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858 Of the rayes of busies,. ons, whereby (notvvithflanding they communicate with the body) they (hall bee moll obedient and feruiceable to i the mind, and no more trouble and di(lurbe it with their grofneflc and impurity. §. Sea. 6. Vito thefefpiritualqualitieswemayadde diuers others, That ear beefier as namely, they !hall bee indued with great power and pall be indeed firength, and enjoy for euer mollperfeé1 health : and where- with great as now the foule being a fpirit, mighty,and powerfull, can - Ji!rength,and not Phew it firength, becaufe of the weaknefre of the body, freed (Ynm . which is it organ and infirument in ref etiwhereofwe fee any ha,. o P by experience, that it exercifeth it funCnions and aóhons more firongly or weakdy, according to the meaCure of bo- dily firength and health which it vfeth and imployeth : in our heauenly countrie our bodies (hall enjoy fuch perfe& health, andbee indued with fuch powerfull firength, that theyfhal match the ability of the foule, and become fo fit for it in vigour and might, that it (hall not as it doth now hinder the aéljons thereof with it weaknefí'e, and wearines, but become a perfeíq and fufficient infirument for all im- ployments. And this quality the Apof leattributeth vnto it, r.Cor.,%, 3. where he faith, that it is/oibnernseakeneffé.dutisraijedinpo- 1oer. So allo they (hall be indeed with impaflìbility , and bee freed from fitffring any hurt ordetriment from any outward 'agent, to which in this life they are fo much fubieéled; and confequently they 'hall bee freed from all alteration, diíni- notion, and corruption :for Peeing all paflìon or fuffering proceedeth from an ouerbearing power of the agent otter the patient; and for as much as nothing can rhusouerrule, but byouercomming the forme of the patient, which ref.. fieth all outward force as long as it bath any ability : and fi- nally, feethg our humane bodies'hal be perfc&ly fubie6led vnto our foules, by which they are informed, euen as the foule alto is perfe&ly fubie &ted vnto God; by whole vertue and power they are defended from all outward violence, hurts and injuries; therefore necefl'arily they becomeim- paflib.le,and free from cull!, becaufe there is nooutward a- gentable to ouercome our powerfull foules, and the more powerfull fpirit of God.; nor fo ílrong and mighty to hurt our