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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 second query is this, but what benefit is it to the body, what endowments shall the body receive by this, when Christ comes?
First, in general I shall say this to you, that the body shall receive more glorious endowments then ever it could be capable to receive, and enjoy here in this world; it may be thy body is endowed with a comely feature, yet when Christ comes to receive thy body, it shall be endowed better then now it is. Chrysostom saith, take Wool, and let this Wool be dyed into a Scarlet, or purple colour, dyed in grain, yet the Wool is the same Wool as it was before, when it was white, but yet there is a more goodly lustre put upon it. Thy body shall be the same body, but thy body shall have more illustrious endowments, then now it hath.
First, in generall I shall say this to you, that the body shall receive more glorious endowments then ever it could bee capable to receive, and enjoy here in this world; it may bee thy body is endowed with a comely feature, yet when Christ comes to receive thy body, it shall bee endowed better then now it is. Chrysostome saith, take Wooll, and let this Wooll be dyed into a Scarlet, or purple colour, dyed in graine, yet the Wooll is the same Wooll as it was before, when it was white, but yet there is a more goodly lustre put upon it. Thy body shall bee the same body, but thy body shall have more illustrious endowments, then now it hath.
And thus much only in the general; now to come to particulars. I shall resolve this question in these six Particulars.
And thus much onely in the generall; now to come to particulars. I shall resolve this question in these six Particulars.