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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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First Christ in his bodily presence must go to Heaven, lest his Disciples should be taken too much with his bodily presence, and never look after the Communication of his Spirit. Therefore they ask Christ, Lord when wilt thou restore the Kingdom to Israel? they expected that Christ would take away the Roman Emperor which was a heathen, and expected that he would be King himself, Acts 1.6. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the Kingdom to Israel? It is for this reason say Interpreters, because the Disciples should not dote on Jesus Christ as to look on him as a temporal King, and look on him for a temporal Kingdom, so that was one reason why he would not leave his body with them, but that they might look after the Kingdom where he is, therefore Paul hath a passage in 2 Cor. 5.16. Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh, yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth, know we him no more. As if he should say, it may be those that lived in Christs time, that knew him according ⟨p. 12⟩to the flesh as a lovely person, but saith Paul, we know him in a spiritual way, to look after Heaven by Christ, to look after Salvation by Christ.
First Christ in his bodily presence must go to Heaven, lest his Disciples should be taken too much with his bodily presence, and never looke after the Communication of his Spirit. Therefore they aske Christ, Lord when wilt thou restore the Kingdome to Israel? they expected that Christ would take away the Roman Emperour which was a heathen, and expected that hee would bee King himselfe, Acts 1.6. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore againe the Kingdome to Israel? It is for this reason say Interpreters, because the Disciples should not dote on Jesus Christ as to looke on him as a temporall King, and looke on him for a temporall Kingdome, so that was one reason why hee would not leave his body with them, but that they might looke after the Kingdom where he is, therefore Paul hath a passage in