The Renewal of the Evangelical Spirit

to the Children of God.

will remain eternal.

[...I] also dispute whether the torments of Hell will be material or coarse as they are usually depicted, since I hold that the bodies of the damned will leave behind their corruption n 1 Corinthians 15:52. original: "1 Cor. 15. v. 52." just as the bodies of the blessed will, and that they will no longer have this leprosy A common historical metaphor for the "stain" of original sin affecting both soul and body. or this universal rust that covers every member of their bodies. This is because all this corruption, which came upon all of nature through sin, will return to the nothingness from which it came, and will no longer be found in coarse matter as we see and feel it now. But the works of God, as He created them, will remain forever without end, since death and any evils cannot harm the works of God o Romans 8:20. original: "Rom. 8. v. 20." except by the consent and the free will of man. Nevertheless, this liberty p Ecclesiastes 3:14. original: "Ecclef. 3. v. 14." cannot nullify any of God's works, though it can indeed soil them and cover them with filth, just as Adam soiled and covered the entire human race with miseries through his sin: even though the body and the soul that God had created for him (and in him, for all men) will remain forever as He had created them q Isaiah 1:25, 26. Revelation 21:5. original: "Esa. 1. v. 25, 26. Apoc. 21 : 5." at his beginning. It is upon this that the article of Faith is founded, which says: I believe in the resurrection of the dead. Of which many abuse the meaning of this passage, because the Apostle says so precisely, r 1 Corinthians 15:42 & 53. original: "1 Cor. 15. v. 42. & 53." that he will rise again with this same body, this same flesh, etc. In which he speaks the truth, since we still carry within us this same body, this same flesh, and these same bones that God