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The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin…
The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin and the privilege 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 ...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 ...
London: printed for John Rothwell, 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.
Seventhly and lastly, it may serve for comfort in this regard, that Christ is gone to Heaven for this very purpose, to prepare Heaven for thee; I go to prepare a place for you Heb. 6, 20. Whither the forerunner is for us ⟨p. 126⟩entered, even Jesus made an high Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. Christ is our forerunner, gone to Heaven for us, Christ did not only dye for us, but Christ did go to heaven for us, Heb. 10. 19, 20. Having therefore brethren, boldness to enter into the hol•est by the blood of Jesus; By a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; That is, having hopes to come to enter into Heaven by the blood of Christ, through Christs flesh as dying on the Cross. And thus much be spoken for the Doctrinal part of this point, the point was this, That Christs Ascension or going up bodily to Heaven is a ground of great comfort to Gods people whilst they live here upon the Earth.
Seventhly and lastly, it may serve for comfort in this regard, that Christ is gone to Heaven for this very purpose, to prepare Heaven for thee; I goe to prepare a place for you Heb. 6, 20. Whither the foreruner is for us ⟨p. 126⟩entred, even Jesus made an high Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Christ is our forerunner, gone to Heaven for us, Christ did not onely dye for us, but Christ did go to heaven for us, Heb. 10. 19, 20. Having therefore brethren, boldnesse to enter into the hol•est by the bloud of Iesus; By a new and living way which hee hath consecrated for us, through the vaile, that is to say, his flesh; That is, having hopes to come to enter into Heaven by the bloud of Christ, through Christs flesh as dying on the Crosse. And thus much be spoken for the Doctrinall part of this point, the point was this, That Christs Ascensionor going up bodily to Heaven is a ground of great comfort to Gods people whilest they live here upon the Earth.