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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 all they, that live until the last day, shall in the twinkling of an eye be changed. And thus all men, every one in his own flesh, shall stand before the judgement se•te of our Lord Jesus Christ, and shall wait for the last sentence and judgement of the Lord: which sentence, being given quickly and without delay, shall call one part into heaven, and thrust out the other into hell.
And al they, that liue vntil the last day, shall in the twinkling of an eye be changed. And thus all men, euery one in hys owne flesh, shal stand before the iudgement se•te of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, and shall wait for the last sentence and iudgement of the Lord: which sentence, being geuen quicklye and withoute delay, shall call one part into heauen, and thrust out the other into hell.
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.