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A01637 The summe of Christian doctrine written originally in Latine by John Gerhard ... and translated by Ralph Winterton ...; Aphorismi succinct et selecti. English Gerhard, Johann, 1582-1637.; Winterton, Ralph, 1600-1636. 1640 (1640) STC 11769.5; ESTC S4062 111,557 338

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is not the dissolution and reduction of the Soul into nothing but the departing of the Soul out of the House of the Body The Soul cannot be destroyed Matth. 10.28 11 The Scripture maketh mention but of two receptacles of Souls separated from their bodies The one of the godly the other of the wicked 12 Away then with Purgatorie away with that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or night and sleeping of Souls between the Day of Death and the Day of Judgement Away with Pythagorus his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Transmigration of Souls away with Apparitions of Souls 13 For there is no middle place where one can be ou● of Punishment if he be not in the Kingdome no place where one can be out of the Devils company if he hath not Fellowship with Christ August de Pecc Mer. Remiss Cap. 2. 14 Before the Vniversall Resurrection the greater world shall passe away and after that shall follow the Vniversall Judgement 15 Many of the ancients were of opinion that the World should passe away by the Change of Qualitie onely and not by the Abolition of Substance 16 But the Scripture useth words very Emphaticall Heaven and Earth shall passe away Matth. 24.35 Luke 22.33 17 The Key which is to open our Graves and the Pledge of our Resurrection is the Resurrection of Christ our Head 18 The Resurrection of our bodies is confirmed by manifest Testimonies of the Holy Spirit in the Scripture and they are often repeated 19 The Preludes or ●orerunners of our Resurrection are the particular examples of those which were raised up again to life in the Old and New Testament whom Tertullian calls the Candidates of immortality 20 Man was at the first both in Body and Soul created for immortalitie The Body is the Souls instrument by which it worketh in actions good or bad The body of the godly is the Temple of the Holy Ghost Yea our bodies are fed with the quickning Body and Bloud of Christ And how then can they alwayes remain in the Grave 21 God is the Authour of our Resurrection But Christ is the Finisher thereof in and with his humane nature assumed 22 Not onely all flesh but even the same flesh that was shall be raised up again 23 Their change in a moment which shall be found alive upon Earth at the last day shall be to them in stead of Death and Resurrection from the dead 24 Neither shall Christ onely raise us up but he shall be also our Judge John 5.27 The Father hath given him authoritie to execute Judgement 25 Christ when he cometh to judge the world shall appear in the same nature which he united unto himself by his Incarnation That flesh shall sit and judge which stood before the Judge That flesh shall judge which was it self formerly judged 26 This Universall Judgement Gods Truth and Justice do require 27 The exact Form Manner and Proceeding in Judgement at the last day Experience it self will then better teach then any humane understanding can now conceive 28 Let us whilest we are here● pray unto God with sighs and grones to be delivered from the Sentence of Condemnation in that day Let us now heare the Voice of Invitation that then we may heare the Voice of Consolation 29 After Sentence is once passed immediately follows Execution Then shall they which are set at the right hand of the Judge enter into Life everlasting and they which are on the left shall be cast into Everlasting fire Matth. 25.34.41 30 The Blessednesse of eternall Life comprehendeth in it the Privation and Absence of all Evil and the Presence and Fruition of all Good 31 We shall be Freed and delivere● from all Sinne and from all Punishmen● due unto sinne 32 Our vile Body shall be fashion● like unto Christ his glorious Body Philip. 3.21 But there shall be grea● difference in glorie 33 We shall see God Without end we shall Love him alwayes Withou● loathing and praise him evermo●● Without being wearied August 22. ● Civit. Dei cap. 30. 