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
bodye which nowe is deuided parted in his members and ioyntes remaineth that is he shall haue true flesh blud bones synewes ioynts members c. CHAP. 15. The maner hovve the bodies shall rise againe and the kinde that they shall be of BVt to the inteÌ„t that this â—ay yet be more plainly vnderstand I wil nowe tel howe oure bodies shall rise what nature and kinde they shall be of in the resurrection At the ende of the world shall the Lord come with great maiesty vnto iudgement and shall declare and shewe him selfe in and with a righte true essenciall body Hether also to shal he be brought shal stand in the clouds of heauen that al flesh may se him Yea al men that are vpon earth shal beholde him and know him by his glory In the mean season also shall he send his Archangel to blow the trompe Then shall all the dead heare and perceiue the voice and power of the sonne of god And so al men that died from the first Adam shal immediatly arise out of the earth And al they that liue vntil the last day shall in the twinkling of an eye be changed And thus all men euery one in hys owne flesh shal stand before the iudgement seâ—te of oure Lorde Iesus Christ and shall wait for the last sentence and iudgement of the Lord which sentence being geuen quicklye and withoute delay shall call one part into heauen and thrust out the other into hell This fashion and maner of the resurrection haue not I imagined of my selfe but written it al out of the Euangelists scriptures of the holy Apostles For thus we reade The powers of heauen shal moue in the last time and then shall appeare the signe of the sonne of man in heauen then shall all the kinreds of the earth mourn they shall see the sonne of maÌ„ come in the cloudes of heauen with power greate glory And he shall send his Angels with the great voyce of a troÌ„pet they shal gather together his chosen froÌ„ the foure winds from the one end of the world to the other c. Herevnto adde that he spake in Mathewe Iohn And Paul in the first to the Thessalonians saithe This say we vnto you in the word of the lord that we which liue are remaining in the comming of the lord shall not come before theÌ„ which slepe For the Lord himself shall descend from heauen with a shout the voice of the Archangell â— trompe of god And the dead iâ— Christ shal arise first Then shaâ— we that liue remaine be caught vp with them also in the clouds tâ— mete the lord in the ayre And sâ— shal we euer be with the Lorde Furthermore to the Corinthianâ— saith Paul behold I shew you mystery We shal not all sleepe but we shall all be changed anâ— that in a moment in the twinâ—ling of an eye at the time of thâ— last trompe For the trompe shaâ— blowe and the dead shall rise incorruptible and we shal be changed For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortality This is nowe the maner of the resurrection of oure bodies in what nature and kind they shall rise againe But in the resurrection they shall thorow the power of God be made immortall incorruptible For the Apostle saith expresly the dead shall rise againe After that he saithe this corruptible mortall must put on incorruption and immortality In the which words the terme this poynteth directly as wyth a finger to oure liuing and humaine body And so Iob saide euen I my selfe shall see him none other Wherfore our bodies after thei be risen againe from death shall remain euen in their own right state substance as afore Yea euen the very same men shal kepe still theyr nature kind as they did afore sauing that they which afore time wer subiect to frailti shall from thence forth be pure clean perfect immortal of a sincere and purified nature subiect and obedient vnto the spirite Such bodies raised froÌ„ death did the olde wryters call glorified purified or glorious bodies that according to the doctrine of the holy Apostles Albeit ther wer some which abused that word and therfore made the veritye of the bodies void of none effect beginning to dispute of glorified bodies as of the pure substaÌ„ce estate of a spirite Whereof we shall speake shortly if God will. CHAP. 16. That Paule spake rightly of a glorified body and vvhat a glorified body is and vvhat a naturall BVt nowe wil I declare that Paule did rightly wel vse this worde glorious or glorified body euen as it is truli in it self For to the PhilippiaÌ„s he sayth Our dwelling is in heauen froÌ„ whence we loke for the sauiour eueÌ„ Iesus Christ the lord which shall change our vile earthy body that it may be fashioned like vnto his own glorious body according to the working wherby he is able to subdue all things vnto himselfe In thys sentence thou haste that terme glorified body thou