Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

6. Then believers should have hope only i• this life; because if Christ were not risen an• ascended into Heaven, to prepare room for the• there, they could not have any good-ground […] hope of ever being received into that place; an• by consequence it would follow, that believe• the best of men upon the earth, would be the m•• miserable men of all others, because they a• exposed to so many sufferings for the sake of Jesus Christ: If they had hope only in this life, the• would be most miserable in regard of sorrow (though not in regard of sin) for their hopes […] future glory do support and comfort them und•• all their afflictions; if they should loose their hope• they would loose their comforts, and be of all • theirs the most forlorn and sorrowful; it would break their hearts, and bring them to despa•• Certainly then Christ is risen, and as certainly sh•• the dead be raised.

6. Then believers should have hope only i• this life; because if Christ were not risen an• ascended into Heaven, to prepare room for the• there, they could not have any good-grounde 〈…〉 hope of ever being received into that place; an• by consequence it would follow, that believe• the best of men upon the earth, would be the m•• miserable men of all others, because they a• exposed to so many sufferings for the sake of Jesus Christ: If they had hope only in this life, the would be most miserable in regard of sorrow (though not in regard of sin) for their hopes future glory do support and comfort them und all their afflictions; if they should loose their hope they would loose their comforts, and be of all thers the most forlorn and sorrowful; it would break their hearts, and bring them to despa Certainly then Christ is reisen, and as certainly sh the dead be raised.