A30200:65
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.
First, 'Tis this that faith looks at, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we believed, and therefore speak, knowing that he that hath raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise us up also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. 2 Cor. 4 13, 14.
Secondly, Hope looks at this, We saith P•ul, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we our selves groan within our selves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our Body, that is, we expect this by hope: but hope which is seen, is not hope, for what a man seeth, or hath in present possession, why doth he yet hope for it. Rom. 8. 23, 24, 25.
Secondly, Hope looks at this, We saith P•ul, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we our selves groan within our selves, waiting for the ad•ption, to wit, the redemption of our Body, that is, we expect this by hope: but hope which is seen, is not hope, for what a man seeth, or hath in present possession, why doth he yet hope for it. Rom. 8. 23, 24, 25.
Thirdly, The Grace of self-denial also wo•keth by this Doctrine, If after the manner of men, I have fought with Beasts at Ephesus; what advantageth it me, if the Dead rise not? As ⟨p. 18⟩