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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.
Secondly, some members are necessarily required to make up the happiness of the Elect in Heaven; suppose an Elect man should be borne blind, or lost his eyes by casualty, if this man should not have his eyes, he could never see Christ in Heaven, we shall see with these very eyes the Body of Christ.
Secondly, some members are necessarily required to make up the happiness of the Elect in Heaven; suppose an Elect man should bee borne blind, or lost his eies by casualty, if this man should not have his eyes, he could never see Christ in Heaven, we shall see with these very eyes the Body of Christ.
The third reason is this, because the bodies of the Elect shall be as Adams body was in innocency; Adams body was created perfect by God, when Christ raiseth thy body, it shall never want a member, nor abound in a member, thy vile body shall be beautiful: what though others be […] then thee, and clearer skinned then thee, what though others mens Earth be painted better then thine▪ yet when Christ receives thy body, it shall be a beautiful, a glorious body, therefore you have that phrase, Mat. 13. 43. Th•• shall the righteous shine forth as the Sun, in the Kingdom of their Father.
The third reason is this, because the bodies of the Elect shall bee as Adams body was in innocency; Adams body was created perfect by God, when Christ raiseth thy body, it shall never want a member, nor abound in a member, thy vile body shall bee beautifull: what though others bee 〈…〉 then thee, and clearer skin'd then thee, what though others mens Earth bee painted better then thine▪ yet when Christ receives thy body, it shall be a beautifull, a glorious body, therefore you have that phrase,