A49255:787
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.
Secondly, when Christ doth receive the body to himself, then what endowments doth the body, receive as now it hath not?
First, why must Christ receive the body to himself, as well as the soul?
First, why must Christ receive the body to himselfe, as well as the soule?
There are four reasons.
First, because of the Resurrection of his own body, Christs own body is raised from the dead, and received up into heaven, and therefore the bodies of the Elect must be there also; where Christ is, there must his members be; Christ the head is raised from the dead, and received up into glory. The Apostle doth give this reason, 1 Cor. 15. 12. Now if Christ be preached, that he rose from the dead, &c. As if he should have said, Christ being risen from the dead, doth argue that our bodies must rise from the Grave, though they be dead there. In