Secondly, consider the matter of the soul, then ye shall see, that the soul lives such a life, as Angels do; The souls of good men, lead such a life as good Angels do; the souls of bad men, such a life as bad Angels. The life of beasts depends on the compacture, and Temperature of the substance, as the Harmony doth upon the true extent of every string. With the soul of man it is otherwise; the soul lives first, and then causeth the body to ⟨p. 41⟩live; it is otherwise in beasts, their souls and bodies live together. Besides it is certain, that the soul shall live, when as the body is laid aside; then it lives another life from the body: therefore it lives another life in the body. The higher faculties of the soul, the Understanding and Will, are not placed and seated in the body, as other faculties are: the visive faculty must have an eye to see, the hearing faculty must have an ear to hear, and so the rest of the faculties must have their organs; but the Understanding hath no such organ, it only useth those things that are presented to it by the phansy. Our sight, feeling, and hearing, perish, when their organs perish; but the superior faculties of the soul, wear not away, but the elder the body is, the younger they are. The soul lives now in the object, now in the subject: it lives in the things it is occupied about; as the Angels are said to be, where they work, because they have no bodies as we have, to make them be locally there: so the soul it also lives, where it is occupied; as if it be occupied about heavenly things, then we are said, to have our conversation in heaven. Take the understanding and faculties of reason, they sway not men, but the Ideas, truths and opinions that dwell in this understanding, sway men: There are three lives in man, there is the life of plants, of Beasts or sense, and the life of reason; ⟨p. 42⟩I may add a fourth, and that is this spiritual life, which is an higher life of the soul; Where there is an evil life, there is death, but where there is a good life, there is this spiritual life: See it in the effects, for these are but speculations.
Secondly, consider the matter of the soule, then yee shall see, that the soule lives such a life, as Angels doe; The soules of good men, leade such a life as good Angels doe; the soules of bad men, such a life as bad Angels. The life of beasts depends on the compacture, and Temperature of the substance, as the Harmony doth upon the true extent of every string. With the soule of man it is otherwise; the soule lives first, and then causeth the body to ⟨p. 41⟩live; it is otherwise in beasts, their soules and bodies live together. Besides it is certaine, that the soule shall live, when as the body is laid aside; then it lives another life from the body: therefore it lives another life in the body. The higher faculties of the soule, the Vnderstanding and Will, are not placed and seated in the body, as other faculties are: the visive faculty must have an eye to see, the hearing faculty must have an eare to heare, and so the rest of the faculties must have their organs; but the Vnderstanding hath no such organ, it onely useth those things that are presented to it by the phansy. Our sight, feeling, and hearing, perish, when their organs perish; but the superior faculties of the soule, weare not away, but the elder the body is, the younger they are. The soule lives now in the object, now in the subject: it lives in the things it is occupied about; as the Angels are said to be, where they worke, because they have no bodies as we have, to make them be locally there: so the soule it also lives, where it is occupied; as if it be occupied about heavenly things, then wee are said, to have our conversation in heaven. Take the understanding and faculties of reason, they sway not men, but the Ideaes, truthes and opinions that dwell in this understanding, sway men: There are three lives in man, there is the life of plants, of Beasts or sence, and the life of reason; ⟨p. 42⟩I may adde a fourth, and that is this spirituall life, which is an higher life of the soule; Where there is an evill life, there is death, but where there is a good life, there is this spirituall life: See it in the effects, for these are but speculations.
