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A61105 The vvay to everlasting happinesse: or, the substance of christian religion methodically and plainly handled in a familiar discourse dialogue-wise: wherein, the doctrine of the Church of England is vindicated; the ignorant instructed, and the faithfull directed in their travels to heaven. By Benjamin Spencer, preacher of the word of God at Bromley neer Bow in Middlesex. Spencer, Benjamin, b. 1595? 1659 (1659) Wing S4945; ESTC R222156 362,911 329

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stephen_n sermon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o argue_v only_a vexation_n envy_n and_o malice_n this_o kind_n of_o repentance_n may_v go_v before_o faith_n and_o be_v without_o faith_n but_o the_o true_a repentance_n to_o salvation_n be_v cause_v by_o faith_n or_o else_o it_o be_v mere_o sinful_a rom._n 14.23_o nor_o can_v it_o purify_v the_o heart_n without_o faith_n act_v 21.24_o and_o therefore_o the_o argument_n for_o repentance_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o promise_n of_o grace_n exhibit_v in_o christ_n mat._n 3.2_o two_o thing_n must_v especial_o be_v observe_v in_o repentance_n 1._o that_o it_o be_v not_o put_v off_o and_o defer_v 2._o that_o it_o be_v continue_v because_o the_o faithful_a do_v continual_o sin_v little_a or_o much_o as_o appeareth_z psal_n 32._o and_o psal_n 51._o mat._n 18.2_o and_o therefore_o even_o the_o very_a regenerate_v be_v exhort_v upon_o their_o fall_n to_o repentance_n and_o pardon_n be_v promise_v they_o ezek._n 33.11_o and_o rev._n 2.9_o notwithstanding_o the_o rigid_a doctrine_n of_o the_o novatian_o and_o the_o catharist_n who_o deny_v repentance_n to_o those_o that_o have_v sin_v after_o baptism_n for_o though_o god_n in_o christ_n take_v away_o the_o power_n of_o sin_n yet_o not_o the_o power_n of_o sin_v the_o dominion_n of_o sin_n be_v destroy_v but_o sin_n be_v not_o quite_o take_v away_o out_o of_o our_o nature_n in_o this_o life_n that_o so_o we_o may_v the_o more_o aspire_v towards_o heaven_n where_o no_o sin_n shall_v remain_v now_o the_o part_n of_o this_o repentance_n be_v 1._o a_o turn_n of_o the_o heart_n from_o evil_a with_o hatred_n and_o mortification_n of_o the_o old_a man_n and_o a_o turn_n of_o the_o heart_n to_o good_a with_o a_o love_n thereof_o and_o practice_n of_o it_o by_o enliven_a of_o the_o new_a man_n 13._o esa_n 61.2_o v.d._n aug._n lib._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la &_o falsa_fw-la penit_fw-la cap._n 13._o from_o whence_o flow_v a_o sadness_n for_o offend_a god_n and_o a_o joy_n that_o arise_v from_o the_o hope_n of_o pardon_n psal_n 51.10_o for_o we_o need_v not_o hold_v contrition_n confession_n and_o satisfaction_n to_o be_v essential_a part_n of_o true_a repentance_n because_o that_o reprobate_n have_v they_o and_o yet_o have_v not_o true_a repentance_n as_o judas_n yet_o may_v they_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o true_a repentance_n in_o they_o that_o have_v it_o but_o not_o a_o cause_n of_o remission_n nor_o have_v power_n to_o blot_v out_o all_o sin_n as_o the_o papist_n suppose_v as_o not_o the_o sin_n of_o a_o reprobate_n nor_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n nor_o need_v we_o think_v confession_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n for_o peter_n weep_v but_o say_v nothing_o as_o we_o read_v of_o yet_o sanctification_n produce_v a_o confession_n of_o sin_n first_o to_o god_n either_o public_o as_o neh._n 9_o or_o private_o as_o psal_n 32.5_o and_o that_o general_o of_o all_o sin_n luke_n 18.13_o or_o parricular_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o life_n 5.16_o jam._n 5.16_o as_o psal_n 19.13_o and_o 2._o to_o my_o neighbour_n mat._n 18.15_o that_o i_o may_v receive_v counsel_n and_o comfort_n from_o he_o and_o he_o satisfaction_n from_o i_o and_o so_o reconcile_v one_o to_o the_o other_o as_o mat._n 5.23.3_o there_o be_v another_o confession_n which_o be_v make_v before_o the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o some_o sin_n which_o burden_n conscience_n luke_n 19.8_o so_o there_o be_v a_o public_a confession_n of_o sin_n make_v by_o priest_n and_o people_n to_o god_n in_o the_o public_a place_n and_o exercise_v of_o religion_n either_o ordinary_o of_o the_o common_a sin_n that_o cleave_v to_o nature_n or_o extraordinary_o on_o the_o time_n of_o humiliation_n for_o some_o peculiar_a sin_n that_o have_v infect_v both_o priest_n and_o people_n neh._n 1.7_o so_o there_o be_v a_o confession_n which_o have_v be_v use_v in_o the_o church_n by_o those_o which_o for_o disobedience_n have_v be_v excommunicate_v and_o can_v not_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o congregation_n again_o without_o such_o confession_n but_o these_o confession_n prove_v not_o papistical_a auricular_a confession_n of_o all_o sin_n to_o be_v either_o force_v upon_o man_n as_o lawful_a or_o necessary_a to_o our_o reconcilement_n with_o god_n for_o as_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o confess_v all_o sin_n psal_n 19.13_o so_o it_o be_v not_o any_o where_o command_v in_o scripture_n nor_o any_o example_n give_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o do_v to_o a_o priest_n or_o to_o that_o end_n and_o the_o rather_o because_o there_o be_v another_o rule_n of_o remission_n and_o justification_n with_o god_n set_v down_o ezek._n 18.21_o and_o rom._n 4.23_o namely_o repentance_n and_o faith_n indeed_o confession_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o establish_v as_o the_o papist_n urge_v it_o till_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n innocentius_n the_o three_o who_o do_v order_n in_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n at_o rome_n about_o the_o year_n 1215._o that_o all_o of_o either_o sex_n after_o they_o come_v to_o the_o year_n of_o discretion_n shall_v confess_v all_o their_o sin_n faithful_o once_o in_o a_o year_n to_o their_o own_o priest_n which_o be_v second_v by_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n which_o enjoin_v confession_n before_o easter_n but_o we_o find_v it_o not_o impose_v by_o any_o divine_a authority_n as_o it_o be_v of_o no_o great_a antiquity_n therefore_o though_o a_o man_n may_v in_o case_n of_o a_o trouble_a conscience_n go_v and_o confess_v to_o one_o that_o be_v a_o true_a minister_n and_o lawful_o call_v thereunto_o have_v the_o word_n of_o reconciliation_n and_o gospel_n dispensation_n commit_v to_o he_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v force_v thereunto_o for_o in_o that_o there_o be_v too_o much_o formality_n and_o something_o of_o tyranny_n or_o if_o thou_o have_v wrong_v thy_o neighbour_n thou_o may_v confess_v thy_o fault_n to_o he_o but_o if_o thou_o be_v ashamed_a to_o confess_v it_o 50._o chryl_n hom_n 2._o in_o psal_n 50._o lest_o it_o 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