A49255:840
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.
Again, Adam was placed in Innocency; yet so as to be liable to lose that blessed and glorious condition he was in, and did lose it, though he were a perfect Creature, yet he lay under a capacity to lose all his excellency, but when God brings thee to be present with Jesus Christ, thou art instated into a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, into a happy condition that cannot be lost.
Againe, Adam was placed in Innocency; yet so as to bee lyable to lose that blessed and glorious condition hee was in, and did lose it, though he were a perfect Creature, yet hee lay under a capacity to lose all his excellency, but when God brings thee to bee present with Jesus Christ, thou art instated into a Kingdome that cannot bee shaken, into a happy condition that cannot bee lost.
Again, thirdly, when he was made by God Innocency, he enjoyed only the society of Beasts on the Earth, and Birds of the Air; but when God brings thee where Christ is, he doth instate thee into a condition where God the Father, God the Son, and all the Saints and Angels are thy companions.
Againe, thirdly, when hee was made by God Innocency, hee enjoyed onely the society of Beasts on the Earth, and Birds of the Ayre; but when God brings thee where Christ is, hee doth instate thee into a condition where God the Father, God the Son, and all the Saints and Angels are thy companions.