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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, to be carried, may hear be spoken, only of the body: and in such sort departed he from them, that his body was from the earth taken up into heaven.
For, to be caryed, may heare be spoken, only of the body: and in suche sorte departed he from them, that his body was frō the earth taken vp into heauen.
And though all this be evident and plain in it self, yet by the Evangelist Luke,1 in the Acts o• the Apostles, it is set forth an• opened more manifestly. For afore all things he testifieth, that th• Lord arose with his own true b• dy: and that by the space of. 4• days, with many tokens & evide• ces, he plainly proved & declare ⟨p. 35⟩his resurrection unto the Disciples. And immediately he addeth thereunto, that even the very same body was taken up into heaven. For when he had spoken these things (saith he) while they beheld him he was taken up on hie: and a cloud received him up out of their sight. Lo, the Lord was taken up: yea even in their eye sight was he taken up on hie, so that a cloud received his very true body away from the sight of their eyes. I beseech you, what can be more aptly or more conveniently spoken of an essential body?
And though all this be euiden• and plain in it self, yet by the Euangelist Luke,1 in the Actes o• the Apostles, it is set forthe an• opened more manifestly. For afore all things he testifieth, yt th Lord arose wt his owne true b dy: and that by the space of. 4 daies, wt many tokens & euide ces, he plainli proued & declar