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A fruitful and godly exposition and declaration of the kingdom of Christ and of…A frutefull and godly exposition and declaracion of the kyngdom of Christ and of…
A fruitful and godly exposition and declaration of the kingdom of Christ and of the christen liberty, made upo[n] the words of the prophet Jeremy in the xxij. chapter, with an exposition of the viij. Psalm, entreating of the same matter, by the famous clerk Doctor Martin Luther, whereunto is annexed A godly sermon, of Doctor Urbanus Regius, upon the ix. Chapter of Matthew of the woman that had an issue of blood & of the rulers daughter, newly translated out of high Almain.A frutefull and godly exposition and declaracion of the kyngdom of Christ and of the christen lybertye, made vpo[n] the wordes of the prophete Jeremye in the xxij. chapter, with an exposycyon of the viij. Psalme, intreatyng of the same matter, by the famous clerke Doctor Martyn Luther, whereunto is annexed A godly sermon, of Doctor Urbanus Regius, vpon the ix. Chapyter of Mathewe of the woman that had an issew of blood & of the rulers daughter, newly translated oute of hyghe Almayne.
London: printed by S. Mierdman for Gwalter Lynne, 1548
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Athanasius writing of diverse questions useth this similitude, as Luke teacheth us of the rich man lying in torments in the .xvi. chapter, 1and desireth greatly at the least his tongue to be refreshed of Lazarus, & not withstanding he could not receive at the least a little drop of water. But Lazarus had consolation & rest in the bosom of Abraham, where that blessed keeper tarrieth gither with the saints until all the chosen be borne & be called, 2for they holy fathers (as Paul saith in the xi chapter to the Hebrews) received not the promise, because God had provided a certain better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect with out us. It is plainly a contrary thing between them and which have not believed to the gospel of Jesus christ, & the devout & Godly men, first the bodies of the devout and godly men be so holy relics, that the wicked mischievous men be unworthy to behold with their eyes devout & godly men, because their bodies be (as Paul saith i. Cor. vi.) 3members of Christ and temples of the holy ghost, which duelleth in devout & godly men. And although ⟨image 79⟩they be buried in the earth, notwithstanding they sleep now in saving hope of resurrection, & of that clearness of which the sun is in the firmament they shall come forth of the earth and shall be joined to the blessed souls, and shall be made fellows of the celestial and eternal life and joy together with the souls. This is the most sure and blessed hope of the chosen and faithful Christians, 4as Paul teacheth. i. Tes. iiij. If we believe (saith he) that Jesus is dead and hath risen again. So also God shall bring them which have slept by Jesus with him, & so we shall be always with him. This most sure hope was so much worth always with devout faithful Christians, that they did not caste away their bodies as some most vile and naughty carrion, as that gentile Philosopher diogenes, but they honoured it as a well beloved companion and tellowe worker of their blessed soul and buried it honourably. And as we see here that a great company of men was present before the house of this principal man of the synagogue, that his daughter being dead, might be brought honourably to the sepulture, & be buried.