t.Cor. lf.IZ.. •• cor. l~o"!O, 5· •. cor. •!· Verf.th &.18. 6. The ofthe (reede. refun:ection. may receiuca reward,accordingto thatwhich theyhaue wrought in them. The fourth ar– gument, which is alfovfed by PaNltsth!s: A and fo are mingled with the bodies of bea!ls and other cre<ltures,aAd onemans-bodte W1th another, and that by reaiDnofthis confulion, men can not p0fsibly rife with their owne bo· dies. An f. Howfoeuer this is impofsible with men,yet it is pofsib!e with God.For hethat in the beginning was able to create allthings of nothing, is much more able to make eucry mans body at the rcfi~rm9:ion, of his owtJC matter , and to diftinguith the dull of mens bodies from the duftot beafls: aud the dull of one mans body from another. The goldfmith by his arr can funder diners mettals one from another: and fome men outofone mertall can draw another, why then thouid we thinke it vnpofsible for the almightie God to doe the like? Itmay befurtherobiefl:edthus. Aman is eaten by a wolfe,thewolfe iseaten ofa Ly– on,the Lyon bythe foule&ofthe ayre, and rhe fooles ofthe ayreeaten againe by men:againe onemaniseaten of another, asiriwfualla– mong the Cannibals. Now the body oftRat mJn which is turned into fo many fubilanc~s, efJ?ecially intothe body ofanother man, can– not rife againe: and ifrheone doth,the other doth not. Anfw. This reafon is but a canill of mans brai11e:torwemufi not think,that what– foetter entreth into the body, and is turned iu• to th.e fubfla!1ce thereofmull rife again>, and bcconie a part ofthe body at the d'ay ofiudg– ment: but euery man n,all then haue (o much fubflance ofhis owne, as fh.<ll make his body to be entire &perfect : though another mans fle(h once eaten be no part th<reof, Againe,ir isvrged , that becaufe fle(b and blood cannot enter into the kingdome of<5od:therfore the bodies ofmen thall notrife againe• .An{ ... By fldh and blood, is not meant the bodies of men limply, bur rhe bodiesof men astheyare in weakenes,witho.ur glory,fubiect to corrup– tion.for fleil1 and blood in Scdpture,lignifies fometime the original! linne and corruptic-n ofnature , andfomerimem_ans nature (ubied' to miforie. & infirrrlities, or the body in cor– ruption before it be glorificd,and fo it mull be vndedl:ood in thisplace. Laflly,ir isobiccted· Chrift himfe!fe isriji:n, · and therefore all the faithful! !lullrife againe: for he rofe not for hin1felfe as a priuate man , but in our roome an1'1lcad,& for vs. If rhe .head be rifen, then the members alfo !lJall rife againe : for by the fame power whereby Chrifl raifed himfelfe, hec bot.hcan and will raife all thofe that be of hismyflicall body, he being the firft ji11its of thr-, that fl"P'· .1'he fifth argument is taken from cxpre!le teftimonie of Scripture. .Job hath an txcellenr place for this purpofc: I am fitre (faith he) that myrcdeemerliueth, and bee j1>allftand rhtlaft on theearth, and though after B my sk._innewormcs deflr"J thl<6ody, )'et 1]hall[« &odinmyflefs, whom I my[e!JeJhalfie,andmine eyes jlM/[bebold,.ndnoneorherfor me. And Saint Pant torbe Corinrhiaos auoucheth& proo– uerh this point at large, by fundry arguments which I will not ll:and to repeat; this oRe re– mcmbrcd : If(fairh.he) thetbadrifenotagaine, thenyoljrfaith is vaine,o11r preachingUin vam,& thegodly departedare perijhed. The fi>.1: argu– m<nt may be taken from the orderof nature, which minillreth certaine refcmblances of the rcfur~echon; which though they bee no fufiicient proofes; yet may they:bee induce– ments to the truth. Both Philofophers & alfo Diuines haue writt~nofthe Phceoix,that firfl fi1ee is confumed toathc~ by the heate ofthe c funne, andthat afte~wirdofhera!hes arifcth ayoungone: and on this manner is her kinde preferued. Again,fwallowes,wormes,& flies, which houe lien dead in the wint:tt.feafon, in the fpring, by the vcrtoe of the fimnes heat, reuiue againe:fo Iikewife menfalio fownes & trance~, being for a time wirhout·breathor thew oflife, and yet afterward <;omeagaine. And (tovfe Pauls example) before thecorne can grow and beare fruit, it mull firfl be ca!l into the ground, and there rot. And if this were not fc:cqe byexperience,men. would not beleeneit. Againe, eueryprcfent day isasit were dead and buried in the night following, and yet afterward it returnes againe the next mornin~. La(lly, we reade how the old PrQ• D phets ratfed Come from d001th: 11ndour Saui– our G:hrifl raifcd LaZA{UJ amongthe reil that had lien foure daies in the graue and il:a;1ke: and why then thould any thinke it impofsible. for God to raife a!! men to lite. that Stfl~mon faith, The canditio.nofthechildren Bc~ler. 3 . ~mm, andthe conditio»of beafts ~tre euen~U one 19 . ctmdition. Now beafhrifenot againeaftc.:r this Bnt let vs fee whotreafons may be alleadged to the contrary. Firfl it isalleadged, that the refurrection of bodies refolued to dull and atbes,is againfl common fonfe &rcafon. Anf. It is abouerc:afOn,but not againft reafon. For impotent and miferabl~ man, as experience fheweth,can by art ~uenofathes make the cu– rious workemanfl1ip ofgla!fc; why rhen may we not io reafan thinke, tl1at the omnipotent and euerliuing God is able to rrife mens bo– dies out cf the duQ. Secondly it is faid, that mens bodies b:ing 'dead are tumcd into dull, life, and therefore there is no refurrectionof men. Anf. Inrhat place Sai<l,Qn expoundeth himfelf:They are like in dying:for fo he faith, astheone dieth, fodieth the other: he fpea– keth not oftheir eflate after death. The fecond point to·be conlidered, is the caufe ofrefurrection. In mankinde we mull coulidertwo parrs,the Elect and Reprobate . and they both· fhall rife againe at the day of iudgernent, but by diuerscaufes. The godly haueone caufe of their refurrcction, and the ·vngodlyanother: The caufe why the godly' nf~agame,-tsnhe refurrectiou ofChrill:, yea 1t IS the proper caufe wbidhprocureth and effcfl:eth their refttrrccnon. In the Scripturel Adarn and Chnflare cqmparedtogether, and' - Chr,fl
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