A testimony against that false & absurd opinion which some hold, viz. that all true believers and saints immediately after the bodily death attain to all the resurrection they expect, and enter into the fullest enjoyment of happiness. And also that the wicked, immediately after death, are raised up to receive all the punishment they are to expect. Together with a Scriptural account of the resurrection of the dead, day of judgment, and Christ's last coming and appearance without us. Also, where, and what those heavens are into which the man Christ is gone, and entered into. / By George Keith.

A testimony against that false & absurd opinion which some hold, viz. that all true believers and saints immediately after the bodily death attain to all the resurrection they expect, and enter into the fullest enjoyment of happiness. And also that the wicked, immediately after death, are raised up to receive all the punishment they are to expect. Together with a Scriptural account of the resurrection of the dead, day of judgment, and Christ's last coming and appearance without us. Also, where, and what those heavens are into which the man Christ is gone, and entered into. / By George Keith.

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WHereas many hurtful and dangerous Errors have taken place among too many called Christians, which are some of the Tares and evil Seeds that Sathan hath sown while men have slept in the dark Night of Apostacy, and that now some do think they are awakened and come to the Day, and in the Light of Gods Day see into the true Christian Doctrine, and pretend to great Openings, and Discoveries, and Revelations, and yet some even of such hold some false and unchristian Opinions; of which there are not [Page] a few concerning the Resurrection of the Dead, although the Testimony of the holy Scriptures is very full and clear against these dangerous and hurtful Opinions and Principles, imbraced by some as if they were true Christian Doctrines. Some alledging, That there is no Resurrection of the Body at all, or That there is nothing of the Body that dyeth that riseth again. Others adedging, That the Resurrection is past already, and all the Resurrection they expect they have already attained, being (as they pretend) risen with Christ in all respects. Others say, Their vile or low Body is already changed, and made conform to his glorious Body. Others say, They receive all the Resurrection they do expect immediarely after Death. All which are most dangerous and unchristian Principles, and are directly contrary to the holy Scriptures; for there were in Pauls time who said, The Resurrection was past already, and did overthrow the Faith of some, such as Hymeneus and Philetus, whose words did eat as a Canker, as he declared, 2 Tim. 2.17,18. And such who say, Their Vile Body is changed, and made conform to the glorious Body of Christ, contradict the Scripture, and speak reproachfully, but ignorantly against the Lord Jesus Christ; for Paul useth these words by way of Prophecy, as a thing not then fullfilled, but a thing to the fullfilled at the Resurrection of the Dead, Paul 3. 21. Who shall change our vile (or low) Body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious Body, &c. he doth not say, that the Body was already changed, and made like to the Body of Christ, but by way of Prophecy related it as a thing to come; for the washing and cleansing of the Body from sin, is not that change, but it is necessary to prepare unto it; for even after the Bodies of the Saints are washed and cleansed from sin, they remain low, and weak, and mortal, and corruptible, subject to Hunger, Cold, Heat, Diseases, and Death, and therefore are not made like to his glorious Body until the Resurrection of the Dead. And such who say, Nothing of the Body that dyeth riseth again, do plainly contradict the Testimony of the holy Spirit recorded in Scripture, and especially I Cor 1 [...]. [...]7. 38. for according to the Examples that the Wisdom of God giveth of the Grain of Corn, whereby to open the Mystery of the Resurrection, as the true Body or the Seed in the Grain viseth, so that out of the old Body a new Body doth arise, but the Husk or Drossy part riseth not; even so is the Resurrection of the [Page] Dead: Therefore the new Resurrection Body is raised out of the old Body, as the new Grain of Corn riseth out of the old; but if the Body of the Grain of Corn did wholly perish or come to Dust, nothing could arise; which is a plain Example given us by the the Wisdom of God; and that which rises is the Mortal that putteth on Immortality, and the Corruptible that putteth on Incorruption, and is not raised Flesh and Blood, such as men now have, but yet a true Body; for Flesh and Blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, neither doth Corruption inherit Incorruption; but the true Body of Man and Woman that shall arise at the Resurrection of the Dead, lieth hid within this visible gross appearance of Flesh and Blood, even as the true Body of the Seed in the Grain of Corn lieth within the Husk, or as the precious Gold lieth within the course Mineral or Mine until the pure and precious Metal be seperated from the Dross. And because this Seperation is not immediately effected, but requireth a Time after Death, and that even when the Seperation is made, the Body remaineth, and is lodged by the divine Providence, that giveth to every thing its proper place, as in a certain invisible Grave or Sepulchre, that was mysteriously figured by the Burial place called Machpala,) that signifieth a double or two fold Sepulchre) Gen. 23. which Ahraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite, (which word Ephron signifieth the Dust-eater) for four hundred pieces of Silver: The which, as it is litterally true, so is an Allegory, and points at the Resurrection of the Body, out of the Mystical and Invisible Machpelah or Sepulchre in Hebron (which signifieth bordering) in the Land of Israel, figuratively and Mystically understood; and by four hundred pieces of Silver, as by so many Virtues, signified by Silver, this most excellent Burial place is purchased from Ephron; but he who hath not these Virtues cannot have the Priviledge to be buried in this most excellent Burial place, and therefore an Untimely Birth is better than he, as the holy Scripture declareth, Eccles. 6. 3. For it is no such Misery nor Unhappiness not to have an outward and visible Sepulchre, which many of the dear Children of God have not had; but surely they have this other more excellent burial in the Mystical Hebron, in the Mystical Land of Israel, where all the dead Bodies of the Saints shall be raised up, and stand with [Page] the Lamb upon Mount Zion, to wit, not the litteral Zion, but the Mystical.

