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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Resp. It doth not oppose Reason, but transcend it. There are some Resemblances of the Resurrection in Nature. The Corn which is sown in the ground dies before it springs up, 1 Cor. 15.36. That which thou sowest is not quickened except it dye. In Winter the Fruits of the Earth dye, in Spring there is a Resurrection of them. Noah's Olive-tree springing after the Flood, was a lively Emblem of the Resurrection. After the Passion of our Lord, many of the Saints which slept in the Grave, arose, Matt. 27.52. God can more easily raise the Body out of the Grave, than we can wake a Man out of sleep.
Resp. It doth not oppose Reason, but transcend it. There are some Resemblances of the Resurrection in Nature. The Corn which is sown in the ground dies before it springs up, 1 Cor. 15.36. That which thou sowest is not quickned except it dye. In Winter the Fruits of the Earth dye, in Spring there is a Resurrection of them. Noah's Olive-tree springing after the Flood, was a lively Emblem of the Resurrection. After the Passion of our Lord, many of the Saints which slept in the Grave, arose, Matt. 27.52. God can more easily raise the Body out of the Grave, than we can wake a Man out of sleep.
Object. 2. But when the Dust of many are mingled together, How is it possible that a Separation should be made, and the same numerical Body arise?
Resp. If we believe God can Create, then he can distinguish the dust of one Body from another. Do we not see the Chemist can, out of several Metals mingled together, as Gold, Silver, Alchemy, extract the one from the other, the Silver from the Gold, the Alchemy from the Silver, and can reduce every Metal to its own kind? And shall we not much more believe, that when our Bodies are mingled and confounded with other Substances, the wise God is able to make an Extraction, and re-invest every Soul with its own Body?