This fashion and manner of the resurrection, have not I imagined of my self, but written it all out of the Evangelists & scriptures of the holy Apostles. For ⟨p. 117⟩thus we read: The powers of heaven shall move in the last time, and then shall appear the sign of the son of man in heaven,1 & then shall all the kindreds of the earth mourn, & they shall see the son of man come in the clouds of heaven with power & great glory. And he shall send his Angels with the great voice of a trō pet, & they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, & from the one end of the world to the other. &c. Hereunto add, that he spake in Matthew & John.2 And Paul in the first to the Thessalonians, saith: This say we unto you in the word of the lord, that we, which live & are remaining ⟨p. 118⟩in the coming of the lord shall not come before them which sleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, & the voice of the Archangel, • tromp of God. And the dead i• Christ shall arise first. Then sha• we, that live & remain, be caught up with them also in the clouds, t• mete the lord in the air. And s• shall we ever be with the Lord Furthermore to the Corinthian• saith Paul: behold I show you mystery.3 We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed, an• that in a moment, in the twin• ling of an eye, at the time of th• last tromp. For the tromp sha• blow, and the dead shall rise incorruptible, ⟨p. 119⟩and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. This is now the manner of the resurrection of our bodies, & in what nature and kind they shall rise again. But in the resurrection they shall, through the power of God, be made immortal & incorruptible. For the Apostle saith expressly: the dead shall rise again. After that he saith: this corruptible & mortal, must put on incorruption and immortality. In the which words the term this, pointeth directly, as with a finger, to our living and human body.
This fashion and maner of the resurrection, haue not I imagined of my selfe, but written it al out of the Euangelists & scriptures of the holy Apostles. For ⟨p. 117⟩thus we reade: The powers of heauen shal moue in ye last time, and then shall appeare the signe of the sonne of man in heauen,1 & then shall all the kinreds of the earth mourn, & they shall see the sonne of mā come in the cloudes of heauen with power & greate glory. And he shall send his Angels with ye great voyce of a trō pet, & they shal gather together his chosen frō the foure winds, & from the one end of the world to the other. &c. Herevnto adde, yt he spake in Mathewe & Iohn.2 And Paul in the first to ye Thessalonians, saithe: This say we vnto you in the word of the lord, that we, which liue & are remaining ⟨p. 118⟩in the comming of the lord shall not come before thē which slepe. For the Lord himself shall descend from heauen wt a shout, & the voice of the Archangell, • trompe of God. And the dead i• Christ shal arise first. Then sha• we, yt liue & remaine, be caught vp wt them also in the clouds, t• mete the lord in the ayre. And s• shal we euer be with the Lorde Furthermore to ye Corinthian• saith Paul: behold I shew you mystery.3 We shal not all sleepe but we shall all be changed, an• that in a moment, in the twin• ling of an eye, at the time of th• last trompe. For the trompe sha• blowe, and the dead shall rise incorruptible, ⟨p. 119⟩and we shalbe changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortality. This is nowe the maner of ye resurrection of oure bodies, & in what nature and kind they shall rise againe. But in the resurrection they shall, thorow the power of God, be made immortall & incorruptible. For the Apostle saith expresly: the dead shall rise againe. After that he saithe: this corruptible & mortall, must put on incorruption and immortality. In the which words ye terme this, poynteth directly, as wyth a finger, to oure liuing and humaine body.
- 1Math. 24.
- 2Math. 25. John. 5. 1. Thes. 4.Math. 25. Iohn. 5. 1. Thes. 4.
- 31. Cor. 15.
