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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. 25. That there is an eternal death and damnation, and that the soul is passible.
CHAP. 25. That ther is an eternal death and damnation, and that the soule is passible.
Now that there is an eternal damnation, the truth and righteousness of God testifieth. For how could God be righteous, if he had no punishment, wherewith to torment and plague the vicious and wicked? Therefore out of doubt an eternal death and damnation there is, though the ungodly do mock & laugh it to scorn, and pass not upon it. The godly sacred Bible, which is an assured witness of the truth, sayeth evidently: death is the stipend or reward of sin. And:1 by one man came sin into the world,2 and by sin ⟨p. 176⟩death. Item, through the sin of one man, is the evil fallen by inheritance, & come upon all men unto damnation. For, in yt book of Genesis,3 God saith: In what day so ever thou eatest of this tree, thou shalt die the death.
NOw that there is an eternal damnation, ye truthe and righteousnesse of God testifieth. For howe coulde God be rightuous, if he had no punishment, wherwith to torment and plage the vicious and wicked? Therfore out of dout an eternal deathe and damnation there is, though the vngodly do mocke & laughe it to scorne, and passe not vpon it. The godly sacred Bible, which is an assured witnesse of the truthe, sayeth euidently: death is the stipend or rewarde of sinne. And:1 by one man came sinne into the worlde,2