hast also of what nature and kinde the glorified body shal be namely whole and as the body of Christ that rose againe from death And thus shal it not be a body vtterly made voide or brought to nothiÌ„g or altogether turned into a sprite therefore hauing no roume place incoÌ„prehensible and inuisible but it shal be an vprighte very true humaine body as it is sufficiently declared afore where I spake of the true resurrectioÌ„ of the lord In the which place we vnderstande that whan the Lordes disciples thought they had sene a spirit whan they saw the Lorde he said vnto them a spirit hath not flesh bones as ye see me haue Handle me and see for it is euen I my selfe The Lord also after his resurrection set before them some fashion or euidence of hys glorification namely whan he was transfigured before them And at that time remained the right essenciall substance of the bodye but in forme and fashion it was altered in that it became glorious So staÌ„deth it plainly he was transfigured and not that he was made voyde or broughte to nothing or altered into another substance Thus saith Paule also he shall change our body c. Wherfore euen the righte true substance of the glorified bodye shall remaine still As for the change or alteration it shal be in the infirmities that happen vnto vs So that whan the body taketh vpon it the glorification and immortality they shal be wholly remoued and fall away Howbeit this shal be more euident and plain to vnderstand if it be thorow and with diligeÌ„ce considered and declared what this worde glory or glorification meaneth For transfiguration glory glorification is one thing So saith holy Augustin in his boke against the Arrians To bring to glory to make glorious and to glorify are .iij. vvordes yet is it but
but vvith the names of fleshe and bloud must the infirmity of the fleshe and bloud be vnderstand Item Lib. 1. Retractat cap. 17. In repeting and correcting certaine poyntes whych he had wrytten long afore in the booke de fide symbolo In the time of the Angelical chaunge saith he it shal not be fleshe and bloude but onlye a body c. This I spake of the changing of earthye bodies into heauenly c. But if one vvold vnderstand it so that the earthy body vvhich vve novv haue should so in the resurrection be altered and chaunged that these members and the substance of this fleshe shall not remaine no doubt he is not in the right vvay but ought better to be instructed considering that he is vvarned and monished thorovve the bodye of oure Lord vvhich after the resurrection appeared euen vvith the same members not only that he mighte be seene vvith eyes but handled also and touched vvith handes Besides this he testifieth that he hathe true fleshe vpon him vvhan he saythe handle me and see for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye se me haue Therfore it is euideÌ„t and plain that the holy Apostle Paul denied not that the true substaunce of the fleshe should not be in the kingdome of god But rather vvith these vvords fleshe and bloud he vnderstode that either men vvhich liue after the fleshe should not haue the inheritance of heauen or else that there shoulde be in heauen no infirmity of the flesh at all This is a greeuous matter for vnbeleuers and hardly are they persuaded to beleue the resurrection but moste diligently and after my povver haue I treated thereof in the last boke de Ciuitate Dei. Yet handleth he of the resurrectioÌ„ not only in the last boke but also in the .13 boke de Ciuitate Dei he wryteth thus The Christian faithe doubteth verely nothing at all to confesse of our sauioure that also after the resurrection though novve in the spiritual fleshe yet also in his true flesh he did eate and drinke vvith his disciples Hereof are they called also spiritual-bodies not that they therefore cease to be bodies but that thorovve the spirite vvhich geueth life they shal be preserued and remaine For like as these our bodies vvhich haue a liuing soule and yet be not named a spirite that geueth life but naturall or soulishe bodies and therfore are not soules but bodies so shall the glorified bodies be called spirituall Yet God forbid vve shoulde therfore beleeue that they shall be spirites but bodies shall they be vvhich shall haue the substaÌ„ce of the flesh And forasmuch as they are preserued and made aliue thorovve the spirite they shall suffer no greefe or infirmitye Then shal not man be eaâ—thy but heauenly not that the bodye vvhich is made of the earthe shall no more continue the same body but that thorovv the heauenly gift and grace he shall be so from henceforthe that being such a kinde and nature as can not perishe and altered from all infirmity he shal be able to dvvell commodiously