To this I answer, that there is as aa twofold life, so ba twofold death: A twofold life; to wit, ca natural life issuing from the conjunction of the soul to the body; and da spiritual life arising from the conjunction of God to the soul. And a twofold death; to wit, ea natural death arising from the disjunction of the soul from the body; and fa spiritual death arising from the disjunction of God from the soul. For look gwhat the soul is to the body, the same is God to the soul. hAs the soul is the life of the body, so is God the life of the soul. And ias the natural death ensueth, when the soul departeth from the body; so the spiritual death followeth, when God with-draweth himself from the soul. The faithful then may dye the natural death: but they never dye the spiritual death. uDeath may sever their souls from their bodies: but xdeath ⟨p. 20⟩cannot cut off either soul or body with them from Christ. The Faithful may die; and yet our Saviours words true. For athey die not, even when they die. bWicked men (saith Chrysostom) are cdead even while they live: good and godly men dlive even when they be dead. The life of the one is nothing but ea passage to death: the death of the other is nothing but fan entrance into life. For it is gno life but death, that severeth a man from Christ while he liveth: It is hno death but life, that bringeth a man home to Christ when he dieth.
To this I answer, that there is as aa twofold life, so ba twofold death: A twofold life; to wit, ca naturall life issuing from the coniunction of the soule to the body; and da spirituall life arising from the coniunction of God to the soule. And a twofold death; to wit, ea naturall death arising from the disiunction of the soule from the body; and fa spirituall death arising from the disiunction of God from the soule. For looke gwhat the soule is to the body, the same is God to the soule. hAs the soule is the life of the body, so is God the life of the soule. And ias the naturall death ensueth, when the soule departeth from the body; so the spirituall death followeth, when God with-draweth himselfe from the soule. The faithfull then may dye the naturall death: but they neuer dye the spirituall death. uDeath may seuer their soules from their bodies: but xdeath ⟨p. 20⟩cannot cut off either soule or body with them from Christ. The Faithfull may die; and yet our Sauiours words true. For athey die not, euen when they die. bWicked men (saith Chrysostome) are cdead euen while they liue: good and godly men d
- a1 •or. 15 45.
- bLuke 9 60.
- cG•n. 2. 7.
- dRom 8. 10.
- eJa•. 2 26.Ia•. 2 26.
- fEp[…]s 2. 1, 12 & 4 18.Ep〈…〉s 2. 1, 12 & 4 18.
- g[Greek or Hebrew] G•eg. N•z. a[…]g. Q•od an[…]a •oc Deus est an•mae. Bern. s•rm. Par• 3.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 G•eg. N•z. a〈…〉g. Q•od an〈…〉a •oc Deus est an•mae. Bern. s•rm. Par• 3.
- h[…]a 73 26. [Greek or Hebrew]. Isia. P[…] 3. ep. 252. Sicut anim• v••a est co•poris […]ita Deus vita est an•mae. Ber. ser part 3 V[…]nis an ma est, vita animae Deus est Aug. deciit. l. 19. c. 6. & de vrb. Apost. 8. & […] Sanci. 16 Aesse debet, ut vivat corpus, anima, ut vivat anima, Dus. Ibid.
