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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.
2. And secondly. Note, That it is not suffering as an evil doer, but suffering as a Christian, that denominates an heir of Heaven; Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, saith the Apostle; Yet if any man suffer (as a Christian) let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God on this behalf, 1 Pet. 4.15, 16. Hence it is evident, That it is to him only that suffers as a Christian, that this promise of reigning with Christ is made; The Apostles meaning in this Text then, is, That if we suffer as Christians, we shall reign with him in glory.
2. And secondly. Note, That it is not suffering as an evill doer, but suffering as a Christian, that denominates an heir of Heaven; Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evill-doer, saith the Apostle; Yet if any man suffer (as a Christian) let him not be ashamed, but let him glorifie God on this behalfe, 1 Pet. 4.15, 16. Hence it is evident, That it is to him only that suffers as a Christian, that this promise of reigning with Christ is made; The Apostles meaning in this Text then, is, That if we suffer as Christians, we shall reign with him in glory.
Quest. But what is it to suffer as a Christian? or when may a man be said to suffer as a Christian?
Answ. To suffer as a Christian, is to suffer as Christ did suffer; and a man may be said to suffer, as a Christian, when he is truly conformable to Christ in suffering.