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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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For if they, that rise again, ⟨p. 233⟩shall not know one another, how shall then the Apostles judge & give sentence upon those, to whom they preached here in their life time? Note, that the Apostles shall judge in the room and place of their lord, to whom only is given all power to judge: but this understanding it hath, that the apostles do then judge, when they are there at the Judicial court, as witnesses of the righteous judgement of God, with the which he condemneth the unbelievers.
For if they, that rise againe, ⟨p. 233⟩shall not know one another, how shall then the Apostles iudge & geue sentence vppon those, to whome they preached heere in theyr life time? Note, that the Apostles shall iudge in ye roume and place of their lord, to whom only is geuē all power to iudge: but this vnderstanding it hathe, that the apostles do then iudge, whan they are there at the Iudiciall court, as witnesses of the rightuous iudgement of God, wyth the which he condemneth the vnbeleuers.
For where as the unbelievers would not give credence to the Apostles, that is to say, their preachers, but cried out upon ⟨p. 234⟩them as upon ungodly heretics: when they now shall see those present with the judge of all men, they shall immediately be overcome by the Apostles, and have witness in themselves, that they shall be and are justly condemned. And for this matter read the .4. and .5. Chapter of the Book of Wisdom, which serveth very well to this purpose. And seeing it is manifest, that, in the life to come, even the wicked shall know the good, how much more then shall one good person know another, and one faithful another. In the Transfiguration of the Lord upon the mount appeared Moses and Elijah, and were ⟨p. 235⟩known of the three disciples of the Lord: