A85327:65
Faith in five fundamental principles, strongly fortified against the diabolical, atheistical, blasphemous batteries of…Faith in five fundamentall principles, strongly fortified against the diabolical, atheisticall, blasphemous batteries of…
Faith in five fundamental principles, strongly fortified against the diabolical, atheistical, blasphemous batteries of these times Serving for the conviction of opposers, the satisfaction of doubters, and the confirmation of believers. In a conference which a godly independent minister and a godly Presbyterian minister had with a doubting Christian. By E.F. a seeker of the truth.Faith in five fundamentall principles, strongly fortified against the diabolical, atheisticall, blasphemous batteries of these times Serving for the conviction of opposers, the satisfaction of doubters, and the confirmation of believers. In a conference which a godly independent minister and a godly Presbyterian minister had with a doubting Christian. By E.F. a seeker of the truth.
London: printed for John Wright, 1650
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Touching the Immortality of the Soul.
Touching the Immortality of the Soule.
Pres. Sir, you have in my judgement spoken to this point most briefly, and plainly; and yet fully I hope for his conviction; And now it falling to my lot to speak to the next point, I say unto you my dear friend, that as touching the immortality of the soul, I hope you will now give credit to the Scripture; And therefore I ⟨p. 33⟩would entreat you seriously to consider, that this truth is confirmed Eccle. 12. 7. where the wise man telleth us, that at death the dody returns to the dust, and the spirit to God that gave it; and therefore assuredly the soul dyeth not with the body, but is immortal. And in Act. 7. 59. it is said that when the martyr Stephen was at the point of death, he cried out Lord Jesus receive my Spirit, meaning thereby none other thing, but when that his soul should depart out of his body, Christ Jesus should be the perpetual keeper of it; and therefore assuredly it dyed not with the body, but is immortal. And in Luk. 23. 43. it is recorded, that when our Saviour hung upon the Cross, he said unto the good Thief, This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise; whence I pray you take notice, that he could not be there with him in the body, for that was immediately dead and buried; therefore the meaning must needs be, that his soul was gathered with the soul of Christ into Paradise, and so consequently it dyed not with the body. And in Phil. 1. 23. the Apostle said, that he desired to be dissolved, and to be with Christ; by the which it is evident that he was assured, that so soon as his spirit did take leave of his body, he should be happy ⟨p. 34⟩