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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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Sixthly, if Christ comes personally out of Heaven, this incongruity will follow, that either the Saints and Angels must come, or not come with Christ; if they must come with Christ, then it is a loss to them, for them to come to leave the immediate presence of God, and come upon the Earth where wicked men shall be amongst them: or if they must not come with Jesus Christ, yet it is a lose to them to remain there, they shall lose for a thousand years the Body of Christ, if Christ be on the Earth, he cannot be in Heaven the same time; Therefore it would be a loss to the Saints and Angels for them to be a thousand years in Heaven without the company of Jesus Christ, not to have the person of Jesus Christ with them.
Sixtly, if Christ comes personally out of Heaven, this incongruity will follow, that either the Saints and Angells must come, or not come with Christ; if they must come with Christ, then it is a losse to them, for them to come to leave the imediate presence of God, and come upon the Earth where wicked men shall be amongst them: or if they must not come with Jesus Christ, yet it is a lose to them to remaine there, they shall lose for a thousand yeares the Body of Christ, if Christ be on the Earth, hee cannot be in Heaven the same time; Therefore it would be a losse to the Saints and Angells for them to be a thousand yeares in Heaven without the company of Jesus Christ, not to have the person of Jesus Christ with them.
A seventh Incongruity will follow, that if Christ shall come to reign upon the Earth, then Christs Kingdom must be a worldly & terrene Kingdom, then it will be against the Word of God, he must be a visible King to the Jews, and a visible King to all the World besides; this would follow then that Christs Kingdom must not be a spiritual Kingdom, but a Terrene, a Worldly pompous Kingdom. John 18.36. Jesus answered, My Kingdom is not of this World, if my Kingdom were of this World, ⟨p. 89⟩then would my Servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews, but now is my Kingdom not from hence.