Page 302
Of Parts and Wholes.
Fellow Students,
THe Question in the School at this time is, whether a Part taken from a Whole, re∣mains a Part after the Dividing or Separating, or becomes a VVhole of it Self, when it is Divi∣ded; Some are of the Opinion, that after a Part is Divided from the Whole, it is no longer a Part of such a Whole, either of Figure or Mat∣ter, but is a Whole of it Self; but if it be as we believe, that the Bodies of Men shall have a Resurrection, then it Proves that the several Divided, Separated, and Dispersed Parts, with their Joyning and Consistent Motions and Es∣sential Powers, shall Meet and Joyn to make the Whole Body; which Proves, that although Parts be Separated, yet they are Parts of such, or such a Whole Body or Figure; also they re∣main distinctly in Nature, as Parts to such a Body, otherwise they could not Return at the Resurrection so Readily, to Compose the VVhole by the Joyning and Uniting of every Part into One Whole Body. But to Conclude, as all Creatures are Parts of Infinite Matter, so the Divided Parts of every Creature are Parts the Whole Figur, or Body of every Crea∣ture and as there is Infinite Matter, so Infinite Creatures, and Infinite Parts, and Infinite Fi∣gures Of every and In every Part and Whole.