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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11247	Resurgendum. A notable sermon concerning the resurrection, preached not long since at the court, by L. S.	L. S., fl. 1593.	1593 (1593)	STC 21508; ESTC S120772	19,781	36

is a sweet sleep without dreams as Socrates named it not an euerlasting sleepe as Secundus the Philosopher said to Adrianus the Emperor It may be called a brasen sleep a strong a long sleepe for so Homer thinketh of it That which Christ spake of the rulers daughter may be truly affirmed of all them that be departed out of this life that they are not dead but fallen a sleepe and at the last day shall rise againe The places of buriall for this cause are called caemeteria of which men would not haue such care if there should be no resurrection Olde father Iacob vpon his death bed in Egypt maketh his sonne to burie him in the holy land and Ioseph at his death giueth commaundement to his brethren to carrie away his bones Which desire of theirs was partly to be free from that idolatrous nation euen when they were dead but chiefly it shewed the hope of this change Tobias is commended for burying the dead and Christ sayd that the woman who annointed his bodie to buriall should be spoken off in all the world The men of Iabes Gilead shewed mercie vpon Saul and Ionathan in burying their bodies Talia pietatis officia ad mortuorum corpora pertinent propter fidem resurrectionis astruendam Aug. 1. de Ciuit. Dei cap. 13. Such duties of godlinesse do appertaine to the dead in token that we beleeue the resurrection The iustice of God requireth this that the bodies of men hauing bene partners in well or euill doing with the soule in this life should be partners in reward or punishment after this life The hand which is open to receiue bribes the foote which is swift to shed blood the tongue that speaketh proud things the eyes that behold vanitie the eares that are open doores to let in vnchast talke the minde a nest of wicked imaginations the head that deuiseth mischiefe and euill the heart which boyleth in lust and malicious reuenge euery part with the whole which is a fellow with the soule in sinning shall beare companie in the punishment Contrariwise those bodies which haue borne the heate and burthen of the day shall haue part of the penie and wages The Hebrue Doctors haue made plaine this by a parable deuised in this sort A man planted a vineyard and hauing cause to go from home was carefull to leaue such watchmen as might keepe it safe from strangers and such as should not deceiue him them selues therefore he appointed two the one was blind but strong of his limbes the other had his sight but was a creeple In the absence of their maister they conferred how to deceiue him and craftily the blind tooke the lame man vpon his backe and got of the frute At the returne of their Maister he found out their subtilty that they had ioyned their labour together and so he punished them both together Man standeth of two partes the bodie is blinde but strong to commit sin the soule hath his sight knowledge but vnable to worke outward wickednesse but both helpe forward to sinne and therefore in iustice must abide the punishment 2. Cor. 4.18 We must all appeare before the iudgement seate of God that euery man may receiue the things which he hath done in his bodie whether they be good or euill The infinite goodnesse of God to his people nor the vp heaped measure of his seueritie against the vngodly could not be shewed if this chaunge should not be For now the ioy of the elect and paine of the wicked is but as a dreame to that which shal be Esa 61.7 For your shame you shal receiue double euerlasting ioy shal be vnto you Which place Lyra and the enterlined glosse expound of ioy of soule and bodie The truth of God cannot stand if this chaunge should not be For he hath promised to raise vs vp at the last day and that not one haire of our head shall perish Luke 14. When thou makest a feast call the poore lame c. who cannot reward thee but it shal be recompenced at the resurrection of the iust The last enemie that shall be destroyed is death 1. Cor. 15. And lest death might alleadge prescription God hath in all times of the world hindered his possession and taken from him the bodie of some to shew that he had title right vnto them As in the time of nature he tooke Enoch in the time of the Lawe he tooke away Helias in the time of Christ he tooke our Sauiour To conclude this point the authoritie of the Scriptures the reasons of the Apostle the name of death to be sleepe the maner of buriall the iustice mercie and truth of God are strong chaines to binde vs to beleeue and are sure proppes to vphold this maine piller of our faith that our bodies shall be changed By these it is euident that God is willing as his power is answerable therunto God hath giuen to his creatures some portion of his power whereby things are brought to passe which shadow out this change which by his owne arme he will bring to passe The Lyon being long absent from his whelpes because in due time he could not find his pray finding them dead roareth in his caue and reuiueth them againe The Pellicane by her blood quickeneth her young ones Lactantius worthely describeth the maner of the Phoenix death and birth againe out of her owne ashes The fire lyeth hid in the flint stone yet a small force will make it appeare The sunne setteth and riseth againe the moone waineth and renueth her light trees are cut downe yet they spring afresh the herbes wither in the winter season but are greene againe in the sommer time The whole course of nature telleth vs that we shall die and putteth vs in hope of our rising againe Our nayles being pared our haire being cut off yet they increase and growe againe If the dead part of our bodie be restored by the ordinarie power of God in nature much more shall the bodies of men be restored by the mightie power of God What if our bodies be consumed to ashes in the fire dryed in shew to nothing in the aire rotten to dust in the earth swallowed vp of fishes in the sea those fishes taken and eaten of men those men deuoured of wild beastes those beasts made a pray to rauenous foules Disperse as farre as may be by imagination the partes of mans body yet shall this mightie power of God call them together againe Aug. de Ciuitate Dei lib. 22. cap. 20. Absit vt aliquis sinus naturae ita recipiat aliquid subtractum à sensibus nostris vt omnino creatoris aut lateat scientiam aut effugiat potestatem God forbid that any secret place should be thought so to hide any thing remoued from our senses that it can either be kept from the knowledge of the creator or auoyd his power For this cause the sea is sayd to giue vp her dead Apoc. 20.13 because the bodies that