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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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If the souls of those, that are departed, were among the doings of such as are alive, they should, when we see them in sleep, talk with us: and then, I vvill not speak of others, at the least my good and faithful mother, that by water and land followed me so far, to be with me, should now not forsake me. For God forbid, that he should have made that blessed life more unfriendly or more terrible.
If the soules of those, that are departed, vvere among the doings of suche as are aliue, they shoulde, vvhan vve see them in sleepe, talke vvith vs: and then, I vvill not speake of others, at the least my good and faithfull mother, that by vvater and lande folovved me so farre, to be vvith me, should novve not forsake me. For God forbid, that he shoulde haue made that blessed life more vnfrendly or more terrible.
God forbid, that when my heart doth any thing press and unquiet me, she should not comfort me her son, whom she yet so entirely loved, that she could never suffer or see me heavy. Undoubtedly it must needs be true that the holy Psalmist saith: ⟨p. 227⟩my father and my mother have forsaken me,1 but the Lord hath taken the cure to keep me. If our fathers now and mothers have forsaken us, how can they be then in our cares and doings? And if father and mother do nothing at all in our business, how can we then think, that the other dead meddle ought with us,2 or know what we do or suffer. The Prophet Isaiah saith: thou O God, art our father: for Abraham wotteth not of us, and Israel knoweth us not.
God forbid, that vvhan my hearte dothe any thing presse and vnquiet me, she should not comfort me her sonne, vvhome shee yet so entierly loued, that shee could neuer suffer or see me heauye. Vndoubtedly it muste needes be true that the holy Psalmist sayth: ⟨p. 227⟩