Forasmuch as God is justice it self, it is necessary ⟨p. 43⟩that he should save the just, 1and condemn the unjust. Now they amongst men are only just, who being by faith joined to Christ 1, grafted 2. rooted in him 3, & made one body with him 4, are justified and sanctified in him, and by him: whereof it followeth, that the glory to the which they are destinate 5, to the glory of God 6. appertaineth to them as by a certain right or title. On the other part, they which remain in Adams pollution, and death, are justly hated of GOD: and so condemned by him, not excepting so much as them which die before they sin, as Adam did 7. But both these manners of executing Gods judgements, aswell ⟨p. 44⟩in these, as in the other which are elected, are in three sorts: 2whereof we have already declared the first. For the elect in that same moment that they have received the gift of faith have after a certain sort passed from death to life 8, whereof they have a sure pledge 9. But this their life is hid in Christ, till this corporal death make them to step a degree further, and that the soul being loosed out of the bands of the body, enter into the joy of the Lord. Finally, in the day appointed to judge the quick and the dead 11, when that which is corruptible and mortal, shall be clad with incorruptibleness and immortality and GOD shall be all, in all things, then they shall see ⟨p. 45⟩his majesty face to face, and shall surely enjoy that unspeakable comfort and joy, which before all beginning was prepared for them; which is also the reward that is due to the righteousness and holiness of Christ: who was given for their sins, & raised again from death for their justification: by whose virtue and spirit, they have proceeded and gone forward from faith to faith, as shall manifestly appear by the whole course of their life, & good works 12. Whereas altogether contrary, the reprobate, conceived, borne, 3and brought up in sin, death, and wrath of God 13, when they depart out of this world they fall into another gulf of destruction, & their ⟨p. 46⟩souls are plunged in that endless pa•tie 14, until the day come that their bodies and souls being joined again, they shall enter into everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil & his Angels 15.
FOrasmuch as God is iustice it selfe, it is necessary ⟨p. 43⟩that he should saue the iust, 1and condemne the vniust. Now they amongst men are onely iust, who beeing by faith ioyned to Christ 1, grafted 2. rooted in him 3, & made one body with him 4, are iustified and sanctified in him, and by him: whereof it followeth, that the glorie to the which they are destinate 5, to the glory of God 6. appertaineth to them as by a certaine right or title. On the other part, they vvhich remaine in Adams pollution, and death, are iustly hated of GOD: and so condemned by him, not excepting so much as them vvhich die before they sinne, as Adam did 7. But both these maners of executing Gods iudgements, aswel ⟨p. 44⟩in these, as in the other which are elected, are in three sorts: 2whereof we haue already declared the first. For the elect in that same moment that they haue receiued the gift of faith haue after a certain sort passed frō death to life 8, whereof they haue a sure pledge 9. But this their life is hid in Christ, till this corporall death make them to step a degree further, and that the soule being loosed out of the bands of the bodie, enter into the ioy of the Lord. Finally, in the day appointed to iudge the quicke and the dead 11, when that which is corruptible and mortall, shal be clad with incorruptiblenesse and immortalitie and GOD shall bee all, in all things, then they shall see ⟨p. 45⟩his maiestie face to face, and shall surely enioy that vnspeakeable comfort and ioy, which before all beginning was prepared for thē; which is also the reward that is due to the righteousnesse and holinesse of Christ: who was giuen for their sinnes, & raysed againe from death for their iustification: by whose vertue and spirit, they haue proceeded and gone forward from faith to faith, as shall manifestly appeare by the whole course of their life, & good works 12. Whereas altogether contrary, the reprobate, conceiued, borne, 3and brought vp in sin, death, and wrath of God 13, when they depart out of this world they fall into another gulfe of destruction, & their ⟨p. 46⟩soules are plūged in that endless pa•tie 14, vntill the day come that their bodies and soules being ioyned againe, they shall enter into euerlasting fire, which is prepared for the diuel & his Angels 15.
- 1The full execution of Gods counsell.
- 2In the elect.
- 3In the reprobate.
