the Athenians whaÌ„ they heard of the holy Apostle the resurrection of the dead thei mocked and laughed his doctrin to scorne For who wold lightly credite that the bodies which nowe are corrupt returned to earthe oâ— otherwise torne and deuoured oâ— wild beastes foules yea sonnâ— time breÌ„t and brought to ashes or drowned with water should perfectly be brought again anâ— wholy restored But God willing to make that easy lighte which is harde vnto vs hathe iâ— the resurrection of our Lord Iesus Christ set before our eies an open plain and sure trial declaration or euideÌ„ce of the true vndouted resurrection whervnto as to an ensample sure streÌ„gth of the resurrection we ought to haue respect asmuch and as oft as we thinke vpon it and wonder howe our bodies should rise againe Therfore with so many testimonies and arguments haue I declared afore that Christe our Lorde with his owne body rose truly againe from death He caried vp Helias also liuing body and soule into heauen and mani â—ne raised he vp from the deade that we concerning the resurrection of the dead should haue vtterly no doubt at all Finally with plain euident testimonies of the scripture hath he opened and shewed as I now wil declare which testimonies and arguments truly do teache that the flesh of men shal rise again from the dead that is that oure bodies shal at the last day be truly raised vp vnto iudgement Holy Iob saith thus in the .19 Chapter O that my words now were wrytten O that they wer put in a boke wold God they wer grauen with an iron peÌ„ in Lede or in stone to continue For I am sure that my redemer liueth that he shall stande ouer the dust or earth in the later dai that I shal be clothed againe wyth this skin see God in my flesh Yea I my selfe or for my selfe shall beholde him not with other but with these same eies Mi reines are consumed within me Iobs aduersaries complained of him as though he knewe not God as though he set nothiÌ„g by him Vpon this great slander blasphemy he answereth and declareth his faith desiring that hys belefe were wrytten in Lede in hard stone that is he wisheth his faithe to be knowne to those that come after which he also declareth with few words after this maner I am of you coÌ„plained vpon accused as though I knew not God now do I know right well in my heart yea I beleue am certified assuredly that my redemer or auenger liueth Here Iob vseth an Hebrue worde called Goel which some expounde a redemer it signifieth a rescuer an auenger such one as is a more frend of oures such as were they to whome in the law of the Iewes it apperteined to redeme the goods and to rescue them as we may learn farther out of Ruthe and of the fourth boke of Moses and with the aforesaide name Goel dothe Iob set forth and specify the Messias our Lord Iesus Christ that he liueth namely that he is the true liuing God the life resurrection of men and that he is also the rescuer and aueÌ„ger doutlesse euen the same that is oure very nere frend namely a very true maÌ„ such one as hath taken our own flesh bloud vpon him suffered death with his death hath made vs liuing Moreouer he saith at the last shall he stand ouer the dust For our Lorde Iesus with his very true body shall come at the last day to iudge and then shall he stand ouer the dust This saying declareth euidently that he will vndertake and doe somewhat namely that he shall put to his mighty hand so order and bring to passe that the dust shall come to life againe The dust calleth he here our flesh and that according to the scripture And wyth this doth he wonderfull well expresse the truth of our flesh namely that our very owne true flesh shall rise againe For he will certify vs that euen the very same bodi which at the first was made of dust and now into dust is sowne thorow the corruption is becom dust agaiÌ„ yea euen that same very body none other shal be raised vp But to the intent that no man shuld draw or referre the dust to any other thing theÌ„ to the body of maÌ„ It foloweth moreouer in holy Iob that after they namely the father the son the holy gost haue with my skin not with a straunge but with mine owne skin clothed the body eueÌ„ mine owne body which I nowe haue called dust therby vnderstandeth he the fleshe the sinowes the bones then shall I see God in my flesh that is fully and perfectly shall I be restored made whole again For to see God is nothing els but to be partaker of eternall ioy saluation And to se god in or froÌ„ out of that flesh is to be taken vp corporally into euerlasting ioy Besides this he dothe yet more euidently expresse the perfectnesse of the resurrection of the flesh and faith Whom I for my selfe shal see that is to my commodity and saluation mine eies shal see him eueÌ„ I my selfe shal se him and none other for me In the which words it is principalli to be noted that he sayth I shal se him yea eueÌ„ I my selfe Then mine eyes shall see him Finally I and els none other As he wold say euen I the now haue true flesh and bone loke nowe vpon you wyth mine eyes shall with the very same eyes beholde God also Therefore in the resurrection of the deade we shal with the essenciall substance nature be euen the same that we were before deathe namely we shal haue our members as hed eyes bones belly armes legs hands fete c. Now wher this distinction is there must be also circumscription there must the same haue compace and limits It followeth yet farther in Iob my reines namely my desire lust are wasted away and coÌ„sumed within me that is wyth in me namely in my hart are ceased all other desires lustes and pleasures in comparison of this my hope towards the resurrection yea in comparison thereof thei al are nothing neither worthy to be estemed For in the only Resurrection resteth all my hope and delite So sayde Paule also I haue counted all things but losse and do iudge them but dunge that I mighte winne Christ to knowe him and the vertue of his resurrection And therfore the olde translator of the boke of Iob hath euill interpreted these wordes after the sense this hope is layed vp in my hart After all this dothe holy Ioâ—â— adde herevnto that maketh the vnderstanding perfect and concludeth his saying thus Seing I this knowledge coÌ„fes why holde ye me for vngodly Why do ye persecute me and vexe me thus with spiteful wordes of reproche and slaunder Yet is the roote of the worde found in me And he calleth the roote
Nowe did not the fish cast vp to the dry land ani other for Ionas but euen the same Ionas himselfe whome he had swalowed Therefore the verye same true bodi of the Lord also that was buried arose againe Which thing the holye Apostle Paule minding perfectly to expres said first of all I deliuered vnto you or taughte you that which I receiued how that Christ died for our sinnes agreing to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose again the third dai according to the scriptures Lo what can be spoken more euident and plain He that died for our sinnes and was buryed euen he himselfe the very same rose also againe Of this now it foloweth that the very true substancial body of our lord did rise againe for euen the same died was buried But to the entent that it mighte the soner be beleeued Paul the holy teacher declareth furthermore that he speaketh this according to the contentes of scripture and that the same was taughte in the scriptures afore meaning vndoutedly the lawe the Prophets Neuerthelesse we will nowe bring forth the true and euident testimonies of the Angels who in Marke Luke and Mathew speake vnto the wemen that came to the sepulchre Ye seke Iesus of Nazareth him that was crucified Why seeke ye the liuing among the dead He is risen he is not heere Beholde the place wher they had laid him Remēber howe he spake vnto you while he was yet in Galile saying that the son of man must be deliuered into the hāds of sinfull mē and be crucified the thirde day rise againe Therefore goe quickly and tel this to his disciples that he is risen from the deade And beholde he shall goe before you into Galilee ther shal ye se him as he himselfe tolde you