Saint Augustine his enchiridion to Laurence, or, The chiefe and principall heads of all Christian religion a most profitable booke to all those which desire to haue a most compendious briefe of Augustines doctrine, out of Augustine himselfe, when he was old, being repurged, by the old manuscript, of many faults and vnusuall wordes, wherewith it formerly flowed.

CHAP. 91.

That the bodies of the Elect, and godly shall rise againe in their bodily substance, but not with their former faults and defor∣mities.

THe bodies therefore of the godly shall rise againe with∣out any fault or deformity of bo∣die, as also without any corrup∣tion, burthen of flesh, or diffi∣cultie. Of which sort their faci∣litie in rising, shall be aunswera∣ble to their felicitie after their resurrection. For which cause they bee called spirituall, albeit no doubt they shall become bo∣dies and not spirits. But, euen as now in this life the bodie is said to bee naturall, being not with∣standing yet a body and not a soule: Euen so at that time the body shal bee spirituall, howbe∣it a body and not a spirit. Yet, as touching that corruption which

in our life time doth oppresse the soule, as also concerning the sinnes wherewith our flesh figh∣teth against the spirit, at that time it shall not become flesh, but a body, because they shal be reputed for celestiall bodies. By reason whereof it is said, that flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdome of God. And therefore as it were interpreting his owne saying, hee affirmeth, Neither shall corruption enioy incorrupti∣on. That which before hee called flesh & blood, he afterwards cal∣led corruption. And that which formerly he called the kingdome of God, he afterwards called in∣corruption. Now, as touching that which concerneth the sub∣stance, that same also shall bee flesh at that time. For which reason, the body of Iesus Christ after his resurrection, is called flesh. Therupon doth the Apo∣stle say, The body is put into the ground in naturall substance, but it shall shall rise a spirituall bodie;

because of the great agreement and concord which shall be be∣tween the flesh and the spirit; the spirit hauing a vitall power ouer the flesh, which then shall not rebell, and that without the help of any manner of supportation: in so much as nothing pertai∣ning to our owne bodies shal re∣sistive; but, as outwardly we shal finde none, so inwardly we shall haue no enemies of our selues.