Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 15:43
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1 Corinthians15:43
43 It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory : it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power .
There is nothing more uncomely, unlovely, and loathsom than a dead body; but it will not be so when it shall be raised again, then it shall be a beautiful, comely body. We shall rise in a full and perfect age, (as is generally thought) and without those defects and deformities, which may here make our bodies appear unlovely. Daniel, Chap. 12.2. says, The righteous shall shine as the Stars: Christ saith, They shall shine like the Sun: the Apostle saith, Phil. 3.21. we shall be made like unto his glorious Body. Three things make the body beautiful, a perfection of parts, the well putting them together, and proportioning them one to another, and a well tempered chearly spirit; all these will concur in the bodies of Saints in the Resurrection. The Shoolmen determine, That much of the beauty of the Saints bodies in the Resurrection, will flow from their perfect sight of God, and the reflection of God upon them.
When it dyeth, it is a frail weak body, unable to resist injuries, but it shall rise a strong body, with quick senses, and subject to no more weaknesses.
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