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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, Seeing there is no coming of Christ as King in this world; then do not trouble your selves with Niceties, and Obscurities about his coming upon the Earth, but labour to be fitted and prepared for his last and great coming.
Thirdly, Seeing there is no coming of Christ as King in this world; then doe not trouble your selves with Niceties, and Obscurities about his coming upon the Earth, but labour to be fitted and prepared for his last and great coming.
Fourthly, if Christ should come to reign upon the Earth (which the Scripture no ways speaks of) then certainly the Saints of these times do make but a bad preparative for Christs reign, that do impale Saintship, and monopolize Saint-ship unto themselves, and say they are the people of God, the church of Christ, and the Saints of Christ, and they make but a bad preparation for Christs coming, to live in sensuality as they do, and commit such wickednesses as they do upon the Earth.
Fourthly, if Christ should come to reigne upon the Earth (which the Scripture no waies speakes of) then certainely the Saints of these times do make but a bad preparative for Christs reigne, that doe impale Saintship, and monopolize Saint-ship unto themselves, and say they are the people of God, the church of Christ, and the Saints of Christ, and they make but a bad preparation for Christs coming, to live in sensuality as they doe, and commit such wickednesses as they do upon the Earth.
This is but a bad preparation, and but poor encouragement to Jesus Christ to come and reign amongst such Saints as these are, which indeed are a scandal to Saints, a scandal to Religion, and would be a scandal to that thousand years of Christ, if he should come to reign, but Christ will have better Saints then these are to reign with him.