These are the wordes of the Angels which if al circumstāces be thorowly well cōsidered do plainly declare that the very true body of the Lord did verely arise from the dead The wemē come seeke the body of the lord desiring to annoynt it therefore the question is touching the body of Christe The Angels also speake of the true body of Christ make answer saying Ye seke Iesus of Nazareth Whervnto they adde distinctly him that was crucified Now are we sure that his very true body was crucified and died He say they namely that died euen Iesus of Nazareth the same is become aliue againe Why seke ye the liuing among the dead The lord died of a truthe but deathe must not haue dominion ouer him nether muste his body putrify or corrupt as other mens bodies doe according as holy Dauid sayde before Afore hand I sawe God alwayes before me for he is on my right hand that I shuld not be moued Therfore did mi hart reioyse and my tong was glad Moreouer also my flesh shal rest in hope because thou wilte not leaue my soule in Hell neither wilte thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption Thou hast shewed me the wayes of life thou shalt make me ful of ioy with thy coūtenance and at thy right hād ther is pleasure for euermore These words extend wholely vnto Christ according as the .ii. excellent Apostles namely Peter in the second and Paul in the 13. of the Acts do declare Out of the Angels wordes also is it com into the articles of the crede as we all cōfesse with these words he rose again from the dead This word from the dead doth truly expresse the death and resurrection after this sense He died as other men also doe according to the law of nature And euen in the same fleshe which he therefore toke vpō him that he might die receiued the immortalitye and toke it vnto him againe Therefore say the Angels he is rise◠again But that thing riseth no vp which fel not afore therfore euen the same bodye of Christe that fell in death is from death risen vp againe Moreouer they name also the place where he was laide to expresse perfectly that the very true body was risen saying beholde the place wher they layed him The mortall body of the Lorde hath his certaine place yea his owne place that the Logicians cal Vbi that is to say where in the which he was laide And as he now is become immortal he hath his own place againe For if the bodye that was raised vp were euery where then had not the Angels sayde Beholde the place wher they laid him Yea they had not bene able to shewe any one place wher he was not if the immortall body must be euery where But now they shew a place in the which the immortall body was not and that with plaine expresse wordes saying he is not heere Of this nowe it foloweth that the body of Christe which is but in one place did verely rise again In the gospel o◠s. Iohn also the sepulchre cloths wherin the Lord was wrapt as the hed cloth that which was about his body are mencioned as strong testimonies of the bodi risen vp which clothes Pete◠and Iohn did perfectly see Furthermore the Angels proue his very true resurrection out of th◠word of god and say remembe◠what he saide vnto you while h◠was yet in Galilee the sonne o◠man muste be deliuered into th◠handes of sinfull men c. Wit◠these wordes will they instructe vs that the sonne of man a very true body is truly risen againe They say moreouer go quickly tel the disciples that he is risen from death Now was the body dead and as all mens bodies that die laid in the graue And euen the same body was made immortall rose again from the dead He shall go before you into Galilee yea before you shal he goe with a true bodi that moueth from one place to another there as in a certaine place shall ye se him Ye shal se him I say for with a visible palpable body is he risen as ye are told by the Lorde himself who can neither lie nor deceiue CHAP. 3. Appearings of the body raised vp HEreunto extende the manifold appearings or opē shewings of Christ mencioned by the Euangelists In Mark it is wrytten thus whan Iesus was risen early the first day after the Sabbothe he appeared firste to Mary Magdalen To whom in the gospel of Iohn he sayth goe to my brethren and tel them I go vp to my father and your father to my God and your god Now whan she came to the disciples she tolde thē that she had sene the Lord that he had spoken suche things vnto her In Mathew he meteth the wemen and sayeth All haile Fear not goe and tell my brethren that they go into Galilee there shall they see me In holy S. Luke is mēcion made of two appearings The first when he shewed himselfe to the two that went to Emaus opened vnto them the true resurrection of hys bodye The second whā they were
gon againe from Hierusalem they came to the Disciples minding to shew them and to geue them to vnderstād what they had sene and hard Then preuented they them and said the Lord is truly risen in deede and hath apeared vnto Simon Nowe while they were talking of suche things among them selues Iesus stode in the middes of them and said peace be vnto you But whan they sawe him they were sore afraid thinking that they had sene a spirit or some other vision Thē said the lord vnto them why are ye troubled And why doe thoughtes arise in your hartes Behold my hands and my fete CHAP. 4. The body of Christ rose again not a spirite but a true body NOwe that no man should thinke it to be another body which he had not afore his resurrection he addeth thereto immediatly It is euē I my self Handle me see a spirite hath not fleshe bones as ye see me haue And wyth that shewed he them his hands and his fete With this euident testimony of the Lord was S. Augustine moued boldly to saye that they ought not to be heard which deny the body of the Lord to haue risen againe as it was layed in the sepulchre For if it were not so he wold not haue saide to his disciples after the resurrection Handle me and see for a spirite hath not flesh bones as ye see me haue Now is it as much as to rob God of his honor if anye man wold thinke that the lord who is the truth it self had in any thing that he spake not sayd the truthe c. Thomas was not there when the Lord shewed him selfe aliue vnto his disciples but whan he came againe they told him with greate ioy what they had sene heard Neuerthelesse he thoughte it had not bene as they spake and he sayd except I see in his hands the print of the nailes put my finger into the holes of them and my hand into his side I will not beleeue it Therfore after .viii. days whan the disciples were assembled together againe Thomas with them Iesus commeth in while the dores wer shut and standeth in the middes among them and saith peace be vnto you Afterwarde sayde he vnto Thomas reache hither thy finger and beholde my handes put thy hande here also and lay it in my side be not faithlesse but beleuing Thomas answered and said vnto him my Lorde and my god For S. Paule also in the firste chapter of the Epistle to the Romaines doth out of the resurrection of the Lord proue the god-head thus which was borne of the seede of Dauid after the flesh and euidently declared to be the sonne of god after the spirit that sanctifieth and by that he rose again from the dead namely Iesus Christ our lord What cā be spoken more plaine more euidēt or more certain For freely did the Lorde sette before their eies his body which was hāged vpon the crosse that they might see it handle it For the body was pearsed with nails and marked with the printes therof Oute of this now it foloweth that the lord with his true bodye did verelye rise again and not a spirit And further the Lorde also sheweth himselfe vnto the seuen whych then were in Galile fishing at the sea of Tiberias The Euāgelist addeth likewise thervnto that it was not expedient for any of the Disciples to aske him who hee was for they knewe that it was the lord In the .28 chapter of Mathewe the eleuen Apostles saw the Lorde and worshipped hī as it is declared afore Some think that the same was the excellent appearing that Paul speaketh of saying Afterward was he sene of moe then fiue hundred brethren