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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
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Thirdly, We may hence also infer, then the soul is not corruptible; it is an immortal substance. How can that be corruptible or mortal, which hath its rise (as I may say) immediately from God, or is breathed in by the Almighty, who is altogether incorruptible and immortal. And whereas there is a twofold incorruptibility; First, by divine ordination, that is, God appoints such a thing shall not corrupt, and therefore it doth not; so the body of man in it's first creation was incorruptible, for though it were in it self corruptible, being made out of the earth, yet by the appointment of God, if man had continued in his integrity he had not dyed. And therefore it is said, By sin came death; yea doubtless if God should command and appoint the meanest worm that moves upon the earth to live for ever, or the most fading flower that groweth out of the earth to flourish for ever, both the one and the other would do so. Secondly, there is an incorruptibility in some things, not merely by a law or appointment of God, but as from that intrinsical nature, which God hath bestowed upon them, and implanted in them. Thus the Angels are immortal, they have an incorruptible nature, and likewise the soul of man, being breathed from the Almighty, is in it's own nature incorruptible; it hath naturally ⟨p. 171⟩no seeds of dissolution in it, because no contrariety, no contrary qualities in it, as all bodies or corporeal substances have. I know the Apostle saith (1 Tim: 6.16.) God only hath immortality; it's true, he only hath it in himself independently, originally; but he derives and gives it as a talent to some creatures in a way of dependence upon himself.
Thirdly, We may hence also inferre, then the soule is not corruptible; it is an immortall substance. How can that be corruptible or mortall, which hath its rise (as I may say) immediately from God, or is breathed in by the Almighty, who is altogether incorruptible and immortal. And whereas there is a twofold incorruptibility; First, by divine ordination, that is, God appoynts such a thing shall not corrupt, and therefore it doth not; so the body of man in it's first creation was incorruptible, for though it were in it selfe corruptible, being made out of the earth, yet by the appoyntment of God, if man had continued in his integrity he had not dyed. And therefore it is said, By sin came death; yea doubtlesse if God should command and appoynt the meanest worme that moves upon the earth to live for ever, or the most fading flower that groweth out of the earth to flourish for ever, both the one and the other would doe so. Secondly, there is an incorruptibility in some things, not meerely by a law or appoyntment of God, but as from that intrinsecall nature, which God hath bestowed upon them, and implanted in them. Thus the Angels are immortall, they have an incorruptible nature, and likewise the soule of man, being breathed from the Almighty, is in it's owne nature incorruptible; it hath naturally