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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, if Christ should come to reign a thousand years upon the Earth, then this incongruity will follow, that there must be three personal comings of Jesus Christ; for his first coming was his Incarnation. Second coming, to these thousand years. And his third coming must be to judge the world, that is, the last coming, but the Scripture makes but two comings of Christ; First, his coming from heaven, when he was borne; his second coming when he comes to judge the world again.
Fourthly, if Christ should come to reigne a thousand yeares upon the Earth, then this incongruity will follow, that there must bee three personall comings of Jesus Christ; for his first coming was his Incarnation. Second coming, to these thousand yeares. And his third coming must bee to judge the world, that is, the last coming, but the Scripture makes but two comings of Christ; First, his coming from heaven, when hee was borne; his second coming when he comes to judge the world again.
Fifthly, if Christ comes personally out of Heaven, to reign a thousand years, this incongruity will follow, that either the Saints and Angels must come, or not come with Christ; if they must come with Christ, then it is a loss to them, for them to leave the immediate presence of God, and come upon the Earth where wicked men shall be amongst them: or if they must not come with ⟨p. 159⟩Jesus Christ, yet it is a loss to them to remain there, they shall lose for a thousand years the bodily presence of Christ; if Christ be on the Earth, •ee cannot be in Heaven the same time; Therefore it would be a loss to the Saints and Angels for them to be a thousand years in Heaven without the company of Jesus Christ, not to have the person of Jesus Christ with them.
Fifthly, if Christ comes personally out of Heaven, to reigne a thousand yeares, this incongruity will follow, that either the Saints and Angels must come, or not come with Christ; if they must come with Christ, then it is a losse to them, for them to leave the immediate presence of God, and come upon the Earth where wicked men shall bee amongst them: or if they must not come with