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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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For God cannot hereafter otherwise reign in himself, than ⟨image 71⟩he hath reigned from the beginning: whose Majesty can no way be either increased, or yet diminished: But shall reign in such sort, as that he shall be openly showed unto all the world. When then we pray to have his kingdom come, do we think that he hath now no kingdom? And besides, what say they then to this saying? the kingdom of God is within you.
For God cannot hereafter otherwise raigne in himselfe, thē ⟨image 71⟩he hath raigned from the beginning: whose Maiestie can no way be either encreased, or yet diminished: But shall raigne in such sort, as that he shall be opēly shewed vnto all the world. When then we pray to haue his kingdome come, doe we thinke that he hath now no kingdome? And besides, what say they then to this saying? the kingdome of God is within you.
Wherefore, God reigneth at this present in his elect, whom he guideth and governeth by his holy spirit. He reigneth also over the Devil, sin, and death, when he commandeth the light to shine in darkness, by which, error, and lying are confounded: and when as he will not suffer the powers of darkness to hurt them, who have the sign of the Lamb in their forehead. He reigneth also (I say) even at that present, when as we pray, and say, let thy kingdom come. And surely, he likewise reigneth, when as he worketh power in his faithful, and when he giveth a law to Satan, appointing him what to do. But ⟨p. 59⟩then shall his kingdom come, when as it shall be accomplished.
Wherefore, God raigneth at this present in his elect, whome he guideth and gouerneth by his holy spirite. He reigneth also ouer the Deuill, sinne, and death, when he commaundeth the light to shine in darkenes, by which, error, and lying are confounded: and when as he wil not suffer ye powers of darkenes to hurt thē, who haue the signe of the Lambe in their forehead. He reigneth also (I say) euen at that present, when as we pray, and say, let thy kingdome come. And surely, he lykewise raigneth, when as he worketh power in his faythfull, and whē he geueth a law to Satan, appoynting him what to doe. But