34 Vision shall succeed in the pla● of Faith Fruition in the place of Hop● and Charitie here onely Inchoate sha● be there Consummate 35 God shall be fulnesse of Ligh● to the Vnderstanding superabundan●● of Peace to the Will and continuan● of Eternitie to the Memorie Ber● Serm. 11. Super Cant. Col. 519. 36 The Saints shall Rejoyce for th● Pleasantnesse of Place which they sha●● possesse for the sweet Company wi●● whom they shall reigne for the Glo●● of their Bodies which they shall pu● on for the World which they have contemned and for Hell which they have escaped Bonavent in Diaet Cap. 50. 37 Let us then Pant and Breath for earnest desire after that Life whose King is the Trinitie whose Law is Charitie and whose Measure is Eternitie 38 Neither shall our Being be subject unto Death nor our Knowledge unto Errour nor our Love unto Offense Sphinx Phil. pag. 5. 39 We shall see God face to face we shall heare him speak immediately unto us 40 The Elect shall have Wisdome in the highest degree Righteousnesse in full perfection Joy which is everlasting and shall Sing siaise and Glory unto God without end 41 All the Elect Salvation shall see But Glory in a different degree 42 It hath not at any time entred into the heart of man to conceive what glory God hath prepared for his Elect. 1. Cor. 2.9 And if his Heart is not able to conceive it much lesse is his Tongue able to expresse it 43 To the Eternall Life of the blessed is opposed the Eternall Death of the damned which in the Revelation is called the Second Death 44 The life of the damned shall be to be alwayes dying and the death o● the damned to be alwayes living I● it be life why doth it kill and if i● be death why doth it endure 45 The damned shall so live tha● they shall be alwayes dying and so di● that they shall be alwayes living Bern. in Med. Devot Cap. 3. Col. 193. 46 In the Flesh shall they be tormen●ed with Fire and in the Soul with t●● Worm of Conscience Ibid. 47 It is the Eternitie of the Punishments which beyond all measure i●creaseth their torments laying upon them a weight unsupportable 48 For to be tormented without end this is that which goes beyond all the bounds of desperation Isidor Cl●● Orat. 12. 49 Grievous is the Torment of the damned for the Bitternesse of the Punishments But it is more grievous for the Diversitie of the Punishments Bu● most grievous for the Eternitie of t●● Punishments Dionys in 18 Apocalyps fol. 301. 50 The Gate shall be shut upon them Matth. 25.10 Understand the Gate of Indulgence the Gate of Mercie the Gate of Hope the Gate of Consolation and the Gate of Good Works 51 To be for ever deprived of the beatificall vision of God goes beyond all the Punishments in Hell 52 Being squeezed under the unsupportable weight of Punishments they shall wish they had no being but it shall be all in vain They shall desire to die but death shall flee from them Revel 9.6 53 They shall ●ore for the very disquietnesse of heart they shall rage for madnesse and gnash their ●eeth There shall be weeping for grief and gnashing of teeth for madnesse Bern. Ser. 8. in Psal 91. 54 Of all which some have a tast even in this Life 55 The Companie of the Devils and the Qualitie of the Place do exceedingly increase the Torments of the Damned 56 Neither shall the Forments of the Damned be onely Eternall but they shall also be Without all intermission at any time The smoke of their Torments ascendeth up for ever and ever Revel 14.11 57 As in Heaven one is more glorious then another So likewise in Hel● one shall be more miserable then another August in Enchirid. Cap. 3. 58 We are very curious to know where Hell is But we are not so care● full to learn how we may escape it● Our thoughts were better spent in meditating upon it 59 When we sit down to eat and drink and when we rise from table again when we lie down to sleep and when we rise up again at all times and in all places it is very good to think upon Hell 60 For To think upon Hell preserves a man from falling into it Chrysost Hom. 44 in Matth. 61 Dost thou think to quench the flames of Hell by not speaking of it● or Dost thou think thou kindlest the flame thereof by speaking of it Whether thou speakest of it or no the flame is alwayes there alike Id●● in Homil. 2. in 2. Thess 62 He deliver us from eternall death who himself died for us He bring us unto eternall Life who himself is the Prince of Life blessed for ever To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be all honour and glory World without end Amen FINIS