The immortality of the soulThe immortality of the soule

What will it profit a man to win the whole world and to lose his own soul? ¹saith our glorious Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus, the soul of man is a spiritual, immortal,² substance which did flow from God,³ and cannot die with the body, but return to God that gave it, unless it rebel against his Father and Maker, his laws and true Church, and hath no true lively faith to save himself by applying Christs righteousness to himself by a lively faith; then these souls must die the everliving death of torment, but God made the soul of man righteous, but he hath sought to himself many inventions: the bodies of all men must turn to dust again until the day of the Lord come, and then shall the dead hear the voice of the Son of God,⁴ and shall stand up in more strength and spiritual power, and meet our Lord Jesus to be judged, every one according to our faith and works. The body of man hath five senses, seeing hearing, smelling, tasting and feeling; the living and immortal soul hath in him understanding and knowledge, the will and the remembrance, imaginations, the affections and wisdom to rule the senses of the body and the evil lusts of the soul, which join with the body to sinful actions, but let wisdom, and grace and knowledge look up to God for help and strength to withstand them, and as the body hath hands and feet, so hath the living soul in him many faculties: Faith is a virtue of the soul, unbelief is a vice, humility as a virtue of the soul, pride is a vice, the love of God and his