in heauen Furthermore saith s Austen in the. 22. boke the 30. Chapter Hovv the bodies there shall moue I dare not rashly define for I can not comprehend it it passeth my vnderstaÌ„ding Yet shal their mouâ—ng and state euen as also their proportion be altogether beutifull and hovv so euer it shall be it shall be in that place vvher nothing can be but that vvhich is beutifull and comely yea vvhere the sprite vvil there straight shaâ—l the body be also Nether vvill the spirite any thing that is not very semely and comely bothe for him and it Thus haue I hetherto recited s Augustins beleefe to conclude this matter of the resurrection CHAP. 22. VVhat Aurelius Prudencius thought of the same J Will herevnto adde the verses of the excellent and christian man Aurelius Prudentius which do woÌ„derfully expres vnto vs the resurrection of oure fleshe and set it directly before our eyes MY body in Christ shall rise againe I speake it earnest for it is plaine VVhy vvould thou then I should despaire O flesh vvhan I do see so faire The vvay that Iesus Christ my Lord VVent after his death as saith his vvorde This is the ground and foundation My heart beleeueth vvith confession That I am sure and knovve certaine My body shall rise vvholely againe Not one heer lesse then vvas before Neither in greatnesse any more VVith strength and shape as it liued here Afore they it to graue did beare There is no tothe nor naile so small No heer so litle but though it fall Yet perishe it shall not finally But out of graue rise certainly God vvhich afore created me VVith shape and strength vndoubtedly VVhervvith I here on earth should liue No feble nor vveake thing me shall geue For vvhere any thing shall perishe at all It is olde feble So do not thou call Of our bodies the renouation Therfore is this my expectation VVhat sicknesse â–ª paine and aduersity VVhat 〈◊〉 in this â—ale of misery Out of this vvorld â—â—vve taketh avvay Shall vvhan I rise at the last day From death to life a nevv certaine be geuen me all together againe For seeing that death is ouercome It euer besemeth vs all and some Quietly to trust vvith stedfastnesse Our God vvill kepe vvith vs promesse Least vvhan vve come into the graue A man no hope then after haue VVhan he to life commeth eternall That he for his body mortall VVhich here so full of faultes vvas As brickle and fraile as any glas Shall haue a body of perfectnesse That colde can not nor hunger presse Though vveaknesse be at all season The strength of death and operation Therby in vs vvhat is consumed VVhan it againe shal be restored Then thorovv the povver vvherby vve rise VVe go to the father in perfect vvise This should right vvell content our hart Therfore my body regardeth no smart In Christ my trust is constantly VVho promiseth vs assuredly To raâ—se vs vp from earth at last Therfore be thou nothing agast For sicknesse nor for aduersitee Nor yet let thou the graue feare thee Let this euer thy comfort be That Christ prepared the vvay for thee VVherin himselfe is gone before Folovve thou and liue for euermore CHAP. 23. The bodies of vnbeleeuers shall verely rise againe BVt to the intent that no maÌ„ doubt touching the resurrection of the fleshe of the vnbeleuers I will bring forth certaine testimonies of holy Scripture which doe manifestly declare that the vnbeleuers or vngodly shall with their own true bodies rise againe The Prophet Esay in the laste Chapter of his booke sayeth they shall goe forth and loke vpon the bodies of them that haue vilely behaued themselues againste me for their wormes shall not die neither shall theyr fier be quenched all fleshe shal abhorre them With this sentence doth the Prophet play after the maner custome of those that haue sone
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
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
in thinâ— hart that God raised him vp from the dead thou shalt be saued Tâ— the Philippians he sayth more ouer I count al things but lossâ— for the excellent knowledge sake of Iesus Christe Out of all this is there yet another thing concluded namely that not onli life is restored vnto vs but also that in the resurrection of the Lord the immortalitye of the soule is grounded faste and sure For so sayth the lord himself in the gospell I am the resurrection and the life he that beleueth on me thoughe he were deade he shall liue and whosoeuer liueth and beleueth on me shall neuer die Yet another frute also receiue we out of the resurrection of the lord namely that we are assured out of doute euen as if we had receiued wryting seale therof that our owne bodies likewise shal rise from death forasmuch as in the true resurrection of the body of Christ oure resurrection hath a fast and vmnoueable grounde For Paule sayeth Christe rosâ— from the deade is become thâ— first frutes of them that sleepe Foâ— by one maÌ„ came death by onâ— man came the resurrection of â— dead For as by Adam all die by Christ shal all be made aliue but euery one in his own order â–ª The first is Christe then they are Christes c. Now he that iâ— the first can not be alone the heaâ— also shal not forsake the meÌ„ber â–ª Seing then that Christ the head â— risen it must needes folow thaâ— we also as members muste riâ— again For euen in the same placâ— doth Paule conclude if the deaâ— rise not again theÌ„ is not Chriâ—â— risen againe And finally oute of the wordes of the holye Apostle Paul we learn that thorow the ensaÌ„ple of Christe that was raised vp we are not onli prouoked to take vpon vs a new life but that we also thorowe the power of Christ are renued that we mighte leade an innocent and holye life And thus haue I breefely compreheÌ„ded and declared the principall frutes of the resurrection of the Lorde CHAP. 6. Of the true Ascension of the Lordes body that arose a bodye and no Spirite and of his place vvhether hee vvent to be in MOreouer it shall be exdient to know to what place the true body of the Lorde was caried or came whether it was laid in the earthe againe or vanished away or turned into the nature of the Godhead or otherwise chaunged into a sprite In this poynt we affirm thus The right old Christian faith the vpright holy scripture the auncient Doctrine of the Christian church doth teach hold and coÌ„fes that Iesus Christ very goâ— and maÌ„ hath not laid away noâ— mixt together nor yet put of hiâ— natures the godhead the maâ—hode but that he kepeth stil bothe natures in theyr properties vâ—blemished that he ascended vâ— to heauen very true God maâ— For so we knowledge and confes in the Crede he ascended vp to heauen We finde also in the gospell of Marke so then when the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen sitteth on the right hand of god Item Ruffinus an olde wryter who hath declared the articles of the faith saith he asceÌ„ded into the heauens not thether where the worde that is God was not afore for he was euer stil in heauen and continued in his father â—ut thether wher the word that became man sate not afore Yet â—il we declare this more plainâ—y out of the gospel of Luke wher â—t is written thus and he led theÌ„ out into Bethanie lifte vp hiâ— handes and blessed them And â— came to pas as he blessed them he departed from them and waâ— caried vp into heauen Nowe if thou ponder euery thing heere thorowly thou muâ—â— needes acknowledge and beinâ— ouercome wyth the truthe thoâ— must nedes confesse that the very true body of the lord was nâ— layd away neyther turned intâ— the nature of the godhead but hâ— a very true maÌ„ who at one tiâ—â— is but in one place ascended aâ— was taken vp into heauen as â— to one place He led them outâ— saith he Who I prai the. Eueâ— the Lorde Iesus whiche vnto than by the space of forty daies had in very deede truely shewed himselfe vnto his disciples that he was risen from the dead with a very true essencial body Euen he the very same that had taken vnto him a true bodi led his disciples out vnto Bethanye froÌ„ thence brought he them farther to Mount Oliuet And in the same place lifting vp his handes no doubt bodely humain hands yea with the prints tokens of the woundes he blessed them â—amely his disciples that is he saluted them as the maner is of â—hose that take their leaue of vs And so departed he from them â— set his body corporally in heauen as in one place For afterward it foloweth yet more plaiÌ„ he departed from them that is he was caried into heauen For to be caryed may heare be spoken only of the body and in suche sorte departed he from them that his body was froÌ„ the earth taken vp into heauen And though all this be euidenâ— and plain in it self yet by the Euangelist Luke in the Actes oâ— the Apostles it is set forthe anâ— opened more manifestly For afore all things he testifieth that thâ— Lord arose with his owne true bâ—dy and that by the space of 4â— daies with many tokens euideâ—ces he plainli proued declarâ— his resurrection vnto the Disciples And immediatly he addeth therevnto that euen the very same body was taken vp into heauen For whan he had spoken these things saith he while they beheld him he was takeÌ„ vp on hie and a cloud receiued him vp out of their sight Lo the Lord was taken vp yea euen in their eye sight was he taken vp on hie so that a cloud receiued his very true body away froÌ„ the sight of their eyes I beseche you what can be more aptly or more conuenientli spoken of an essencial body It foloweth farther in the Euangelist