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45. Thus much in
proof of the profession which we make in the Creed when we say
“The resurrection of this flesh.” As to the addition
“this” see how consonant it is with all that we have cited
from the divine books. What else does Job signify in the place which we
explained above, “He will raise again my skin, which is now
draining this cup of suffering,” that is, which is undergoing
these torments? Does he not plainly say that there will be a
resurrection of this flesh, this, I mean, which is now undergoing the
extremity of trials and tribulations? Moreover, when the Apostle says,
“This corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality,”3426 are not his
words those of one who in a manner touches his body and places his
finger upon it? This body then, which is now corruptible, will by the
grace of the resurrection be incorruptible, and this which is now
mortal will be clothed with virtues of immortality, that, as
“Christ rising from the dead dieth no more, death hath no more
dominion over Him,”3427 so those who
shall rise in Christ shall never again feel corruption or death,
not because the
nature of flesh will have been cast off, but because its condition and
quality will have been changed. There will be a body, therefore, which
will rise from the dead incorruptible and immortal, not only of the
righteous, but also of sinners; of the righteous that they may be able
ever to abide with Christ, of sinners that they may undergo without end
the punishment due to them.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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