reetion, as may be ſeen in thar Text, as well as chis ; and (which indeed was cheir Fundamental Error) they denied Spirits, and conſequently the Immorralicy of the Soul in its ſeparate Eſtate. Their Defign feemech nor ſo much ro have been, ro have drawn out a Diſcourſe from our Saviour; which might have couche his Lite, (which was the Phariſees Deſign) as to have expoſed him, by bringing him to an Abſurdiry. To this purpoſe they
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» hk The Children of this World Sith ReſurreFion of the Dead, neither Marry, nor are given in Aaiildg A / Ul % ard rect Miſtake, That there 7 bur 0; Relations £00 z, and the Stare of the World to-come ſhould be like the Srate of this World, in which for the Propagation and 2ncinuance of Mankind, Men and Women marry, and are given in Marriage. Now, faith our Saviour, Your Error 1s bottomed 1n Drance, becauſe you know not the Scriptures, (which 1n-
%eq is the Foundarion of all Men's Errors in Matcer of Faith ) nor the Power of God. If you knew the Power of God, you won'd know rac God is able to raife the Dead. To confirm our Ezich in the ReſurreCion, the Scripture every where fenderh us © the Confideration of the Divine Power, Rom. 8. 11. Phil. 3.21. If you knew the Scriptures, you would know rhar God will raiſe the Dead, and the State of Men in the RefurreCtion ſhall nor be 1 in this Lite, where Men and Women dye daily; and in cafe mey did nor Marry, and give in Marriage, the Generation of en would quickly be extin&. Bur (faith Luke) They who ſhall {lo occomted worthy to obtain that World, and the ReſurreFion from 1 Did, It is manifeſt by the firſt Words, that the latter Words are not to be underſtood of the General Reſurre&imm (ro which all thall come worthy or unworthy) bur of the ReſurreFion unto Life. Thar Refurrettion which is not the meer Effet of Divine Provi- cence, neceſſary in order to the laſt Judgment, bur rhat Reſurre- oro Life, which is the Effe& of Chris Purchaſe. And this 15 obſervable, thar the ReſurreFion from the Dead will be of fo little Advantage; nay, of ſuch miſerable Diſadvantage ro wicked Men, that the Scripture ſometimes ſpeakerh of the ReſurreQion as it it were peculiar to Saints. I Cor. 15. 22, Phil, 3. 11. So in this Text, hence Luke calls them afterward the Children of the
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G14 alone ſhall be the Favourites of the Refurre@ion; thoſe who ſhall riſe as Children to an Eternal Inheritance. Concerning the Se of Perſons in the ReſurreFion, our Saviour thus deſcribes it : Tiar Men and Women there ſhall be as the Angels, not in all
things, but in the things mentioned, which are Two, One of
them mentioned by Matthew, borh by Luke, 1. They ſhall not dye ary mire. 2. They ſhall not Marry, nor be grven in Marriage, The firſt ſhewerh rhe Needleſnefs of the latter; for one great reaſon of Marriage was t2 ſupply the Gaps which Death maketh in the World ; bur Men ſhall nor dye any more, therefore there will be no need of Conjuzal Relations amongſt Men, more than ann2 Anvels, The Children of this World (faichLuke) Marry, and are given in Marriage. Marriage was only an Inſtitution forthis Worid, and is to continue no longer than this World ſtands f:r the Stare of Men in anotherWorld will be ſuch as needs ir nor, bein a Stare of Immortality, ſo not needing it for Propagation ; knd a St.zte of Perfe&ion, and ſo notneeding ir for mutual Help the Atairs of Man's Life, nor a Remedy againſt extravagant ult,
31 But as touching the reſurreCtion of the dead, have ye not read that which was ſpoken to, you by God, faying,
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* 233 And when the multitude heard zÞzs, * they were attoniſhed at his doctrine.
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Mrz hath the ſame, Ch. 12. 25, 27. So hath Luke, Ch. 20. 37,38. only Mark and Luke mention the time when God ſpake tele Words, —In the Buſh, that is, when God appeared to Moſes 1 the burning Buſh, Exod. 3. 6. and Luke addeth, for all live unto vm, Mark alſo faith, Concerning the Dead that they Riſe, have you mit read in the Booh of Mojes * Our Saviour 1n the toregoing Words nad by the by afſerred the DoQrine of Angels; here he aſ- *&rts borh che Do&rine of the Immortality of the Soul, and alſo of e RelurreGion of the Body; and tho' Cardinal Perron, and Naldmate the Jeſuit boldly aflerr, rhar the RefurreGion of the -Y anno be proved from hence without taking in che Tra- 28 we the Church; yer, notwithſtanding cher Confidence, think lang have a greater Reverence tor- vur Saviour's Words, age Car not only the Immortality of the Soul, bur the Reſurredtj- nts allo, 1s irretragavly proved by his Argument of ours: To make out winch, theſe things are to be ob- + 1. God dorh not fay I have been, bur I am : He ſpeak- i 0f Ir ms when he Ipake ro Mes, and not of the
of the Inkeritances of the ſeve- and Families diſtin, That if Brethren dwell together, them died, leaving no Tjſue, the Wife of the Dead ſhould y unto 4 Stranger, her Husband's Brother ſhould go in unto ' tche her to him to Wife, &*c. Now they either knew of, ' 1 ſuppoſed a Cafe of 1teven Brethren, fucceffively Marry- ne Woman , chey defire ro know, whoſe Wite of the 79man ſhould be in the Reſurrection ? Inftead of dil- Acucenets, and putting our Saviour upon a Dit-
> Teſas anſwered and faid unto them, Ye doerr, «or are given in marriage; but * are as the angels of
Queſtion ; D3 ye not therefore err, becauſe you know not the Scrip-
> Like ſaith, Ch. 20. 34,35. And Jeſus anſwering, ſaid un- Marry, and are given in Marrti- But thev which ſhall be accounted worthy to obtain that World,
Noither can they dye any more, for they are equal to the are the Children of God, being the Children of the Reſur- Tie Diſcourſe of rhe Sadduces was borromed upon this {ſhould nor only be a Refurrection of Bodies,
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