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A godly and holsom preseruatyue against disperacio[n] at al times necessarye for the soule: but then chiefelye to be vsed and ministred when the deuil doth assault vs most fiersely, & doth approcheth nieste.
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For thus was it sayde to the thefe at his houre of death Thys daye shalt thou be with me in paradise The bodye thoughe it reste and pause for a whyle yet we be in certaine hope that at the laste daye it shal be raysed againe to immortal and euerlasting life And therfore scripture calleth the deathe of the body but a slepe for that thys same frayle weke vyle mortall and corruptible bodye whych we cary about which lieth sicke sore diseased which shortly shal be put into the earth burne to asshes deuoured with bestes or fooles drowned in water the same self bodi I say shal be raised again incorruptible glorious bewtifull stronge pure immortall to possesse a newe and euerlastyng lyfe i. Cor. xv where there shall neither be huÌ„ger thirst heate cold synne deth nor any kynde of calamitie but iustice innocencye lyfe ioye blesse world withoute ende For as the body of Chryst laid in the graue rose agayne the thirde day neuer more to dye eueÌ„ so shal the bodies of al the beleue in chryst at the latter day be resuscitate to a lyfe after whiche shall folowe no death God who is of infinite power and infallible truth hath promysed these thynges they muste therfore nedes be so And here it shal be profitable to call to remembraunce suche places of scrypture as treateth of the resurrectyon of the flesh which be the words not of man but of god who is able will certeynly fulfill what soeuer he hath spoken No man can chaunge his wil no man can alter his purpose No creature can frustrate let or tary his sentence He is omnipoteÌ„t he is true he is faithfull his goodnes and mercye is inexpicable Let no man therfore doubte of the trueth of his wordes let no man doubte of the performauÌ„ce of this promise ☞ Here after foloweth certayne places of scripture witnessing the resurrection of the dead accordynge to the article of oure fayth wherin we say we beleue that this flesh shal rise agayne Ioan vi THis is the wyl of my father which sent me that who soeuer seith the soÌ„ne beleueth in hiÌ„ shal haue life euer lastinge and I wyl raise him vp again in the last daye Iohan. v The houre cometh wherin all they that be iÌ„ the graues shal here the voice of the sonne of god and shall go forth thei that haue done good vnto the resurrectioÌ„ of lyfe For if so be that the spirite of him which raysed vp Iesus from the deade dwell in you Rom. vi.i. euen he that raysed vp Iesus Chryst from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodies because of hys spiryte that dwelleth in you i. Cor. vi God hathe both raysed vp oure Lord Iesus Christ and shal also raise vs vp by his power Iohan. xi Christe sayeth Lazarus was but a slepe where in verye dede he was dead and buried But Christ is the resurrectioÌ„ and lyfe as it is in the same place so that he that beleueth on him thought he were dead he shall lyue In verefienge whereof he raised strayghte waye Lazarus being foure dayes dead and stynkynge And because we be naturallye in the agonye of deathe virye fearefull weake and faintherted to th ende that we myght be the easelier perswaded in the article of resurrectioÌ„ Scripture maketh mencion of manye whiche in the tyme of the prophetes Chryste and thappostles were called from death to lyfe Luc. vii Luc. i. Christ raysed the widowes soÌ„ne He raised the ruler of the sinagoge his daughter Iohan. xi Act. ix He raised Lazarus Peter restored to life Tabitha Act. xx 4. Reg. iiii Paule raised again Eutichus Elizeus the prophete called againe to lyfe his hostes sonne 4 Re. xvii Helias raised the babe of the woman of Sareptanie God toke also vnto him out of this frail and transitory life Gen. v. 4. Reg. ii these two excellent and holy men enoch and Helias quicke bothe bodye soule to giue vs as it were a tast and representation of the true life to come lest after the opinion of the ethnickes and epicures we shulde thynke there were no worlde nor beinge after this wretched miserable lyfe Let vs not forget what christ Iesus lorde of lyfe death sayth in the .viii. of Luke wepe not the maid is not dead but a slepe Reason not coÌ„preheÌ„ding the misteryes of god nether perceiuing his pooer doth laugh this saiÌ„g to scorne but crist proueth his saiÌ„g true he raiseth by by the dead maide to lyfe The .xv. chapter of the first epistle to the Corin. is replenished with most godly pleasauÌ„t and pithy consolacions Trulye it is more precious than any golde For in that Chapit saincte Paule dothe so annexe and couple oure resurreccion to the resurrectioÌ„ of christ as though thei coulde in no wyse be seperate or deuyded after thys forme Chryst is rysen from death which thing is certen ergo 〈◊〉 also shal vndoutedly rise For christ is our head and we his membres Thys head is nether without nether wyll forsake his membres TheÌ„ it foloweth that where christ is there shall we be For why we are the members of hys body and euen of his fleshe and bone Ephe. v what tonge what penne what wytte is able to set forthe as it is worthy this ineffable inestimable glory of the mercye and grace of god the God hathe vouchsafe so lowe to humble himself as to become mortal man that this feble and fraile nature or man vnited and knit to the diuine naturâ— by the power â—fficacie of the godhead myght be in haunced promoted to immortalitie For trulye the nature of al faythfull men whyche ether were before chryst hath be sens at now or shal be to the worldes ende vndoubtedlie in chryst very god and man hath optained immortallity The consolacion therfore the riseth of christes resurrection is of great efficacitie As when sainct Paule saythe to the Corinthians i. Cor. xv Christ is risen againe from dead and is the firste fruictes of theim that slepe for by one man truly cam death bi one man cometh the resurrectioÌ„ of the dead And as al die in Adame euyn so shall all be made alyue in chryst but euery one in his order The first is christ TheÌ„ thei which are christes whych hathe beleued in his comming And saint Paul dothe adde a similitude taken of naturall thynges wherby he doth set forthe and declare the resurrection of bodies The symilitude is takeÌ„ of sede whych is cast into the earthe by the husbandman dieth as it were and rotteth Neuer the lesse it is not vtterlye loste but at lenght spryngeth coÌ„meth forthe of the earth goodlye beautyful pleasaunte So our bodyes shall rise agayne not feble vyle corruptyble mortall but stronge glorious incorruptible immortal neuer to dy again but euer to liue The wai into true and euerlastynge lyfe to our longe home as they call it and contrey is by
corporall death Fleshe and blood beinge corruptible and mortall cannot inherit the kydgdoÌ„ of god wher nothing is but life Therfore this corruptible bodi must put on iÌ„corrupcioÌ„ Oze xiiii Esa xxv this mortal must put on immortality Than shal the saing that is writteÌ„ be fulfilled Death is swalowed vp in victory They that beleue in Chryste hath nowe ouercommed synne deathe and hel Therfore not fearinge deathe but stronge hold and well harted in Chryste they maye saye deathe where is thy sting death where is thy victorye The stinge of death is synne and the power of synne is the lawe But thankes be vnto God whiche hathe geauen vs the victorye through our lord Iesus Chryste Let vs heare also more senteÌ„ces full of godly and mightye consolacion He that hath raised vp Iesus shal rayse vs vp also with Iesus ii Cor iiii Our conuerâ—acion is in heueÌ„ froÌ„ whence we do loke for the sauiour our lord Iesus christ which shall chauÌ„ge our vile body that it may be like fashioned vnto hys glorious body accordyng to the workynge of his power Philli. iiii by the which also he is able to subdue al thinges vnto him selfe Ye are dead and your life is hid with christ in god Col. iii. but when christ your life shal appere then shall ye also appere in glory with him We wolde not brethern that ye shuld be ignorant concerninge them that slepe i. Tess iiii that ye sorow not also as other do whyche haue no hope For if we beleue that Iesus chryst died and rose agayne euen theÌ„ also which are a slepe through Iesus shal god bringe with him Saynct Paule also doth coÌ„fort Timoth ii Tim. ii with the article of resurrection sayng Râ—membre the the lord Iesus Christe beyng â—he sede of Dauid rose again from the dead according to my gospell And if we be deade with hym we shal also lyue with him If we suffer pacieÌ„tly we shal also raign with him It was written also to the hebrus Heb. ii that Chryste tasted deathe for all men and that he was partaker of fleshe and bloude .i. became very man the he mighte destroye hym which had the rule of death that is the deuell and that he myghte delyuer them which were in bondage al thâ—ir lyfe time by the reason of the feare of death God hath delyuered vs ii Tim. i and called vs with an holy calling not according to our workes but according to his purpose and grace whyche is geauen vs in Chryste Iesu before the time of the world but is now made manifest by the apperinge of oure sauioure Iesu Christ which truly hath destroyed deathe and hath broughte lyfe and immortalite to lyghte by the gospell i. Ioh. iii We know that we are translated from lyfe to deathe because we loue the bretherne Iohn 41 In this hathe the loue of god appered in vs because god sente his onely begotten sonne into the world that we mighte lyue through him Iob. xix I knowe that my redem er doth lyue and in the last daye I shall ryse agayne and agayne be wrapped in my owne skine And in my owne fleshe shall see God whome I my selfe shall se these my eyes shall beholde and none othere These places of holye scrypture and suche lyke yf we diligentlye remeÌ„bre faythfully imbrace we shall perceaue greaet consolacion and conforte And euen wyth sayncte Paule reioyse Phil. iii. that we knowe Chryste and the power of his resurrectyon wherby death is ouercomed Nether is there nowe to these that beleue in Christ any thynge in deathe terrible or to be feared sauinge onlye the Image and outwarde forme hurte it can not Lyke as a dede serpente keapeth stil his old fearefull shape forme but to stynge or do harme he hathe no power at al. And lyke as by the brasin serpente whyche Moyses by goddes commaundemente sette vp in deserte when it was loked vpon through the power of goddes woorde men were delyuered fromâ— daunger of the lyuelye and venyme serpentes so our deathe is made harmles and we deliuered frome the feare and daunger of it so ofte as wyth the eyes of our faythe we do beholde the helthefull and medycynable dethe of Chryst In conclusion deathe is nowe become but a Image and shadowe of deathe yea the entrauÌ„ce and gate to lyfe For Christ who is trueth it self sayth Yf anye man kepe my worde Iob. viii he shall neuer see death For a man trustynge to the mercye of God through faithe whiche he conceauith by herynge of Chrystes gospell is so vnite and knyt to christ his lord and mayster that he can not be plucked nor seperate frome hym The bodye in dede for a tyme is seperate from the soule but in certayne hope of risinge agayn to euerlastinge lyfe And so he that beleuethe in Chryst dothe not see nor fele the euerlastinge dethe of body and soule which is euerlasting dampnacion For the death of good men is nothynge els but a departure from thys transitory and mortal life to immortality to chryst to hys angelles and sainctes ¶ Hell and dampnacion DOth offer it self at the hour of death so that many tymes man doth greatli feare lest he be abiecte froÌ„ the fauour of god appoynted to euerlastynge payne The deuyll whyche seketh by al meanes howe to deuoure vs sterynge vp in youre myndes manye daungerous troubellous thoughtes concernyng our electyon predestinacion ¶ A medicine against the feare of hell and dampnacion WHen the deuil goeth about to cause vs to dyspaire or to doubt of our electioÌ„ whether we be of the numbre of them that are appointed to euerlastyng lyfe or no In any wayes let vs not be to boulde in copynge wyth hym let vs not enter dysputacyon agaynste hym for he is to subtyle and expert for vs but say shortly vnto him Away Satan with sorrowe it is written thou shalte not tempt the lord thy God For seing that god as a most louyng father hathe not onlye geauen vs lyfe fedde and preseruyd vs to thys houre but also hathe indued and euen loden vs from tyme to tyme with hys singuler benefites what madnes were it contrary to oure former experyence nowe to doubt of his mercy He hathe receauyd vs into hys flocke by baptime He hathe sente vs the Gospell of hys grace wherein he hathe promysed to become oure father We haue he fedde wyth the fleshe and bloude of hys sonne oure sauiour CHRISTE in remembraunce that oure debtes be payd and we acquyted whye shoulde we nowe then doubte of the good wyl of GOD towarde vs lette vs not therfore admytte the doutfull and daungerous Imagynacyons of oure predestinacion which the deuell like a crafty and malicious marchaunt doth labor to iustiâ—l But let vs thinke vpon suche sentences as God woulde haue our mindes occupied wyth all whych Christe hym selfe hath prescribed as Iohn iii where he sayethe GOD hathe so