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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, this Doctrine may serve for ⟨p. 59⟩comfort, in case of any inward accusation of conscience from the apprehension of thine own guiltiness, it may be thou judgest thy self that thou art a damned undone Creature, why remember, that there is a Judgement to pass on thee besides thy own mistake and misapprehension, Christ coming to Judgement should be a comfort to thee against thine own Inward accusation, because he that is thy Jesus, is thy Judge, he is thy Advocate to plead thy cause, when he is thy Judge to judge thy cause; Suppose thy conscience doth accuse thee, and thou judgest thy self to Hell, yet comfort thy self with this, that thy Jesus will afterwards come to judge thee.
Thirdly, this Doctrine may serve for ⟨p. 59⟩comfort, in case of any inward accusation of conscience from the apprehension of thine own guiltinesse, it may be thou judgest thy selfe that thou art a damned undone Creature, why remember, that there is a Judgement to passe on thee besides thy own mistake and misapprehension, Christ coming to Judgement should be a comfort to thee against thine owne Inward accusation, because hee that is thy Jesus, is thy Judge, hee is thy Advocate to pleade thy cause, when hee is thy Judge to judge thy cause; Suppose thy conseience doth accuse thee, and thou judgest thy selfe to Hell, yet comfort thy selfe with this, that thy Jesus will afterwards come to judge thee.
Fourthly, Christs coming again to judge the World it is a Doctrine of comfort in case of Oppression in Courts of Judicature. What though Might overcometh Right? any usurping hand which useth ways of Oppression and violence towards you, it matters not. For Christs coming to judgement shall be of great comfort to you. Jerome saith, that Christ shall come to judge things that are not judged in the World, and CHRIST shall come to judge things that are judged amiss in the World, Christ shall judge all Oppressions and violence which is done by an usurping hand, here is matter of comfort that Christ cometh to judge them all over again, an excellent passage