at once of whom many are aliue this day but some are a slepe or dead And in the same place dothe the Apostle make mention yet of two moe appearings saying after this was he sene of Iames then to al the Apostles And laste of all he was seene of me as of one that was borne out of due time Luke the Euangelist in the beginning of the Actes of the Apostles hath in maner collected all the probations together The Lorde sayeth he shewed himselfe aliue vnto his apostles after his Passyon and that by manye tokens appearing vnto them forty dayes and speaking of the kingdom of god S. Peter also instructing Cornelius in the Faithe of Christ said we are witnesses of all thyngs which he did in the lande of the Iewes and at Hierusalem whō they slue hanged on tree Him God raised vp the third day and shewed him opēly not to all the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of god for that intent which did eat and drinke with him after he rose frō death With these plain probations testimonies as I suppose it it is euidētly declared and sufficiently shewed that our Lord Iesus Christ with his owne very true body which hāged on the cros did vereli rise from the dead As touching the glorificatiō I shal speake therof when I come to the resurrection of the bodies and there will I shew more that the glorification dothe nothing minishe the veritye or truthe of the body read the sixt chapter CHAP. 5. The frute of the Resurrection of Christe NOw I wil declare the occasion whye I haue with suche diligence and so earnestly preased vnto this that Iesus christ with his true body did truly rise againe That is how profitable necessary it is so to beleue and what frute the true resurrection of Christ doth bring engender vnto vs And albeit that hereof as of a plentiful treasure muche might be spoken yet wil I comprehend it all in a short summe Thoughe we be cōplete made perfecte thorowe the deathe of Christ while the iust iudgemēt of god is satisfied the curse takē away the penalty recompenced and paid Yet saith Peter we are borne again thorow the resurrectiō of Iesus Christ vnto a liuīg hope For like a christ with his resurrection ouercame death so standeth also the triumph victory of our faith in the resurrection of Christ Therfore thorowe his death is sinne taken away by his resurrectiō is rightuousnesse brought againe For how could he with his death haue deliuered vs frō death if he himself had of death ben ouercome Or how could he haue obteined the victory for vs if he had bene destroyed in the battell himself Therfore thorow death is death discomfited and with the resurrection is life to vs restored Hereof commeth it that Paul sayth if Christ be not risen then is your faith in vaine and ye ar◠yet still in youre sinnes and so they that be a sleepe in Christe are lost And to the Romaines Christ sayth he was deliuered vp for our sinnes rose again◠for our iustification Heerevnto serueth it also that h◠wryteth in the. 10. Chapter I◠thou confesse the lorde Iesus with thy mouth and beleeue
hell For he ascending vp on high led captiuity captiue and whaâ— he had spoiled the ennemies hâ— gaue gifts vnto his people anâ— endueth them yet daily with spiritual riches Therefore sitteth hâ— now on highe to the intent thaâ— with his owne strengthe whicâ— he daily bestoweth vpon vs hâ— may regenerate vs into a spirâ—tual life quicken vs with his holy sprite garnishing his church that is to say the faithfull wyth manifold gifts of thanks defending them against all euill suppressing the terror of hys ennemies but preseruing and sauing vs as those that truely do honor and worship him For he as hauing the victorious triumph is the king sauioure and heade of all faithfull beleuers Finally also with his resurrection he hathe prepared vs a place made the way opened it into heauen Thus in heauen hath he placed the true maÌ„ that we mighte haue an assured true testimoni that our flesh also shal rise againe and that the whole perfect man with body and soule shal be caried into heauen For meÌ„bers shal be like vnto the heat Therfore as the cloud toke vp the very true body of the Lord yeâ— euen the whole perfecte manne Christ so shal all godly persons be taken vp into the air to mete the Lorde that they may liue with Christ their Lorde head for euermore For Paul saith the dead in Christ shall arise first Theâ— we which liue remain shalbâ— caught vp with them also in thâ— cloudes to meete the Lorde iâ— the ayre and so shall we euer bâ— with the Lord. Item to the Hebrues by thâ— meanes of the bloud of Iesu wâ— haue free entrance into the holâ— place by the new liuing way which he hathe prepared for vs thorowe the vaile that is to say by his flesh Vnto this meaning agreeth very wel the godly and excellent sentence of the old ancient wryter Tertullian who in the booke of the resurrection of the flesh saith thus Christ which is called the arbiter and mediator betwene God and men hath of the same that is set and committed vnto him of both reserued al so vnto himself the adding to of the fleshe for an earnest peny of the whole summe For like as he hath left vs the pledge of the sprite euen so contrariwise hath he receiued of vs the earnest peny of the flesh and caried it vp with him into heauen a true euidence or pledge that he will bring thether also the whole summe bodye soule c. For this great and highe benefite declared vnto vs by hys diuine mercy without oure deseruing be laude and praise honor and thankes vnto oure King our victorious Triumpher head and Redemer euen our Lord Iesu Christ from hence forth now and for euermore Amen ¶ The second part ENTREATING OF our bodies CHAP. 13. Of the true Resurrection of oure Fleshe NOwe commeth it to the poynt that we must also speake of the true raising vp of our bodies or resurrection of this our flesh for the same foloweth out of the resurrection and ascension of oure Lorde Iesus Christ This worde to rise vp as Tertullian De Resurrectione carnis declareth extendeth to nothing more theÌ„ vnto that which was falne For nothing caÌ„ arise saue onely it that fell For when a thing was falne and standeth vp againe we say it is risen for asmuch as this terme to rise vp hath a relacion S. Paule vseth the word Anistemi which signifieth to erecte to rise vp to set vp againe and to stand Egeromai ex hypnou I rise vp and awake froÌ„ slepe The Hebrues vse the worde kum which signifieth not onli to rise vp but also to endure to continue and to remaine vpright For in the booke of Iosua we read the childreÌ„ of Israel coulde not stande before their enemies that is they might not endure continue before them Furthermore in the boke of Genesis euery thing was destroyed that remained that is whatsoeuer there was and stode vprighte or erected it selfe vpon the face of the earthe Heereof it commeth that to stande vp and to rayse vp is called the immortality or the euerlasting and perpetuall continuance of the soule As whan the Lord saith in the gospel of Iohn I will raise him vp at the last daye For if by the last day the houre of euery mans death be vnderstand then dothe the Lord raise vp that is he preserueth the soule in the state that it dieth not neither perisheth in death nowe if by the last day be vnderstand domes day then raiseth he vp the body from the earth at the laste daye in the generall iudgement Therfore the words to stand vp raise vp signify eyther the conseruation of a thing which is that it be not destroyed and pearishe or else the restoring of a thing that was fallen to hys right case and estate againe CHAP. 14. Our flesh or body it self shal rise againe though it be hard to beleue and vvhat the flesh or body is NOwe will we speake also of these termes fleshe body or corps We beleeue the resurrection of the body or flesh The scripture commoÌ„ly calleth it the resurrection of the dead to declare euidentli that the resurrection must not be referred to the soule nor to the spirite but directly vnto the body and to the fleshe Cyprianus or Ruffinus sayth that the church towardes the West did expresse knowledge the article in the holy