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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.
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.
Again, it is said, that they are carried by Angels into Abraham's bosom; therefore Abraham's bosom must be ⟨p. 191⟩in Heaven: certainly the good Angels carry a good soul into Heaven, and the wicked Angels carry a damned soul into Hell, and thus you have two instances, that immediately after death the souls of the Elect go to Heaven.
Againe, it is said, that they are carried by Angels into Abrahams bosome; therefore Abrahams bosom must be ⟨p. 191⟩in Heaven: certainly the good Angels carry a good soule into Heaven, and the wicked Angels carry a damned soule into Hell, and thus you have two instances, that immediately after death the soules of the Elect go to Heaven.
A third instance is in Mat. 22. 31, 32