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That the soules of men, presently after death, remaine in cer∣taine receptacles, vntill the la∣ter day.
THe time that is betweene the death of man and the resur∣rection, doth containe the soules of the deceased in certaine secret and vnseene receptacles, accor∣dingly as euerie of them haue de∣serued rest or paine, by the deeds of the flesh whil'st they liued.
That the soules of men, present∣ly after death, remaine in cer∣taine receptacles, vntill the la∣ter day.
HOwsoeuer Augustine, in this Chapter, affirmeth that the soules of men after death, remain in certaine receptacles, vntill the day of doome, being drawen to that opinion, as is thought, by Irenaeus, a most auncient writer, who (as Danaeus setteth downe in his Comment vpon this Chap∣ter) sayeth plainely, That the soules of Christes Disciples, for whome hee had wrought these happinesses or eternall bles∣singes, should depart away into an inuisible place appointed
vnto them by God, where they should remaine vntill the resur∣rection; and that being done, should afterwardes put on their bodies againe, and rise in greater perfection: Yet afterwards in an other place, Augustine doth make a question thereof, being doubtfull of that doctrine, and thinketh it may be for certaine affirmed, that the soules of the godly be trans∣ported, presently after death, into that place which is more glori∣ous and excellent, than mortall bodies, or any shapes of bodies; that place being aboue all the heauens, and that heauen, where Christ is dwelling. Afterwards, writing vpon S. Iohn. Tract. 49. vpon better iudgement, hee would haue the soules of the godly, after they be out of this body, as touching the place, to be with Christ, accor∣ding to that of Iohn, Cap. 17. ver. 24. Father, I will, that they which thou hast giuen me, be with me, euen where I am, &c. And Luk. 23. v. 43. This day shalt thou bee
with me in Paradise. And more plainely Augustine in his fift Ser∣mon touching Saints, saith, that the soules of the holy, are to be beleeued to be with Christ. And afterwards, discoursing of Para∣dise, whether it were locall or spi∣rituall, hee saith, That the Lotte ordained for the godly, is called Abrahams bosome. Which his opinions being laid together, lot the later and better, bee preferred be∣fore the worse, looking into Saint Augustines booke of Retractati∣ons, wherunto Danaeus dot brefer those who would be better satisfied of him, in matters wherein he was either ledor misled by the error of himselfe, or of that Age.