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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.
Then again, that Prayer of Stephen proves it likewise, in Acts 7. 59. And they stoned Stephen, calling ⟨p. 194⟩upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus receive my spirit. It had been uncomfortable for him to have thought that he should have been stoned for Jesus Christ and it must have been above 1600 years before Christ should have received his soul, but he prayed, Lord Jesus Christ receive my soul, which he would not have done, if he had not believed that his soul would have been received by Jesus Christ immediately after death.
Then againe, that Prayer of Stephen proves it likewise, in Acts 7. 59. And they stoned Stephen, calling ⟨p. 194⟩upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus receive my spirit. It had been uncomfortable for him to have thought that he should have been stoned for Jesus Christ and it must have been above 1600 yeares before Christ should have received his soule, but hee prayed, Lord Jesus Christ receive my soule, which hee would not have done, if hee had not beleeved that his soul would have been received by Jesus Christ immediately after death.
And thus I leave those Scriptures to confirm you in this, that the soul doth not sleep in the body, but at the departure from the body it doth immediately go to Heaven.
And thus I leave those Scriptures to confirme you in this, that the soule doth not sleep in the body, but at the departure from the body it doth immediately go to Heaven.