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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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The prophet truly, with these ⟨p. 188⟩words, declareth an assured and a very wide and broad place of hell, wham he saith: he hath made it deep and wide.
The prophet truly, with these ⟨p. 188⟩words, declareth an assured and a very wide and broade place of hell, whā he saith: he hath made it depe and wide.
Hereof than it followeth, that hell is in the depth, and that the place it self is an horrible depth, so that who so doth once sink down into it, shall come no more thereout: nether needeth any man to think, that the place is not great and wide enough. For touching wideness, it shall be able enough to hold all damned persons.
Hereof than it foloweth, that hell is in the depth, and that the place it self is an horrible depth, so that who so dothe once sincke down into it, shall come no more thereout: nether nedeth any mā to thinke, that the place is not great and wide inough. For touching widenesse, it shall be able inough to holde all damned persons.
For, the wideness and greatness thereof, saith the Prophet, is exceeding horrible. The terrible pain also & torment, wherewith ⟨p. 189⟩the ungodly are punished, hath the prophet described with these words, and said: the mansions or chambers thereof are of fire. As if he would say. The pain of hell is greater then can be expressed, for the fire noteth an unoutspeakeable trouble. As for stuff to be tormented withal, it shall never lack, neither shall the pain have ever any end. Therefore saith he, that there is much wood. It followeth moreover, that the Lords breath, which is as a river of brimstone, doth kindle, and as a bellows, blow the fire, quickening it, and ever renewing it, to burn evermore. Therefore we ought not to think that that