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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.
Quest. The Question is this, that seeing Jesus Christ doth only promise that he will receive the Elect unto himself at his coming again; Then what becomes of all the godly immediately after death, before Christs coming again to judgement? Those that hold for the sleeping of the Soul, on this Text do ground that there is no receiving, neither one or other, the one to life, the other to death, the wicked are not tormented till then, nor the godly glorified till then; Therefore it is needful, that seeing Christ doth here speak of receiving them unto himself, not till his coming, to show what becomes of the Souls of dead Men, before the coming of Christ.
Quest. The Question is this, that seeing Jesus Christ doth only promise that hee will receive the Elect unto himselfe at his coming againe; Then what becomes of all the godly immediately after death, before Christs coming againe to judgement? Those that hold for the sleeping of the Soule, on this Text doe ground that there is no receiving, neither one or other, the one to life, the other to death, the wicked are not tormented till then, nor the godly glorified till then; Therefore it is needfull, that seeing Christ doth here speake of receiving them unto himselfe, not till his coming, to shew what becomes of the Souls of dead Men, before the coming of Christ.
Answ. Before I give you the Answer, take this distinction; There is a twofold receiving.
First, There is a partial and incomplete receiving, and this is done immediately after death, that when the soul doth depart from the body, the soul is received by Jesus Christ into Heaven, and that is the reason of those Speeches in Acts 7