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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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And of this have we many testimonies and witnesses in the Prophets, which might here •ell have served: but seeing it is ⟨p. 108⟩not necessary, I have, because of shortness, omitted them, & now will I come to the sentences of the new Testament.
And of this haue we many te•timonies and witnesses in the Prophets, whych mighte heere •ell haue serued: but seing it is ⟨p. 108⟩not necessary, I haue, because of shortnesse, omitted them, & now will I come to the sentences of the new Testament.
The Lord saith: Verily, verily I say unto you:1 the hour shall come, and now it is, that the dead shall hear the voice of the son of God, and they, that hear it, shall live. And immediately after he saith: the hour shall come, in the which all they that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth. Now is it manifest that neither the souls nor sprites, but the bodies are in the graves And if other bodies should rise up for ours, what needed he alway to make mention of the ⟨p. 109⟩graves: But to the intent that he, immediately in the gospel, might declare the evident, plain, & undoubted resurrection of our bo•ies: he forthwith, by his mighty and wonderful power,2 raised •p Lazarus from death, who now •id stink, and had line .4. days n the grave. This marvellous ct had the lord himself declared nto Martha with these words: by brother shall rise again. Then answered she: I know that he shall se in the resurrection at the last ny. Lo how common, manifest, nd known unto every man was e general resurrection of our odies? The Lord saith more nto Martha: I am the resurrection