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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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Let us now then come to examples, first as touching this saying, they which are dead in Jesus Christ are lost, this might the philosophers have easily confuted, who have mightily and constantly defended the immortality of the soul. And as for this saying, What shall they do who are baptised for the dead? It is very easily answered: For the souls live after death. And to this which followeth, wherefore are we also continually in danger? It may be aū swered, that we lose this frail life, to recover Immortal life, wherein we shall live a great ⟨image 80⟩deal better. We have already bestowed many words, whereof the teachable have had no need. For, the Apostle himself saith, that we are miserable, if our hope in Jesus Christ stretched it self no farther then unto this present life. which thing,1 even by the testimony of the prophet is out of all doubt, who confesseth: that his feet had almost faltered, and his steppes had well nigh slipped, when he saw the prosperity of the proud and wicked.
Let vs now then come to examples, first as touching this saying, they which are dead in Iesus Christ are lost, this might the philosophers haue easely cō futed, who haue mightely and constantly defended the immortality of the soule. And as for this saying, What shall they doe who are baptised for the dead? It is very easely aunswered: For the soules liue after death. And to this which followeth, wherefore are we also continually in danger? It may be aū swered, that we lose this fraile lyfe, to recouer Immortall lyfe, wherein we shall lyue a great ⟨image 80⟩deale better. We haue already bestowed many wordes, whereof the teachable haue had no neede. For, the Apostle himselfe sayth, that we are miserable, if our hope in Iesus Christ stretched it selfe no farther then vnto this present life. which thing,1 euen by the testimony of the prophet is out of all doubt, who confesseth: that his feete had almost foultred, and his steppes had well nye slipt, when he saw the prosperitie of the proud and wicked.
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