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 “Who shall change our vile bod}', that*it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body.” (3) There will be velocity of motion, S. August., “ Where the spirit shall be willing there will be the body instantly.” (4) It will have a perfect liberation from all want. (5) There will be full and high happiness. Of these two, S. August., “ All the members and bowels of the incorruptible body, which now we see distributed various ways by the use of necessity, will not then be so; but this necessity is itself full and certain security and eternal happiness, and it will advance in the praises of God.” (6) It will be impassible, and immortal, and eternal, S. August., “ Whatever has perished from the living bodies, or from the corpses after death, shall be restored, or it shall remain in the sepulchre, in the newness of the spiritual body changed out of the oldness of the animal body, and it will rise again, clothed in incorruption and immortality. (7) There will be full peace and concord between the body and the spirit, S. August., “ A spiritual flesh will be supplied to the flesh, but it will yet be flesh, not spirit.” How happy, therefore, will they be who shall be held to be worthy of that resurrection! Yet they must be those, who here have died with Christ, Colos. iii. 3, 4, “ Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, Who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.” To which glory may we, &c.

In this Gospel the Lord treats of four things. I. He shews what we ought to do, “ Except your righteousness shall exceed,” &c.; which proves that we ought to have abundant righteousness.