4. The Soul is often called the Life of Man, not a Life of the same Stamp and Nature of the Brute: for the Life of Man, that is, of the rational Creature, is that, as he is such, wherein, consisteth and abideth the Understanding, and Conscience, &c. Wherefore then a Man dieth, or the Body ceaseth to act, or live in the exercise of the thoughts, which formerly used to be in him: When the Soul departeth, as I hinted even now, her Soul departed from her, for she died; and as another good Man saith, kIn that very day their thoughts perish, &c. The first Text is more emphatical: Her Soul was in departing (for she dyed.) There is a Soul of a Beast, a Bird, &c. but the ⟨p. 11⟩Soul of a Man is another thing: it is his Understanding, and Reason, and Conscience, &c. And this Soul, when it departs, he dies. Nor is this life, when gone out of the Body annihilate, as is the Life of a Beast; no, this in it self is immortal, and has yet a Place and Being when gone out of the Body it dwelt in; yea, as quick, as lively is it in its Senses, if not far more abundant than when it was in the Body; but I call it the Life, because so long as that remains in the Body, the Body is not dead. And in this sense it is to be taken where he saith, He that loseth his life for my sake, shall save it unto life eternal: And this is the Soul that is intended in the Text, and not the Breath, as in some other places is meant. And this is evident, because the Man has a Being, a sensible Being, after he has lost the Soul; I mean not by the Man, a Man in this World, nor yet in the Body or in the Grave; but by Man we must understand either the Soul in Hell, or Body and Soul there after the Judgment is over. And for this the Text also is plain, for therein we are presented with a Man sensible of the damage that he has sustained by losing of his Soul: What shall a Man give in exchange for his Soul? But,
4. The Soul is often called the Life of Man, not a Life of the same Stamp and Nature of the Bruit: for the Life of Man, that is, of the rational Creature, is that, as he is such, wherein, consisteth and abideth the Understanding, and Conscience, &c. Wherefore then a Man dieth, or the Body ceaseth to act, or live in the exercise of the thoughts, which formerly used to be in him: When the Soul departeth, as I hinted even now, her Soul departed from her, for she died; and as another good Man saith, kIn that very day their thoughts perish, &c. The first Text is more emphatical: Her Soul was in departing (for she dyed.) There is a Soul of a Beast, a Bird, &c. but the ⟨p. 11⟩Soul of a Man is another thing: it is his Understanding, and Reason, and Conscience, &c. And this Soul, when it departs, he dies. Nor is this life, when gone out of the Body annihilate, as is the Life of a Beast; no, this in it self is immortal, and has yet a Place and Being when gone out of the Body it dwelt in; yea, as quick, as lively is it in its Senses, if not far more abundant than when it was in the Body; but I call it the Life, because so long as that remains in the Body, the Body is not dead. And in this sense it is to be taken where he saith, He that loseth his life for my sake, shall save it unto life eternal: And this is the Soul that is intended in the Text, and not the Breath, as in some other places is meant. And this is evident, because the Man has a Being, a sensible Being, after he has lost the Soul; I mean not by the Man, a Man in this World, nor yet in the Body or in the Grave; but by Man we must understand either the Soul in Hell, or Body and Soul there after the Judgment is over. And for this the Text also is plain, for therein we are presented with a Man sensible of the damage that he has sustained by losing of his Soul: VVhat shall a Man give in exchange for his Soul? But,
- kPs. 146. 4.
