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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, observe this; that the Scripture doth not say that Christ by going up to heaven did open heaven for us, he being our Mediator sitting at Gods right hand in heaven, heaven was opened before, but not so fully adorned as it was by Christs ascension, Heb. 9. 8. The holy Ghosts this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all, was not yet made manifest, whilst the Tabernacle was yet standing. The Grecians do observe, that Christ doth not use a word that signifies to open a thing that is shut, but to open clear, and manifest a thing that is obscure, it was open before.
Secondly, observe this; that the Scripture doth not say that Christ by going up to heaven did open heaven for us, he being our Mediator sitting at Gods right hand in heaven, heaven was opened before, but not so fully adorned as it was by Christs ascension, Heb. 9. 8. The holy Ghosts this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all, was not yet made manifest, whilest the Tabernacle was yet standing. The Grecians doe observe, that Christ doth not use a word that signifies to open a thing that is shut, but to open clear, and manifest a thing that is obscure, it was open before.
Thirdly, against the Jesuits conceit of Limbus Patrum there are clear passages in the Scripture and undeniable reasons drawn from the Scripture that doth prove believers under the old Testament went to heaven before CHRISTS ascension; As in Luke 16. 22. And it came ⟨p. 131⟩to pass that the beggar dyed, and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's Bosom: the Rich man also dyed, and was buried. He lived two thousand years and more before Christ was borne, heaven is called Abraham's Bosom, and the elect that dyed are said to go into Abraham's Bosom, and Elijah and Enoch are in heaven