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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 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 ⟨p. 9⟩ordained, it is very certain that he dyed of the same death as we dye, and hath suffered in the same death which we do suffer. The trueth of the scripture maketh this manifest unto us, whenas it calleth him the first borne of the dead, and the first fruits of those which rise again. And it hath so taught us, that the faithful might acknowledge him for their guide even in the middest of death, & when they behold their death sanctified by his death, they need not to fear the curse thereof. which is the thing that Saint Paul meaneth, when he saith,2 that he is made like unto his death, until such time as he might come unto the resurrection of the dead. For this conformity he prosecuted, which he began in this world by the cross, until the time that he had by his death fulfilled it.
And now to the end we may passe ouer the reprobate, vnto whome what may befall, we haue not greatly to do withall, I would haue them to answere me simply and playnely, what hope they haue of the resurrection,1 without it be that Christ rose agayne? For he is the first borne of the deade, and the fyrst fruites of those that rise agayne. For as he dyed and rose agayne, so also must we dye and rise agayne in him. For since it hath so fallen out that by death he hath ouercome death, wherunto we were ⟨p. 9⟩ordayned, it is very certayne that he dyed of the same death as we dye, and hath suffered in the same death whiche we doe suffer. The trueth of the scripture maketh this manifest vnto vs, whenas it calleth him the first borne of the dead, and the first fruites of those which ryse agayne. And it hath so taught vs, that the faythfull might acknowledge him for their guide euen in the middest of death, & when they behold their death sāctified by his death, they need not to feare the cursse thereof. which is the thing that Saynt Paule meaneth, when he sayth,