Now, that the Bodies of the Saints are not raised up immediately after Death, or after this Spirit goeth out of the body (although the Souls and Spirits of the Righteous, and of all the faithful, both Men and Women, who dye in the Faith of the Lord Jesus Christs do immediately go unto God and Christ in Heaven, and enter into a very great and large enjoyment of the heavenly, Blessedness, after the Bodily decease) is clear from many express Testimonies of the holy Scripture. For the deceased Saints, though their Souls and Spirits are alive with the Lord in Heaven, and do not sleep, but are awake, and praise God continually; yet they are said to be a sleep in respect of their Bodies, which are rather fallen a sleep than dead, and are said to sleep in Christ, to wit, under his divine Care and Protection, until he awaken them; for which, I shall cite these sorrowing Scriptures, 1 Kings 2. 10. So David slept with his Fathers, and was [...] in the City of David; Deut. 39. 16. Behold, thou shall sleep with thy Fathers, said the Lord unto Moses; 1 Cor 15. 20. Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that sleep, viz. because he arose from the Dead the third day; 1 Thes. 4. 14. For if we believe that Jesus Dyed, and rose again, even so them also which seep in Jesus, will God bring with him; for this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, That we which are alive, and remain unto the Coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them which are a sleep; for the Lord his self shall descend from Heaven, with a shout, with the Voice of the Arch-Angel, and with the Trump of God, and the Dead in Christs shall rise first. All which places plainly show, that though the Saints, as with respect to their Souls, are raised up, and ascended, and are with God and Christ in Heaven, yea as to their Bodies they are a sleep, and have not attained to the Resurrection of the Body; for if they had attained to the Bodily Resurrection, Paul would not have writ of them by way of Prophecy, in the future, or time to come, saying, The Lead in Christ shall rise first, to wit, at the Voice of the ArchAngel, and Trump of God. Now what this Trump or Trumpet it, both Paul and John declareth, and the Time about which it is [Page] to found, 1 Cor. 15. 52. In a Moment, in the Twinkling of an Eye, at the last Trump, and the Dead shall be raised Incorruptible, and we shall be changed, Rev. 11. 15, 18. And the seventh Angel sounded, (which seventh is the last Trumpet) &c. and vers. 18. Thy Wrath is come, and the Time of the Dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give Reward unto thy Servants, the Prophets, and thy [...]aints, and them that fear thy Name, both small and great. And because Paul, 1 Cor. 15. layeth down the Resurrection of Christs Body from the dead, as the ground why true Believers, which are his Members, shall attain to the Resurrection of their Body, it manifestly appeareth, that they are to attain unto it at the end of the World, or at the last Trumpet, as above mentioned (yet it may well be allowed, that some did attain to the Resurrection of the Body immediately after Christs Resurrection, according to Mat. 27. 52, 53 And the Graves were opened, and many Bodies of Saints which slept, arose, and came out of the Graves after his Resurrection, and went into the holy City, and appeared unto many,) And therefore the deceased Saints, have not generally attained the Resurrection of the Dead, as touching the Resurrection of the Body, but do wait for it until the sound of the last Trumpet; Nor did any of the Saints attain the Resurrection of the Body before Christs Body rose from the dead, because he is expresly called, The first begotten from the Dead, and The first Fruits that goeth before the Harvest: And therefore none did attain the Bodily Resurrection before him, neither Enoch nor Elias; for though they were taken up, yet it is not said, they had attained the Resurrection of the Body; it only implieth some particular Priviledge, that they did not taste of Death, as other men; and the like may be said of Moses, whose Body was more pure and excellent than that of other men, and therefore Michael the Arch-Angel did contend with the Devil about the [...] of Moses, and would not let him touch it, as being more excellent; and therefore it is said, God buried him, and no man knoweth of his Barial place to this Day.