Apostolical Crede after this maner I beleue the resurrection of the flesh And so they added ther vnto manifestly this term the to the intent that no man should vnderstand any other flesh saue only the same natural and essenciall flesh which we cary about So saithe Augustine also in the boke of the Articles of the Crede that same visible which properly is called fleshe shall without all dout assuredly rise vp againe Me thinketh that Paule the Apostle minded to poynte vnto the fleshe as with a finger and therefore sayde this corruptible must put on incorruption With the terme this poynteth he as with a finger vnto our fleshe Holy Hierome forceth and coÌ„pelleth Iohn the bishop of Hierusalem to confesse and knowledge the resurrection not onely of the body but also of the flesh and sayeth the flesh and the body are two things Euery flesh is a body but euery body is not fleshe namely a wal is a body but flesh it is not For fleshe is properly called a substaunce of blonde synowes bones and vaines set together As for a body though the name thereof also be vsed for flesh and most part for a substance that may be sene or handled yet it betokeneth sometime a subtile state that can neither be handled nor sene As namely the aire But at all times it hath bene a hard thing for man to beleue that the bodies which are buried resolued to corruption shuld wholely without imperfection or blemishe be brought againe and restored Therfore
of the worde the right foundation and grounde of godlinesse As if he woulde say forasmuche as the true head article of saluation is found in me For like as the rote geueth al vertue sap vnto the tre euen so is the matter of the resurrection of the dead thorow Christe the cheefest greatest and true principal poynt of the worde and affaires of god Repent therfore sayth Iob for wrath handleth or dothe nothing righte but rather prouoketh god vnto vengeance The prophet Esay in his twenty sixe chapter doth testifie the Resurrection 〈◊〉 this maner Thy dead shall â—â—e euen with my body shall they arise Stand vp be glad ye that rest or dwel in the duste for the dewe of the herbes is thy dew the ground of tyrants shalt thou cast down Thy dead O god sayth the prophet shal liue nameli the soules of those that for thy sake are slaine and that haue worshipped thee Neuertheles their bodies shall not preuent my body in the Resurrection but at the last iudgement or vpon domes daye shall they rise againe with my body Likewise saith also S. Peter that the soules of suche as died afore time do liue with god but with the fleshe they shal be iudged as other men Therfore did the holy Prophet Esay beleue confesse the general resurrection of all bodies at the last day In the which Resurrection he openly knowledgeth that his own bodi also shal rise againe Afterward bringeth he in an Archangell blowing the troÌ„pet and saying stand vp be glad ye that rest in the dust To rest in dust is nothing els but a description of mans body For the soules and sprites do not rest or lie in dust but the bodies are buried therin become dust Therfore meÌ„ according to the substance state therof wherin they rise againe are called inhabyters and Iâ—â— dwellers of dust or suche as rest in duste The declareth he with a similitude how our bodies that putrify and corrupt shal thorowe the power of God from deathe and corruption be easely raised vp againe The power of god that chargeth commaundeth vs to rise vp from death doth he compare to the dew which whaÌ„ it falleth downe quickeneth and reuiueth the dead herbes Likewise also dothe the power of God to oure dead bodies which it quickneth and raiseth vp again Contrary to this he setteth another sentence saying the earth of tyraÌ„ts that is the bodies of tyrantes â—halt thou raise vp O God but â—hou shalt cast them downe that â—s thou shalt ouerthrowe them â—nto hell and eternall paine Moreouer touching the true â—esurrection of oure bodyes the â—ision of the Prophet Ezechiel â—s so euident and plaine that it â—s not nedefull to speake oughte â—herof And of this haue we many teâ—timonies and witnesses in the Prophets whych mighte heere â—ell haue serued but seing it is not necessary I haue because of shortnesse omitted them now will I come to the sentences of the new Testament The Lord saith Verely verely I say vnto you the houre shal come and now it is that the deade shal heare the voice of the son of God and they that heare it shal liue And immediatly after he saith the houre shal come in the which all they that are in the graues shall heare his voyce and shall come forth Now is it manifest that neither the soules nor sprites but the bodies are in the graues And if other bodies shoulde rise vp for oures what needed he alwaye to make mencion of the graues But to the inteÌ„t that he immediatly in the gospell mighte declare the euident plain vnâ—oubted resurrection of oure boâ—ies he forthwith by his mighâ—y and wonderfull power raised â—p Lazarus froÌ„ death who now â—id stinke and had line .4 dayes â—n the graue This maruellous â—ct had the lord himself declared â—nto Martha with these words by brother shal rise again TheÌ„â—nswered she I know that he shall â—se in the resurrectioÌ„ at the last â—ny Lo how commen manifest â—nd knowne vnto euery maÌ„ was â—e general resurrection of oure â—odies The Lorde saithe more â—nto Martha I am the resurrection the life he that beleueth on me though he were dead yet shall he liue And euery one that liueth and beleueth on me shall neuer die But what nedeth me to collect so many testimonies of the resurrection of the deade considering that the Apostles were vpon no article more feruent and earnest then vpon this He that will alledge all the sentences witnesses must wryte out almoste the whole new testameÌ„t Luke saith in the Actes of the Apostles with greate power did the Apostles beare witnesse of the resurrection of the Lorde Iesus Christe And in the same boke saith Paul or the hope and resurrection of the dead am I iudged And yet againe for the hope sake of Israel am I bound with this chain In many places hath the holy Apostle Paule brought forth euident ensamples and testimonies of oure resurrection concerning the whych we shall speake in due time He saith moreouer we which liue are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life of Iesu mighte appeare in oure mortall bodies What coulde he haue spoken more euident plaine For immediatly vpon the same he saith thus we haue beleeued therfore haue we spoken and know that he which raised vp the Lorde Iesus shall thorow Iesus raise vs vp also Wherefore oure true bodies which now are mortall shall verely rise againe howbeit after the resurrection they shall no more be mortal but iÌ„mortal To these witnesses out of gods word and therfore inuincible I will nowe also adde the testimony of Ihon Damascene The Resurrection sayeth he shall be nothing else but a true coniunction of soule and body and another laudable restitution of it that vvas fallen avvay and brought to naughte Therefore the same body that perisheth is dissolued and falleth a sonder and the very same riseth vp againe vndissoluble For he that in the beginning created man out of the dust of the earth then brought him againe to earthe and duste that he vvas taken of The same I say is mighty and of povver according to his vvorde to raise vp the selfe same man againe from death Thus much Damascenus And truely euery man nowe may wel thinke that God principally for this cause did not create the first man of naughte as he did other things but out of the dust of the earth that as concerning the resurrection of our bodies though they turne to duste and earth againe we shuld haue no doubt Now as I suppose I haue sufficiently and plainly declared that the true flesh of al men yea euen our own body and els none for it yea euen the humain true body shall rise againe from death namely formed and fashioned with his own right proportion measure and property as a true body so that the measure and property of the true
