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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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To this I answer, though some men do say it is a Parable, yet many say it is a History. Jerome and many following him doth give many Arguments to prove, that it was a History, and not a Parable. And Tertullian is confident that this is an exact History of what was really done; And Peter Martyr doth quote Tertullian, saith he, that Tertullian is so confident that this is a History, that he undertakes for to tell this, to tell you whom were the men, saith he, the Rich man was Herod, and the Beggar was John the Baptist. But suppose it be a Parable and not a History, yet Parables do carry the resemblance of truth, Parables take their Foundations from truth, that there are some men in Hell, and some men in Heaven, that in Hell there is torment and in Heaven there is joy, that as the beggar went to Heaven after death, so shall all the godly, and as the rich man went to Hell, so shall all the wicked.
To this I answer, though some men doe say it is a Parable, yet many say it is a History. Jerome and many following him doth give many Arguments to prove, that it was a History, and not a Parable. And Tertullian is confident that this is an exact History of what was really done; And Peter Martyr doth quote Tertullian, saith hee, that Tertullian is so confident that this is a History, that hee undertakes for to tell this, to tell you whom were the men, saith hee, the Rich man was Herod, and the Beggar was Iohn the Baptist. But suppose it be a Parable and not a History, yet Parables doe carry the resemblance of truth, Parables take their Foundations from truth, that there are some men in Hell, and some men in Heaven, that in Hell there is torment and in Heaven there is joy, that as the beggar went to Heaven after death, so shall all the godly, and as the rich man went to Hell, so shall all the wicked.
The other Evasion is this, it is said that this Beggar is said to be carried into Abraham's bosom, I answer, First, it is more then probable that Abraham's bosom is Heaven; Now Abraham being in Heaven, why all his children are in Heaven ⟨p. 140⟩