An wholesome antidotus or counter-poison, against the pestilent heresy and sect of the Anabaptists…An holsome antidotus or counter-poysen, agaynst the pestylent heresye and secte of the Anabaptistes…

Sy. I do not say against it.

Sy. I dooe not saye agaynst it.

Joia. And thou shalt find none ⟨image 108⟩other thing in the word of god▪ It followeth therefore, that th• Bosom of Abraham is no dormitory, or sleeping place, but an everlasting life: Which thing we may prove by the .xvi. of Lu▪ For there it is written, that Lazarus is in joy and solace, whe• as the rich man is punished in hell. If so be that the soul (as ye do say) should sleep, she could have no joy, except i• were by dreams: if she rejoiceth or have joy, it is impossible that she should sleep. Likewise it is manifest li known & showed in the .viii. of Matthew, that many shall come, & sit in the kingdom of God, with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That in the mean season, I should say nothing, that sleep is clean• contrary to the nature of the ⟨image 108⟩soul, which is in Greek called •ntesecheia, or Endesechia, that is to say • perpetual and unrequietable •otion or working.

Ioia. And thou shalt fynde none ⟨image 108⟩other thing in the word of god▪ It followeth therfore, that th• Bosome of Abraham is no dormitory, or slepyng place, but an euerlastyng lyfe: Which thyng we may proue by the .xvi. of Lu For ther it is written, that Lazarus is in ioy and solace, whe as the rycheman is punyshed in hell. If so be that the soule (as ye doo say) shulde slepe, she coulde haue no ioye, excepte i were by dreames: if she reioyseth or haue ioy, it is impossible that she shoulde slepe. Likewis it is manifest li knowen & shewed in the .viii. of Mathew, that many shall come, & sytte in the kyngdome of God, with Abraham, Isaak, and Iacob. That in the meane season, I shoulde sai nothing, that slepe is clean contrarye to the nature of the