A49255:632
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.
First, it is expressly in the Scripture that Christs coming there spoken of, refers to the day of Judgement in v. 27. And as it is appointed unto all men once to dye, but after this the judgement. There Christs second coming, it doth refer•e unto the day of Judgement; Now if the Scripture doth […] that the second coming which is his coming to judgement? Then Christ cannot come before that time to reign upon the Earth, for if he should come to reign upon the Earth, then the Apostle must call that his third coming; there hath been but one coming, which was from Heaven to the womb of the Virgin, and there is no other coming to follow but a second coming, that is, to judgement.
First, it is expresly in the Scripture that Christs coming there spoken of, referres to the day of Judgement in v. 27. And as it is appointed unto all men once to dye, but after this the judgement. There Christs second coming, it doth refer•e unto the day of Judgement; Now if the Scripture doth 〈…〉 that the second coming which is his coming to judgement? Then Christ cannot come before that time to reigne upon the Earth, for if hee should come to reigne upon the Earth, then the Apostle must call that his third coming; there hath been but one coming, which was from Heaven to the wombe of the Virgin, and there is no other coming to follow but a second coming, that is, to judgement.
Secondly, it is said, Christ shall come the second time to our Salvation, it cannot be said to our Salvation, if his coming were to reign a thousand years upon the Earth, that were only some temporal good; but Christs coming must refer to the last and great coming, wherein the world shall be judged and the souls of the Elect shall be saved; Beloved, these Scriptures are very clear unto me. The reasons are two; that Christ shall not come personally out of Heaven to reign upon the Earth for a thousand years. First, because the Scripture doth manifest that when Christ comes personally out of Heaven, there are such Concomitants of his coming, that can be referred to no other time then his last coming to judge the world.