39
Confeſſion must be free 37. and voluntary 38
Confeſſion is not needleſſe as to God 41
Conſcience checking for ſin 53, 54
Of a ſenſleſs ſleeping Conſcience 56
Comfort againſt the fear of death 123
Comfort from the conſideration of Chriſts comming to judgement 137
Manner of Christs ſecond comming 173
of Communion with Chriſt it Heaven 210
D.
DEfects in our confeſsion 33
Greatneſſe of Davids ſin 65
We muſt not feare Death 196
E.
SOul eaſed by confeſsion 6
Extenuation of ſin 87
F.
FEar of the godly to ſin 24 & 47
Chriſts comming, the dread and fear of wicked men 180
G.
GOD pardons great ſins 61, 62
Of groſſe and heinous ſins 80
Directions to great and heinous ſinners 82
Great ſins, great humiliation 86
How God makes the ſinnes of his people turn to their good 92, 93
Chriſt aſcended to give the Holy Ghoſt 123
The glory of Christs ſecond comming 176, 177
H.
HOpe of pardon 17
Humbled ſinner amiable to God 40
Chriſt in Heaven, his Heart on Earth 125
The Godly die and go to Heaven. 188
I.
IUſtified perſons muſt confeſſe ſin 5
Impenitency exempts from pardon 89
Infants and grown people not under the ſame neceſsity of repentance 101
Chriſt will come to judge the world 137
L.
LAw of God diſcovers ſin 37. of little ſins 73, 74
Love of God to penitent ſinners 87, 88
Limbus Patrum confuted 129
Of Chriſts comming at the laſt day, and not before 151
M.
WE muſt confeſs our Maſter-ſin 34
Mortification of ſin 46, 50, 51, 52
Infinite mercy in God 70. merit in Chriſt, 71, 72
Meditation of Chriſt 123
Millenaries confuted 150. unto 172
VVhat ſcriptures thoſe Millenaries urge 160, 166, 169
O.
OLd ſins 18
Gods children have fallen into the ſame ſin oftner then once, though this is not uſuall 102, 103, 104
Comfort against Oppreſſion 141
P.
PUblick ſins publick confeſsions 22
Of good and wicked purpoſes 32 of pardon of ſin 33
Pardoned ſinners love God 45. and they forgive a…thers ibid
Pardon and repentance joined ibid
VVhat a pardoned ſinner ſhuns 61, 62
Peters ſin aggravated in denying Chriſt 67
Aggravation of Pauls ſin 68, 69
God pardons and yet puniſheth 96
Pardon not before faith and repentance 97, 98, 99
Saints juſtified must pray for pardon 107
Propheſies of Chriſts aſcenſion 117
Chriſt prepares heaven for believers 127
VVe ſhould prepare for heaven 133
Comfort againſt perſecution 140
Paradice a type of Heaven 189
R.
AFter reproof for ſin, we muſt confeſs ſin 11
Remorſe of conſcience 20
Of thoſe that are angry at reproof 36
Remembrance of ſin 38
Remiſſion of ſin and renovation of the heart join'd together 44
Relapſes into ſin dangerous 105
Of the reproches of Chriſtiās & cōfort againſt thē 140
Reſurrection of the body proved 204
S.
Confeſsion works ſorrow for ſin …
Sorrow for ſin T. 17, 49, 5…
T.
TYpes of Chriſts aſcenſion 11…
Chriſt triumph over our enemies. 10…
Tranſubſtantiation confuted 128
Time of Chriſts comming unknown 148
W.
Witneſſes of Chriſts aſcenſion 11…