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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, John doth not say, that he saw the bodies of men that were beheaded, and they reigned with Christ, but he did in a Vision see the Souls of them that were beheaded, now to say that they must come to reign on the Earth for a thousand years, it were a great inconveniency to them; it is said, I saw the Souls of them, the thousand years cannot be applied to Christs personal Reign, for either it must be applied to him as he is simply God, and it cannot be applied to him, for so Jesus Christ hath an eternal Kingdom, he doth not reign a thousand years on Earth or in Heaven, but everlastingly, Kingdoms and States of this World have lasted a thousand years, and to make Christs Kingdom to last no longer, it is to give Christs Kingdom too narrow a confine. I have consulted with many Authors, and I find the ⟨p. 96⟩concurrent of Interpreters generally run this way, though some do fancy that Text speaks of the binding of the Devil for a thousand years, and during this time, the Saints should live and reign with Christ for a thousand years. The sense and scope of this.
Sixthly, John doth not say, that he saw the bodies of men that were beheaded, and they reigned with Christ, but hee did in a Vision see the Soules of them that were beheaded, now to say that they must come to reigne on the Earth for a thousand yeares, it were a great inconveniency to them; it is said, I saw the Soules of them, the thousand yeares cannot be applied to Christs personall Reigne, for either it must be applyed to him as hee is simply God, and it cannot be applyed to him, for so Iesus Christ hath an eternall Kingdome, hee doth not reigne a thousand yeares on Earth or in Heaven, but everlastingly, Kingdomes and States of this World have lasted a thousand yeares, and to make Christs Kingdome to last no longer, it is to give Christs Kingdome too narrow a confine. I have consulted with many Authors, and I finde the ⟨p. 96⟩concurrent of Interpreters generally runne this way, though some doe fancy that Text speakes of the binding of the Divell for a thousand yeares, and during this time, the Saints should live and reigne with Christ for a thousand yeares. The sense and scope of this.