An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…

The body rotteth in the ground: yet God preserveth it, that it shall not perish. His spirit shall return to it again, and it shall live. God is able to bring this to pass. He hath promised so to do. He hath done it already, and will do it again. When Christ came near ¹to the gate of the City of Nain, there was a dead man carried out, the only begotten son of his mother, which was a widow, and much ⟨p. 164⟩people of the City was with her, and when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, weep not. And he went and touched the coffin, and they that bare it stood still, and he said, I say unto thee, young man, arise. And he that was dead sate up, and began to speak, and he delivered him to his mother. Lazarus was laid in his grave, he had been four days dead, his body did stink, Yet when Christ cried with a loud ²voice, Lazarus come forth: then he that was dead, came forth bound hand and foot with bands, and his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus said unto them, loose him, and let him go. Saint Matthew saith, The graves ³did open them selves, and many bodies of the Saints which slept, arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy City, and appeared unto many. These few stories witness unto us the rising again of our bodies unto life. But what do I speak of the bodies of men? they are the houses of GOD, the temples of the holy Ghost, God hath appointed unto them a kingdom.

The bodie rotteth in the grounde: yet God preserueth it, that it shal not perish. His spirite shall returne to it againe, and it shal liue. God is able to bring this to passe. He hath promised so to do. He hath done it alreadie, and wil doe it againe. When Christ came neare ¹to the gate of the Citie of Naim, there was a dead man carried out, the only begotten sonne of his mother, which was a widow, and much ⟨p. 164⟩people of the Citie was with hir, and when the Lord saw hir, hee had compassion on hir, and saide vnto hir, weepe not. And hee went and touched the coffin, and they that bare it stoode still, and he saide, I saie vnto thee, yong man, arise. And he that was dead sate vp, and beganne to speake, and hee deliuered him to his mother. Lazarus was laide in his graue, he had béene foure daies dead, his bodie did stincke, Yet when Christ cried with a loud