Hell: I will not be very confident against this exposition; but the text seemeth plainly to speak more.
14. It is also observable, that when John saw his Glorious Re∣velations, he is said to be in the spirit, Revel. 1.10. & 4.2. and to be carried away in the spirit, Rev. 17.3. & 21.10. And when Paul had his Revelations, and saw things unutterable, he knew not whether it were in the body, or out of the body: All imply∣ing, that spirits are capable of these Glorious things, without the help of their bodies.
15. And though it be a Propheticall obscure book, yet it seemes to me, that those words in the Revelations do imply this, where John saw the souls under the Altar, Rev. 6.9. &c.
16. We are commanded by Christ, Not to fear them that can kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, Luk. 12.4. Doth not this plainly imply, That when wicked men have killed our bodies, (that is, separated the souls from them) yet the souls are still alive?
17. The soul of Christ was alive when his body was dead: And therefore so shall ours too. For his created nature was like ours, ex∣cept in sin. That Christs human soul was alive, is a necessary conse∣quent of its hypostaticall union with the Divine nature (as I judg) And by his words to the thief. This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise: so also by his voice on the Cross, Luk. 23.46. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And whether that in, 1 Pet. 3.18, 19. that he went and preached to the spirits in prison, &c. will prove it, I leave to others to judg. Read Illyricus his Ar∣guments in his Clavis Scripturae on this Text. Many think that the opposition is not so irregular, as to put the Dative 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 for 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 as the subject recipent, and the Dative 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 for 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, as the efficient cause: But that it is plainly to be un∣derstood as a regular opposition, that Christ was mortified in the flesh, but vivified in the spirit (that is, in the spirit which is usually put in opposition to this flesh, which is the soul) by which spirit, &c. But I leave this as doubtfull; There's enough besides.
18. Why is there mention of Gods breathing into man the breath of life, and calling his soul a living soul? There is no mention of any such thing in the creating of other creatures: sure therefore this makes some difference between the life of our souls and theirs.