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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, 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, 1 John 3. 2. Beloved, now we are the Sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. We do not know what Christ is, we shall know him then we shall see him as he is glorified in Heaven.
Secondly, here is another part of thy happinesse by being where Christ is, that thou shalt enjoy the society of Christ in his Humane Nature; where Christ is thou shalt bee, the meaning of that expression is, John 17. 24. Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given Mee, bee with Mee, where I am, that they may behold my Glory. Beloved, this is the Beatificall vision, ⟨p. 212⟩this referres 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 mee, and for to bee with mee, I beseech thee that they may bee with mee where I am, to behold my glory; It was a solemn wish of Austine a little before his Death; he wisht that he might see three things, and then if he might die, he did not care: I wish saith hee, First, that I might see Rome in its beauty, and to see Paul in the Pulpit, and to see Christ in the flesh, every Beleever shall see the Lord Jesus in the flesh. Iob 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 happinesse, that being where Jesus Christ is, thou hast a society with Christ in his humane Nature,