First, from being a natural body as it is now it shall be made by Christ a spiritual body, that is the first endowment, thou shalt cast off thy old Apparel of corruptible flesh and blood, and shalt be clothed with robes of glory; it is no contradiction to say a spiritual body, because the Apostle useth the expression, 1 Cor. 15. 44. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. The meaning is, the body as it lives here, is a natural body, needing natural refreshments; but saith the Apostle, is shall be raised a spiritual body, it shall have no more need of natural refreshments, which the natural body requireth ⟨p. 200⟩when it is a spiritual body it stands in no more need of meat, no more need of drink nor sleep, and other natural refreshments, it shall be raised a spiritual body. Mat, 22. 30. For in the resurrection they neither Marry, nor are given in Marriage, but are as the Angels of God in Heaven. The Angels have no need of food, and stand in no need of outward helps, Rev. 7. 15, 16. Therefore are they before the Throne of God, and serve him day and night in his Temple, and he that sitteth on the Throne shall dwell among them, They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the Sun light on them, nor any heat. Therefore O believing soul, behold thy happiness of soul and body in glory; they shall be no more standing in need of natural refreshments then spirits do; when the Scripture saith that your bodies should be received by Christ. The Platonic Philosophers understand, the body shall be turned into a spirit, into a ghost, or into wind or air, but that is not the reason of it, it shall be of the same substance as it is upon the Earth, but it shall be refined.
First, from being a naturall body as it is now it shall bee made by Christ a spirituall body, that is the first endowment, thou shalt cast off thy old Apparell of corruptible flesh and blood, and shalt bee cloathed with robes of glory; it is no contradiction to say a spirituall body, because the Apostle useth the expression, 1 Cor. 15. 44. It is sowne a naturall body, it is raised a spirituall body. There is a naturall body, and there is a spirituall body. The meaning is, the body as it lives here, is a naturall body, needing naturall refreshments; but saith the Apostle, is shall be raised a spirituall body, it shall have no more need of naturall refreshments, which the naturall body requireth ⟨p. 200⟩when it is a spirituall body it stands in no more need of meat, no more need of drinke nor sleep, and other naturall refreshments, it shall bee raised a spirituall body. Mat, 22. 30. For in the resurrection they neither Marry, nor are given in Marriage, but are as the Angels of God in Heaven. The Angels have no need of food, and stand in no need of outward helps, Rev. 7. 15, 16. Therefore are they before the Throne of God, and serve him day and night in his Temple, and hee that sitteth on the Throne shall dwell among them, They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the Sunne light on them, nor any heate. Therefore O beleeving soule, behold thy happiness of soule and body in glory; they shall bee no more standing in need of naturall refreshments then spirits doe; when the Scripture saith that your bodies should be received by Christ. The Platonick Philosophers understand, the body shall bee turned into a spirit, into a ghost, or into winde or aire, but that is not the reason of it, it shall bee of the same substance as it is upon the Earth, but it shall be refined.
