And I believe,1 that God fo• his sons sake hath so freely and wholly forgiven me all my sins, that he will never remember them more, never impute them unto me, nor lay them to my charge, but so receive me into his favour, as though I had never offended him and make me his son, and heir of everlasting glory.2 For everlasting life is the gift of god through Jesus Christ our Lord sayeth ⟨p. 279⟩the Apostle. This is the stay and quietness of my conscience at this present. This maketh me not to fear death,3 but joyfully to look for it,4 and lovingly to embrace it, when soever it cometh. For I wish to be loosened from this mortal body, and to be with Christ.5 My soul hath a fervent desire to God even unto the Lord my god. Deliver my soul, O Lord, out of prison, that I may come unto thee, and glorify thy holy name.
For albeit this my weak, feeble, sick and mortal body shall give over to nature, and die, yet I unfeignedly believe with my hart, and freely confess with my mouth, that at the last day it shall rise again, as the bodies of all other,6 both men and women, that have died, shall likewise do. There shall be a general resurrection of the flesh.7 Al that are dead, shall rise again, some ⟨p. 280⟩to everlasting life,8 and some to everlasting pain and damnation, as our saviour Christ saith:9 The hour shall come, in the which all that are in the graves, shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and shall come forth, they that have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation.10 Yea they that shall live and remain until the coming of our Lord & saviour Christ Jesus, shall all be changed, yea and that in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye by the last tromp. For the tromp shall blow, and the dead shall rise uncorruptible, and we shall be changed, for this corruptible body must put on uncorruptibilitie, and this mortal body must put on immortality. Therefore I fear nothing at all the putting of of this body: for although ⟨p. 281⟩it sleepeth in the earth for a time & according to the ordinance of god be turned into dust, yet shall it awake and rise again out of the earth: so that I shall receive it in a far better state, then ever I had in it this world, even like unto the glorious body of our Lord and saviour Christ Jesus.11
And I beleue,1 that God fo• his sonnes sake hathe so frely and wholy forgeuen me all my sinnes, that he wil neuer remembre them more, neuer impute thē vnto me, nor lay them to my charge, but so receyue me into his fauoure, as though I had neuer offended him and make me his sonne, and heyer of euerlasting glory.2 For euerlasting life is the gift of god through Iesus Christe oure Lorde sayeth ⟨p. 279⟩the Apostle. Thys is the stay and quientes of my conscience at thys presente. This maketh me not to feare deathe,3 but ioyfully to loke for it,4 and louingly to embrace it, when soeuer it commeth. For I wish to be losoned from this mortall body, and to be with Chryste.5 My soule hath a feruent desire to God euen vnto the Lord my god. Deliuer my soule, O Lord, out of prison, that I may come vnto the, and glorify thy holy name.
For albeit this my weak, feble, sicke and mortall body shall geue ouer to nature, and die, yet I vnfamedly beleue with my hart, and frely confes with my mouth, that at the last day it shall rise agayn, as the bodies of all other,6 both mē and women, that haue died, shall likewise do. There shalbe a generall resurrectiō of the flesh.7 Al that are dead, shall rise agayne, some ⟨p. 280⟩to euerlasting life,8 and some to euerlasting paine and damnation, as our sauiour Christ saith:9 The hour shall come, in the which all yt are in the graues, shall heare the voice of the sonne of God, and shal come forthe, they that haue done good vnto the resurrection of life, and they that haue done euill vnto the resurrection of damnation.10
- 1Psal. xxxii.
- 2Roma. vi.
- 3Philem. i
- 4Psal. xlii.
- 5Psal. cxix.
- 6Of the resurrection of the body.
- 7Esdr. xxvi.
- 8Eze. •xxvii Dan. xii
- 9John. vIohn. v
- 10ii. Cor. xv
- 11Phil. iii.
