The Immortality of the Soul, Part 1
THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOULE: The Excellencie of CHRIST JESVS, treated on. Wherein the faithfull people of God may finde comfort for their Souls.
By T. H.
Publiſhed according to Order.
LONDON, Printed in the yeer 1645.
THE IMMORTALITY OF The SOƲLE.
What will it profit a man to win the whole world and to loſe his own ſoule? Mat. 16.26.ſaith our glorious Lord and Saviour Chriſt Jeſus, the ſoule of man is a ſpirituall, immortall,Pſal. 31.8. ſubſtance which did flow from God,Eccleſ. 22.7. and cannot die with the body, but returne to God that gave it, unleſſe it rebell againſt his Father and Maker, his laws and true Church, and hath no true lively faith to ſave himſelfe by applying Chriſts righteouſneſſe to himſelfe by a lively faith; then theſe ſouls muſt die the everliving death of torment, but God made the ſoule of man righteous, but he hath ſought to himſelfe many inventions: the bodies of all men muſt turn to duſt again untill the day of the Lord come, and then ſhall the dead heare the voice of the Sonne of God,Luke 23.43. and ſhall ſtand up in more ſtrength and ſpirituall power, and meet our Lord Jeſus to be judged, every one according to our faith and workes. The body of man hath five ſenſes, ſeeing hearing, ſmelling, taſting and feeling; the living and immortall ſoule hath in him underſtanding and knowledge, the will and the remembrance, imaginptions, the affections and wiſdome to rule the ſenſes of the body and the evill luſts of the ſoule, which joyne with the body to ſinfull actions, but let wiſdome, and grace and knowledge look hp to God for help and ſtrength to withſtand them, and as the body hath hands and feet, ſo hath the living ſoule in him many faculties: Faith is a vertue of the ſoule, unbeliefe is a vice, humility as a vertue of the ſoule, pride is a vice, the love of God and his Saints a vertue of the ſoule, hatred a vice, zeal for Gods glory and true worſhip a vertue of the ſoule, cold…eſſe a vice, … a vertue lying a vice there i… a vertue, …nely a vice … a ver…e of the ſoule, envie a vice, thankfulneſſe a vertue of the ſoule, unthankfulneſſe a vice, bounty and freeneſſe of minde of the gifts which we have received of God, riches or knowledge are both of them a vertue of the ſoule, covetouſneſſe, and hiding Gods talems in the earth, avice ſpealing honourably of God, and of the word of God, a vertue of the ſoule: ſwearing curſing, blaſphemie, and mocking of the word of God, great vices of the ſoule: wit, policy, valour, ſound judgement and diſcerning of ſpirits are Gods good gifts, and ſhould be uſed well: th…s the ſoule, the ſpirituall ſubſtance, the immortall ſoule, the holy Image of God before mans fall, which God did breath into man and made him righteous and excellent in knowledge, but now the children of wrath by Adams fall and originall ſin, but the ſoules of the faithfull are renewed by Jeſus Chriſt our glorious Lord and Saviour, and ſhall be made perfect in heaven for ever more: For the ſoules of the Saints ſhall ſodainly come from heaven again to the body in love and peace, ſaying, as it were, Ariſe, my loving friend and dear companion, the day of Chriſt our King is come, the darke winter of trouble and ſorrow perſecution, ſickneſſe, poverty and death it ſelfe is gons, come ſee thy glorious Lord and Saviour Chriſt Jeſus which redeemed thee, with all his holy companion of Saints and Angels, come lift up thy head and receive thy acquistance from all thy ſins, and live in glory for ever. But ungodly, faithleſſe men which have done ill, griefe, the worme of conſcience ſhall bite them, ſaying, who ſhall hide us from the wrath of the Judge? but the godly redeemer ſhall comfort them ſaying Come yee bleſſed of my Father, receive and eternall Kingdome, and enter into jour Maſters joy: All Glory, and thanks, and prayſe be unto God, for all his free merciemercy and gifts, both now and for ever more.