A44348:473
An exposition of the principles of religion
An exposition of the principles of religion by Tho. Hooker.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1645
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.
Object. But it seems it shall not be the same body; for if a man shall have every limb, and be perfect in every part, how can these things stand together?
Object. But it seemes it shall not be the same body; for if a man shall have every limbe, and be perfect in every part, how can these things stand together?
Ans. There is nothing added to the substance of the body, but only changed and increased; it is in the nature of many things to increase, when as nothing is added unto them: As may be observed in an Onion, take a great Onion, and hang it up in the house, and it will grow bigger and bigger; what is the cause of it? not because any thing is added, but because it spreads it self further; so then there shall be no new body, but the same substance enlarged and increased.
Ans. There is nothing added to the substance of the body, but only changed and increased; it is in the nature of many things to increase, when as nothing is added unto them: As may be observed in an Onyon, take a great Onyon, and hang it up in the house, and it will grow bigger and bigger; what is the cause of it? not because any thing is added, but because it spreads it selfe further; so then there shall be no new body, but the same substance enlarged and increased.
Q. But how comes it to pass that there shall be a change?
Q. But how comes it to passe that there shall be a change?