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The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the…
The souls cordial in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithful labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.The souls cordiall in two treatises. I. Teaching how to be eased of the guilt of sin. II. Discovering advantages by Christs ascension. The third volum. / By that faithfull labourer in the Lords vineyard Mr. Christopher Love, pastor of Lawrence Jury, London.
London: printed for Nathaniel Brooke, 1653
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Secondly, the bodies of the Elect when Christ receiveth them to himself, when being vile bodies, they shall be made formed and beautiful, it may be thou hast some deformity, but Christ shall refine that body, and new varnish and make it beautiful, Phil. 3.21. Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. The Body of Christ is a beautiful body, neither spot nor wrinkle, nor any such thing in it, why thy body shall be like Christs glorious Body, 1 Cor. 15.43. It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory, it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. Here thy body it is a vile body, Eliphaz calls the body a house of clay, and Job calls it a house of Earth; It is the Opinion of ⟨p. 156⟩Gerrard, and he gives strong reasons for it, that if there be any defects upon the body in this World, that if any of the members of the Body be wanting, it shall be restored to thee at the Resurrection, and there are these reasons to be given for it.
Secondly, the bodies of the Elect when Christ receiveth them to himselfe, when being vile bodies, they shall be made formed and beautifull, it may be thou hast some deformity, but Christ shall refine that body, and new varnish and make it beautifull, Phil. 3.21. Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like his glorious body, according to the working whereby hee is able even to subdue all things unto himselfe. The Body of Christ is a beautifull body, neither spot nor wrinckle, nor any such thing in it, why thy body shall be like Christs glorious Body, 1 Cor. 15.43. It is sowne in dishonour, it is raised in glory, it is sowne in weakenesse, it is raised in power. Here thy body it is a vile body, Eliphaz calls the body a house of clay, and Job calls it a house of Earth; It is the Opinion of ⟨p. 156⟩Gerrard, and hee gives strong reasons for it, that if there be any defects upon the body in this World, that if any of the members of the Body be wanting, it shall be restored to thee at the Resurrection, and there are these reasons to be given for it.