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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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Yea though the holy scripture it self, can not with sufficient words express the pains of hell, and punishment of the dā ned: yet doth it partly describe the same with outward and corporal ⟨p. 185⟩things, giving us occasion thereby, to consider far greater things: and, so to say, out of the small to ponder and weigh the greater: as when it calleth the pains of hell, the outward darkness, that is, most terrible sorrow & trouble, calling the pain also weeping and gnashing of teethe. Item, cold: and continual fire that never quencheth, & the perpetual gnawing worm. As every one that hath red the gospel, is well informed. The prophet Ezekiel saith,1 that in hell there is a great multitude of graves. And so, by a figurative & borrowed speech, he declareth the horror, mourning, weeping, ⟨p. 186⟩and lamentation of the damned. The Greeks in their language named hell of darkness, cold, trembling and quaking.
YEa thoughe the holy scripture it selfe, can not with sufficient words expres the paines of hel, and punishment of the dā ned: yet dothe it partly describe the same with outward and corporall ⟨p. 185⟩things, geuing vs occasion thereby, to consider far greater things: and, so to say, oute of the small to ponder and wey the greater: as whan it calleth the paines of hel, the outward darknes, that is, most terrible sorow & trouble, calling the paine also weping and gnashing of teethe. Item, colde: and continuall fier that neuer quencheth, & the perpetuall gnawing worme. As euery one that hathe red the gospell, is well enformed. The prophet Ezechiel sayth,1 that in hell there is a greate multitude of graues. And so, by a figuratiue & borowed speache, he declareth the horror, mourning, weeping, ⟨p. 186⟩and lamentation of the damned. The Grekes in their language named hell of darknesse, colde, trembling and quaking.