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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.
First, it shall be different in regard of the manner of its enjoyment; in this world, thou enjoyest Christ mediately by Ordinances, thou doest but see him (as in the Apostles phrase) in a glass darkly, but in Heaven thou ⟨p. 214⟩shalt enjoy Christ personally, and have communion immediately with Christ in Heaven.
First, it shall bee different in regard of the manner of its enjoyment; in this world, thou enjoyest Christ mediately by Ordinances, thou doest but see him (as in the Apostles phrase) in a glasse darkely, but in Heaven thou ⟨p. 214⟩shalt enjoy Christ personally, and have communion immediately with Christ in Heaven.
Secondly, in regard of the measure of your enjoyment; here you enjoy but a parcel of Christ, you here enjoy Christs spirit by drops, you shall then enjoy the fullness of the Ocean.
Secondly, in regard of the measure of your enjoyment; here you enjoy but a parcell of Christ, you here enjoy Christs spirit by drops, you shall then enjoy the fullness of the Ocean.
Thirdly, it differs in regard of its time and duration; Here you do enjoy Christ, it is true, but it is by fits and starts, you enjoy him now in an Ordinance, but you have interrupted fellowship and communion with Christ; but when thou art with him in Heaven, there is no interruption in thy communion with Christ.