A47584:1553
The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
The history of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
London: printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1644
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.
Let us further observe, That the Prophet here speaketh not of all dead in general, but saith, Thy dead, O Lord, shall live: In which words he maketh difference betwixt those that die in the Lord, and those that die in their natural corruption, and in the old Adam. Dye in the Lord can none, except those that live in him (I mean those that attain to the years of discretion) and none live in him, but those that with the Apostle can say, I live, and yet not I, but Christ Jesus that dwelleth in me; The life that I now live, 1I have by the faith of the Son of God. Not that I mean, That the faithful have at all hours such sense of the life everlasting, that they fear not the death, and the troubles of this life; no, not so, for the faith of Gods Children is weak, yea, and in many things imperfect: But I mean, That such as in death and after death shall live, must communicate in this life with Jesus Christ,2 and must be regenerate by the seed of life; that is, by the Word of the everliving God, which whosoever despiseth, refuseth life and joy everlasting.
Let us further observe, That the Prophet here speaketh not of all dead in generall, but saith, Thy dead, O Lord, shall live: In which words he maketh difference betwixt those that die in the Lord, and those that die in their naturall corruption, and in the old Adam. Dye in the Lord can none, except those that live in him (I mean those that attain to the yeers of discretion) and none live in him, but those that with the Apostle can say, I live, and yet not I, but Christ Iesus that dwelleth in me; The life that I now live, 1I have by the faith of the Sonne of God. Not that I mean, That the faithfull have at all hours such sense of the life everlasting, that they fear not the death, and the troubles of this life; no, not so, for the faith of Gods Children is weak, yea, and in many things imperfect: But I mean, That such as in death and after death shall live, must communicate in this life with Jesus Christ,2 and must be regenerate by the seed of life; that is, by the Word of the everliving God, which whosoever despiseth, refuseth life and joy everlasting.