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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, from the time when Christ did leave this World and ascend up to go to Heaven, if you read the Evangelists they will tell you it was about the 33 year of his Age, he left this World and goeth up to Heaven. Learn thus much from thence, that if Christ would leave the World in the flower of his Age, a young man, then this should be fastened on the Meditation of you young men that you should not have your hearts too much glued to the World, to hanker after a long life. Suppose God should take thee away now in the flower of thy age, now God took Christ away so.
First, from the time when Christ did leave this World and ascend up to goe to Heaven, if you reade the Evangelists they will tell you it was about the 33 yeare of his Age, hee left this World and goeth up to Heaven. Learne thus much from thence, that if Christ would leave the World in the flower of his Age, a young man, then this should be fastened on the Meditation of you young men that you should not have your hearts too much glued to the World, to hancker after a long life. Suppose God should take thee away now in the flower of thy age, now God took Christ away so.
Secondly, you may learn somewhat from the place whence Christ did ascend, it is very observable; It was Mount Olivet, ⟨p. 23⟩Acts 1.12. Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the Mount called Olivet which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath days Journey. Luke saith, it was from Bethany. Luke 24.50.51. And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them. And it came to pass while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. It was all one, but there is much of Gods mind in this, of all places in the World Christ did make choice of Bethany by Mount Olivet to go up to Heaven: Beloved the reason was, because that was the place that Christ was taken in when Judas came with the Scribes and Pharisees to apprehend him, from that place he was taken to be crucified, and seeing it was from that place, he would make choice of that place, that from thence he would take his rise to go up to Heaven, [Greek or Hebrew] of [Greek or Hebrew] Bethany in Hebrew, signifies a house of affliction, so that Christ made that which was the house of his affliction, Christ made that Bethany to be the place of the translation of him into glory, I would give you thence to note that God doth oftentimes make our sufferings to be Inlets to our glory. So it was with Christ, from Bethany he was taken a Prisoner, and from that place he would ascend up into Heaven, so if you suffer with him, you shall also be glorified with him, you may be carried to Heaven sometime in