gotten the victory which with great desire after that the battaile is won get them out of the city into the field to viewe loke vpon the bodies of suche as are slaine and howe fortunately they haue foughte Forasmuch nowe as Christ also hath foughte prosperously ouercome his ennemies on domes daye and made them his foote stole the faithfull shall go out to see the bodies of the vngodlye The prophet doth for this cause call them bodies euē to declare that the bodies raised vp from deathe shall be very true fleshe He continueth further also in the recited sentence and saith their worme shall not die For the bodies or coarses are full of wormes neither are they aught but wormes meate Al this is spoken after the custome and property of man and weaknes of this time and herewyth is described vnto vs and set before our eyes eternall punishment and howe it shall goe in the life to come In Daniel we read thus many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth shal awake some to euerlasting life some to perpetual shame reprofe The whole multitude of bodies sayth he that are become dust yea al flesh shal thorowe the power of God rise againe but not in like case and sorte For the good shall arise to eternall life the euill to euerlasting death After this manner spake the Lord also verely verely verely I say vnto you The houre commeth in the which all they that are in the graues shal heare his voice and shall come forth they that haue don good to life and they that haue done euill to deathe Who is so ignorante but he perceiueth that to slepe in the erth as the prophet Daniell sayde and to be in the graues as Christe saide is one maner of speche and of like effect Now forasmuch as they that are in the dust of the earth and in the graues come forth awake and rise againe ▪ and onely the bodies are in the graues wherin they corrupt ▪ it foloweth that mens true bodies not only of the good but also of the euill shall truely rise againe And the same doth the Lord yet declare more euidently Mat. 10. Feare ye not them that kil the body are not able to kil the soule but rather feare him which may destroy soule and body into hell Not only the soules but also the bodies of vnbeleuers dothe the Lorde destroye Oute of the which it foloweth that they shal rise againe for if they should not rise againe they coulde not be tormented and plaged Neither shall any other body rise againe to paine and punishment but euen the same that with his vse works hath deserued the plage And herevnto serueth also the description of the last iudgemēt Math. 25. And S. Paule sayth 2. Cor. 5. We muste all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe that euery one may receiue in his bodye according as he hath don whether it be good or bad See how manifestly expresly the holy Apostle testifieth that the body shall rise again In the same terrible iudgement of God saith he must euery one take his body to him again And why must he take the body vpon him againe Euen to the intent that whā any one hath receiued his body again he may likewise receiue the rewarde that he by and with his liuing body hathe deserued Nowe hathe the bodye some thing to do with godlinesse and vngodlinesse with vertue and vice for the body is an instrument or vessell wherwith somewhat is done and therfore in the iust iudgemēt of God the body according to the deuine righteousnesse shal not be omitted nether forgotten at all For if it haue bene obedient and subiect vnto the spirite if it haue suffered muche trouble for the name of Iesus Christe if it hath bene an earnest folower of rightuousnesse then shall it bee worthy also to be glorified Againe If it hathe bene geuen ouer to worldly voluptuous pleasures or trāsitory things of this world then with the soule that wrought with it shal it iustly go to eternall damnation Wherefore the vnbeleuers shall truely rise againe in their owne fleshe yea euē in the same which they heere in this time haue fed and pampered wyth all voluptuous pleasure and excesse And like as they in this time haue with their body takē their owne pleasure ioy and delight so in the life to come they shal be plaged and punished with euerlasting pain and torment in the same body For S. Paule witnesseth farther in the acts of the Apostles and sayeth I worship the God of my fathers beleuing al thīgs which are written in the lawe in the prophets and haue hope towards God that the same resurrectiō of the dead which they themselues looke for shall be of the iust and vniust Therefore holy Augustine in boke De fide ad Petrum diaconum said wel and Christianly according to the nature of the Apostles doctrine The vnrighteous shall haue a common resurrect on of the fleshe vvith the righteous but the grace of the change or glorification they shall not haue For frailty and misery shall not be taken avvaye from the bodies of the vngodly neither the shame and reproch sicknesse and feblenesse in the vvhich they are sovven vvhich therefore thorovve deathe are not extincte and taken avvaye that they maye belong to eternall death paine and punishment euerlastingly to be plaged body and soule vvith continuall torment that neuer ceasseth These are Augustines vvordes And after like sorte did the lord also say in the gospel they that haue done euil shall arise to the resurrection of iudgement or damnation As if he would say the vngodly that with their bodies shall rise againe shall rise with such property and proportion of theyr bodi that theyr bodies maye suffer the paine and torment namely that they now being made euerlasting maye not be wasted and consumed away thorow any paine or trouble how great and horrible so euer it be And so the bodyes of the vngodly that rise againe frō death shall after the said maner be altered and changed For the bodies that might afore thorow pain and trouble be broken and consumed are nowe altogether as yron yea suche as can not be broken and yet painful and passible so that from henceforthe the more they be tormented the harder thei become and thorow Gods vengeance more vnapte to be destroyed and yet made the more able to suffer misery ¶ The thirde parte TOVCHING THE damneds perdition and the blesseds saluation CHAP. 24. The deathe and damnation of the vngodly NOwe seeing the onset is geuen and the Oration come so farre that I muste also speake somewhat of the eternall death and damnation of the vnbeleuers that this matter maye be wholely vprightlye and perfectly brought to an end I will therfore brefely declare that the death and damnation of the vnbeleuers and vngodly is enioyned vnto them of god Item that the soules are passible
more vnfrendly or more terrible God forbid that vvhan my hearte dothe any thing presse and vnquiet me she should not comfort me her sonne vvhome shee yet so entierly loued that shee could neuer suffer or see me heauye Vndoubtedly it muste needes be true that the holy Psalmist sayth my father and my mother haue forsakē me but the Lord hathe taken the cure to keepe me If our fathers novve and mothers haue forsaken vs hovve can they be then in oure cares and doings And if father and mother do nothing at all in our businesse hovv can vve then thinke that the other dead medle ought vvith vs or knovve vvhat vve doe or suffer The Prophet Esay sayth thou O God art our father for Abraham vvotteth not of vs and Israel knovveth vs not Seing then that such honorable Patriarks vvist not vvhat vvas don concerning their people vvhich came of them selues to vvhō yet as to Gods faithfull beleeuers the same people vvas promised oute of their ovvne stocke hovve can then the dead open themselues the dore to knovve and further the doings and not doings of them that are aliue And hovve shall vve be able to saye that they vvhich are dead vver helped and eased afore the euill came that folovved vp on their death vvhan they after death fele all the calamity and miserye of mannes life that here happeneth vnto vs Or be vve in erroure that speake such things and compt them to be in rest Or doth he erre that maketh the vnquiet vvay of the liuing so carefull and full of combrance I praye thee vvhat great benefite is