of their State by Creation. rhe Apoflles own Illuflration , Verfe 40. and fo he goes on to dtffcrence them , ~ unto Verfe 44· where he adds another difference between them, calling the Chap. 9· one a Natural Body, the other a spirJtttal Body; whtch, though differing in ~ terms' is notwithflanding the fame with the former, . . But becaufe rhefe Similitudes, though they illuflrate thiS dtfference of Bo– dies, yer prove nothing; therefore from the 4~th Vt1j e, he.proceeds to prove , that God had ordained rwo fuch diffenng Condawns of Ltle , and of lsodtcs ·, for tlui Sons of· Men: The oneCommon to all Men, the other more glorious , peculiar to his Elect; which he Politively lays down, and expreifeth in this ·rhelis or Propofttion: There i4 a natural Body, alid t here i4 a Sp~ritu,JI Body that is, there are to be two fuch Conditions for fome of Mankind; God hcth ordained both rhefe flares for Men:or as fome Copies have it,and as the Vulgar Traoflation reads thofe words, If thtre 6e a natural Body,thm there u a {pintu– al Body;(fo making the one the confequence of the other: )C'"l" ~· ~'.):!•lr,i<~ ~ .;;1'. ""'1'"1'•l•] which Aifertion he proves, verf. 45',46. .and then forms up the Vidt Fl"'i"' Concluiion, verf'e 49· that as certainly as we fee the one, we fl1all in !tke man- in v,. Lr/1, ner fee the other, This Thtjis, he proves from the dtffcring Condition of the firfi and fecond A dam; the former being a T ype of the latter, and both of them ordained to convey their likenefs to Mankind, Tile Subfiance and Condition of Adam's Nature (the befi of it) was but a reafonable Soul, becoming a Principle of Life to a Body created out of the Earth, and ordained to live in the Earth, which is meant by living Soul: But Chrifl's Perfon il the Godhead in the Perfon of the Son, or spirit quick.Ji11g an Human Nature, ordained to live in Heaven, whereofhe was Lord by Inheritance, vrrfe 47· and his Argu· ment lies in three Things thus; If the Soul can advance an earthly Body to f"d1 an excellent fiate of Life as Adam on Earth enjoyed ; then what a glorious Spi· ritual Condition lhall the Godhead , united to an Human Naturt; raife that Nature up unto! And by confequent, his Elect alfo flull be raifed to the like; for as iJdam conveyed his Image ( verf 48, 49· ) to his Poflerity , lo lhall Chrifi transform his Elect to the Image of that Condition, which his Human Nature is raifed up unto: which, if that of Adam's was but earth)•, this mufl: needs be heavenly; if that were animal, this mufi be fpiritual, This is in brief, the Sum of his bifcoutfe; wbich llhall make good by a larger opening, both of the principal Phrafes, and of his Argumentation : For tbe ground upon which the Apoflle builds the proof of both parts of his Aiferrion , arc the words fpoken by Mo{ts of Adam, when he wasfirfl: made; Andfo it,. writ· ten (fays he) thefir{/ Man Adam wiU made a living Soul; the lafl Adam w.umade a q11ickning Spirit. You fee that for his proof, he boldly bath recourfe to the words fpoken of Adam's flare of Life, and condition of Body at his firfi formation. Now e're that I can lhew wher<upon the Ground of the Apoflles Argument from thence derived, is founded; I mufi explain what is meant by [livi11g: Soul] and [quick11i11g Spirll]. [Soul] (as was faid) is op· pofed to [Spir:t J and [tivi11g] to [qUJck11i11g]. 1, By [soul] is primarily meant that more noble part of Man, by a o.!':v· lttchdochr ( fuch as is familiar both with Jews and Grecians); thereby is alfo meant, the whole Man, confi(\ing both ofSoul and Body. The Grecimu ufe the word [Bod~] for the whole; A Body hafl thotJfitted me, He6r, 10. )·that is, an Human Nature, confifiing of Body and Soul. The 7ews put the Sout fortho whole; So many Souls came out of Jacob's Loi11s, Exod. 1. So as, the whole Perfon of Adam, the whole Nature, Subflance of Man , he conlilled of, is <xpreif,d bv [Soul] putting that " hich was the mofi excellent part, to ex• prefs the whole Man. So that, his Scope is firfi to compare the Subllacce of whtch Adam's Perfon confifled , with that of Chrifl's : Adam but a Soul gi– ving Ltfe to a B<'dy; but Chri(\, a Spirit or God, quickning an Human Nature. He mentions the difference of them, quoad Jitbjlanlzam, becaufe it was the foundatton of the dtfference in their Conditions, And fo, 2ly, [IJVi11g] Soul doth connornte and import alfo tpat Animal flate of Life which Atf1m's Soul enjoyed in his Body, far lhort of that wbtch the Spirit in Chrifl ratfeth the Human Na ure ro, yea, or fuch a Condition as pttre Spmts, the A11gels do enjoy. ThatreafonableSoul infplfed into Adam be· L iog
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