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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.
To this I answer, though some men do say it is a Parable, yet many say it is a History. Jerome and many following him doth give many arguments to prove, that it was a History, and not a parable. And Tertullian is confident that this is an exact History of what was really done; And Peter Martyr doth quote Tertullian; saith he, Tertullian is so confident that this is a History, that he undertakes to tell you who were the men, saith he, the Rich man was Herod, and the Beggar was John the Baptist. But Suppose it be a parable and not a History, yet parables do carry the resemblance of truth, parables take their Foundations from truth, that there are some men in Hell, & some men in Heaven, that in Hell there is torment and in heaven there is joy, that as the beggar went to Heaven after death, so shall the godly, and as the rich man went to Hell, so shall all the wicked.
To this I answer, though some men doe say it is a Parable, yet many say it is a History. Jerome and many following him doth give many arguments to prove, that it was a History, and not a parable. And Tertullian is confident that this is an exact History of what was really done; And Peter Martyr doth quote Tertullian; saith hee, Tertullian is so confident that this is a History, that hee undertakes to tell you who were the men, saith hee, the Rich man was Herod, and the Beggar was John the Baptist. But Suppose it be a parable and not a History, yet parables doe carry the resemblance of truth, parables take their Foundations from truth, that there are some men in Hell, & some men in Heaven, that in Hell there is torment and in heaven there is joy, that as the beggar went to Heaven after death, so shall the godly, and as the rich man went to Hell, so shall all the wicked.
The other Evasion is this, that this beggar is said to be carried into Abraham's bosom; I answer, First, it is more then probable that Abraham's bosom is Heaven; now Abraham being in heaven all his children are in Heaven, that are in his bosom: that is the answer that Gerrard gives.
The other Evasion is this, that this beggar is said to be carried into Abrahams bosome; I answer, First, it is more then probable that Abrahams bosome is Heaven; now Abraham being in heaven all his children are in Heaven, that are in his bosome: that is the answer that Gerrard gives.