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Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and real demonstrations of our union with Christ…Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ…
Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and real demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...
London: printed for Simon Miller, 1657
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. It is not to sufferers for the evil of sin, nor to sufferers of the evil of sin, to which the Crown is promised: But to sufferers of the evil of punishment for the avoiding of the evil of sin, that it is promised, as •ppears by comparing this Text with some others; Peter explains Pauls meaning here, touching suffering, 1 Pet. 3.14. If ye suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye, Chap. 4.14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye, &c. Christ concurreth in this, Matth. 5.10, 11, 12, & 19.29. Hence it is evident, That it is not to all kind of suffering, but only to Gospel-suffering, that this great ⟨p. 173⟩reward is promised.
5. It is not to sufferers for the evill of sinne, nor to sufferers of the evill of sinne, to which the Crown is promised: But to sufferers of the evill of punishment for the avoiding of the evill of sinne, that it is promised, as •ppears by comparing this Text with some others; Peter explains Pauls meaning here, touching suffering, 1 Pet. 3.14. If ye suffer for righteousnesse sake, happy are ye, Chap. 4.14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye, &c. Christ concurreth in this, Matth. 5.10, 11, 12, & 19.29. Hence it is evident, That it is not to all kind of suffering, but only to Gospel-suffering, that this great ⟨p. 173⟩reward is promised.