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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.
Thirdly, whether did the Patriarchs and righteous holy men of God, that lived before Christs ascension go into heaven, whither went they when they dyed; therefore the Church of Rome gather from this Text, that before Christ went to heaven, there was none went into heaven, but all went into a place called Limbus Patrum.
Thirdly, whether did the Patriarks and righteous holy men of God, that lived before Christs ascension goe into heaven, whither went they when they dyed; therefore the Church of Rome gather from this Text, that before Christ went to heaven, there was none went into heaven, but all went into a place called Limbus Patrum.
First, in what sense may it be said, that Christ by his going into heaven prepares a place for believers there? I answer in these three regards Christ by going into heaven prepares a place there.
First, in what sense may it bee said, that Christ by his going into heaven prepares a place for believers there? I answer in these three regards Christ by going into heaven prepares a place there.
First, By way of Representation, Christ is not gone ⟨p. 127⟩to heaven as other men, as a single and a private person; but Christ is gone into heaven as a common and a public person; Christ is gone up to heaven with flesh and blood, and with our natures he is gone to heaven, and he is gone there as a Representer of all the Elect; Jesus Christ is gone to heaven representing the persons of the Elect of God upon the earth. Hence it is that you have a passage,