CHAP. V.
Of the speciall happinesse and felicitie of our bodies in the kingdome of heauen.
ANd this shal be the happines of our soules.* 1.1 Our bodies likewise shall be freed from all euill, and replenished with all good; and first they shall haue all their defects and wants supplied, and all imperfections taken away. They shall then bee freed from hunger and thirst, and consequently shall haue no need of meate and drinke. And this our Sauiour implieth, where he saith, that in the resurrection wee shall be like the Angels of* 1.2 God in heauen; and plainly expresseth it to his Apostle Iohn, where describing the state of the blessed, he saith, they shall* 1.3 hunger no more, neither thirst any more. To which purpose one saith, that here we hunger and thirst, and haue need to be sa∣tisfied:* 1.4 but though wee haue this want in our way, we shall in our countrey haue satietie. The reason whereof is cleere and manifest; for seeing our bodies shall be immortall and incorruptible, therefore no part of their substance can con∣sume or waste, and consequently they shall need no refresh∣ing or reparation by meate and drink. Againe, to need meate