An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…

Sanctify you throughout. The God of peace, bless you, & keep you under the shadow of his wings, that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be kept blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here mark, that the Apostle divideth man into three parts, The spirit, the soul, and the body. So that he seemeth to make the spirit one thing, and the soul an other. Howe is it then that we divide man into two parts, the soul and the body, and say that he doth stand but of two parts? There is no difference, the matter is all one. For Paul divideth the soul into two parts. The first is reason and understanding, which he calleth the Spirit. The other is, will & affection, which he calleth the Soul. For as God hath given us reason to see what is good: so hath he given us will to seek after that which is good. Reason hath eyes: Will is blind, and cannot see the way. Therefore will ⟨p. 226⟩must be led and guided by Reason. Reason must go before. Will must follow after. Therefore Reason is compared to the husband, and Will to the wife. If Will take in hand to rule Reason it is no less disorder, than if the wife will adventure or take upon her to rule her husband. Therefore in this place Reason, which is the principal part of our soul is called, the Spirit, and Will which is the other part, is called the Soul. So the spirit is not a several substance, but the soul and the spirit are one soul, even as the body and the flesh are one body. Thus therefore Paul prayeth for the Church, the God of peace sanctify you throughout, that your spirit, your reason, and understanding: your soul, your will, and affection: your body and your flesh, may altogether be pure and holy: that they may be found innocent and upright in the day of the Lord.

Sanctifie you throughout. The God of peace, blesse you, & kéep you vnoer the shadow of his wings, that your whole spirit, and soule, and bodie, maie be kept blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ. Here marke, that the Apostle diuideth man into thrée partes, The spirite, the soule, and the bodie. So that hée séemeth to make the spirit one thing, and the soule an other. Howe is it then that we diuide man into two parts, the soule and the bodie, and saie that he doth stand but of two parts? There is no difference, the matter is al one. For Paul diuideth the soule into two parts. The first is reason and vnderstanding, which he calleth the Spirit. The other is, will & affection, which he calleth the Soule. For as God hath giuen vs reason to sée what is good: so hath he giuen vs wil to séeke after that which is good. Reason hath eies: Wil is blinde, and cannot sée the waie. Therefore wil