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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, he delivers his Kingdom up to his Father, whereas if Christ should reign a thousand years here, it could not be said to be the giving up of a Kingdom, but to the taking of a Kingdom into possession, he must resign all to God the Father. When the Scripture is so express it is a wonder that men can fancy such fantastical thoughts that Christ must come as an Earthly Monarch to reign here a thousand years. A fourth Scripture is in Heb. 9.28. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look for him, shall he appear the second time without sin, unto Salvation. From that Scripture I will argue against Christs coming to reign upon the Earth for a thousand years.
Thirdly, hee delivers his Kingdome up to his Father, whereas if Christ should reigne a thousand years here, it could not be said to be the giving up of a Kingdome, but to the taking of a Kingdome into possession, hèe must resigne all to God the Father. When the Scripture is so expresse it is a wonder that men can fancy such fantasticall thoughts that Christ must come as an Earthly Monarch to reigne here a thousand years. A fourth Scripture is in Heb. 9.28. So Christ was once offered to beare the sinnes of many, and unto them that looke for him, shall hee appeare the second time without sinne, unto Salvation. From that Scripture I will argue against Christs coming to reigne upon the Earth for a thousand yeares.
First, it is expressly in the Scripture that Christs coming there spoken of, it refers to the day of judgement in vers. 27. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement. There Christs second coming it doth refer to the day of Judgement. Now if the Scripture doth call that his second coming, which is his coming to judgement? then Christ cannot come before that time as to reign upon the Earth, for if he should come to reign upon the Earth, then the Apostle must call that his third coming, there was but one coming which was from Heaven to the Womb of the Virgin, and there is no other coming, but a second coming, that is to judgement, that is his second coming.