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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, which is the true scope of this place; I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the Vine, until that day when I drink it with you in my Fathers Kingdom: he was taking the Lords Supper, and was drinking the cup of Wine, saith he, I am going away and will drink no more till we meet in Heaven, not that there should be Eating and Drinking in Heaven, but when you and I meet, we shall have sweet fellowship and communion together, as is in Eating and drinking together; As Feasting is a badge of communion, and of Love, so there shall be endeared love and endeared communion with Christ in Heaven: you shall drink it new, not new Wine, nor eat new Bread, but after a new manner of Love and communion, they should express Love each to other, and have everlasting communion one with another.
Thirdly, which is the true scope of this place; I will not drinke henceforth of this fruit of the Vine, untill that day when I drinke it with you in my Fathers K•ngdome: he was taking the Lords Supper, and was drinking the cup of Wine, saith hee, I am going away and will drinke no more till wee meet in Heaven, not that there should bee Eating and Drinking in Heaven, but when you and I meete, wee shall have sweet fellowship and communion together, as is in Eating and drinking together; As Feasting is a badge of communion, and of Love, so there shall be endeared love and endeared communion with Christ in Heaven: you shall drinke it new, not new Wine, nor eat new Bread, but after a new manner of Love and communion, they should expresse Love each to other, and have everlasting communion one with another.
They say likewise that there shall be no sin in the world, and that the Earth shall be restored to its primitive fruitfulness as it were before the fall, but I shall not middle with these. And thus according unto my poor measure I have laboured to lay down the grounds from Scripture, why Christ cannot come to reign personally upon the Earth a thousand years, and have vindicated those Scriptures that seem to patronize that Opinion.