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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.
The third Query is this, but you will say, if Christ by his ascension into heaven did prepare heaven for believers; then what became of all the people of God and holy men of God under the old Testament? whither went they?
The third Quere is this, but you will say, if Christ by his ascension into heaven did prepare heaven for believers; then what became of all the people of God and holy men of God under the old Testament? whither went they?
The Jesuits raise the difficulty from the Text. They say that before Christ ascended none did go to heaven, therefore they make Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with all the Patriarchs and all the holy men of God, to be in the place called Limbus Patrum, which was for the good men till Christs ascension; Then there is Limbus Infantum, a place of receipt of Infants. Then there is Purgatory for men guilty of gross sins, heaven and hell they concur in to be a truth; Limbus Patrum, say they, was the place to receive all the good men till Christs ascension, and then Christ took them all into heaven; Protestant Divines ⟨p. 130⟩do take a deal of pains to vindicate this Text.
The Jesuites raise the difficulty from the Text. They say that before Christ ascended none did goe to heaven, therfore they make Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, with all the Patriarkes and all the holy men of God, to be in the place called Limbus Patrum, which was for the good men till Christs ascension; Then there is Limbus Infantum, a place of receipt of Infants. Then there is Purgatory for men guilty of grosse sins, heaven and hell they concurre in to be a truth; Limbus Patrum, say they, was the place to receive all the good men till Christs ascension, and then Christ tooke them all into heaven; Protestant Divines ⟨p. 130⟩do take a deale of paines to vindicate this Text.