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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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Among the Greeks also & Latinists there were excellent men, that turned themselves to the golden, and yet earthy Jerusalem, promising much (I wot not what) of a kingdom of the world to come after the resurrection: ascribing unto us such bodies, as being partakers of the kingdom, should also beholden with ⟨p. 141⟩these earthy desires. To these there is found yet the third part, which, as touching the substance and state of the glorified bodies, so said and taught that they utterly take away and overthrew the bodily nature, and gave unto it no more, nor other thing then a sprite. Against the second sort speaketh holy Hierom: that forasmuch as they were carnal, they have also loved only the flesh.
Among the Grekes also & Latinistes there wer excellent mē, that turned thēselues to the golden, and yet earthy Hierusalem, promising muche (I wotte not what) of a kingdom of ye worlde to come after the resurrection: ascribing vnto vs suche bodies, as being partakers of the kingdom, should also beholden wyth ⟨p. 141⟩these earthye desires. To these there is foūd yet the third part, which, as touching the substāce and state of the glorified bodies, so saide and taught that they vtterly take away and ouerthrew the bodely nature, and gaue vnto it no more, nor other thing then a sprite. Against the second sort speaketh holy Hierom: that forasmuch as they were carnal, they haue also loued onely the fleshe.
Against the third speaketh the said Hierome: that they, being unthankful for the benefits of God, would not have and bear the flesh, wherein Christ yet was borne and rose again. Whereupon ⟨p. 142⟩he giveth very godly coū sell, that we tarry in the mean way: Namely, that we esteem and make the glorified bodies no more spiritual, then the perfectness, property and truth of the bodies may permit and suffer.