These very same bodies and none other concerning the substance, shall rise again. For God is the fountain of life, who hath taken into his covenant not half man, but whole man, and therefore shall quicken our bodies that are confederates unto him. For the God of Abraham of Isaac, and of Jacob, who is also our God, is not the GOD of the living, but of the dead, like as Christ himself proveth the resurrection by the covenant. Therefore these very same bodies in respect of the substance, shall rise again. But if any man will ask concerning ⟨p. 248⟩the qualities, there is a great diversity, and so is that same voice of Christ to be understood, Matth. 22. that in the resurrection we shall be as the Angels of God in heaven. And Christ saith, Matthew 13. Then the righteous shall shine as the sun. For this cause the bodies of the faithful are called clarified bodies, of the clearness of the heavenly light wherewith they are enlightened: and they are called glorious bodies, of that same glory which appeareth in that same clearness, (as in the face of Moses) & spiritual bodies of the spirit of Christ by which they are quickened & beautified, not to return again to nothing. Now the cause of this our glorious resurrection is set forth in the third fruit of the resurrection of Christ. Indeed the bodies of the wicked shall also rise again, as I showed before when I set forth the foundations of the resurrection. And Paul expresseth this: Acts 24. But in a condition and quality diverse from the godly. For infirmity, shame, corruption and misery shall not be taken from the bodies of the ungodly: but like as they rise in shame, so by the judgement and power of God they shall be confirmed in shame and corruption: so that they shall be made immortal and incorruptible in corruption and death it self, not to be consumed with any torments, but as it were hot burning iron, they shall burn for ever, Daniel 12. Some shall rise to everlasting ⟨p. 249⟩shame: and Math. 25. The reason is, because not only the first death, but also the second, which is everlasting, is the punishment of sin committed aswell in body as in soul against the infinite majesty of God.
THese verie same bodies and none other concerning the substance, shall rise againe. For God is the fountaine of life, who hath taken into his couenant not halfe man, but whole man, and therefore shal quicken our bodies that are confederats vnto him. For the God of Abraham of Isaak, and of Iacob, who is also our God, is not the GOD of the liuing, but of the deade, like as Christ himselfe proueth the resurrection by the couenant. Therefore these verie same bodies in respect of the substance, shall rise againe. But if any man will aske concerning ⟨p. 248⟩the qualities, there is a great diuersitie, and so is that same voice of Christe to be vnderstoode, Matth. 22. that in the resurrection we shal bee as the Angels of God in heauen. And Christ saith, Matthewe 13. Then the righteous shall shine as the sunne. For this cause the bodies of the faithfull are called clarified bodies, of the clearenes of the heauenlie light wherewith they are enlightened: and they are called glorious bodies, of that same glory which appeareth in that same clearenes, (as in the face of Moses) & spiritual bodies of the spirit of Christ by which they are quickened & bewtified, not to returne againe to nothing. Now the cause of this our glorious resurrection is set forth in the third fruite of the resurrection of Christe. Indeede the bodies of the wicked shall also rise againe, as I shewed before when I sette foorth the foundations of the resurrection. And Paule expresseth this: Actes 24. But in a condition and qualitie diuerse from the godly. For infirmitie, shame, corruption and misery shall not be taken from the bodies of the vngodly: but like as they rise in shame, so by the iudgement and power of God they shalbee confirmed in shame and corruption: so that they shalbe made immortall and incorruptible in corruption and death it selfe, not to bee consumed with any tormentes, but as it were hot burning yron, they shall burne for euer, Daniel 12. Some shal rise to euerlasting ⟨p. 249⟩shame: and Math. 25. The reason is, because not onely the first death, but also the seconde, which is euerlasting, is the punishment of sinne cōmitted aswell in body as in soule against the infinite maiestie of God.
