A30200:26
The resurrection of the dead and eternal judgement, or, The truth of the resurrection…The resurrection of the dead and eternall judgement, or, The truth of the resurrection…
The resurrection of the dead and eternal judgement, or, The truth of the resurrection of the bodies both of good and bad at the last day asserted and proved by Gods word : also, the manner and order of their coming forth of their graves, as also, with what bodies they do arise : together with a discourse of the last judgement, and the final conclusion of the whole world / by John Bunyan.The resurrection of the dead and eternall judgement, or, The truth of the resurrection of the bodies both of good and bad at the last day asserted and proved by Gods word : also, the manner and order of their coming forth of their graves, as also, with what bodies they do arise : together with a discourse of the last judgement, and the finall conclusion of the whole world / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1665
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.
But to come to my purpose, there shall be a Resurrection of the dead &c. By these words, the Apostle showeth us what was the substance of his Doctrine, to wit, that there should be a Resurrection of the dead; and by these words also, what was the great argument with his Soul, to carry him through these temptations, afflictions, reproaches, and necessities he met ⟨p. 3⟩with in this World, even the Doctrine of a Resurrection. I have hope towards God, saith he, and there is my mind fixed, for there shall be a Resurrection of the dead, both of the just, and unjust. The reason why I cannot do what these Jews would have me; also why I cannot live as do the Gentiles, it is, because I have in my Soul, the faith of the Resurrection. This is the Doctrine I say, which maketh me fear to offend, and that is, as an undergirder to my Soul, whereby I am kept from destruction and confusion, under all the storms and tempests I here go through. In a word, this is it that hath more awe upon my Conscience, then all the Laws of men, with all the penalties they inflict. Vers. 17. And herein do I exercise my self to have always a Conscience void of offence, both towards God and towards men.
But to come to my purpose, there shall be a Resurrection of the dead &c. By these words, the Apostle sheweth us what was the substance of his Doctrine, to wit, that there should be a Resurrection of the dead; and by these words also, what was the great argument with his Soul, to carry him through these temptations, afflictions, reproaches, and necessities he met ⟨p. 3⟩with in this World, even the Doctrine of a Resurrection. I have hope towards God, saith he, and there is my mind fixed, for there shall be a Resurrection of the dead, both of the just, and unjust. The reason why I cannot do what these Jews would have me; also why I cannot live as do the Gentiles, it is, because I have in my Soul, the faith of the Resurrection. This is the Doctrine I say, which maketh me fear to offend, and that is, as an undergirder to my Soul, whereby I am kept from destruction and confusion, under all the storms and tempests I here go through. In a word, this is it that hath more awe upon my Conscience, then all the Laws of men, with all the penalties they inflict. Vers. 17. And herein do I exercise my self to have alwayes a Conscience void of offence, both towards God and towards men.