Moreover, it is very plain from Scripture, that the deceased Saints, who lived from the beginning of the World, although their Souls, and Spirits did ascend unto God and Christ in Heaven, yet waited for the Resurrection of the Body, and that more abundant [Page] Glory that should follow thereupon; for it is said, Heb. 11. 13. These all dyed in Faith, not having received the Promises, but having seen them afar off, and were perswaded of them, and imbraced them, &c. And vers. 39, 40. All these having obtained a good Report through Faith, received not the Promise, God having provided some better things for us, that they without us should not be made Perfect. Now what this Promise is, is clear from Vers. 35. And others were Tortured, not accepting Deliverance, that they might obtain the better Resurrection; which is the Resurrection of the Just, that is better than the Resurrection of the Unjust.

Now if some say, The Promise that they waited for was Christs Coming in the Flesh.

1. Answer; As it was that in part, so it was not only that, but all that Felicity and Happiness that should come unto them by the Coming of Christ in the Flesh, and his Death and Resurrection, to wit, the perfect Victory over Death, which is not fully obtained until the Mortal put on Immortality, and the Corruptible put on Incorruption, as it is written, So when this Corruptible shall put on Incorruption, and this Mortal shall have put on Immortality, then shall be brought to pass the Saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in Victory, O Death! where is thy Sting! O Grave! where is thy Victory, &c. And that very first Promise that God gave to Mankind after the Fall, did relate to this Victory over Death, That the Seed of the Woman, (which is Christ Jesus) should bruse the Head of the Serpent; for though the Head of the Serpent was inwardly bruised, as in respect of the inward Redemption, Salvation and Deliverance of the Souls of all the Faithful in all Ages of the World, both before and after Christ came in the Flesh, yet until they attain unto the Resurrection of the Body, the Head of the Serpent is not, in all respects, bruised, because the last Enemy, that is to be destroyed, is Death, who is not fully destroyed until the Bodies of the Saints be raised from Death; for by Adams Fall, Death, both of Souls and Body came upon him, and his Posterity, (as is as large demonstrated in another Treatise of G. K's;) and by Christ's Death and Resurrection, to all who sincerely believe in him, and obey him, that twofold Death is removed, the Death of the Soul, through Faith in him, and that inward quickening, and being raised with him, who is the Resurrection and the Life, now in the Morta [Page] state; but the Death of the Body at the Resurrection of the Dead, [see this Twofold Resurrection, the one of the Soul the other of the Body, expresly mentioned John 5.25,28.]

