The true Christ owned as he is, true God and perfect man containing an answer to a late pamphlet having this title The Quakers creed concerning the man Christ Jesus &c. writ by a nameless author : which pamphlet containeth many gross lies and wilful perversions beside some other great mistakes occasioned by the author his ignorance and blindness / by George Keith.

Pamphlet Animad. 20.

I query here, whe∣ther, besides this Nishma, Adam had a Ra∣tional Soul, which was the Root of his ani∣mal Senses, and discursive parts; and whether this that was breathed into Adam, was the Cen∣ter of the Soul of Christ or some ray only; it should be the Center, in that Nishma, is the excellency (the Author saith) of this Soul?

Answ.

The darkness and perversness of Spi∣rit that is in this Author of the Pam∣phlet, causeth him to ask many unnecessary questions, which a Child of an ordinary clear understanding, might resolve, accor∣ding to the Principles laid down in my book: and although I have condescended in free∣dom, to answer many of his questions, espe∣cially, such as have any weight in them, for further clearing the Truth, yet diverse others, I purposely forbear to answer, seeing they neither tend to edification, nor serve to clear the Truth: But to these at present mentioned by me, as above, I answer briefly, Adam (beside that Divine Nishma, or Soul of Christ) had also, a Rational Soul, as we also have, and all men; but the Center of the Divine Nish∣ma,

or Soul of Christ, was not breathed into Adam, nor into any man, besides Christ him∣self; nor doth it follow, that it should be the Center, which was breathed into him, because the Nishma is the excellency of his Soul a∣bove ours: I say, this reason doth not hold, for not only the Center, but also that ema∣nation or ray of the Divine Soul of Christ, that is in us, is exceedingly more excellent, than our Souls.

Moreover, whereas he argueth, that if Adam had a proper Nephefh, that then he was a more compleat man, then Jesus Christ of Nazareth; I deny the confequence, for Christ hath all the Essential perfection of mans whole Soul and Body, elther Virtually or formally, even as man hath Virtually or formally all the Essentials, resembling the Sensitive Soul of a Beast, that belong to per∣fect it, as an animal, or living Creature; but yet he hath some what more: all which proveth not, that a beast is a more com∣pleat animal, or living Creature, than a man.