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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.
Fourthly, thy happiness in being present with Christ where he is, is that thou shalt stand in no need of Ordinances: ⟨p. 213⟩beloved, here the highest grown Christian, and the strongest Believer in the World doth stand in more need of Ordinances then a lame man doth of Crutches to go by; but when thou comest to have this accomplishment, that thou shalt be where Christ is, thou then standest in no need of Ordinances, then what needs the Candlestick of Sermons; what needs the Candlestick of Preaching, and the Candlestick of Praying, when thou art present with Christ the Sun of righteousness; there is no need of conduit pipes, when thou art by the Fountain head, thou needst no Ordinances, the conduit pipes are the Ordinances, there is no need of Ordinances any longer then thou art absent from the Fountain, which is Jesus Christ, the ceremonial Law is all Gospel, it is a dark Gospel, the Evangelists are the explained Gospel the ceremonial Law is a dark Gospel, Exodus 25. Meaning the holy place; There was to be golden Candlesticks which Typified the Preaching of the Word; In the Holy place there was the Incense Dishes, to wit Christs Intercession, this was only in the holy place, but in the holy of holiest, there was no Candlestick, no Incense Dishes there, to show, that whilst you are on this side Heaven in the Church of God, you need the Candlestick, you need Preaching and praying; but in the holy of holiest there was none of this, to show that it was a Type of Heaven, and when Christ beings thee there, then thou art above Ordinances, and never till then; this is a Fourth particular.
Fourthly, thy happinesse in being present with Christ where hee is, is that thou shalt stand in no need of Ordinances: ⟨p. 213⟩beloved, here the highest growne Christian, and the strongest Beleever in the World doth stand in more need of Ordinances then a lame man doth of Crutches to goe by; but when thou comest to have this accomplishment, that thou shalt bee where Christ is, thou then standest in no need of Ordinances, then what needs the Candlestick of Sermons; what needs the Candlestick of Preaching, and the Candlestick of Praying, when thou art present with Christ the Sun of righteousnesse; there is no need of conduit pipes, when thou art by the Fountain head, thou needst no Ordinances, the conduit pipes are the Ordinances, there is no need of Ordinances any longer then thou art absent from the Fountaine, which is Jesus Christ, the ceremoniall Law is all Gospell, it is a darke Gospell, the Evangelists are the explained Gospel the ceremoniall Law is a darke Gospell,