And who say, That the faithful immediately after Death, receive the Resurrection of the Body, and all that fullness of Glory and Happiness that they are to expect forever: As it doth tend to overthrow a principal Article of the Christian Faith, touching the Resurrection of the Dead, so it tendeth to overthrow that other great and principal Article of the Christian Faith, touching the Great Day of Judgment that is to be in the end of the World, called in Scripture, [The Last Day] and [The Great Day] and [That Day] by way of Distinction from other dayes, and which is frequently mentioned in Scripture; for even the fallen Angels have not as yet received their final Sentence and full and absolute Punishment, but are reserved in Chains of Darkness unto the Judgment of the Great Day, Jude 6. compared with 2 Pet. 2.4. And Mat. 7. 22. Many will say to me in That Day, Lord! Lord! have not we prophecyed in thy Name, .? And 2 Thes. 1.7,8,9,10. When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming Fire, taking Vengeance on them that know not God, and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished with Everlasting Destruction from the Presence of the Lord, and from the Glory of his Power, when he shall come to be glorified in his Saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our Testimony among you was believed) in That Day: Note well these words, [In that Day] Again, Acts 17.31. Because he hath appointed a Day in the which he will judge the World in Righteousness by that MAN whom he hath ordained, having offered Faith (as the Greek and Margent of the English Bibles hath it) unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the Dead. And vers.32. And when they heard of the Resurrection of the Dead, some mocked, and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter: And these were some Philosophers of the Epecureans and of the Stoicks, to which this Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Body seemed strange.—And so great an Article and Doctrine of the Christian Faith was this of the Resurrection, that Paul calleth it, The Hope of the Promise made of God unto the Fathers, as plainly appeareth, comparing Acts 26. v. 6. with vers. 8. Why should it be [Page]thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the Dead. And vers. 22, 23. Witnessing both to small and great, saying, None other things than those which the Prophets and Moses did say, should come, that Christ should suffer and be the first that should rise from the dead, &c. Note these words, where it plainly appeareth, That none of the Saints deceased, before Christs Resurrection, were raised from the Dead, although their Souls and Spirits did go unto God; for the Resurrection of the Dead, as a general thing, is joyned with the great Day of Judgment, when the Son of MAN shall come in the Glory of his Father, accompanied with his holy Angels, and shall slt upon the Throne of his Glory, and before him shall be gathered all Nations, and he shall seperate them one from another as a Shepherd divideth his Sheep from the Goats, and first appointeth the Reward of the Kingdom, (viz. in the full possession of it) unto the Sheep, which is the first Resurrection; and then be passeth the Sentence of condemnation to the Everlasting Fire, or Fire of Ages, unto the Goats on the Left Hand, that in the Resurrection of the Unjust.

But if all Men, both good and bad, receive their final Sentence immedately after Death, there is no occasion for a Day of Judgment in the end of the World, for that is prevented by what cometh to pass both to good and bad immediately after Death, according to this absurd Opinion.

But again, as concerning that Great Day of Judgment to come, wherein both the Righteous and the Wicked shall receive according to the Works done in the Body, Christ doth plainly else-where declare, as Mat. 24. 36. But of that Day and Hour knoweth no man, no, not the Angels in Heaven, but my Father only. And Mark 13 32. But of that Day and Hour knoweth no man, no, not the Angels in Heaven, neither the Son, but the Father; which is to be understood of Christ, the Son, as Man, to whom then it was not known; the which Day and Hour cannot be the time immediately after mens Decease; for though after Death there is a Judgment that followeth every one, according to Heb. 9.27. yet that is not the great and last Judgment, nor Universal, but Particular: And of this Last Day, Christ said, John 6. 40. And this is the Will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have Everlasting Life, and I will raise him up at the Last Day. Note, He doth not say, I [Page] will raise him up in the Body [...] after Death, but in [...] Last Day, to wit, in the End of the World. And with a respect to this [...] made a good Confession of her Faith, touching the Resurrection of the Dead, saying, I know that he shall rise again in the Resurrection, at the last Day; the which Christ doth not in the least contradict, but opened a further Mystery unto her, to wit, That he was the Resurrection & the Life, he that believeth in me, tho' he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never dye; and because he was the Resurrection, viz. the Author of it, therefore he could and would raise Lazarus her brother from the dead at that time; which yet was not the Resurrection in the last Day; for he was but raised at that time a mortal man, to dye again. And whereas he said, He who believeth [...] me shall never dye, containeth a great and most comfortable Mystery, to wit, That neither the Souls nor the Bodies of true Believers strictly dye; their Souls sleep not, but are awake; and their Bodies, though they sleep, dye not; their sleep is not the sleep of Death, strictly taken: And therefore Christ proved against the Sadduces the Resurrection of the dead, from the Words of God to Moses, I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and God is not the God of the Dead, but the God of the Living; and therefore nothing of Abraham was strictly dead or perished, neither his Soul, nor yet his true Body; for even his Body did but sleep, as when the Body of a man sleepeth that is not dead; for the Bodies only of such dye (in the worst sence of the word Death) who dye in final Unbelief and Impenitency, on whom Death feeds, and whose Iniquities are upon their Bones, and whose Bodies are called, the Carkasses of them that have Transgressed against the Lord, whose Worm dyeth no, and their Fire goeth not out, &c. see for this Psal. 49.14. Ezek. 32.27. Isa. 66. 24. But as concerning the dead Bodies of the Saints and true Believers in Christ Jesus, it is prophecyed, Thy Dead, my Dead Body shall arise, (so the Hebrew hath it) for the Bodies of the deceased Saints are the Body and Temple of Christ, and Members of him; and therefore cannot perish) awake and sing, ye that dwell in the Dust, for thy Dew is as the Dew of Herbs, and the Earth shall cast out the Dead (to wit, the Earth not vulgarly understood) Isa. 26.19. And that Joh had a firm and stedfast Belief of the Resurrection of his Body after Death, is clear from his Words, viz. And though after my Skin, [...] destroy this Body, yet in my Flesh shall I see God, [Page] &c. Job 19.2 [...]. which is not to be understand of the gross corruptible Body of Flesh, but of the Resurrection Body, that may be called Flesh in a more excellent sence, than that vulgarly understood; as Paul sad, All Flesh is not the same Flash. So the Flesh that is mortal, gross and corruptible, is not that Flesh that shall be raised up immortal and incorruptible; for the word [Flesh] is taken sometimes in a very high sence, where it is said, Unless ye eat my Flesh, &c. and All Flesh shall [...] the Salvation of God; and I will give them Hearts of Flesh, &c.

