Sum of the Christian Faith, Treatise 1 · Point 6
Of the laſt Iudgement. The. vi. poynt.
1. VVhat it is that we do beleeue and hope of the laſt iudgement.
FInally, we beléeue according to the worde of God, that in the tyme ordayned of God aActes. 3. …. Peter. 3, the which tyme the verie Angels know not bMath. 24. and. 25. 1. Theſ. 5.▪ Ieſus Chriſte ſeeing the number of his elected accompliſhed cApo…a. 6. 1. Peter. 3.and fulfylled, ſhall come from heauen corporallie, with his diuine maieſtie dActes. 1. Math. 24., this olde worlde beeing conſumed by fire e1. Peter. 3.. And then ſhall appeare before him all mankynde whiche were from the begynning of the worlde fMath. 25. 1 Peter. 4. 2. T…mo. 4., and all thoſe whiche were deade before, ſhall bee vnyted, and ioygned with the ſame body, from whiche the ſoule was ſeperated: and thoſe which ſhall be lyuing at the howre of his comming▪ ſhalbe chaunged in one momente: chaunged, ſaye, concerninge the corruptible quallitie of their bodyes g1. Cor. 55., and then the Lorde ſhall Iudge the one and the other, accordinge to hys woorde hMath. 25.: and thoſe whiche belieued (as ſhall appeare by the fruites of theyr faith) iMath 25., ſhall hee made partakers of the kingdome of GOD kMath. 25., not onelye in theyr ſoule, (the whiche euen before, and after the fyrſte death, hath beene in the Ioye of hys Lorde GOD) lLuke. 23.: but alſo in theyr bodyes mIohn. 14., the whiche ſhall bee vncloathed from all imperfections and infyrmities, and agayne cloathed with incorruption and glorious immortalytie n1. Cor. 2.: For to behold that which neuer eye coulde ſée, nor hart coulde thinke o1. Cor. 12., and in briefe to receyue fullye the fruite of theyr fayth and hope, by the onelye goodneſſe of God in Ieſus Chriſte p2. Cor. 5.: And on the contrary, the wicked, condempned and vanquiſhed by the teſtimony of their owne conſcience qRoma. 2.. ſhal be made immortall, eternallye to ſuffer the payne prepared for the Diuell and hys Angels rMath. 25..