Luke and while they loked stedfastly vp towards heauen as he went mark that wel beholde two men stode by them in white Apparell which also sayd ye menne of Galilee why stand ye gasing vp into heauen This same Iesus who is taken vp from you into heauen shal so come euen as ye haue seene him go into heauen Wherfore oure Lord Iesus is departed vp into heauen with his own true essentiall body yea euen with the same which he raised vp from the dead For euen with the same very true humaine bodye shall he come again vnto iudgement according as the Lord himselfe sayd the Prophet Zachary whose words s Ihon aledgeth They shal loke on him whoÌ„ they haue pearsed Thus I truste it is sufficiently proued and declared that the Lord Iesus with his own very true bodye which he raised from deathe is gone vp into
heauen But to the intente that no man mistake this worde heauen or otherwise imagine any thing that is darke or not vnderstaÌ„d wherby the simple being in erroure may scase know at the last wher heauen is or where Christ hath his dwelling It shal therfore be nedeful brefely to declare what the heauen is and that the Lord with his own true body doth dwell in heauen as in one place For heaueÌ„ is a certain assured place and not only a name declaration of the estate being in heauen Therfore whan it is sayde Christ is gon vp into heauen it is not so much as only to say he hath taken vpon him an heauenly estate or being but also he dwelleth bodely in heauen as in one place CHAP. 7. The diuers significations of this vvord Heauen as it is vsed in scripture THis worde Heauen in the scripture is vsed diuers and sondry waies First for the wholâ— firmament which is called thâ— heauenly host or beutifull apparell of the heauens Hereof haâ— thou recorde in the eighte anâ— ninetenth Psalme It is taken also for the ayre which is aboue vs as the Prophet sayeth he couereth the heauen with clouds to prepare rain for the earth Hereof coÌ„meth it that the foules which flie in the â—ire are called foules or birdes of heauen that is to say birdes â—n the aire Item heauen also is vsed for a seat habitatioÌ„ or dwelâ—ing as the Lord hath prepared his seate in heauen and ye shall not sweare by Heauen for it is Gods seat And though God be â—nfinite can not be compassed â—bout with any place as the moste wise Salomon saide The heauens and the heauens of all heauens are not able to conteine thee And howe should then thâ— house doe it that I haue builded Yet the scripture calleth the heuen that is aboue vs a dwelling â— God which dwelliÌ„g is ordeinâ— for all faithfull vertuous belâ—uers and is named the heaueâ— This doth Paule witnesse saâ—ing we know that if our earth mansion of this dwelling werâ— destroied we haue a building â— God an habitation not made â— hands but eternall in heauen Here is now heauen taken fâ— the kingdom of God for the kinâ—dome of the father or ioy eteâ—nal life which is peace and reâ— The heauen I say is a seat aâ— dwelling of the faithfull or bleâ—sed beleuers a determinat place also into the which the lord Iesus was receiued when he was taken vp into the heauen And this dothe the scripture plainly declare vnto vs namely the aboue â—s ther is a certain determinate place prepared for vs. For Luke saith he was receiâ—ed vp on hie and a cloude toke â—im vp away out of their sighte Item and while thei loked stedâ—astly vp towardes heauen the Angels saide this same Iesus which is taken away from you â—nto heauen shal so come eueÌ„ as â—e haue sene him go into heaueÌ„ â—ho is so ignoraÌ„t now that he â—otteth not where heauen is or the clouds or into which heauâ— the Apostles loked so stedfastâ— Besides this the holye Aposâ— Paule sayth also our conuersaâ—on freburgership or dwelling in heauen from whence we loâ— for the Sauioure euen the Lâ— Iesus Loe in heauen saythe â— Apostle is oure dwelling â— which heauen I pray you â—â— in the same whence we loke the sauioure Now is it euidâ— from whence we wait and loâ— seing that the Apostle sayth agâ— we which shall liue and remaâ— shal be caught vp with them â— in the cloudes to mete the Lâ— in the air and so shall we eueâ— wyth the Lord. He saith also in another place if ye be risen againe with Christe then seke those things which are aboue wher Christ sitteth at the right hand of god And therfore is the Lord Iesus gone vp into the heauen that is aboue vs and namely into that sure certaiÌ„ place which is prepared for the blessed And in the same heauen as in a sure certain place doth Christ now dwel bodely Of this opinion also was holy Augustine as in dede it is righte agreeable vnto holy scripture His words are fouÌ„d in the boke ad Dardanum de praesentia Dei. Holye Fulgentius in the seconde booke that he wrote vnto King Trasimundus is earnest to bring euery maÌ„ vnto this vnderstanding that the humaine kind nature of Christ which now dwelleth in heauen is circuÌ„scribed in one place With him aâ—so accordeth vniformly the holy martyr Vigilius whose testimony I wil now omit and come againe to the holy scripture The Scripture minding tâ— shewe what is become of the body that rose againe from death and ascended vp and where hâ— hathe his dwelling saith simplâ— plainly he sitteth at the righâ— hand of God the father almigâ—tye Thus nowe is the bodye 〈◊〉 Christ come to the right hand God there sitteth he But heere shall it be expedient to declare what the right hande of God is and what it is to sit at Goddes right hand CHAP. 8. VVhat Gods right hand is and to vvhom it is referred FIrst the right hande of God is not referred vnto god him self but vnto men that are on the right haÌ„d So that first the right hand of God dothe signify the eternal saluation and the place of those that be saued This did holi Augustine teach whose words I may well alledge forasmuche as he also doth confirme proue his opinion by the diuine and holye Scriptures In his booke de Agone Christiano he sayth we ought not to heare them that deny the sonne to sitte at the righte hand of god For they say hath god the father also a right or lefâ— side as bodies haue Nether dâ— we vnderstand that of the father For with no bodelye proportion can God be described or comprehended As for the right hand oâ— the father it is nothing els but eternall saluation which he shaâ—â— geue to al godly faithfull beleuers In like manner is the left hande rightly taken for the euerlasting damnation that shall comâ— vpon the vnbeleuers So that nâ— of God but of the creatures â— must be expounded that is writteâ— of the right left hand For euen the body of Christ also which is the church shall come to the right hand that is into saluation as the Apostle saithe to the Ephesians he hathe raised vs vp together with him made vs sit together with him among them of heauen For though oure bodies as yet be not there our hope neuerthelesse is there already The same holy Augustin saith also further in the boke De fide symbolo By the right hand saith â—e must be vnderstand the highest saluatioÌ„ wher rightuousnes peace ioy is like as the gotes also shal be set on the lefte hande That is by reson of theyr sins wickednesse they shal come into great calamity troble misery All these are the wordes of holy Augustine CHAP. 9. VVhat it is to
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
then that it cā receiue or suffer suche vile vncleane lusts and tentations yea such a stained and defiled fleshe For afore the bodies of mē come in heauen they must be wholely perfectly altered that is clensed and purified from all filthinesse and frailty This did our sauioure teache also whan he answered to the question of the Saducees who denied the Resurrection of the dead Of the which I haue written much vpon the gospell of Mathew Holy Augustin saith also This doth sore hinder the Ethnikes and heretikes that vve beleeue that the earthye bodye is taken vp into Heauen for they thinke that into heauen there can come no earthy thing But they knovv not our scripture neither vnderstand hovve it is spoken of Paule it is sovven a naturall bodye and shall rise a spirituall bodye For this is not spoken to the intent as thoughe the bodye should become a sprite or be changed into a sprite For euē novv also our body vvhich is called naturall or soulishe and is naturall in deede is not changed into the soule and become the soule But therefore is the body called a spirituall body that it may so be prepared to dvvell in heauen VVhich thing commeth to passe vvhan al feblenesse and earthy blemish is changed into an heauenly purenesse and stedfastnesse All these are the vvords of Augustine CHAP. 18. The diuers errors that sprong about the article of the bodies resurrection HEtherto haue I told what the Scripture of the Prophets and Apostles doth hold testify concerning the resurrection of the dead and of our ood◠that is to sai our own true flesh◠namely that our true fleshe and body shall rise from deathe and be glorified in the resurrection and that the glorification dothe not therfore take away the verity of the bodi or make it nothing but dothe translate and bring it it into a more vprighte and better state so that neuerthelesse the true essencial substāce of the the body remaineth still Vpon this nowe to the commodity of the reader for a more euident declaration and vnderstanding of the aforesaid wordes I will shew what errors spring-vp cōcerning the resurrection of the dead that any good faithfull Christian may the better auoide the same That there haue ben many which denyed the resurrection of oure bodies and had it vtterly in derision all Stories declare In the which register the Philosophers for the most parte are reckened and estemed them Hymeneus and Philetus of whom Paul maketh mention In like maner are ther many recited of Ireneus Tertullian Eusebius Epiphanius Philastrius Augustine namely these the Simonians Valentinians Marcionites Cerdonians Carpocratians Caijnes Archontici Seuerians Hierarchits Seleucians Appellites and Manichees Among the Grekes also Latinistes there wer excellent mē that turned thēselues to the golden and yet earthy Hierusalem promising muche I wotte not what of a kingdom of the worlde to come after the resurrection ascribing vnto vs suche bodies as being partakers of the kingdom should also beholden wyth these earthye desires To these there is foūd yet the third part which as touching the substāce and state of the glorified bodies so saide and taught that they vtterly take away and ouerthrew the bodely nature and gaue vnto it no more nor other thing then a sprite Against the second sort speaketh holy Hierom that forasmuch as they were carnal they haue also loued onely the fleshe Against the third speaketh the saide Hierome that they being vnthankfull for the benefites of God would not haue and beare the flesh wherin Christ yet was borne and rose againe Wherevpon he geueth very godly coūsell that we tary in the meane way Namely that we esteme and make the glorified bodies no more spirituall then the perfectnesse property and truthe of the bodies maye permitte and suffer Contrarywise that we make them not altogether so carnall and vngostly that it myghte he thought howe that naturall and fraile bodies shall be in the glory Olde wryters say also that Origen did not perfectly confesse the resurrection of the fleshe but that in the resurrection he fantasied and imagined suche a body as hathe little difference from a sprite And therefore in Definicionibus Eclesiasticis there is a Chapter againste the saide Origen in maner folowing If that vvhich falleth doe stande vp againe then shall our flesh truely rise againe for the same falleth in very deede and shall not come to nothing as Origenes opinion vvas that there shoulde be made a shifting and change of the bodies namely that there shuld be geuen vs a nevv body for the flesh but euen the same fraile flesh that falleth of the iust and vniust shall vvithout feblenesse rise againe that because of sinne it may suffer paine or els according to his desertes continue in eternall honor and glory CHAP. 19. The errors of Origen concerning the resurrection confuted by Hierome BVt forasmuche as I haue once recited Origens opinion touching the resurrection of the body and somewhat recited the errors of some that deuided the resurrection declaring the scornful opinion of those whom they cal Chiliastes I wil shew nowe more largely what holye Hierome held of the resurrection of the dead and howe he confessed the true vprighte beleefe He speaketh to Pammachius concerning the errors of Ihon bishop of Hierusalem and in the same wryting he comprehēdeth the doctrine and opinion of Origen concerning the resurrection in maner folowing Origen sayth that in the church there be sprong vp tvvo errors the one from vs the other from the heretikes Namely that vve as the simple and louers of the flesh say that euen these bones this bloud and this flesh that is that oure face members and all the proportion of the body and the vvhole body it selfe shall rise againe at the last day so that vve shal also go vvith the feete vvorke vvith the hands see vvith the eyes and hear vvith the eares This saith he vve speake as simple homely grosse and ignorant people But the heretikes as Marcion Appelles Valentinus and madde Manes deny vvholely and vtterly the resurrection of the fleshe or body geuing saluation only vnto the soule and saying that oure vvordes are nothing vvhan vve affirm that according to the ensample and paterne of our Lord Iesus Christ vve shall rise againe saying that the Lorde himselfe rose in a fantasy or sprite and that not onely his resurrection but also his birth came to passe more in imagination than in very truthe that is that he vvas not borne in very dede but supposed to be borne Novve for the opinion and mind of both these parties Origen saythe it pleased him not namely that he abhorieth the flesh on oure side and the fantasye on the heretikes part for eche of them doth too muche And namely they of our side for that they vvold be again the same they vvere afore and the other for that they vtterly denye the resurrection of the bodies
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.
