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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
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Thirdly, this Doctrine may serve for comfort, in case of any inward accusation of conscience from the apprehension of thine own guiltiness: it may be thou judgest thy self that thou art a damned undone Creature▪ remember, that there is a Judgement to pass on thee besides thy own mistake and misapprehension, Christs coming to Judgement should be a comfort to thee against thine own inward accusation, because he that is thy Jesus, is thy Judge, he is thy Advocate to plead thy cause, and thy Judge to judge thy cause; Suppose thy conscience doth accuse thee, and thou judgest thy self to Hell, yet comfort thy self with this, that thy Jesus will afterwards come to judge thee.
Thirdly, this Doctrine may serve for comfort, in case of any inward accusation of conscience from the apprehension of thine own guiltinesse: it may bee thou judgest thy self that thou art a damned undone Creature▪ remember, that there is a Judgement to passe on thee besides thy own mistake and misapprehension, Christs coming to Judgement should bee a comfort to thee against thine own inward accusation, because hee that is thy Jesus, is thy Judge, hee is thy Advocate to plead thy cause, and thy Judge to judge thy cause; Suppose thy conscience doth accuse thee, and thou judgest thy selfe to Hell, yet comfort thy self with this, that thy Jesus will afterwards come to judge thee.
Fourthly, Christs coming again to judge the would it is a Doctrine of comfort in case of oppression in Courts of Judicature. What though Might overcometh Right? and the usurping hand useth ways of oppression and violence towards you? it matters not. For Christs coming to judgement shall be of great comfort to you. Jerome saith, that Christ shall come to judge things that are not judged in the world, and Christ shall come to judge things that are judged amiss in the world; Christ shall judge all oppressions and violence which is done by an usurping hand; here is matter of comfort that Christ cometh to judge them all over again; an excellent passage which Solomon hath,