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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.
Secondly, the certainty doth stand upon the infallibility of Christs promise, Mat. 26. 64. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said, nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of Heaven, there is Christs promise, to which three of the Evangelists do concur.
Secondly, the certainty doth stand upon the infallibility of Christs promise, Mat. 26. 64. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said, neverthelesse I say unto you, Hereafter shall yee see the Sonne of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of Heaven, there is Christs promise, to which three of the Evangelists doe concurre.
Thirdly, the certainty of his coming is grounded upon the impartiality of his Justice, here every man hath not right, and in Solomons, phrase, a just man perisheth in his uprightness, and a wicked man prolongeth his days in wickedness; therefore to show Gods impartiality; there must be a coming of the Son of man to judge the world righteously. The Doctrine of Christs coming is impugned by Atheists, therefore you read what Peter tells you, 2 Peter 3. 3, 4. Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts and saying, where is the promise of his coming? For since ⟨p. 174⟩the Fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the Creation. And we read of the men of Athens, they questioned this, and would not believe this, For Christ coming to judge the world, Acts 17. 32. And when they heard of the Resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and others said, we will hear thee again of this matter. Of old time, in the times of Jesus Christ or soon after, men did mock at this Doctrine, that the dead shall rise, and Christ should come to judge both the quick and the dead; Herein Gerrard, reckons up abundance of Sects, as the Floriani, the Dosithiani, the Symmachiani, and many others: Indeed there is one Scripture that these Atheists do abuse in making it to deny the coming of Christ to judgement,