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A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…
A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the several dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edward Reynolds, late preacher to the honourable society of Lincoln's Inn: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the severall dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edvvard Reynoldes, late preacher to the honorable society of Lincoln's Inne: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.
London: printed by R. Hearne and John Norton for Robert Bostock, 1640
Chapter 35: Of the Honour of Humane Bodies by Creation, by Resurrection; of the Endowments of Glori…
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Touching the Dignity of our Bodies, though there be more comfort to be had in the Expectation, than Curiosity in the enquiry after it; yet what is usually granted, I shall briefly set down. And first, it shall be Raised a whole entire and perfect Body, with all the parts best fitted to be Receptacles of Glory; freed from all either the Usherers in, or Attendants and followers on the Grave, Age, Infirmity, Sickness, Corruption, Ignominy, and Dishonour: And shall rise a true, whole, strong, and honourable Body. For though every part of the Body shall not have those peculiar uses, which here they have, since they neither eat, nor drink, marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the Angels of God: yet shall not any part be lost: Licet enim officiis liberentur, judiciis re•inentur: 1Though they are freed from their Temporal service, for which they were here ordained, yet must they be reserved for receiving their judgment, whether it be unto Glory, or unto Dishonour.
Touching the Dignity of our Bodies, though there be more comfort to be had in the Expectation, than Curiosity in the enquirie after it; yet what is usually granted, I shall briefly set down. And first, it shall be Raised a whole entire and perfect Body, with all the parts best fitted to be Receptacles of Glory; freed from all either the Usherers in, or Attendants and followers on the Grave, Age, Infirmity, Sicknesse, Corruption, Ignominie, and Dishonour: And shall rise a true, whole, strong, and honourable Body. For though every part of the Body shall not have those peculiar uses, which here they have, since they neither eat, nor drink, marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the Angels of God: yet shall not any part be lost: Licet enim officiis liberentur, judiciis re•inentur: 1Though they are freed from their Temporall service, for which they were here ordained, yet must they be reserved for receiving their judgment, whether it be unto Glory, or unto Dishonour.
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