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A01638	A golden chaine of divine aphorismes written by John Gerhard Doctor of Divinitie and superintendent of Heldburg. Translated by Ralph Winterton fellow of Kings Colledge in Cambridge; Loci communes theologici. English	Gerhard, Johann, 1582-1637.; Winterton, Ralph, 1600-1636.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver.	1632 (1632)	STC 11769; ESTC S103039	111,208	568

the Soule into nothing but the departing of the Soule out of the House of the Body The Soule cannot be destroyed Matth. 10.28 11 The Scripture maketh mention but of two receptacles of Soules 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 Soules betweene the Day of Death and the Day of Judgement Away with Pythagoras his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Transmigration of Soules away with Apparitions of Soules 13 For there is no middle place where one can be out of Punishment if he be not in the Kingdome no place where one can be out of the Divells companie if he hath not Fellowship with Christ. August de Pecc Mor. 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 Luk. 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 forerunners of our Resurrection are the particular examples of those which were raised up againe to life in the Old and New Testament whom Tertullian calls the Candidates of immortalitie 20 Man was at the first both in Body and Soule created for immortalitie The Body is the Soules 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 remaine 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 againe 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 Joh. 5.27 The Father hath given him authoritie to exequute Judgement 25 Christ when he cometh to Judge the world shall appeare in the same nature which he united unto himself by his Incarnation That Flesh shall sit Judge which stood before the Judge That Flesh shall Judge which was it self formerly Judged 26 This Vniversall Judgement Gods Truth Justice do require 27 The exact Forme 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 whilst we are here pray unto God with sighes 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 followes 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 Evill and the Presence and Fruition of all Good 31 Wee shall be Freed and delivered from all Sinne and from all Punishment due unto sinne 32 Our vile Body shall be fashioned like unto Christ his glorious Body Philip. 3.21 But there shall be great difference in glorie 33 We shall see God Without end we shall Love him alwayes Without loathing and praise him evermore Without being wearied August 22. de Civit. Dei cap. 30. 34 Vision shall succeed in the place of Faith Fruition in the place of Hope and Charitie here onely Inchoate shall be there Consummate 35 God shall be fulnes of Light to the Vnderstanding superabundance of Peace to the Will and continuance of Eternitie to the Memorie Bern. Serm. 11. Super. Cant. Col. 519. 36 The Saints shall Rejoyce for the Pleasantnesse of Place which they shall possesse for the sweet Companie with whome they shall raigne for the Glorie of their Bodies which they shall put on for the World which they have contemned and for Hell which they have escaped Bonavent in Dioet Cap. 50. 37 Let us then Pant and Breathe 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 Offence Sphinx Phil. pag. 5. 39 We shall see God face to face we shall heare him speake immediately unto us 40 The Elect shall have Wisdome in the highest degree Righteousnesse in full perfection Joy which is everlasting and shall Sing Prayse and Glorie unto God without end 41 All the Elect Salvation shall see But Glorie in a different degree 42 It hath not at any time entred into the heart of man to conceive what glorie 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 of the damned to be alwaies living If it be life why doth it kill and if it be death why doth it endure 45 The damned shall so live that they shall be alwayes dying and so dye that they shall be alwayes living Bern. in Med. Devot Cap. 3. Col. 193. 46 In the Flesh shall they be tormented with Fire and in the Soule with the Worme of Conscience Ibid. 47 It is the Eternitie of the Punishments which beyond all measure increaseth 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 Clar. Orat. 12. 49 Grievous is the Torment of the damned for the Bitternesse of th● Punishments But it is more grievous for the Diversitie of the Punishments But most grievous for the Eternitie of the 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 vaine They shall desire to die but death shall ●lee from them Revel 9.6 53 They shall roare for the very disquietnesse of heart they shall rage for madnesse and gnash their teeth There shall be weeping for griefe 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 Divells and the Qualiti● of the Place do exc●edingly increase the Torments of the Damned 56 Neither shall the Torments of the Damned be onely Eternall but they shall also be Without all Intermission at any time The smoake 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 Hell 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 carefull to learne how we may escape it Our thoughts were better spent in meditating upon it 59 When we sit downe to eat and drink and when we rise from table againe when we lye downe to sleepe and when we rise up againe at all times and in all places it is very good to thinke upon Hell 60 For To thinke upon Hell preserves a man from falling into it Chrysost. Hom. 44. in Matth. 61 Doest thou think to quench the flames of Hell by not speaking of it or Doest thou think thou kindlest the flame thereof by speaking of it Whether thou speakest of it or no the flame is alwayes there alike Idem 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 himselfe is the Prince of Life blessed for ever To whome with the Father and the Holy Spirit be all honour and glorie World without end Amen FINIS