The Eleventh Article.
Q. WHAT is the eleventh article?
A. The resurrection of the flesh.
A. The resurrection of the flesh.
Q. What means this article?
A. It means that these very bodies in which we now live, shall at the day of judgment be all raised up from death to life.
A. It means that these very bodies in which we now live, shall at the day of judgment be all raised up from death to life.
Q. By what means shall this be done?
A. By the omnipotent command of God, and the ministry of angels.
A. By the omnipotent command of God, and the ministry of angels.
Q. How prove you that?
A. Out of 1 Thess. iv. 16. For our Lord in commandment, and in the voice of an archangel, and in the trumpet of God, will descend from heaven, and the dead that are in Christ shall rise again.
A. Out of 1 Thess. iv. 16. For our Lord in commandment, and in the voice of an archangel, and in the trumpet of God, will descend from heaven, and the dead that are in Christ shall rise again.
Q. Shall the same bodies rise again?
A. The same in substance, though different in qualities.
A. The same in substance, though different in qualities.
Q. How prove you that?
A. Out of Job xix. 25, 26, 27. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth, and shall be compassed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see God, whom I myself shall see, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.
A. Out of Job xix. 25, 26, 27. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth, and shall be compassed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see God, whom I myself shall see, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.
Q. What shall be the qualities or doweries of a glorified body?
A. Impassability, agility, clarity, subtility.
A. Impassability, agility, clarity, subtility.
Q. How do you prove its impassability, or incorruptibility?
A. Out of 1 Cor. xv. 53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
A. Out of 1 Cor. xv. 53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Q. How prove you its agility?
A. Out of the same chapter, ver. 43, 44. It is sown in infirmity, it shall rise in power; it is sown a natural body, but it shall rise in a spiritual body, (that is, in motion, and some operations equal to a spirit;) which also proves its subtility.
A. Out of the same chapter, ver. 43, 44. It is sown in infirmity, it shall rise in power; it is sown a natural body, but it shall rise in a spiritual body, (that is, in motion, and some operations equal to a spirit;) which also proves its subtility.
Q. How prove you it clarity?
A. Out of the same chapter, ver. 24 "For star (said he) differs from star in glory, so also the resurrection of the dead." And ver. 43. "It is sown in dishonour, it shall rise in glory."
A. Out of the same chapter, ver. 24 "For star (said he) differs from star in glory, so also the resurrection of the dead." And ver. 43. "It is sown in dishonour, it shall rise in glory."
Q. In what space of time shall the dead rise, and the elect be thus changed?
A. "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye," 1 Cor. xv, 52.
A. "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye," 1 Cor. xv, 52.
Q. At what age and stature shall men rise?
A. At a perfect age, which is thirty-three, and in that stature which they should have had at a perfect age, without deformity by defect or excess.
A. At a perfect age, which is thirty-three, and in that stature which they should have had at a perfect age, without deformity by defect or excess.
Q. How prove you this?
A. Out of Ephes. iv. 13. "The church shall last until we all meet into a perfect may, into the measure of the age of the fulness of Christ."
A. Out of Ephes. iv. 13. "The church shall last until we all meet into a perfect may, into the measure of the age of the fulness of Christ."
Q. What example have you in nature for the resurrection?
A. A grain of corn, which first rots in the earth and then springs up and lives again.
A. A grain of corn, which first rots in the earth and then springs up and lives again.
Q. What benefit have we by the knowledge of the resurrection?
A. It emboldens us to suffer persecution and death itself, in hope of future glory, according to that of St. Paul: "For sufferings of these times are not comparable to that of future glory, which be revealed in us:" Rom. viii. 18.
A. It emboldens us to suffer persecution and death itself, in hope of future glory, according to that of St. Paul: "For sufferings of these times are not comparable to that of future glory, which be revealed in us:" Rom. viii. 18.
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