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The world that now is; and the world that is to comeThe vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come
The world that now is; and the world that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.The vvorld that now is; and the vvorld that is to come: or The first and second coming of Jesus Christ Wherein several prophecies not yet fulfilled are expounded. By Han. Knollys, a servant of Jesus Christ. Rev. I. 19.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden, 1681
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.
§ 1. The Position propounded.
That the Chief WORK of Jesus Christ in his first Coming into the WORLD was to save sinners; to build up his own House, the Church of the Living God; and to institute all Gospel-Ordinances necessary for his Disciples to worship God in Spirit and in Truth.
THat the Chief WORK of Jesus Christ in his first Coming into the WORLD was to save sinners; to build up his own House, the Church of the Living God; and to institute all Gospel-Ordinances necessary for his Disciples to worship God in Spirit and in Truth.
§ 2. The Position proved.
1. That our LORD Jesus Christ came into the WORLD to save ⟨p. 3⟩sinners, Luk. 5.32. I came not to call the Righteous, but Sinners to Repentance, Matth. 18.11. For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost. And