And Lastly, That there is yet a Resurrection of the dead to come, of all such generally who have dyed in the Faith, is clear from Rev. 20 4,5,6. And they lived and reigned with Christ a Thousand Years; but the rest of the Dead lived not again until the Thousand Years were finished, this is the first Resurrection, blessed and holy is be that hath part in the first Resurrection. Where note well, that the Resurrection of the Saints in the Thousand Years, is called the first Resurrection, &c. which every true Believer, who is inwardly risen with Christ, as to his Soul and inward Man, is interested in, and hath a right unto, but is not possessed of until the Resurrection of the Dead; And therefore if any will call the inward rising of the Soul from the Death of sin, the first Resurrection, yet it is not That first Resurrection, mentioned Rev. 20.4,5.

Moreover, concerning the Nature and Manner of the Resurrection of the Bodies of the Saints, how that the Body is not raised a mortal corruptible Body of Flesh and Blood, but immortal and incorruptible, Paul doth plainly declare; and it is altogether safe in this and all other matters of Faith, to hold to Scripture words. 1 Cor. 15. from V. 44, to 50.

And here Note, First, That Paul doth not call him a Fool that did believe either the Truth of the Resurrection of the Body, or the true Manner of it, but called him a Fool, that not believing the Truth of it, nor the true Manner of it, and by arguing against it, did enquire, How are the dead raised up? and for the Instruction of this Fool, Paul sendeth him to learn the manner of it from the sowing and rising of the Grain of Corn; and he reproveth such as Corints sharply, who did not believe the Resurrection of the Body, [...] not having the knowledge of God, 1 Cor.15.34. Awake, said he, to Righteousness; I speak this to you [...]: So that according to Pauls Doctrine, such who have not the true Faith of the Resurrection of the Body, great [...] [...] of the Knowledge of God.

[Page] Note, Secondly, That the Resurrection of the Dead and Eternal Judgment, belonging to the first Principles of the Doctrine of Christ, according to Heb. 6. 1. as well as Repentance and Faith, are necessary to be known and believed, in order to the perfecting, if not the beginning, the Work of our Sanctification of Salvation.

Note, Thirdly, That as the Bodies of the Saints, that shall be raised up at the Resurrection of the Dead, shall not be raised Mortal and Corruptible, but Immortal and Incorruptible, so they shall not need any Meats or [...], or other things that this Mortal and Corruptible World doth afford, nor the Light and Influence of the Sun, Moon and Stars: And in the Resurrection, they shall neither Marry nor give in Marriage, but be as the Angels of God, Mat. 22. 30. and the place of their Abode of Habitation shall be that New Heavens and Earth, mentioned by Isaiah, cap. 65. 17. and cap.66. 22. and 2 Pet. 3. 13. which is not, as some weakly imagine, this visible Heavens and Earth that waxeth Old, but those which are far more excellent, and shall not wax old, Rev. 21 1. But yet, it is clear from Scripture, That at the Coming and Appearance of [...], without us, in his glorified Body, which all good and sound Christian, joyfully wait for, even that He shall come in the Clouds of Heaven, accompanied with his Holy and Glorious Angel; that all the raised Saints shall appear with him in their glorified Bodies, (signified by the coming down of the New Jerusalem from Heaven, Rev. 21. 2,3.) being made like unto his Glorious Body, according to Jude 14. and Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophecied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord Cometh with Ten Thousand of his Saints, to execute Judgment upon all, &c. And whereas some say, the Greek beareth it in ten thousands, I say, he both cometh In them and also With them; so the Greek word [...] doth frequently signifie (in the New Testament) With or Among, as well as In, as is clear from Mat. 20. 26. Luke [...]. 28. Rom. 16.7. 1 Cor. 2.6. where the greek particle [...] signifieth among, and cannot be good sence otherwise Translated.

