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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.
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.
Fourthly, I prove it to you by showing those gross absurdities and inconveniences that will arise, in case it should be denied that God doth not receive the soul of any Elect man, till he doth come to judge the world.
Fourthly, I prove it to you by shewing those grosse absurdities and inconveniencies that will arise, in case it should bee denyed that God doth not receive the soule of any Elect man, till he doth come to judge the world.
First, it will follow that the godly will be in a worse condition after they are dead, then they were in when they were alive, for when they were alive, to live is Christ, Christ dwelt in their hearts by Faith; Now if the soul doth sleep with the body, and perish with the body, then Christ doth not live in them, Christ doth not dwell there by Faith, so that this would be uncomfortable that a believer after death should be in a worse condition then during this life, for here he lives in Christ by Faith.
First, it will follow that the godly will bee in a worse condition after they are dead, then they were in when they were alive, for when they were alive, to live is Christ, Christ dwelt in their hearts by Faith; Now if the soule doth sleep with the body, and perish with the body, then Christ doth not live in them, Christ doth not dwell there by Faith, so that this would be uncomfortable that a beleever after death should bee in a worse condition then during this life, for here hee lives in Christ by Faith.