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Propositions and principles of divinity propounded and disputed in the university of GenevaPropositions and principles of diuinitie propounded and disputed in the vniuersitie of Geneua
Propositions and principles of divinity propounded and disputed in the university of Geneva, by certain students of divinity there, under M. Theod. Beza, and M. Anthony Faius ... Wherein is contained a methodical summary, or epitome of the common places of divinity. Translated out of Latin into English, to the end that the causes, both of the present dangers of that Church, and also of the troubles of those that are hardly dealt with else-where, may appear in the English tongue.Propositions and principles of diuinitie propounded and disputed in the vniuersitie of Geneua, by certaine students of diuinitie there, vnder M. Theod. Beza, and M. Anthonie Faius ... Wherein is contained a methodicall summarie, or epitome of the common places of diuinitie. Translated out of Latine into English, to the end that the causes, both of the present dangers of that Church, and also of the troubles of those that are hardlie dealt vvith els-vvhere, may appeare in the English tongue.
Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegrave, 1591Edinburgh: printed by Robert Waldegraue, 1591
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22 And seeing that Christ came to save his elect wholly, both soul and body: and that his resurrection is his true and full victory: it followeth, that that spiritual resurrection (whereby it cometh to pass that our souls being spiritually united unto Christ, the old man beginneth to die in us, & being by little and little to be worn away, is buried, and the new man riseth again) doth depend upon the resurrection of Christ; that even as Christ after his resurrection, & not before (as far as he is our head) began to live that eternal life, after he had overcome all the infirmities of this natural life, which (sin excepted) he had undergone for our sakes: so that quality of an uncorrupted life being begun in our souls while we live here, and proceeding farther, after the desolation of this body, is at the length to be fully perfected, when the restitution of our bodies shall be accomplished: and so the elect shall live that eternal life with Christ, the type of which benefit is the Sacrament of Baptism unto us.
22 And seing that Christ came to saue his elect wholly, both soule and bodie: and that his resurrection is his true and full victorie: it followeth, that that spirituall resurrection (whereby it commeth to passe that our soules beeing spiritually vnited vnto Christ, the old mā beginneth to die in vs, & being by little and little to be worne away, is buried, and the new man riseth again) doth depend vpon the resurrection of Christ; that euen as Christ after his resurrection, & not before (as far as he is our head) began to liue that aeternall life, after he had ouercome all the infirmities of this naturall life, which (sinne excepted) he had vndergone for our sakes: so that qualitie of an vncorrupted life being begun in our soules while we liue heere, and proceeding farther, after the dissolation of this bodie, is at the length to bee fullie perfected, when the restitution of our bodies shall be accomplished: and so the elect shall liue that aeternall life with Christ, the type of which benefite is the Sacrament of Baptisme vnto vs.
23 Now, even as the Spirit of Christ passed from the Cross into Paradise, at the very same moment that it departed out of the body, & thence returned into the body, that whole Christ in respect that he was man, might be afterwards glorified: so we do believe that their spirits who die in the Lord, do straight way depart unto God, there to enjoy that measure of glory that is appointed for them: until that they being adjoined again unto the same bodies (which will be the very same in substance truly corporal, though in a far more excellent estate) shall live under Christ their head for evermore.