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The hope of the faithful Declaring briefly and clearly the resurrection of our Lord…The hope of the faithfull Declaring breefely and clearly the resurrection of our Lord…
The hope of the faithful Declaring briefly and clearly the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ past, and of our true essential bodies to come: and plainly confuting the chief errors, that hath sprung thereof, out the Scripture and doctors. With an evident probation, that there is an eternal life of the faithful, and an everlasting damnation of the unfaithful. Newly imprinted and corrected. 1574.The hope of the faithfull Declaring breefely and clearly the resurrection of our Lord Iesus Christ past, and of oure true essentiall bodies to come: and plainly confuting the cheefe errors, that hath sprong thereof, out the Scripture and doctors. VVith an euident probation, that there is an eternall life of the faithfull, and an euerlasting damnation of the vnfaithfull. Nevvly imprinted and corrected. 1574.
Printed at London : In Creed Lane, by Hugh Singleton, at the sign of the Golden Tun, Anno. 1574Printed at London : In Crede Lane, by Hugh Singleton, at the signe of the Golden Tunne, Anno. 1574
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For who would lightly credit that the bodies, which now are corrupt & returned to earth, o• otherwise torn, and devoured o• wild beasts & fowls, yea sonn• time burnt and brought to ashes, or drowned with water, should perfectly be brought again, an• wholly restored? But God, willing to make that easy & light, which is hard unto us, hath i• ⟨p. 93⟩the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ set before our eyes an open, plain, and sure trial, declaration or evidence of the true undoubted resurrection: whereunto, as to an ensample & sure strength of the resurrection, we ought to have respect, as much and as oft as we think upon it, and wonder how our bodies should rise again.
For who wold lightly credite that the bodies, which nowe are corrupt & returned to earthe, o• otherwise torne, and deuoured o• wild beastes & foules, yea sonn• time brēt and brought to ashes, or drowned with water, should perfectly be brought again, an• wholy restored? But God, willing to make that easy & lighte, which is harde vnto vs, hathe i• ⟨p. 93⟩the resurrection of our Lord Iesus Christ set before our eies an open, plain, and sure trial, declaration or euidēce of the true vndouted resurrection: whervnto, as to an ensample & sure strēgth of the resurrection, we ought to haue respect, asmuch and as oft as we thinke vpon it, and wonder howe our bodies should rise againe.
Therefore with so many testimonies and arguments have I declared afore, that Christ our Lord with his own body rose truly again from death. He carried up Elijah also living body and soul into heaven, and many ne raised he up from the dead,