it then that our lord God promised the vertuous king Iosias namely that he should die because he shuld not see the great misery vvhich god threatned vnto all the land and people of Israell The vvoordes of the Lorde vnto Iosias are these Thus saithe the Lord God of Israell seeing that by reason of my vvordes vvhich thou haste heard thy heart hath melted and thou hast humbled thy selfe before the lord vvhan thou hardest vvhat I had threatned vnto this place and to the inhabiters thereof namely hovve they shal be destroyed destitute and accursed and thou there vpon hast rent thy garment and vvept before my sight Beholde I haue heard thee saythe the Lorde God of hostes The plage shall not touche thee Beholde I vvil gather thee vnto thy fathers into thy graue shalt thou be laid in peace and thine eyes shall not so all the plages that I vvill bring vpon thys land and vpon those that dvvel therein Lo this king stāding in avve at the threatning of God did vvepe and rent his clothes and thorovve death that came afore hand vvas he in safety from all misery to come For he muste afore departe in peace and take rest leaste he shoulde see that greate calamitye Therfore the soules of those that are departed muste needes be in suche a place vvhere they see not all that is done and happeneth in the life of men All this haue we taken and wrytten out of the .13 Chapter of Augustines booke de cura pro mortuis agenda If the soules nowe in euerlasting saluation haue a perfecte rest yea suche a rest as their body which they haue put of hath not yet receiued againe and seeing that they are yet aliue whō they specially loued while they were with them in body howe much more perfect ioy shal they then first haue and possesse whā theyr bodies shall come againe and whan they shal see that all their brethren whome they in this life had loued so intirely afore are together in honor and glory whan now the time of frailty hath ceased and whan in the eternall time there can nowe no cause of heauinesse and grefe be thoughte vpon nor founde anye more at all Therefore the glory and ioy which the mercy of god shall after the laste iudgemente geue vnto menne that are made whole againe of body and soule shal be wythout sorow and in all poyntes perfect And like as the vngodly and vnbeleuers shal be gathered together with the deuill and all his companions so shall also the rightuous electe haue the ioyfull fruition of the company and felowship of their head Iesus Christe and of hys members that is of all faithfull beleuers CHAP. 33. The faithfull shall knovv one an other in heauen THen also shall the blessed knowe one another again hauing ioy together and reioysing in the obtained health For if there shuld be no knowledge to what ende then should the bodies rise againe Or what frute and profit should the resurrection haue Or how might the sentence of Daniel the Prophet be verified whan he saith they that haue instructed taughte other vnto godlinesse shall shine and be as light as the starres in the firmament Whan the Lord was risen again from death and hath taken vpon him his glorified body the Apostles knew him yea so perfectly and thorowly well knewe they him that as S. Iohn witnesseth none durst say who art thou For they all knew that it was the lord I passe ouer that the Lorde spake in the gospell saying whan the sonne of man shall sit vpon the seat of his maiestie then shall ye also sit vpon 12. seats iudge the .12 tribes of Israel For if they that rise againe shall not know one another how shall then the Apostles iudge geue sentence vppon those to whome they preached heere in theyr life time Note that the Apostles shall iudge in the roume and place of their lord to whom only is geuē all power to iudge but this vnderstanding it hathe that the apostles do then iudge whan they are there at the Iudiciall court as witnesses of the rightuous iudgement of God wyth the which he condemneth the vnbeleuers For where as the vnbeleuers woulde not geue credence to the Apostles that is to saye theyr preachers but cried oute vpon thē as vpon vngodly heretikes whan they nowe shall see those present with the iudge of all men they shall immediatly be ouercome by the Apostles and haue witnes in themselues that they shal be and are iustly cōdemned And for this matter read the .4 and .5 Chapter of the Booke of Wisedome which serueth very well to this purpose And seeing it is manifest that in the life to come euē the wicked shal know the good howe much more then shal one good person know another and one faithfull another In the Transfiguration of the Lord vpon the mount appeared Moses and Helias and were knowen of the three disciples of the Lorde yea they knewe the Lord himselfe thoughe he was nowe transfigured Herevnto serueth it also that Paule saith ye are come to the city of the liuing God the celestial Ierusalem and to an innumerable multitude of Angels and to the congregation of the firste borne sonnes whiche are wrytten in heauen and to the sprites of the perfecte rightuous c. Besides thys we haue for vs
out side of heauen For the truthe witnesseth euidently where I am ther shall also my seruaunts be Nowe shall the seruauntes of God be in heauen not without or aboue the heaueÌ„ that is to say in no place For Paul the chosen maÌ„ of god saithe to the Philippians oure dwelling is in Heauen from whence we loke for the sauior c. plainly also euidently doth the true worde of God declare that the heauen into the which Christ ascended is a place certain for the Lord saithe in my fathers house are many dwellings if it were not so I would haue told you I goe to prepare a place for you And if I goe to prepare a place for you I wil come to you again receiue you euen vnto my self that where I am there you may be also Here in dede could nothing bâ— brought forthe more mete conuenient to oure purpose For thâ— thing that we now treate of is thâ— heauen which is the dwelling natiue country of the blessed anâ— which here is called a dwelling or mansion or place yea a dweâ—ling place in the house of Goâ— the father Who is now any moâ—â— so malapart or arrogaÌ„t as to vâ—dertake to deny that heauen is place For thus saithe the Lorâ— In my Fathers House alreadâ— there are many mansions thâ— not only I but al mine also haue a place and dwelling If it were not so then had I told you that I wold goe to prepare the same for you But now it is not needefull seeing they be prepared alredy wait for you Wheras I now go away and must be from you a litle seson it is not that I wold prepare mansions for you for they are prepared already but that I thorowe my death may make the way for you into Heauen and open the strete to the said dwelling Now to the intent no maÌ„ shal say that we haply haue a place in heauen as men but Christ hath not so a place therfore doth the truthe of god plainly expresse that the place wher christ is is a place in dede For he sayeth I will take you vnto me yea not onely vnto me but vnto my self For immediatly vpon the same doth he yet add it more plaine That wher I am there you may be also Christ then as a very true miâ— is in Heauen as in one place wherfore it foloweth that we aâ—so shall be in Heauen as in oâ—â— place certaine This the truth sayth therfore must it needes 〈◊〉 euen so can be none otherwisâ— The same also doth the human kinde and nature require whicâ— God as Augustine saith did eâ—due with immortality but tooâ— not away the nature and kinde The Seleucians or Hermians denyed our sauiour Christ after the fleshe to sit at the right hand of the father But the true faithfull beleuers haue euer still confessed and taught that the very true body or fleshe of our Lord dothe sit at the fathers right hand For verely if the bodi and flesh of our Lorde haue not his place geuen him or if that be withdrawne from him then is this the plaine meaning that our Lorde had no true body For holy Augustine saith and saith right take all roume place from the bodies that they haue no place to be in and then are they no where if they be no where then are they nothing at all As for the