A88592:747
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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And so likewise a fourth Text you have in 2 Cor. 6.8.9. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord; Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Mark. That the Apostle doth only make these two conclusions, to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord, so that the soul is present with the Lord, whilst absent from the body.
And so likewise a fourth Text you have in 2 Cor. 6.8.9. Therefore wee are alwayes confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, wee are absent from the Lord. Wee are confident I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord; Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, wee may be accepted of him. Marke. That the Apostle doth onely make these two conclusions, to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord, so that the soule is present with the Lord, whilst absent from the body.
Then again, that Prayer of Stephen proves it likewise; in Acts 7.59. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus receive my spirit. It had been ⟨p. 145⟩uncomfortable for him to have thought that he should have been stoned for Jesus Christ, and it must have been above 1600 years before Christ should have received his soul, but he prayed, Lord Jesus Christ receive my Soul, which he would not have done if he had not believed that his soul would have been received by Jesus Christ immediately after death.