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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.
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, Eccle. 3. 16, 17. And moreover I saw under the Sun the place of judgement, that wickedness was there, and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there, for every purpose, & for every work. That is, I saw into Courts of Judicature, and I saw wickedness was there, and I looked into the place of righteousness, and behold iniquity was there then I said in my heart, surely God shall judge both the ⟨p. 142⟩righteous and the wicked; if there were no argument in all the Scripture to prove Christs coming again, this argument it will evince that Christ shall come to judge the world, there must be a judging over again; there shall be a general Judgement, because there is so much perverting of judgement here below: and thus you have wherein, or in what cases the Doctrine of Christs coming may serve for comfort.
Fourthly, Christs coming againe 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 waies of oppression and violence towards you? it matters not. For Christs coming to judgement shall bee of great comfort to you. Ierome 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 amisse 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 againe; an excellent passage which Solomon hath,