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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.
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.
Secondly, here is another part of thy happiness by being where Christ is, that thou shalt enjoy the society of Christ in his Humane Nature; where Christ is thou shalt be, the meaning of that expression is, John 17. 24. Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given Me, be with Me, where I am, that they may behold my Glory. Beloved, this is the Beatifical vision, ⟨p. 212⟩this refers to seeing the Glory of Christs person in his Humane Nature, not the glory of his God head, but the Glory of his Man hood, that they may behold my glorified body, the Glory of my Humane Nature, that was so contemned, and so despised when I was on the Earth; I beseech thee let all the Elect that long for me, and for to be with me, I beseech thee that they may be with me where I am, to behold my glory; It was a solemn wish of Austin a little before his Death; he wished that he might see three things, and then if he might die, he did not care: I wish saith he, First, that I might see Rome in its beauty, and to see Paul in the Pulpit, and to see Christ in the flesh, every Believer shall see the Lord Jesus in the flesh. Job tells you of his confidence long before Christ was borne, I know my Redeemer liveth, and with these eyes I shall see my Redeemer, here is thy happiness, that being where Jesus Christ is, thou hast a society with Christ in his humane Nature,