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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 a man may very well say him to be at rest who is at that place where he desireth to be, & ⟨image 35⟩his desire hath neither measure nor end, until such time as he be at the place whither he intended to go. Now if the eyes of the chosen do look unto the excellent and perfect glory of God, as unto their mark, their desire is always a foot & on the way, until such time as the glory of God be accomplished, which the great day of judgement will fully accomplish.1 Then shall that saying be verified: I shall be satisfied whenas I shall be awakened with the sight of thy countenance.
For a man may very well say him to be at rest who is at that place where he desyreth to be, & ⟨image 35⟩his desyre hath neither measure nor end, vntill such tyme as he be at the place whither he entended to goe. Now if the eyes of the chosen doe looke vnto the excellent and perfect glory of God, as vnto their marke, their desyre is alwayes a foote & on the way, vntill such time as the glory of God be accomplished, which ye great day of iudgement will fully accomplish.1 Thē shall that saying be verified: I shall be satisfied whenas I shalbe awakened with the sight of thy countenaunce.
- 1Psal. 17.17
And now to the end we may pass over the reprobate, unto whom what may befall, we have not greatly to do withal, I would have them to answer me simply and plainly, what hope they have of the resurrection,1 without it be that Christ rose again? For he is the first borne of the dead, and the first fruits of those that rise again. For as he dyed and rose again, so also must we dye and rise again in him. For since it hath so fallen out that by death he hath overcome death, whereunto we were