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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And therefore if we will borrow and fetch a similitude from worldly things, we have war against an enemy, so long as we have to fight against flesh and blood. Even then do we overcome our enemy, when as we are spoiled of this sinful flesh, so that we be altogether with God. We shall triumph, and enjoy the fruit of the victory, when as out head shall be lifted up in very deed above death, to wit, when death shall be swallowed up into victory.
And therefore if we will borrow and fetch a similitude from worldly thinges, we haue warre agaynst an enemy, so long as we haue to fight agaynst fleshe and bloud. Euen then doe we ouercome our enemy, when as we are spoyled of this sinfull fleshe, so that we be altogether with God. We shall triumph, and enioy the fruite of the victory, when as out head shall be lifted vp in very deede aboue death, to witt, when death shall be swallowed vp into victory.
And this is our limit and end whereof it is written, I shall be filled, when as I shall be awaked through the sight of thy ⟨p. 63⟩glory. Now, all they who have learned to obey God, and hear hts voice, may soon learn these things out of the holy scriptures. All they also who have reverently, and discreetly handled the mysteries of God, have taught us these things, and as it were given them us from hand to hand.
And this is our limit and end whereof it is written, I shall be filled, when as I shall be awaked through the sight of thy ⟨p. 63⟩glory. Now, all they who haue learned to obey God, and heare hts voyce, may soone learne these thinges out of the holy scriptures. All they also who haue reuerently, and discretly handled the misteries of God, haue taught vs these thinges, and as it were geuen them vs from hand to hand.