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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 judging of the just and unjust shall be the same hour, and upon Christs coming all men shall be judged, 2 Tim. 4, 1. I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead, at his appearing, and his Kingdom. So that Christs appearing, and Christs coming is a judging of the quick and the dead. Now beloved, then to make this Scripture to say that Christ shall come on the Earth before his last coming, this is to cross other Scriptures, then of necessity therefore it cannot be the scope of th•s, for there is no jarring between one phrase of the Scripture and another.
The judging of the just and unjust shall bee the same houre, and upon Christs coming all men shall bee judged, 2 Tim. 4, 1. I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Iesus Christ, who shall judge the quicke and the dead, at his appearing, and his Kingdome. So that Christs appearing, and Christs coming is a judging of the quick and the dead. Now beloved, then to make this Scripture to say that Christ shall come on the Earth before his last coming, this is to crosse other Scriptures, then of necessity therefore it cannot bee the scope of th•s, for there is no jarring between one phrase of the Scripture and another.
Fifthly, when the scripture saith here, That they live and reign with Christ a thousand years, it is not spoken whether it be a reigning with Christ in Heaven or on Earth, so the phrase neither carrieth it one way or another.
Fifthly, when the scripture saith here, That they live and reigne with Christ a thousand yeares, it is not spoken whether it bee a reigning with Christ in Heaven or on Earth, so the phrase neither carrieth it one way or another.