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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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Finally, with plain & evident testimonies of the scripture, hath he opened and showed as I now will declare: which testimonies and arguments truly do teach, that the flesh of men shall rise again from the dead: that is, that our bodies shall at the last day be truly raised up unto judgement. Holy Job saith thus in the .19. Chapter:1 O that my words now were written: O that they were put in a book: would God they were graven with an iron pen in Lead, or in stone to continue. For I am sure that my redeemer liveth, & ⟨p. 95⟩that he shall stand over the dust (or earth) in the later day: that I shall be clothed again with this skin, & see God in my flesh. Yea I my self (or for my self) shall behold him, not with other, but with these same eyes. Mi reins are consumed within me. Jobs adversaries complained of him,2 as though he knew not God, & as though he set nothing by him. Upon this great slander & blasphemy, he answereth, and declareth his faith, desiring that his belief were written in Lead, & in hard stone: that is, he wisheth his faith to be known to those that come after, which he also declareth with few words, after ⟨p. 96⟩this manner: I am of you complained upon & accused, as though I knew not God: now do I know right well in my heart, yea & I believe, & am certified assuredly, that my redeemer or avenger liveth. Here Job useth an Hebrew word called Goel, which some expound a redeemer: it signifieth a rescuer & an avenger, such one as is a more friend of ours, such as were they, to whom in the law of the Jews, it appertained to redeem the goods and to rescue them, as we may learn farther out of Ruth, and of the fourth book of Moses:3 and with the aforesaid name Goel, doth Job set forth and specify the Messiah ⟨p. 97⟩our Lord Jesus Christ, that he liveth: namely, that he is the true living God, the life & resurrection of men, and that he is also the rescuer and avenger, doubtless even the same that is our very near friend: namely a very true man, such one as hath taken our own flesh & blood upon him, suffered death, & with his death hath made us living.