place of Paule to the Philippians in the seconde Chapter it teacheth nothing at all that with the exaltation and ascension of Christe any thing is withdrawn from the nature humaine or that we oughte to speake nothing more of it or that we shuld or mighte ascribe no name and place vnto it but like as with y words goiÌ„g before which serue much to the matter he thoughte to expresse the lowest humilitye of Christ euen so is it nowe hys minde with very honorable and hie excellent words to set forthe his glory Yea he declareth himself in the words folowing and saith in the name of Iesus shall all knees bow bothe of things that are in heauen of things that are on the earth and things that are vnder the earth And thus hath the father exalted the name of Iesu aboue all names euen in shewing and declaring that Iesus is the same whom al they that are in heaueÌ„ vpon earth and vnder the earthe ought by right to know worship and feare as Lord of al things creatures yea that all things shuld confesse that Iesus is the lord to the praise of god the Father For verely we muste needes knowledge that Iesus Christ is lord yea lord of all things king defender redemer of like power and honor with the Father Which thing extendeth not to the fathers derogatioÌ„ or dishonor as the Arrians folishly thought but to the great glory of the father The Lord saith himself in the gospel the father hath coÌ„mitted all iudgement vnto the sonne bicause that all meÌ„ shuld honor the sonne euen as they honor the father He that honoreth not the son the same honoreth not the father which hath sent him Moreouer there he saithe and now glorify thou me O father with thine own self with that glori which I had with thee or euer the world was From the beginning had he the honorable name of god which is glorious and far excellent aboue all names Now thorow the incarnation and by reason of the contemned and despised crosse of Christ the godly honor in Christ was thoughte to be somewhat darkened But that did the father restore bring to glory in that he raised vp his son from death and tooke him vp into heauen And thus gaue he him a name which is aboue all names for so he declareth that he is Lorde of all things Holy Peter also a felowe helper of S. Paule in the seconde chapter of the Actes of the Apostles did in like maner vtter the same For after he hathe opened declared the true resurrection of our Lorde Iesus Christ from deathe his glorious ascention into heauen he saith so therfore let all the house of Israel knowe for a surety that God hath made this same Iesus whom ye haue crucified Lord Christ And to be shorte Paule by the name of Christ that is aboue all names vnderstode the blessed name of God the Lord which can not be vttered and is aboue all names But seing our Lorde is a true man like as he is also very God both together and hath with the glorification not put of the kinde and nature of man nether consumed it thorow the godhead therfore remaineth he stil a true creature that is a very true man therfore may he also right wel be named after the same nature and hath likewise a place certaine Finally as for the words of the Apostle Paule the eye hath not sene and the eare hath not hard neither haue entred into the heart of man
Moreouer wher the scripture declareth the place of damnation to be after what sort damnation shall torment the vnbeleuers Finally I wil declare whether the punishment of the vngodly be euerlasting or whether it shall cease at lengthe Holy scripture dothe oft and many times make mention of the deathe of the soule which yet cōcerneth not the substance but the state thereof For holy Augustine in his boke de fide symbolo speaketh therof very wel and Christianly Like as the soule sayth he by reason of vices and vvicked maners is fraile so may it also be called mortall For the deathe of the soule is to fall from God and not to keepe it selfe vnto God vvhich is also the first sinne committed in paradise as it is cōteined in holy scripture Moreouer the soule dieth vvhan it is verely spoiled of eternall life and caste into euerlasting sorovve trouble and miserye And therfore saythe Augustine farther The soule also hathe her deathe Namely vvhan it lacketh and is destitute of the eternall and godly life vvhich truly and iustly is called the life of the soule But vndeadly or immortall is it called because it neuer ceaseth to liue hovve miserable so euer the life of it be What bodely death is euery man knoweth well but eternall death whan a man dieth the second time is this when the flesh riseth again and so is placed in euerlasting torment For after the laste sentence or iudgement of God the whole man and not the halfe shall be either saued or damned The eternall death also hath S. Iohn in his Reuelation called the second death This is appoynted because of sinne and is not a resting or ceassing but a cōtinuall paine This death is called also damnation that is a iudgement bicause the vngodly is adiudged vnto paine and for that there is appoynted him a tormēt sorow and trouble that neuer ceaseth and that as touching the greatnesse therof can neuer be expressed with tonge CHAP. 25. That ther is an eternal death and damnation and that the soule is passible NOw that there is an eternal damnation the truthe and righteousnesse of God testifieth For howe coulde God be rightuous if he had no punishment wherwith to torment and plage the vicious and wicked Therfore out of dout an eternal deathe and damnation there is though the vngodly do mocke laughe it to scorne and passe not vpon it The godly sacred Bible which is an assured witnesse of the truthe sayeth euidently death is the stipend or rewarde of sinne And by one man came sinne into the worlde and by sin death Item thorow the sinne of one man is the euil fallen by inheritance come vpon all men vnto damnation For in that boke of Genesis God sayth In what day so euer thou eatest of thys tree thou shalt die the deathe Now did he eate therof therfore he also died and was euen condemned appoynted and adiudged vnto eternall death The Lord sayth also in the gospel if ye beleue not that it is I ye shal die in your sinnes Item he that beleeueth not is condemned alredy Such like testimonies are found in holy scriprure innumerable out of the which we finally conclude that death damnation is enioyned appoynted and adiudged of God vnto all vnbeleuers and vngodly But forasmuche as there be some whiche thinke that seing the soule is a sprite it cā not neither may suffer yea that it is not subdued to any passion at all Therfore against such curious teachers I wil set now the soule of the gorgious riche man in the gospell which expresly plainly sayeth O sende Lazarus that he maye dipe the tip of his finger in water and cole my tunge for I am tormented in this flame lo the rich mannes soule is tormented in the fire Hereout now it foloweth that the soules are passible and subiect to suffer And thoughe this be shewed vnto vs of the Lorde as a parable yet is it done for this intēt euen to describe and declare vnto vs the state and case of the soules that are seperated from the bodies And how pain and punishment is appoynted vnto the soules it is foūd expressed not only in the similitudes but also in the holye gospell of Mathewe the truthe it selfe saythe feare ye hym rather which may destroy soule body into hell What the mouth of god speaketh must nedes be true Yea a shamefull strange thing were it for any man from henceforth to doubte in this that with so euident testimonies is witnessed We ought rather to beware that wyth oure vicious life we deserue not to learne and fele by experience the righteous iudgement of God concerning the which we nowe doubte and demaunde so folishlye as thoughe there shal be nothing of it Now what I haue spoken of the soules that are already departed from the body must be vnderstand also of the bodies whych come againe to the soules in the resurrection CHAP. 26. The bodies of the vnbeleuers being raised are passible FOr that the bodyes whych come againe to the soules are raised vp are passible it