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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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Now did he eat thereof, & therefore he also died, and was even condemned, appointed and adjudged unto eternal death. The Lord saith also in the gospel:1 if ye believe not that it is I, ye shall die in your sins. Item: he, that believeth not,2 is condemned already. Such like testimonies are found in holy scripture innumerable: out of the which we finally conclude, that death & damnation ⟨p. 177⟩is enjoined, appointed and adjudged of God, unto all unbelievers and ungodly. But forasmuch as there be some which think, that, seeing the soul is a sprite, it can not, neither may suffer, yea that it is not subdued to any passion at all: Therefore, against such curious teachers, I will set now the soul of the gorgeous rich man in the gospel, which expressly & plainly sayeth: O send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and coal my tongue:3 for I am tormented in this flame: lo, the rich mans soul is tormented in the fire. Hereout now it followeth, that the souls are passible ⟨p. 178⟩and subject to suffer.
Now did he eate therof, & therfore he also died, and was euen condemned, appoynted and adiudged vnto eternall death. The Lord sayth also in the gospel:1 if ye beleue not that it is I, ye shal die in your sinnes. Item: he, that beleeueth not,2 is condemned alredy. Such like testimonies are found in holy scriprure innumerable: out of the which we finally conclude, that death & damnation ⟨p. 177⟩is enioyned, appoynted and adiudged of God, vnto all vnbeleuers and vngodly. But forasmuche as there be some whiche thinke, that, seing the soule is a sprite, it cā not, neither may suffer, yea that it is not subdued to any passion at all: Therfore, against such curious teachers, I wil set now the soule of the gorgious riche man in the gospell, which expresly & plainly sayeth: O sende Lazarus, that he maye dipe the tip of his finger in water, and cole my tunge: