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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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And that is the confession which we make in our Creed, That Jesus Christ descended into hell: that is to say: That his Father plunged him into all the sorrows of death for our sakes, that he suffered all the torments of death, and all the afflictions, terrors, and fears thereof, and was in very deed afflicted: although it is said before that he was buried. Contrariwise, they that feel the mercy and loving kindness of the Lord, are said,1 That they live, and shall live. For there the Lord appointed the life and blessing for ever.2 Likewise: To the end he might deliver their souls from death, and to preserve them in famine. 3Also, God shall pluck thee out of the tabernacle, and root thee out of the land of the living Likewise:4 That I might walk before god in the light of the living. 5Also, I will give thanks unto the Lord, in the land of the living. But now that we may make an ⟨image 93⟩end, let us content our selves with one testimony, which so naturally describeth both the one, and the other, as that although we should say never a word, yet layeth it forth our meaning very notably. The words are these:6 Who trust in their Goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. Yet a man can by no means redeem his brother: he cannot give his ransom to God: although he take never so great pains, and live never so long. Shall not he see the pit, when as he seeth the wise do die? The foolish and ignorant shall both perish. They are laid into the grave like sheep: and death devoureth them. And the righteous shall have dominion over them in the morning: their Glory also shall consume, and the grave shall be their house. But God shall deliver my soul from the power of the grave, when he hath received me. The some and effect hereof is this. That they which put their trust in riches and in the strength of them, in the end do by, and descend