Note, 4thly, That the Pelief of Christ's being in Heaven now in his glorified Nature of Man, both of Soul & Body, hath such a necessary connexion with the Belief of his Coming and Appearance without us to judge the Quick and the Dead, that these two stand or fall together, and every one that believeth the first, cannot but believe the latter; for it were strange to think, that Christ hath, and forever shall have [Page] the glorified Nature of Man in Heaven, and that the Saints should not see him at the Day of Judgment. But as for such as do not believe that Christ hath any being in the glorified Nature of Man now in Heaven without them, they cannot believe that ever he will appear unto them or any other; and it is nothing but giving way to arnal dark Reasonings, and Wisdom of the Flesh, called by Paul, Vain Philosophy and Worldly Rudiments that hinder men to believe the Truth so plainly declared in the holy Scriptures.

And 5thly, From the like dark Imaginations doth proceed, that they believe no Heaven nor Hell but within them, while they enquire, Where is that Heavens into which the Man Christ is gone? and hath any of us seen him, or spoke with him? To which I can easily Answer; That Heaven is both near to us, and far from us, and is of a far more large, Extent than that it can be contained within us, tho' we have a heavenly Seed, Plant and Birth in us, that is daily nourished with heavenly Food, and is watered daily, with the heavenly Dews & Rains; and this Heavens, tho' not visible to out weak mortal Eye, of Flesh, yet are visible to the Eyes and Sight of our Faith, and is that New Heavens that never waxeth Old, and the Paradise of God, 2 Cor. 12.4. compared with Rev. 2.7. & Gen. 2. 9,10 which are the Throne of God & the House of God, that hath many Mansions, concerning which, Christ said, John 14.2,3. In my Fathers House are many Mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you; I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto my self, that where I am, there ye may be also: And tho' we have not seen the Man Christ with out carnal, & bodily Eyes, yet with these concerning whom Peter writeth, 1 Pet. 1.8. Whom having not seen, ye love, in whom, though now ye see him not, yet beliving ye rejoyce with Joy unspeakable and full of Glory: And that the Saints shall see the Man Christ, and be with him forever where he is, to behold his glory, shall be a great part of their eternal Felicity, Joh. 17.24. and because of which they shall the more abundantly see and enjoy him inwardly, & God in him & through him: and Jesus said unto Thomas, after his Resurrection, John [...]0.29. Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou believest, blessed done they that have not see, & yet have believed. And how can all Nations stand before the Son o [...] Man, Mat. 25. if he shall not appear without us at the Day of Judgment?

G. K.

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A TESTIMONY AGAINST THAT False & Absurd Opinion Which some hold, Viz. That all True Believers and Saints immediately after the Bodily Death attain to all the Resurrection they expect, and enter into the fullest Enjoyment of Happiness.

AND ALSO That the Wicked, immediately after Death, are raised up to receive all the Punishment they are to expect.

Together with a Scriptural Account of the Resurrection of the Dead, Day of Judgment, and Christ's last Coming and Appearance without us. Also, Where, and What those Heavens are into which the Man Christ is gone, and entered into.

By George Keith.

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A testimony against that false & absurd opinion which some hold, viz. that all true believers and saints immediately after the bodily death attain to all the resurrection they expect, and enter into the fullest enjoyment of happiness. And also that the wicked, immediately after death, are raised up to receive all the punishment they are to expect. Together with a Scriptural account of the resurrection of the dead, day of judgment, and Christ's last coming and appearance without us. Also, where, and what those heavens are into which the man Christ is gone, and entered into. / By George Keith.

Keith, George, 1639?-1716.

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— A testimony against that false & absurd opinion which some hold, viz. that all true believers and saints immediately after the bodily death attain to all the resurrection they expect, and enter into the fullest enjoyment of happiness. And also that the wicked, immediately after death, are raised up to receive all the punishment they are to expect. Together with a Scriptural account of the resurrection of the dead, day of judgment, and Christ's last coming and appearance without us. Also, where, and what those heavens are into which the man Christ is gone, and entered into. / By George Keith., Keith, George, 1639?-1716..

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The EEBO-TCP project was divided into two phases. The 25,363 texts created during Phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 January 2015. Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source.

Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data.

Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so.

Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.

The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.

Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).

Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site.