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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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Part 2 › Chapter 20: S. Hieromes opinion of the resurrection of the flesh.
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I vvil freely confess, though ye wry your mouths at it, scratch your head, and scrape with your feet, yea, and though ye should stone me to death forthwith: Yet vvill I manifestly and plainly knowledge and confess the faith of the church or congregation of God, and boldly pronounce that the ⟨p. 151⟩right profound Christian truth of the resurrection, can utterly not be understand without flesh, bone, blood and members.
I vvil frely confesse, though ye vvry your mouthes at it, scratch your head, and scrape vvith your feete, yea, and though ye should stone me to deathe forthvvith: Yet vvill I manifestly and plainly knovvledge and cō fesse the faithe of the church or congregation of God, and boldly pronounce that the ⟨p. 151⟩right profound Christian truth of the resurrection, can vtterly not be vnderstād vvithout flesh, bone, bloud and members.
Where flesh, bones, blood, and members are, there must needs be a difference of kind, as of man and woman. And where these both are distinct the one from the other, there John must be John, and Mary must be Mary. But thou needest not to be astonied at the matter, as though a wedding also were there to be kept in all the haste: seeing that before they died, they lived without the work of their kind, that is, without the act of marriage.
VVhere flesh, bones, bloud, and members are, ther must nedes be a difference of kind, as of man and vvoman. And vvhere these bothe are distincte the one from the other, there Iohn must be Iohn, and Mary must be Mary. But thou nedest not to be astonied at the matter, as though a vvedding also vvere there to be kept in all the haste: seeing that before they died, they liued vvithoute the vvorke of their kinde, that is, vvithoute the acte of mariage.