3 2 2 (; H A P.g.. An Expotition "clothe firJé V ER. 13. l ilf.at.f,L., 1'ertulf,de Re- furvelt.Carura. vf . Limit therefore this (leepe to the Body; whence I thinke it is, that our Graces arc called i our Beds; wherein our Bodies, not our Soules,re(} from their labours. Reaibns of the ref emblance are thus conceiued :fir( for that it relis from all toile and trauell, and fenfe of e- uils: fecondly, becaufe it rifeth againe by the power of God : thirdly, and is as eafìly reuiued by the voice of God, as the dining man is awaked out of his (hallowef} (lumber. So that they erre, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God, that teach, the Body to bee refolued by death into its lira principles, without hope of ref}oring to life. What th en,.trow we, is the Refurreilion promifed? They fay, of the Souks. But Tertutlian well obf erued, They fall not, being immortal! ; therefore haue no need, nor are capable of Refùrreiion. And that the Bodies 'alto (hall rife again, that fame focietas operarum, as hee termes ir, is abundant conu;ftion. Partners they were with foules in doing good or mill, muff therefore partici- pate in the reward orpuni(hment. Secondly, And how fitly hence Howes Pants exhorta- tion, To &eepe mean inmourning ? As men without hope. Hee meanes of Tefurreelion to gloriet-tslife, arid a better condition after death. The Peri- phrafis of Gentiles,and all aliens from the Church of God, accorded by the like,Eph.2. i 2. how fittingly applyed to their flare, i udge by rhefe Keafons : fiill, they were with- out Chrifr,theground of hope: fecondly,outofthe Church, the place of hope : thirdly, without the Couenant, the rea- fon of all our hope and beleeuing,. So that the opinion favours of more pine then iudge- nient, that giues Gentiles out of the Church hope of fal- uarion -, whether by light of N cure, as force ; or by fe- ctet and extraordinary- lnfpirations , as others haue dreamed; Firft,I wonderthen the Prophets, Datiid and- AttojQs fo
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