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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. By their place of abode: all that are in their graves: that is by a Synecdoche of one kind for all the rest, by what manner of death so ever they died, and howsoever they were consumed. This implies; That the consumption of our bodies shall not hinder the resurrection; because the ground of it is the power of Christ, in regard of which there is no difference.
1. By their place of abode: all that are in their graues: that is by a Synecdoche of one kind for all the rest, by what manner of death so euer they died, and howsoeuer they were consumed. This implies; That the consumption of our bodies shall not hinder the resurrection; because the ground of it is the power of Christ, in regard of which there is no difference.
This serves for an encouragement against the divers kinds of death whereunto we may come: as it was to the Martyrs: Heb. 11.30.
This serues for an encouragement against the diuers kindes of death whereunto we may come: as it was to the Martyrs: Heb. 11.30.
2. By their generality, [All] none, no not one shall be forgotten in the grave: as appears by the Parable of the Net that gathereth of all kinds: Matth. 13.47. Which is for the ⟨p. 54⟩comfort of those which in this world have been forgotten, none hath taken notice of them, these at the resurrection, Christ will not forget. Secondly, it is for the terror of the wicked, that none of them shall escape. Thirdly, it teacheth us to prepare our selves so in this life, that we may rise unto joy and glory.