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The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…
The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithful labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithfull labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.
London: printed for Nathaniel Brooke, 1653
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Doct. 4 Fourthly, here is the great Doctrine of the Resurrection of the body, but Christ shall come to receive them again from the Dead, and all the Elect with them.
Doct. 4 Fourthly, here is the great Doctrine of the Resurrection of the body, but Christ shall come to receive them againe from the Dead, and all the Elect with them.
Doct. 5 Fifthly, here is the great Doctrine of that everlasting Communion that the Saints ⟨p. 5⟩shall have with Christ in Heaven, that where I am, there ye may be also.
The first clause, If I go, a good note that Calvin hath on these words, this conditional Particle ought to be resolved into an Adverb of time, If I go, It is not a note of dubitation, if Christ should go to Heaven or no, or a supposition, peradventure he may go to Heaven, peradventure not, but it serves for limitation of time when Christ doth go to Heaven. A like phrase you have, John 12.32. vers. And I, if I be lifted up from the Earth, will draw all men unto me. This he spake of what death he should die, if he be lifted on the Cross, he should save many by his death, and be bettered by his death. The word if, doth not note a dubitation or a supposition, it may be, or it may not be, but it notes an adverb of time, when I am lifted up, and so in my Text, And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto my self, that where I am, there ye may be also. There is no difficulty in the first expression, If I go and prepare a place for you, from which words there are two Observations, If I go.
The first clause, If I go, a good note that Calvin hath on these words, this conditionall Particle ought to be resolved into an Adverbe of time, If I goe, It is not a note of dubitation, if Christ should go to Heaven or no, or a supposition, peradventure hee may go to Heaven, peradventure not, but it serves for limitation of time when Christ doth go to Heaven. A like phrase you have,