Esay 34. Daniel 16. Iohn 5. Iohn 3. Marke 3. Marke 9. Apo. 14. Psalme 27. Math. 25. 1. Cor. 15. Heb. 4. Heb. 11. 1. Peter 1. Math. 5. Exo. 33. 1. Tim. 6. 4. Reg. 2. Iohn 17. De ciuitate dei Lib 22. cap. 29. Esay 64. 1. Cor. 2 Rom. 1. Marcellus de piscibus De ciuitate dei lib. 22. cap. 29. Iob. 19. Lib. 22. cap. Vlt. epist. 112. ad Paulin. Iohn 17. 1. Cor. 13. 1. Iohn 3. 1. Cor. 15. Iohn 17. ◠Cor. 15. De ciuitat Dei lib. 22. cap. 30. Psalme 16. Psalme 17. Iohn 14. Apo. 5.14 De cura pro mortu is agenda cap. 13. Psal 27 Esay 63. 4. Reg. 22. Dan. 12. Luke 22. Math. 17. Heb. 12. In tuscula questi Adam Noe. Abraham Moyses Samuel Dauid Iosias Iohn Baptist Mary Peter Iohn Iames. Paule A TABLE of the Chapters conTEINED IN THIS Booke and heere folovveth the chapters of the first part CHAP. 1. The authors purpose 1. CHAP. 2. The Lord verely rose vvith his body 3 CHAP. 3. Appearings of the body raised vp 14 CHAP. 4. The body of Christe rose again not a spirit but a tru body 16 CHAP. 5. The frute of the Resurrection of Christ 23. CHAP. 6. Of the true Ascension of the Lordes body that arose a body and no spirite and of his place vvhether he vvent to be in 25 CHAP. 7. The diuers significations of this vvorde Heauen as it is vsed in scripture 38 CHAP. 8. VVhat Gods righte hand is and to vvhō it is referred 45 CHAP. 9. VVhat it is to sit at the righte hande of God hovve Christe sitteth ther vvhat he dothe 48 CHAP. 10. That Christe sitteth at the right hande of God by his humanitye but circūscribed in place and is not euery vhere 52 CHAP. 11. An other signification of sitting at the right hande of God by vvhich maner of sitting Christ is euery vvher sitting ther in such sorte after his Godhead 71 CHAP. 12. The frute and commoditye of the corporall Ascension of Christ bothe in that he doth novv for vs and in that vve learn by it 76 The second part CHAP. 13. Of the true Resurrection of our flesh 85 CHAP. 14. Our fleshe or bodye it selfe shall rise againe thoughe it be harde to beleue and vvhat the fleshe or body is 89 CHAP. 15. The maner hovv the bodies shall rise againe and the kinde that they shall be of 114 CHAP. 16. That Paul spake rightly of a glorified body and vvhat a glorified bodye is and vvhat a natural 121 CHAP. 17. The case of our mēbers in the bodyes resurrection and of their functions 134 CHAP. 18. The diuers erroures that sprong aboute the article of the bodies resurrectiō 138 CHAP. 19. The erroures of Origen concerning the resurrection confuted by Hierom. 143 CHAP. 20. S. Hieromes opinion of the resurrectiō of the fleshe 149 CHAP. 21. S. Augustines minde of the resurrectiō of the fleshe 152 CHAP. 22. VVhat Aurelius Prudencius thoughte of the same 156 CHAP. 23. The bodies of vnbeleeuers shall verelye rise againe 159 The third part CHAP. 24. The death and damnation of the vngodly 171 CHAP. 25. That there is an eternall death and damnation and that the soule is passible 175 CHAP. 26. The bodies of the vnbeleeuers being raised are passible 179 CHAP. 27. The paines of Hell the matter for the cōtinuance of the tormēts vvith the space of the place kinds of punishments 186 CHAP. 28. The Refutation of thē that denied the punishmente of the vngodly to be eternall 194 CHAP 29. Of eternal life saluation and that ther is an eternal life 203 CHAP. 30. VVhere the place of the faithfull is 207 CHAP. 31. Hovve the saluation shall be 210 CHAP. 32. The soules departed vvot not vvhat they do that ar aliue ther by anye thing to be disquieted 226 CHAP. 33. The Faithfull shall knovve one an other in heauen 231 GOD IS MY HELPER PRINTED at London in Crede Lane by Hugh Singleton at the signe of the Golden Tunne ANNO. 1574. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum