not raise the dead childe to life again, for it cannot properly be said he raised the dead child to life, if the soul of the child was not dead, but slipt out of the body, and lived in some o••her place without any body at all, if the soul went to God while it was ab∣sent from the body, sure God would never have parted with the innocent soul of the childe agai••.
And I know, that Elijah would not have done the child so much wrong, as to pray to God to send the childs soul from heaven a∣gain to this earth, for the chil••e to suffer another sickness, and another turning out of t••e body afterwards, as Penn doth vainly imagine; but the thing is clear, where true light is in the under∣standing, that Elijah did raise the Child, whose soul was absolute∣ly dead in the body of the child to life again, and Elijah by the power of fa th and prayer, for he prayed in faith, and whatso∣ever he asked in faith he received; and he asked this of God, that he might have power to raise the soul of this child that was dead to life again, and it was granted him; the Prophet Elisha did the same thing to another childe afterward, so that nothing is more sure then that the life and soul of man is mortal, and doth die with the body, and cannot be separated one from the o∣ther; this is the ttue interpretation and meaning of this place of Scripture.
Thirdly, Penn quotes Luke 12 4. The words are these, And I say unto you, my Friends, Be not afraid of them that can kill the body, and after that havt no more that they can do.
Answer, The meaning is, that Christ did forewarn his disciples not to be afraid of persecu••ion for his s••ke, nor of death it self, for he knew that some of them should suff••r death for their faith in him; for they can put you to deat•• but once, that is the fi st death, or natural death, and when they have done so, there is no more that they can do, so that the fi••st death they can put you to is counted but as killing the body, b••cause they cannot kill your