touchingAntichrill. 667 be falfe alfo. For ifHenoch be not to die at all,then it cannot be that he fhould live till now in amortali body ; For it is not mortall that fhall never die. Butit is not fo manifeff, nor yet fo neceffary to be known, as you would make it, whether they do live till now in the fìefh.: if aman may lawfully inquire and determine ought touching this matter, they may feem to be exempted from the common death ofmen, kit, as the Apoifle fpeaketh ofHenoch, he fhould fee death, and not to live as yet in their bodies. For they live noton earth ; Forfeting thofe rare' Saints are honou red and bleffed by God in a rare mannerhbove the ref[ ofmen, they cannot be inferiour to the reft of the happy foules in this behalfe. Now the joy and felicity of the foules that are inheaven,is greater,and more ample;then any can be upon earth. Neither could: they go into heaven together with theirbodies,which theApoffle confirmeth,faying, thatflefh and blood cannot attain to the inheritanceof Gods Kingdome,neither can corrupti- on bepartaker ofthe cameinheritance With an incorrupt nature,r.Cor. 15,_50. But againft this it may be objeeted, that the fame change. mgt happen to them, which fhall befall thofe that live at Chrilts. coming,accordingto.that, We !hallnot al/pep, but We 'hall all be , changed; Cór. 15. 51. I grant, that this change might have been made, (though this shoulddo your caufe no good) if thofe words of the Apoffles did not keep us from thin king any filchchange to have been made. ?bet all thefe having obtained the tefiimony byfaith, eb- tained'not the promife,becaofe godLathprovided betterforsu that they houldnot be confstmmatedWithout us, Hebr. a F. ;9.4o. For if thefe two-have kit the happineffe ofthat change, how can it be that they fhould not obtain the promife, that is, glorification,which is the hap- pineffe of the. Saule joynedwith an immortall:body ? And if they have obtained thepromife without us ; that is,beforeus, what caufe can there be; why they fhould-not be peddled alto without us ? Which two things do feeni to contradi&theApofle plainly. When you have thereforecut away thofe two fuperfluous and rotten affer- tions from your Reafon, one touching the death of thofe two holy m'en,that is tocome, the other touching their prefent mortali body ; bothofwhich are manife[lly falfe,when that point alfo islet: paffe, s being too nice to determine,, and nothing fo undoubted, as it fhould be to build our faith on, viz.-Whether they fubfia till now, living in their bodies, ifCtill you will think that there can benoaother reafon, why.thefie two were rapt up before their death, but that they might come into the world again to fight with Antichriff, yoti are wilfully blind,.
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