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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.
Answ. They answered this, that in the year 1300 the Turkish Emperor began to bear sway, Gog and Magog, called the Turk prevailed, and hath gotten the greatest part of the world within his power, and he was the Gog and Magog that did persecute the Saints, and did spread almost over all the Earth, and truly comparing Scripture and story together, this seems to be the nearest and the truest sense of this place, and this interpreters do generally concur in.
Answ. They answered this, that in the yeare 1300 the Turkish Emperour began to beare sway, Gog and Magog, called the Turke prevailed, and hath gotten the greatest part of the world within his power, and hee was the Gog and Magog that did persecute the Saints, and did spread almost over all the Earth, and truly comparing Scripture and story together, this seemes to be the neerest and the truest sense of this place, and this interpreters doe generally concurre in.
Two Objections by those, who plead for a thousand years.
Two Objections by those, who plead for a thousand yeares.
First, is this, we read in the Century of the Church, that the Church of God was pestered by Valens the Emperor after these 300 years, and of Julian the Apostate that did greatly persecute the Christians, and how can this be true, when we read of so much persecution, after the Devil was bound up?
First, is this, we read in the Century of the Church, that the Church of God was pestered by Valens the Emperour after these 300 yeares, and of Julian the Apostate that did greatly persecute the Christians, and how can this be true, when we read of so much persecution, after the Devil was bound up?