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The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believerThe Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer
The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believer by Thomas Watson.The Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer by Thomas Watson.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1654
THE CHRISTIANS Charter. › Chapter 12: The seventh Prerogative Royal.
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.
He is called the First-fruits, not only because he was the most excellent, and sanctified the rest, but because he was the first Cluster which was gathered, the First that went up in a corporeal manner into the Seat of the Blessed. For my part, I see not how Christ could properly be called the First-fruits; if Enoch, and Elijah were bodily in heaven before him. Hence we see that the Resurrection is yet to come.
He is called the First-fruits, not only because he was the most excellent, and sanctified the rest, but because he was the first Cluster which was gathered, the First that went up in a corporeal manner into the Seat of the Blessed. For my part, I see not how Christ could properly be called the First-fruits; if Enoch, and Eliah were bodily in heaven before him. Hence we see that the Resurrection is yet to come.
3. The third thing is, That at the resurrection every soul shall have its own body: the same body that dies shall arise. Some hold that the ⟨p. 180⟩soul shall be clothed with a new body, but then it were improper to call it a Resurrection of the body, it should be rather a Creation. It was a custom in the African Churches*, to say, I believe the resurrection hujus carnis, of this body. I confess, the doctrine of the resurrection is such, that it is too deep for reason to wade here, you must let faith swim. For instance, Suppose a man dying, is cast into the Sea, several Fishes come and devour him, the substance of his body goes into these fishes, afterwards the fishes are taken and eaten, and the substance of these fishes goes into several men; now how this body, thus devoured, and as it were crumbled into a thousand fractions should be raised idem numero, the same numerical body, is infinitely above reason to imagine, we have scarce faith enough to believe it.
3. The third thing is, That at the resurrection every soul shal have its own body: the same body that dies shall arise. Some hold that the