Perkins - BX9318 P47 1613 v3

' V. ___ ...... ~ J " """" I ·•1.1:: u. CO«f• 'v •oc r ... I;Pf • ··. . . •. . . . / ·13 ,.1 I ~ dclth, Now 1 f lm borltc lawnet death, lt WJS 1~ ~ie. Therefore Hmoch haii;ng aiy;om.ll •ndl' ----· ~ , made unmon::lll,which 1S 3fph1all pan of glotngiC?riticd ~ody,c:tnllOt be in th~ highefl heal I ritic:ttion. · . . . • ' ' utils; into \.\•bich noch:i1g can Cm<:r 'wYhiCh is \ ! Their fccond rcafon, Chrifi '"'rs 'the firfl ho[ gJorifibd and made in'unortalL I 1 thnt.eucr cmred imo'heaut!1hod; inbo~Gicand. H they~li~dgcEtc!cfiafi.. :J-4. I6.Enoc.hp!~ai .foulc; andfur proofciliercof,ihcy b~ili;g S.Paui fod God, a WAf r_ra,;flared ifllo ~t!rad:f~, &c. j , ,.Cor.I;.lo. where ht ·fairh, . ch,•ijfU thl'firft. ft:titsof them I anfwcr: ""t necdc not ca:Jl in qudlioh the l thl'.tjh:~pr. 1 ;,~,·j I l.· 1 .tt ~; ' ••• nurhoritic ofthe b'Ooke , nor ~lllf\.,·cdhat lt iS Aufiv. Tn1cind&ecf?~frbcm tiMt jl:eepe, that not in theC:lrlon of f~ith. FCr therr~t js t:oris..,ofa/1that die: for ,ChrHl. rntrcd into hcaucn ' wptcd wilfully by fomC that fhewc(.\ th~m..: both ii1 bodie :md [ouk fidl of'all tht:rn: but l(:Jucs in rhe/.1tinetoo bold ·with rhc teXt; both J-Ienoch n~ucrdicdJ as the text hereauouchech: thereand dfewhcrc: for in rhc Grak.f origin.3l, rhe 1 cfore tha.c place hmdcrs not, J:?.ut Henoch 1 there isno futb matter as Peradife, but rh~ ~ nughr be 1n hcauen 1n h!s-bodH.·,bcfore G:hnHs 1 1 Words arc thcfc : Enoch plut{t:d God, tmd v.1aJ hum:toc flc01 a.fccndcd thtthel . tr.1tif/~urdfor.1fl r:t·:tmplcofreper.tana to thegcThmllv, they argue our of S:llnt Iohn: No j 11eratitms.And thus we iCe, this opinion is cue~ ma1: hdth ;tfccndrdInto heamn,lmr be·that d4ben- B ry wayCrroneous, and bath no f11adow ofread:d; rht[onneofm1n,wh,th u mhcmsCn. But, fay · fon in it, nor for it. they, this fonnc of mart is#not lfcnoch. bl~t Sccingrhcrefo:c both thefe opinions :1rc te Chrift: therefore non~ but Chrll1 afccl1dtd bobee rcfufcd, let vs in fcwc wb'rds fer down ihe di!y imo hcaucn. · . .. t~~c &. O~rhodoxall iudgcmem~fthe Churchj A nf That place is not mcl.rit ofcorpb,./1afout ofthe Scriptures-in the oldc •nd ncwc Tcandi",?; 1 but ofvude1.·/fandtng 'm;_tflicall·'lnt:l hea... f,t;lmcm. A'n.d it is this :That this holy man, b}i ttcn!y thi;zgs.·no m::tn ~fcCndcth to the flr! knowGods fpccialff:'luoUr tohim, \\'aS affumcd 1mo' lcdg~ of heaucnty myHcrics, but ChrHl alone, hc:~uen both,b6dic anO. foulc.; his tOnle bccir:g who dcfccndcd trom the bofome of his f.uhcr. perfectly fat)ctified, and his bodic glorified m Aqd rhus we [cc, this opinion· ha't·h n·o. i:hc. infbnt'of his tranflarion: ~nd therehe rcfl:rcngth ofargument to rdl vpon: but we may inaineth in glorie, expeCting the gcncrall rcfafcly hold ( notwithl1anding ony 'thiog ihat !urri:ction,and the full glori"ficatiii of all Gods can be faid again!! it) that llenochwas tranf!a- ~le et. ·' · tcd both in bodicand foulc.A11cl if~ny tnan yet Out ofthis iranfl;~tion of Hmoch, wee m•y doubr,howhc couldbctakc'nvpinbodiebclcarnc; . · fore he was glorified; Wearc to know,though C Fitlt, that there·iSa life eHerlaflingpi·cpared he died noc,yet his bodiewas changed,as thofc ofGo1 d for hi~ childrcn,whercin they filJl' Iiuc: , 1 •·C"·'l·l'· men fhall be, wh;cJ,p,a!ibeJo11nda/i11e at riJe !aft for cucr both in foulc and bodic; for hereof day. · ' . · hath God gi_ucn vs moft C\~i~<;nt tCilimonjcS) The fccond opinion !s, that 1-fcnoch was ta... both here in· Enoch , and aftCrw3rd lll ElitU: ken vp in foulc and bodic into Pai-adt[e(fome Elitt~ a I ewe, Er.oci1 none ! Enoch i'n' the firfi ~.King. fay, the heaucnly, but' chcmo!hhe earthlyPa- ~·arid, Eli.U in theftco!1d ~ Enoch· before.the radife) and there lilies in his mortaH and cor- , flOod_, E!iaJ :~t;er: Enoch ·vndrc(lritdfed, E!rtis' ruptiblc body,and mu!l:~fore the hfl d:Jy come circurncifcd !•Enuchmarried, EliM vnri1aiticd, againe in his bodic"v\ 1 ithEliM, ~md fight agaiflll · and both wtre a!fumed into.,hc:Jilcn in follf2& , Amichrifi: and when by their dodrinc they ·Vodic, :md :trc tlii:rc to this day, :ind tarrie' fo,r haut' ouercomc him, he 0'1:'111 by viol~ncc kill vs till the e'nd ofthe world;.affuring vs tha~ rOur chcm,and fo they ftiall die Martyrs:,And this is f'gulu liue for cuer: onJ that our bod;ef, thb'ttgli rhc genemll rcceiucd opi·nion of the mofi PatTH.·y die, !hall rifCagaine to life. Rere th'Cfc..: ·.). .. _.t ... !., pills. But it is ~ mecrc conceit, 3nd·ddre:Jme, "tore \\'CC h:tue a notable gr9qnd. for that l:;ft I and there ~is no ground for it: but £ood a'rgu- (bm n~t le;~fl )article ofouf faith> whe.rc -.;\'CC tncncagainltit. ' . · .:. · · D profcfle to bthmelifo merf,•/fing. · · ~ _ . For firft ., as for the earthly Paradife, it was Sc_c?~dly,, in .th1s cx:1mp,lc wce .lc:~nc, th:l~.. 1 . dt:f.1ted bythe flood ,~nor <ioc ~ic rcaa that cGodu nDt·rrritt'<! th:o orderof!Jydwrc.- ] he order· ucritr.m wa.sin it but Ad.tm, And fome of their which G()'d1 c!1abiiihcd and fCt <foh•ne Corfccr-' own'c fab1cs tell v-s th:'lt Set/; went totbe gites ' nit.1gall met; aft~r Atl.-~m;fa!l rs t~is = v·;:ft SrbotJ 1 I G 'bfParadi(e,whcnhis father Adam\\;:ts ficke,ro err:~~dtoiMf!JbafttiJot.!~t'~Jj~·~Y YCrtt.:~ ~f,t.his I en.)·ljl. oot fomc Phyflckc- out of l'ar>dif~ for his la- ~ -decree, all men are to dt~j':!S'fltrcas tlicy·oncc. f.~er,but he couldnot get iti:Nor do<we findc I Jiutd; and w!,1m that tinle appoi~tcd by Co~l :1n-y·~emion ofit :'lfterw:Jrds. So that it iSHkclf !:iJ ~?m~,a1l~h~_worJd ~a~~~?lT.1. u,~ one ~~.n;bl!t I in all'tcafon, th:lt it was .dcfa.ccd by·rhc ·vniucr- , ~~~ordu:glY:4tc.1tc niu~:~~tb.~rc?.o:w1tb~~l:~ fall flood. '· I dmg-wc fce,d_od th.at qcd'trrlin-r,o tlus pfd'cr~13 And if they mc:in, h~·W:!S tr:lnfl.attd into rl1c 1 no't tie? himfclr~,.o~h~~l~f(~f arC pc~itt~.J,.! IJtdrtcnly Pmwiif( : I anfwcr, tl;<itbc1: can·no :rli'i1\ they d1cnot, ~he~r bp,h~s n~u.cr tut'Hccf\o .::fd'f': t clea" tlJin~zcomc:but nmona!J bodiC is'vndc:1n: !l '!i!~h isthCP.~\;~cr of~od.q.uci !~)(~ oi'9t'fof1i~ ~~ and thcmi<:lnc~ f:~1, he \.Y~s taken away in his :! ture in :lll namrall aCbcns.n) • "'· 10 • ! mo~call bodic,,:m~i il1i~_ fhall.cO:itll?2gai~1~.nd _ \ 1·\ltrdly,~vhcrcasthc£~pifis boldc .• th~£~~ I ~-------------------------~~------~----------~-~---~--~2: ~··-----~ --cl~-~ ~--~- - ~-- --------- --- - ~

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