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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.
A fifth way of Christs coming again, is this, he shall come terribly; In Isaiah 13. 9. Behold the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce Anger, to lay the Land desolate, and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. Revel. 6. 17. For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand? the coming of Jesus Christ, it is a terrible coming, that is a fifth way of his coming.
A fifth way of Christs coming againe, is this, he shall come terribly; In Isaiah 13. 9. Behold the day of the Lord cometh, cruell both with wrath and fierce Anger, to lay the Land desolate, and hee shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. Revel. 6. 17. For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall bee able to stand? the coming of Jesus Christ, it is a terrible coming, that is a fifth way of his coming.
Sixthly and lastly, Christ shall come unexpectedly; though it is true, there shall be immediate warnings of his coming, as the powers of Heaven shall be shaken, the Sun, Moon, and Stars shall be darkened, but that shall be but a little before his coming: but beloved, the coming of Christ shall be when men are not aware of it, as in the days of Noah, men were eating and drinking, and marrying and giving in marriage when the flood come and destroyed them, so shall the Son of man come. Christs coming shall then be to burn all with fire, when men shall be eating and drinking, possessing, and adding muck to muck, when men are secure and never think of Christs coming to burn all with fire; then the ⟨p. 179⟩powers of Heaven shall be shaken, and the world be set on fire. Hence it is that you read in Scripture in five or six places, Christs coming it shall be as a Thief in the night; a Thief will come in the dead time of the Night, as Christ said to his Disciples, in