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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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CHAP. 12. The fruit and commodity the corporal ascension of Christ, both that he doth now for us, and in that w• learn by it.
CHAP. 12. The frute and commoditye the corporall ascension of Christ, both• that he doth novv for vs, and in that w• learne by it.
After this from hence fort• will I speak of the fruit and profit of the corporal ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, of his seat and place at the right ⟨p. 77⟩hand of his father. Afore all things we must know, that our Lord ascended up with his very true body, that he as mediator between God & man (being very God & man himself) & high priest in his own temple, might be before his heavenly father, make intercession for us, & wholly take upon himself our necessities & griefs. For Paul saith to the Hebrews: Christ is not entered into the holy places that are made with hands,1 which are similitudes of true things: but is entered into the very heaven, to appear now in the sight of God for us. Hereunto all so pertain other sentences or testimonies of John in his first epistle.2 ⟨p. 78⟩Item of Paul to the Romans,3 wherein he saith: According to the same, did our Lord ascend up bodily, that he, with his flesh taken up into heaven, might stay & direct upon the holy go• all worshipping and Gods service of those that are his. For • corporal worshipping doth fr hence forth please him, but such as is done to his spiritual body He saith in the gospel of John the pore have you alway wy you,