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An exposition of the Symbol or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenor…An exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenour…
An exposition of the Symbol or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenor of the Scriptures, and the consent of orthodox Fathers of the Church. By William Perkins.An exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenour of the Scriptures, and the consent of orthodoxe Fathers of the Church. By William Perkins.
Cambridge: printed by John Legatt, 1595Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legatt, 1595
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The beginning of the soul is not of the essence of God; unless we will make every mans soul to be God: neither doth it spring of the soul of the parents, for the soul can no more beget a soul, then an angel can beget an angel. And Adam is called a living soul, and not a quickening soul. And earthly fathers are called the fathers of our bodies,1 and not of our souls. It remains therefore as being most agreeable to the Scriptures, that the souls of men are then created by God of nothing, when they are infused into the body.
The beginning of the soule is not of the essence of God; vnlesse we will make euery mans soule to be God: neither doth it spring of the soule of the parents, for the soule can no more beget a soule, then an angel can beget an angel. And Adam is called a liuing soule, and not a quickning soule. And earthly fathers are called the fathers of our bodies,1 and not of our soules. It remaines therefore as beeing most agreeable to the Scriptures, that the soules of men are then created by God of nothing, when they are infused into the bodie.
And though the souls of men have a beginning, yet they have no end, but are eternal. And when they are said to die, it is not because they cease at any time to subsist or have being in nature, but because they cease to be righteous or to have fellowship with God.
And though the soules of men haue a beginning, yet they haue no end, but are eternal. And when they are said to die, it is not because they cease at any time to subsist or haue beeing in nature, but because they cease to be righteous or to haue fellowship with God.