A25294:677
The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian…The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian…
The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian catechism in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy labourer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian catechisme in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy laborer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...
London: printed by T. Mabb for Thomas Davies, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Reas. 3. Because the equity of divine dispensation requireth this, that those bodies, which had their own share in the labours and works that belong unto this life; should also have their share in such rewards, as belong unto the end of this life.
Reas. 3. Because the equity of divine dispensation requireth this, that those bodies, which had their own share in the labours and workes that belong unto this life; should also have their share in such rewards, as belong unto the end of this life.
Use, Is to establish our faith about this truth, which is one of the principal articles of the Christian faith.
Doct. 2. The same bodies that we had, as to their essences and natures, shall arise again; though not the same, as to their dispositions and qualities.
This is hence gathered, that in the Text our bodies are not only said that they shall be transfigured, by which phrase we are to understand, that the substance of our bodies shall remain the same, and that the outward figure or fashion, or manner of its disposition and complexion shall only be changed: But also that they are said that they shall be transfigured after the manner of Christs body. For Christ had the same flesh and bones, which he had before, and this he made manifest unto his Disciples.