6og. Chap. 7: Expofition upon theBookof) p B. Verf. 7 creation ( Gen. 2, 7, ) Godbreatbedinto man the breath of life,, or of lives, implying the many faculties and operations of life. And in as much as the body ofmanwas firft formed,and this life brought in after,to aft and move it,thisis an abundant proof,that the foul ofman is not any temperament of the body,the body be- ing compleaced(asa body)before it,& yet no life refulting.Wherc- as beatts (towhom that beaftly opinion compares man in his creation ) had livingbodiesas Loon as bodies, their total form being but an extract from the matter. Solomon,Eccl.3. a9,to,2 r.brings in theAtheift,drawing this con- elution from thofe confuted oppretlions which he obferved in the world:men carried themfelves fo like beafts, preying upon,and de- vouring one another, that he ( who had nothing but carnal rea- fon to judge by -) prefently refolves;That which befalleth thefons ofmen, befalletb bestir, even one thing befalleth them : as=the- one dieth,fö dieth the other, yea they have all one breath ; fo that a manbath'no pre-eminence abovea beaff, for all are vanity, all gee to one place, all are of the duff, and all turn to the duff again. And whereas the Atheift heard Come fpeak of the afcent of mans fpirit after this life,he puts it off,as but talk and guefling, ver. 2+. Who knoweth thefpirit ofman, that goeth upward, and the fpirit ofthe beafi, tbatgoeth downward to the earth? That is, who can tell that there is fuch a difference,between the fpirit ofa man and ofa beaft ? who ever Law the one afcending, or theother defcen- ding ? or fromwhat Anatomie was this learned ? Thus the As aheilt derides the dot nine ofthe foul,and will therefore laugh and be merry with his body while it laits, that's his portion, For who fha ll bringhim tofie whatfhall be after bim, ver. 22. Is it not flrange, that any who are called fober Chriftians, íhould plant their opinions in this foyle ofAtheifine randmake that a proof of their faith, which Solomon brings only as a proof of fome mens infidelity ? The Preacher in this Book, perfonated thofe whom heabhor'd, and fometime fpeakes the prat ifes of other men, not his own opinion. There isno more reafon to ground this Tenet ofthe fouls Mortallity upon thofe texts, then there is ofencouragement to intecnperancie in that, chap, r r. 9. Rejoyce O young man in t byyouth, and let thy heart cheare thee in the dayes ofthyyouth, and walk in the wages ofthine own heart ; Or in that of theApoftle, a Cor. 15.32. Let eat and drink, for to morrow we die, If any would learne Sokrnons o',wn ,fence about this point
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