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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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Thirdly, whither did the Patriarchs and righteous holy men of God, go, that lived before Christs Ascension into Heaven, whither went they when they died? therefore ⟨p. 36⟩the Church of Rome gather from this Text, that before Christ went to heaven, there were none went into heaven, but all went into a place called Limbus Patrum.
Thirdly, whither did the Patriarks and righteous holy men of God, goe, that lived before Christs Ascention into Heaven, whither went they when they died? therefore ⟨p. 36⟩the Church of Rome gather from this Text, that before Christ went to heaven, there were none went into heaven, but all went into a place called Limbus Patrum.
First, in what sense may it be said, that Christ by his going into heaven prepares a place for Believers there? I answer in these three regards, that Christ by going into heaven prepares a place there.
First, by way of Representation, Christ is not gone to heaven as every man, as a single and private person, but Christ is gone into heaven as a common and a public person; Christ is gone up to heaven with flesh and blood, and with our natures he is gone to heaven, and he is gone there as a Representer of all the Elect; Jesus Christ is gone to heaven representing the persons of all the Elect of God upon the Earth. Hence it is that you have a passage, Eph. 2.6. And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. We are not in heavenly places, we are in earthly places, but we do sit in heaven: because Christ is now in heaven, he being gone to heaven as a common and a public person, a Representer of all the elect,