A49255:574
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, if Christ be gone into heaven to prepare a ⟨p. 134⟩place for the Elect, then we are rather gainers then losers by the want of Christs bodily presence, we should be less happy to have Christ upon the Earth, then now Christ is in heaven; for we are greater gainers by Christs now being in heaven, then if he were in person with us upon the Earth; Divines illustrate this: say they, the body of the Sun is sixth in the Firmament, and giveth light over all the world, now should the body of the Sun be taken from the Firmament and be upon the Earth amongst us, it would not be of that avail to us as now it is, the Sun of Righteousness now he is in the heavens, he is of greater avail to us, then if he were upon the Earth; for if he were on the Earth, all the World could not see him at once, so that we are greater gainers by Christs going up to Heaven, then if he were in person here amongst us, as God saith in John 14. 28. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you: If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father, for my Father is greater then I. Truly▪ it was matter of joy and not of grief that Christ left this world and went to heaven, because he went there to prepare a place for us. I would fain know whether Jacob would have been troubled for his Son Joseph, if Jacob had known this, that his Son was gone into Egypt to prepare a place for him and all his brethren, against the famine: surely it would never have troubled him. Truly your Joseph, your Jesus, he is gone to Heaven, to prepare a place for you there; therefore let it not trouble you, seeing you are more happy by Christs presence in heaven, then if you had his bodily presence upon the earth.
Secondly, if Christ be gone into heaven to prepare a ⟨p. 134⟩place for the Elect, then we are rather gayners then losers by the want of Christs bodily presence, wee should bee lesse happy to have Christ upon the Earth, then now Christ is in heaven; for wee are greater gainers by Christs now being in heaven, then if hee were in person with us upon the Earth; Divines illustrate this: say they, the body of the Sun is fixt in the Firmament, and giveth light over all the world, now should the body of the Sun bee taken from the Firmament and bee upon the Earth amongst us, it would not bee of that availe to us as now it is, the Sun of Righteousnesse now hee is in the heavens, hee is of greater availe to us, then if he were upon the Earth; for if hee were on the Earth, all the World could not see him at once, so that we are greater gainers by Christs going up to Heaven, then if hee were in person here amongst us, as God saith in