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THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY.

Rom. 3;24.—Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ.—1 Cor. 1;30.—Eph. 1;7.—2 Cor. 5;21.

Rom. 8;1.—There is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.—John 5;24.—John 3;18.—Rom. 8;33, 34.

22. LORD’S DAY.

*57. What comfort doth the “Resurrection of the body” afford thee?

That not only my soul, after this life, shall be immediately taken up to Christ, its head (Phil. 1;23): but also that this my body, being raised by the power of Christ (John 5;28, 29), shall be reunited with my soul, and made like unto the glorious body of Christ (Phil. 3;21).

Phil. 1;23.—For I am in a straight betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better.—Luke 23;43.—Rev. 14;13.—Luke 16;22.—2 Cor. 5;8.

John 5;28, 29.—The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live.—1 Cor. 15;53.—Job 19;25-27.—John 6;39, 40.

Phil. 3;21.—Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.—1 Cor. 15;53.—1 Cor. 15;42, 43.

*58. What comfort takest thou from the article of “Life everlasting”?

That since I now feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy (2 Cor. 5;2, 3), after this life I shall inherit perfect salvation (Matt. 25;46); which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart