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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 second caution is this, take heed of peremptory conclusions about this dark and obscure Doctrine of Christs coming to judge the world. There are many loose and lavish frolic wits that have bold and adventurous attempts touching the coming of the Lord in determining that, which the Scripture determineth not: it is not my intent to trouble you with ni••ties, but only to check the frolic and bold attempts of some, who go about to determine that which the Scripture doth no way reveal, to which end take heed of these things.
The second caution is this, take heed of peremptory conclusions about this dark and obscure Doctrin of Christs coming to judge the world. There are many loose and lavish frolick wits that have bold and adventurous attempts touching the coming of the Lord in determining that, which the Scripture determineth not: it is not my intent to trouble you with ni••ties, but onely to check the frollick and bold attempts of some, who goe about to determine that which the Scripture doth no way reveale, to which end take heed of these things.
First, take heed of determining the place from whence Christ should come. The Papists they are bold thi• way: they hold you in hand that Christ shall come from the East. Therefore our Churches, all of them were built East and West, and upon that ground, that Christ would come from the East; the Scripture saith that Christ shall come as lightning from the East, but that doth not show ⟨p. 146⟩the place from whence he comes; but as Christ shall come as Lightning, it notes the visibility of Christs coming, and the celerity of Christs coming; Lightning it is visible, and so shall Christs coming be, all shall see him as ye see Lightning; Now this bold attempt hath been the foundation to many Superstitions Opinions; it is the reason of bowing and c•inging towards the East. All rose merely from that ground of Christs coming from the East; the Scripture only saith, that he shall come down from Heaven, and the Lord shall come from Heaven, but from what part of the heaven the scripture speaketh not.