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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.
Secondly, Christ prepares a place for the elect by way of intercession, Heb. 9. 24. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the Figures of the true, but into heaven it self, now to appear in the presence of God for us. That as the Priest under the Law, when he went to the holy places he had the names of all the Tribes on his breast, so the Lord Jesus Christ our great high Priest, having the Names of all the elect not only on his breast but in his heart, prayeth to his Father that we might come there, and this Intercession is another way that heaven is prepared for the elect.
Secondly, Christ prepares a place for the elect by way of intercession, Heb. 9. 24. For Christ is not entred into the holy places made with hands, which are the Figures of the true, but into heaven it selfe, now to appeare in the presence of God for us. That as the Priest under the Law, when hee went to the holy places hee had the names of all the Tribes on his breast, so the Lord Jesus Christ our great high Priest, having the Names of all the elect not onely on his breast but in his heart, prayeth to his Father that we might come there, and this Intercession is another way that heaven is prepared for the elect.
Thirdly, Christ is said to prepare heaven for us by way ⟨p. 128⟩of Operation in us, he prepares heaven for us by preparing us for heaven, and this is the sense that Austin gives of these words. Jesus Christ prepares a Mansion for us in heaven, when he prepares us the Inhabitants for heaven, here is the great evidence for heaven: are your hearts prepared? then you may be assured that heaven is prepared for you, Col. 1. 12, 13, 14. Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in Light; who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son. In whom we have Redemption, through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins. An unconverted man is not a meet man for heaven, now when Christ makes you meet for heaven, he then prepares a place for thee,