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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.
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.
Secondly, it is said, Christ shall come the second time to our Salvation, it cannot bee said to our Salvation, if his coming were to reigne a thousand yeares upon the Earth, that were onely some temporall good; but Christs coming must referre to the last and great coming, wherein the world shall bee judged and the soules of the Elect shall bee saved; Beloved, these Scriptures are very clear unto mee. The reasons are two; that Christ shall not come personally out of Heaven to reigne upon the Earth for a thousand yeares. First, because the Scripture doth manifest that when Christ comes personally out of Heaven, there are such Concomitants of his coming, that can bee referred to no other time then his last coming to judge the world.
First, when Christ is said to come out of Heaven, the Scripture telleth you this concomitant, that the Saints shall come along with him, Jude 14. And Enoch also the seventh from Adam, Prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his Saints: So that when Christ comes from Heaven he must come with his Saints with him, nay, he must come with his Angels, 2 Thess. 1. 7. And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus Christ shall be revealed from Heaven, with his mighty Angels Put these two Scriptures together, Christ must come with his Saints and Angels.