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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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Now these Gallants who deal with the mysteries of God so undiscretely, and so unreverently, might say that this mercy and compassion, was cruel dealing. But we say, and confess it, to be mercy: because the mercy of God hath certain degrees: For this it is said: Those whom he hath chosen, he hath sanctified: 1and whom he hath sanctified, them hath he also glorified. Doth not the Lord then exercise his mercy, when as he more and more sanctifieth us? Let us then say thus much, If it be the good will of God (as S. Paul saith to have Christ to be magnified in our bodies by life, is not this mercy? what, is it for us to appoint God a law to work miracles?
Now these Gallauntes who deale with the misteries of God so vndiscretely, and so vnreuerently, might say that this mercy and compassion, was cruell dealing. But we say, and confesse it, to be mercy: because the mercy of God hath certein degrees: For this it is sayd: Those whome he hath chosen, he hath sanctified: 1and whome he hath sanctified, them hath he also glorified. Doth not the Lord then exercise his mercy, when as he more and more sanctifieth vs? Let vs then say thus much, If it be the good will of God (as S. Paule sayth to haue Christ to be magnified in our bodies by lyfe, is not this mercy? what, is it for vs to appoynt God a law to worke miracles?
- 1Rom. 8.•0.
And it is sufficient, that the glory of the Author shineth in them, for what matter were it, if we say that God, in the doing hereof regarded not the commodities ⟨p. 72⟩of Tabitha, but the poor who wept, and showed the garments which she had made for them, at whose prayers she was raised up again? For S. Paul thinketh this to be a reason good enough for him, that he lived, although it had been better for him in deed to have gone to the Lord. And after he had said that God had had compassion of Epaphrodite, he addeth and not only of him, but upon me also: to the end I should not be out of measure sorrowful. Now go your ways, and quarrel with God, because he hath again delivered unto the poor a careful woman, for the relieving of their necessity. For although we see not the reason of this deed, yet hath Jesus Christ very well deserved, to be glorified, both by our life, and by our death: Seeing that he dyed and role again, that he might […] Lord, both of quick and dead.