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And to shew yet a little further, that it re∣steth in the power of God to take the soule from the body, and to giue it againe at his pleasure; vvee finde in the first Booke of Kings, that the fore-said Elias, found such* 1.1 fauour in the sight of God, that vvhen the sonne of his hostesse was dead, he through his earnest prayer obtained that the childes soule was restored to him againe.
So did Elisha, in the same manner, ob∣taine* 1.2 his peticion of the Lord, and reuiued the dead body of the Shunamites sonne.
We reade also in the Gospell written by S. Mathew, that after our Sauiour had gi∣uen vp the Ghost, the Scpulchers of dead* 1.3 men, (through the miraculous working of the Almightie) opened themselues; and many bodies of the Saints which slept, a∣rose, and came foorth of the graues after his resurrection; and vvent into the holie Citty, and appeared vnto many.
So that by these sayings and examples,* 1.4 (with the taking vp of Henoch and Elias both body and soule into heauen, the swal∣lowing downe of Corath, Dathan, and A∣biram, quicke into hell,) and sundry other proofes in the Booke of God to this pur∣pose, we may sufficiently assure our selues, that the soule of Man is immortall: & that there is not onely a place of rest ordayned of God for the godly; but also, a lothsome pitte, or place of punishment, appointed by him for the wicked, after this life.
The veritie whereof, is likewise further witnessed vnto vs by the wordes of S. Au∣gustine,* 1.5 where he sayth; The soules of the godly, beeing separated from their bodies,
are in rest: and the soules of the vngodlie doe suffer punishment; vntill such time as the bodies of the righteous doe rise againe vnto life euerlasting; and the bodies of the vnrighteous vnto eternall death: which is also called the second death.
1, Reg, 17, 22, 23.
2, Reg, 4, 32, 33.
Math, 27, 52, 53.
Gene, 5, 24. 2, Reg, 2, 1•• Num, 16, 32, 33,
Augustine.