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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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CHAP. 22. What Aurelius Prudencius thought of the same.
CHAP. 22. VVhat Aurelius Prudencius thought of the same.
J Will hereunto add the verses of the excellent and christian man, Aurelius Prudentius, which do wonderfully express unto us the resurrection of our flesh, and set it directly before our eyes.
J Will herevnto adde the verses of the excellent and christian man, Aurelius Prudentius, which do wōderfully expres vnto vs the resurrection of oure fleshe, and set it directly before our eyes.
MY body in Christ shall rise again: I speak it earnest for it is plain. Why would thou then I should despair, O flesh, when I do see so fair The way, that Jesus Christ, my Lord, Went after his death, as saith his word? This is the ground, and foundation, My heart believeth with confession: That I am sure, and know certain, My body shall rise wholly again. Not one here less, then was before: Neither in greatness any more: With strength and shape as it lived here, Afore they it to grave did bear. There is no tooth nor nail so small, No here so little, but though it fall: Yet perish it shall not finally, But out of grave rise certainly. God which afore created me, With shape and strength undoubtedly, Wherewith I here on earth should live: No feeble nor weak thing me shall give. For where any thing shall perish at all,1 It is old feeble. So do not thou call, Of our bodies the renovation. Therefore is this my expectation. What sickness pain and adversity, What […] in this ale of misery, Out of this world we taketh away: