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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.
Thirdly, observe, that it is said here that before this new Earth is, the world shall be burnt with Fire, the Heavens shall pass away with a noise, &c. Now before a thousand years there is no such thing, as it is before the day of Judgement. The burning of that world is reserved against the day of Judgement; therefore this coming cannot be referred to Christs personal coming on the earth to reign a thousand years.
Thirdly, observe, that it is said here that before this new Earth is, the world shall bee burnt with Fire, the Heavens shall passe away with a noyse, &c. Now before a thousand yeares there is no such thing, as it is before the day of Judgement. The burning of that world is reserved against the day of Judgement; therefore this coming cannot be referred to Christs personall coming on the earth to reign a thousand years.
Fourthly, it is said here, that Christ should come as a Thief, But the day of the Lord will •ome as a Thief in the Night, in the which the Heavens shall pass away with a great noise, &c. That Epithet is referred to his coming to judge the world, to his last coming, and not to any other coming, 1 Thess. 5. 2. For your selves know perfectly that the day of the Lord cometh as a Thief in the Night. But if Christ should come to reign upon the Earth, then he cometh visible, and observable, Mat. 33. 44. But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the Thief would come, he would have watched and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready, for in such an hour, as you think not, the Son of man cometh, Rovel. 16. 15. Behold, I come as a Thief: Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Fourthly, it is said here, that Christ should come as a Thiefe, But the day of the Lord will •ome as a Thiefe in the Night, in the which the Heavens shall passe away with a great noyse, &c. That Epithet is referred to his coming to judge the world, to his last coming, and not to any other coming,