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An excellent treatise of the immortality of the soul By which is proved, that…An excellent treatise of the immortalytie of the soule By which is proued, that…
An excellent treatise of the immortality of the soul By which is proved, that the souls, after their departure out of the bodies, are awake and do live, contrary to that erroneous opinion of certain ignorant persons, who think them to lye asleep until the day of judgement. Set fourth by M. John Calvin, and englished from the French by T. Stocker.An excellent treatise of the immortalytie of the soule By which is proued, that the soules, after their departure out of the bodies, are avvake and doe lyue, contrary to that erronious opinion of certen ignorant persons, who thinke them to lye asleape vntill the day of iudgement. Set fourth by M. Iohn Caluin, and englished from the French by T. Stocker.
London: printed by John Daye, 1581London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1581
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As for their first argument, they vomit it out, with open mouth, and strain forth their wide weasands, to the end to awake the sleepers out of their deep and sound sleep. For in it they think, standeth the greatest part of their victory. And at what time they mean to deceive and blear their young scholars eyes, this is it that they chiefly lay hold on, whereby to corrupt their faith, and sound understanding. For, say they, there is but one judgement by which every one shall receive his reward: The good ones, glory and the wicked ones, hell fire. And before this day come, there is neither blessedness nor yet misery appointed.
As for their first argument, they vomit it out, with open mouth, and strayne forth theyr wide wesauntes, to the end to awake the sleapers out of theyr deepe and sound sleape. For in it they think, standeth the greatest part of theyr victorye. And at what tyme they meane to deceiue and bleare their young schollers eies, this is it that they chiefly lay holde on, whereby to corrupt theyr fayth, and sounde vnderstanding. For, say they, there is but one iudgement by which euery one shall receiue his reward: The good ones, glory and the wicked ones, hell fier. And before this day come, there is neither blessednesse nor yet misery apoynted.
For the scripture every where beareth thereof witness, for thus it is said:1 And he shall send his Angels with the great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect, from the four winds, and from the one end of the heavens unto the other. It is likewise said,2 The son of man shall send forth his Angels, which ⟨image 68⟩shall gather all offences out of his kingdom, and they which have wrought iniquity shall be cast into the fiery furnace, where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And then shall the just men shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.