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A49845 Observations upon Mr. Wadsworth's book of the souls immortality and his confutation of the opinion of the souls inactivity to the time of general resurrection, 80. Layton, Henry, 1622-1705. 1670 (1670) Wing L758; ESTC R39124 150,070 217

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know That he who raised up our Lord Jesus shall raise us up also by Jesus And in the end of this Discourse St. Paul says We must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ and there receive Recompences according to our Works And hence I Collect That the Texts which lie intermediate betwixt these Two do most directly concern Matters pertaining to the Resurrection and the manner of proceeding which may at that time be expected and from these Premises I gather that in Mr. W's proving Text the Words Absent from the Body and present with the Lord do intend the Presence and Absence of the whol● Person with the Lord or from the Lord and do Expound the Apostles Meaning to be that Men cannot be present with the Lord without being absent from their fleshly Bodies 1 Cor. 15.50 says Flesh and Blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God and therefore Paul desires to be absent from this sort of Body that he may be present with the Lord in another sort of Body Ver. 40. There are Celestial Bodies and Bodies Terrestrial Ver. 44. There is a Natural Body and there is a Spiritual Body V. 46. First that which is Natural and afterward that which is Spiritual V. 49. And as we have born the Image of the Earthly so shall we bear the Image of the Heavenly V. 51. St. Paul shews us a Mystery we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye for at the sound of the last Trumpet the Dead shall be raised incorruptible and we such Saints as are then upon Earth shall be changed for this Corruptible must put on Incorruption and this Mortal must put on Immortality I say then That by St. Paul's Absent from the Body and present with the Lord in this Place he intended the Change before-mentioned and that his natural fleshly Body should be changed into a Spiritual Heavenly Body and that he might not longer be absent from the Lord in his Fleshly Body but might have it changed into a Spiritual Body in which he might be present with the Lord. 1 Thes 4.15 This we say unto you by the word of the Lord that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them that are asleep for the Lord himself shall descend with a shout and the dead in Christ shall rise first then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the Clouds to meet the Lord in the Air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Hence I Infer That after our Earthly Tabernacle is so dissolv'd or as that our Earthly or Fleshly Bodies are by this Change cloathed upon with our House that is from Heaven or those Spiritual Heavenly Bodies we shall together with the newly raised Persons meet the Lord in the Air and so shall remain with the Lord for ever St. Paul in this Discourse makes no mention at all of Death or Dying or any sort of Seperation of the Soul from the Body but seems to reject that Intent when he says He does not desire to be uncloathed Which I think intends to die but desires to be cloathed upon that Mortality might be swallowed up of Life Which will clearly be effected by changing his Fleshly Natural Body into a Spiritual or Heavenly Body in which Men shall be present with the Lord for ever 1 Joh. 3.2 Beloved it doth not yet appear what we shall be but me know that when He Christ shall appear we shall be like him and our vile Bodies shall be chang'd and made like his Glorious Body It may also be observed what St. Paul intends by his Term We for in the quoted Text he says We desire to be absent from the Body and present with the Lord And elsewhere says We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed Also We that are alive shall not prevent them that are asleep Also We shall be caught up to the Clouds to meet the Lord and remain ever with him In all these We's it seems plain the Apostle intends the Persons of Believers and not their Souls only Concerning this Desire of being Absent from the Body and present with the Lord it seems observable That the Church of that time expected our Lord's Second Coming within some indifferent or short space or compass of Time such as that possibly some of them might live till the Accomplishment of it Our Lord speaking of the Signs of his Coming says This Generation shall not pass until all things be fulfilled And else-where tells his Auditors the Signs and Glory of his Second Coming and says Then look up and lift up your heads for your Redemption draweth nigh as if some of them might live unto that Time In the Apostolick Writings we often find their Times express'd by the Terms of Last Time and they thought that upon them the Ends of the World were come and we find it written The time is short therefore he that is filthy let him be filthy still and he that is holy let him be holy still As if there were scarce time of a REFORMATION before the Coming of our Lord. Rev. 3.11 Behold I come quickly hold fast that which thou hast 1 John 1.18 Little children it is now the last time and Antichrist is already at work Heb. 1.1 God who in former times spake unto us by his prophets hath in these last times spoken unto us by his Son Jam. 5.7 Be patient brethren unto the coming of our Lord and establish your hearts for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh Rev. 22 7. Behold I come quickly and the time is at hand and behold I come quickly and my reward is with me Ver. 20. He which testifieth these things saith surely I come quickly Amen even so come Lord Jesus The Spirit and the Bride say come Our Lord answers I come quickly and the Church replies even so come Lord Jesus come quickly It seems to have been the Custom of that Age to pray for the speedy coming of our Lord to Judgment and that the days intermediate thereunto might be shortned and that the expected Change of their Mortal into Immortal Bodies might be accomplished with the most speed that was possible And upon these grounds St. Paul as well as other believers desired heartily to be absent from their fleshly bodies that they might be present with the Lord in their spiritual ones And upon this Canvass I am satisfied in my own understanding that St. Paul's being absent from the Body and present with the Lord ought to be expounded as I have before declared And thereupon it will be easily concluded that Mr. Ws. Tenth Argument grounded upon the Text of St. Paul before quoted is not a sufficient a sound or a good Argument for proving of the Souls Seperate Subsistence The Eleventh Argument PAge 94. Mr. W. quotes 2 Cor. 12.2 I knew a man about fourteen years ago whether in the body