CH A P. 9. ofT'Viec%rare,&c. Cbiliafier, whichplace happineflc aftertheReîurreetion , in the plea- sures of the bodie and vpon the Barth and that to indure but for a thousand yeeres, ahulìng the place, Reucl.2o.4. They raigned with aria a tboufandyeeres, which is not tobec vnderftood of the condition of the Elei t after this life, but in this pre- feat World, duringall that time that Satan by the minifterie of the G o- fpell fhouldhe bound that he might notdecciue the Nations, which was very notre a thouf nd yeer =s after Chrift, all which time fome truth rernayn:d in the Churches ascon- cerning the maine points of Chi- titan Do ring. 545 The la(r thing, is the eternitie and continu- ance ofour Happine(le: As it is laid , q So fball wee bee alwayes with the Lord. r?hey 1'6a1l re igne fer eater and etaer. And f Peter talleth it an in- heritance incorrnpti6le , vndefiled, and which wi- therethnot:wherein all;) it is much more excel- lent then that we lo(i in . dam, which was mu- table and fubie61 vnto change , whereas this , by the fpeciall grace and good. neire of God continually litpporting vs, is immutable, and thefame for euer , e immortal:tie tieing fwallowed vp of life. That all mull die, and all thus rife againe,is the com- mon condition ofall mankind, fore few excepted , and tholeof three forts : for Firi Sornc there were who being dead , vpon our Sauiour CL ritrsRefurre&ion rote againe and are alma- die with him in glorie. Ofwhom you may reade) atte 27.5 3, 53. that tbegraues did open tbcnrflees, and many bodie" of theSlain t.r which flspc , arose, and came out of the grasser after his Refnrrettion , and went into the holy Citie, and appeared vntemany. whichword (appearing) (hew. eth that they did not rile, toconuerfe amongmen, or to againe, as Lazarus and (otne oth_r did, but in their owneperfons to attend vpon him in his Afcenfion vnto l leauen, and by theirRefurretlion, to Peale vp the truth of his and of ours in and through him ; that fo not onely in Chrift our Head , hut in our Brethren and fel- low- members, full .affuk ance might beemade veto v:s í m 3 of g 7.rbe.lt4 1 %o r Rcuel.. z.g, f r.Petrq. t z,Car.5.r. Certayne men vpon our Sa- uiourChrifts Refurreaion rofc aaline, and are alrea- dy with him in Heauen.
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