Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Of the eve! of heateen. 8 5:3*- become fpirituall,euen as the wax of the candle being kin- dled by the fire becommeth a flame, and like vino the fire whereby it is kindled. But yet it (hall remaine naturall, ask fiillretaineth his ownefubtiance, and the faculties of rea- fon, fenfe,and motion, whereby it (hall (sill bee guided and gouerned ; by venue of that power which our finites (hall receiue from the fpirit ofGod. Againe, they may bee called after the refurreöiion, fpirituall, becaufe they (hall in all things bee fubie& to Gods fpirit,and bee by it wholly ruled and gouerned; for that which in this behalfe the foule is in this life to thebody, that in the life to come (hall the fpirit of3od be to both foule and body, obeying it in all things, not in part onely and imperfectly as in this world, but moti perfeéily,wholly,aed willingly, without the leafidiflike or reluaation..In which refpe &alfoit may bee called fpiritu- all, as it doth attaine unto (piritual, angelicall, and moti ab- folute and free obedience. And with this agreeth the iudge- Au uli. de fidè ment of that worthie ancient. When as (faith he) we heare A fytnb de that our bodies are to become fpirinull,we are not fo to vn- cap.s.tom4.. dertiand it, as thoughour body fhould bee changed into a fpirituallfubfiance,:and fo become a fpirit; for neither our body now which is called animali is not changed into a foule,hutretaineth his ovine fubfiance. But that is fäid to be a fpirituall body, which is fo in all thingsfubie& to the fpirit ofGod, as befitteth that heauenly habitation, allhu- mane fragility, and earthly infimtity, being changed and turned into heauenly purity, and immortality. Finally, our bodies (hall be fpirituall, in regard that they'thall be indued andadorned with fpirituall qualities; for to this end the A- pofiles difcourfe wholly tendeth, not to (hew that they (hall haue their fubulauce fpirituall in the refurre &ion, but onely I.Cor,Il. their qualities ; that whereas now they are mortali, corrup- tible, earrhly,and indued with earthly quahties,as hemlines, flowneffc,faintneffe,weakeneffeand the reti ; they (hall then . becomeimmortall ,incorruptible,heauenly,and indued with heauenly and fpirituall qualities. Nowíhefefpirituall qualities are dicers.: as fir(i immorta- 4.Sea.5. lity ; for our Sauiour Chrififaith, they jhafl die no more, for as 01 fosieJpirita- I i i 4 much