mai well be vnderstād and perceiued by that which is treated of alredy S. Augustine Lib. 21. de ciuitate Dei. Cap. 4. sheweth by many naturall examples and euidences that liuing bodies may wel remaine continue in the fire But touching the place of the punishment or where the soules with their bodies shal be tormented the scripture saithe simply plainly that the vnbeleuers goe downe into hell Hereof is it easy to perceiue that hell is vnder vs in the earth notwithstāding to go about to describe to shewe and to compasse precisely the place and the rowme where it lieth and to poynt it out becommeth not vs verelye but is a folishe presumption The testimonies of the scripture are simple plaine For the Prophet Dauid saythe let death fall sodenly vpon them let them go downe quicke into hell for wickednesse is in their houses and priuye chambers Item with all theyr substance went they down quick into hell and the earthe couered them and they perished frō oute of the congregation Heerevnto serueth also righte well the destruction of Sodome and that whiche the Prophet Ezechiell declareth namely that all cruel people are gone downe and descēded into hel as the Elamites which are the Persians Edomites and others And therfore concludeth he farther that euen Pharao the king of Egipte seing that he also is a tyrant must be thrust downe into hell and be gathered vnto other vncircumcised that is to say vnbeleuers Item in Luke is the hell placed beneath downewards For thus is it wrytten in the Euangelist betweene vs and you there is a greate space sette so that they which woulde goe downe from hence to you can not The holy Apostle Peter speaking of the angels that fel saith euidently that they are caste downe into hel kept and bounde
the vniforme and vniuersal opinion of all faithful which also witnesseth that in the life to come the blessed shall knowe one another For whan we talke of deathe and of the state and case of the life to come we say though we nowe must departe a sonder yet shall we see one another againe in the eternall country Socrates also the righte famous and most excellent among all the wise men of the heathen marked such a like thing sawe it as in a dreame whan as Cicero witnesseth of him he was vnto death condemned of the iudges or counsel and nowe should drinke the poyson For he sayd O howe muche better and more blessed is it to goe vnto them that well and vprightlye liued here in time then to remaine here in this life vpon earthe O howe deare and worthy a thing is it that I may talke wyth Orpheus Museus Homerus Hesiodus with those excellent mē Verely I woulde not onely die once but manye sondry times also if it were possible to obtain the same c. After this sort like as in a dreame did the good Philosopher imagine in himself ioyes vaine and of none effecte But we promes vnto our selues true assured ioy in that we hope and knowe that in the eternall and euer during countrye after the oesurrection of the dead we shall see Adam our firste father Noe the dearly beloued frende of God Abraham to whom god made speciall greate promises Moses the most gentle hearted man and one that had greatest experience of all the mysteries of god Samuel the frendly and louing prophet Dauid the king and Prophet who was Gods elect according to his owne wil and desire Iosias the most godly and best among all the kings of Iuda likewise Iohn the Baptiste holyer then whome there was none borne of woman and with all these the holy Virgine Mary the mother of God and highly replenished wyth grace among all wemen Item Peter Iohn Iames chefest of the Apostles with the other disciples of Christ Paul the famous teacher of the Heathen and all the holy congregatiō of the Patriarks Prophets Apostles Martirs and faithfull beleuers As for our glorified and pure vnderstanding memory nowe endued wyth immortalitye the multitude and infinite number of the blessed in our said natiue country shall nether greeue nor entangle the same From the beginning of the creation there was in Adam a wonderfull and excellent efficacie of vnderstāding and remembraunce forasmuche as vnto all things and to euery one in especiall what so euer was wythin the whole compasse of the world created yea in paradise also he gaue theyr names and knew euery one A muche more excellent more pure and more cleare vnderstāding shall God geue to the raised vp and glorified bodies so that they shall not lacke nor be destitute of any thing at all And where as the blessed shal reioyce and haue ioye together one wyth another yet shall all their delight be in the only god who shall be all in all Of these euerlasting heauenly things more farther to wryte I haue not at this present How be it there shal be graciously geuen vs things far greater muche more glorious more ioyfull and more diuine then we can comprehend namely saluation as it is in it selfe in that daye whan we after the ouercōming and treading downe of deathe thorow our Lord Iesus Christ shall be caried vp and taken to heauen into eternal ioy and saluation Touching the whych I haue hetherto wryttē not according to the Maiesty and worthinesse thereof but after my small ability in most humble wise God the father of all mercye thorowe hys deare sonne oure Lord redemer Iesus Christe vouchsafe graciously to take vs pore sinners vp to his glorye after the ioyfull resurrection of oure body that we long for to geue shew vs the vnoutspeakable ioy which he hathe prepared for all faithfull beleuers that we euer liuing and hauing ioy in him maye prayse him for euer euer that is from eternity to eternity So be it With Christ euen in death is life FINIS Math. 12. 1. Cor. 15. Math. 28. Marke 16. Luke 24. Psalme 16. Actes 2.13 Mark. 16. Iohn 20. Math. 28. Luke 24. Luke 24. De agone Christiano cap. 24. Iohn 20. Rom. 1. Iohn 21. Math. 28. 1. Cor. 15. Actes 1. Actes 10. 1. Cor. 15. Rom. 4. Rom. 10. Philip. 3. Iohn 11. 1. Cor. 15. Rom. 6 Collos 3. Marke 16. Ruffinus Luke 24. Actes 1. Math. 26. Zach. 12. Iohn 19. Psal. 8.19 Psal. 146. Psal. 103. Math. 5. 3. Reg. 8. 2. Cor. 5. Actes 1. Phillip 3. 1. thess. 4. Collos 8. Fulgentius Vigilius Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. August de agone Christiano cap. 26. Ephe. 2. De fide symbolo cap. 7. Num 32. Mich. 4. Rufinus Actes 2.3 De fide symbolo cap. 6. Iohn 17. Iohn 12. Ephe. 4. Phillip 2. 1. Cor. 2. Ephe. 4 Phillip 2 Iohn 12. Phillip 3. Iohn 14. Iohn 14. The Seleucians error Phil. 2. The name of Christ is aboue all names Arriani Iohn 5. Iohn 17. Actes 2. 1. Cor. 2. Exod. 15. Psal. 18 Psal. 118. 3. Reg. 1. Psal. 110. 1. Cor. 15. Zach. 6 1. Peter 3. Heb. 9. 1. Iohn 1.2 Rom. 8. Iohn 12. Mark. 14. 1. Cor. 5. 1. Cor. 7. Colos 3. Phillip 3. Ephe. 4. 1. Thes 4. Heb. 10. Tertullian Iosua 7. Gene. 7 Iohn 6 1. Cor. 15. VVhat the bodye or corpes is called of the Latinistes It is harde to beleue the resurrection The true resurrection of the flesh proued Antagonistai Iob. Ruth 4. Num. 35. Gene. 3. Phillip 3. Esay 26. 1. Peter 4. To rest in the dust Eze. 37. Iohn 5. Iohn 11. Actes 4. Actes 23. Actes 28. 2. Cor. 4. Iohannes Demascenus de orthodoxa fide Cap. 28. Math. 24. Math. 25. Iohn 5. 1. Thes 4. 1. Cor. 15. Iob. 19. VVhat a glorified body is Phillip 3. Luke 24. Phillip 3. Contra Arria cap. 31. 2. Cor. 3. Daniel 12. Math. 13. Math. 17. 2. Cor. 5. Rom. 8. 1. Iohn 3. 1. Cor. 15. A naturall and spirituall body 1. Cor. 15. Animale spirituale corpus 1. Cor. 15. Math. 22. Augustinus de fide symbolo Cap. 6. Erroures touching the resurrection of the flesh Philosop 2. Timo. 2. Origen Definici Eccle. ca. 6 Hieron ad Pammachium The confutation of Origens error De ciuitate dei Lib. 13. ca. 22. 23. And the same is againe Retractat Li. 1. cap. 13 Our bodies at the resurrection shal not be feeble nor vveake Esay 66. Daniel 12. Iohn 5. Actes 24. De fide ad Petrum cap. 3. Iohn 5. The death of the soul De fide symbolo cap. 10. Apo. 2.20 Rom. 6. Rom. 7. Gene. 3. Iohn 8. Iohn 3. Luke 16. Psal. 55. Nume 16. Gene. 19. Ezech. 32. Luke 16. 1. Peter 2. Esay 30. Virgilius Eze 32. Mat. 22.24 Esay 30. Esay 66. Marke 9. Rom. 2 Math. 25.