CHAP. IV. FOr the Reader must minde that Witches and all those that doth attain to the Visions and hear Voices within them they do use means to attain unto it also they have some standing Rule or Art by which they come to enquire or to know things that are above that knowledge which is common to other people it is much like unto the ways of God Therefore let the Reader mind the ground-work laid down at the first that the imagination of reason had begotten a son out of the Womb of the seed of reason in man which I call the Mother and Imagination the father and the son that is begotten in the womb of reason by imagination the father is that great wisdom knowledge and power by which they go beyond other people who are of a lower capacity This son is that familiar spirit Witches doth deal with it is another spirit begotten in them which was not in their birth when they were born but begotten in themselves sence by Imagination as aforesaid neither is this familiar spirit produced or doth come from any thing or any devil without them as people do vainly imagin but the familiar spirit it is produced and doth come from within for out of the heart cometh evil thoughts murder adultery c. and all familiar spirits they are all conceived in the heart and being conceived there in its season it bringeth forth such spirits as are conceived in the heart if envy and murder be conceived as it was in Cain then it bringeth forth the spirit or deed of murder if lust be conceived in the heart it bringeth forth the spirit and act of adultery as it did in David and if a familiar spirit be conceived in the heart then it bringeth forth such a spirit that shall speak motional voices within them as if some spirits without them did appear without a body and speak to them and reveal those things unto them Many wicked spirits more then is mentioned are conceived in the hearts of men and women and acted by them spirits essay that were never of Gods Creation but hath been conceived in the minde of man since for when sin is conceived as in James 1.15 When lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death so that there is a conception of sin first in the heart and if it doth not die before it quickens into life that is into act then it bringeth forth death which is the punishment due to such sins that are alive in mans actions after they were conceived in the heart and as the evil of murder adultery and theft is conceived first in the heart so is that familiar spirit witches and wizards have they are first conceived in the mind and in a little season it groweth alive in them and speaketh unto them as if it were without them for this I say that a familiar spirit is conceived and begotten in the heart of man and womâ—n as the other sins aforementioned are and the cause why God is more angry with those that deal with a familiar spirit and hath commanded them to be Put to death more then for other sins conceived in the mind is because they imitate the way of God or the spirit of Prophesie which causeth the people to believe in a meer fiction or shadow without any substance that a spirit may be raised out of the ground without a body and so they forsake the living God who hath a body of his own and gave life to every creature thâ—t hath a body and doth beleeve a lie which hath been conceived in the mind and hath quickned into a familiar spirit and this spirit doth always live within the Witch and not without her and this familiar spirit thus conceived first in the evil minde and afterward quickning in the evil heart it goeth from strength to strength and from one degree of knowledge to a further degree of evil knowledge and evil wisdom as all things else doth that hath life for sin hath life in it and the outward Law causeth sin to revive in every one that doth evil as St. Paul saith Rom. 7.9 thus in some measure the Reader may understand what a familiar spirit is and how it comes to have a being in Witches and Wizards and how the ignorant are partakers with the familiar spirit In the next place I shall shew how those that have a familiar spirit do imitate the way of God or the way of true Prophets observe the way and manner of true Prophets High-Priests and all other people who are richly gifted with the spirit of Prophesie or revelation for the seed of faith planted in the heart is the seed and nature of God as reason is the seed and nature of the Serpent or devil and as the seed of reason is the womb or mother for imagination to get a son So likewise the seed of faith in man is the womb or mother for the revelation of faith to beget a son out of the seed of saith answerable as the Imagination doth out of the seed of reason And this son the revelation hath begotten out of the seed of faith is that heavenly wisdome discerning knowledge and power over the spirits of others and knowledge of things above the Stars and knoweth the true God in forme and nature with many other heavenly secrets which none else can know but those that believe them So that the Revelation of faith hath begotten this heavenly wisdom power and glory out of the seed of faith which is the seed of God even of his divine nature and this wisdom power and glory is that son or spirit by which all Prophets High-Priests Apostles and others that have it I say this is that by which they can truly divine by in that they can foretel truly what shall come to pass according to the knowledge of the revelation of faith and this wisdome and knowledge being produced by revelation out of the womb of the seed of faith it may and is called the spirit of God in man that doth teach and shew the wisdom of God to others so that others cometh to be taught and subjected by it to their great peace here and eternal Joy hereafter CHAP. V. ANd this spirit of wisdom knowledge and power which is produced by the revelation as aforesaid it hath motional voices in the Conscience as the familiar spirit hath in the evil Conscience but the motional voices in a good conscience speaketh peace likewise this motional voice in Prophets High Priests Apostles and others is that by which they do foretel things by whether it be good or bad that shall befal those that shall enquire Also the spirit of revelation hath a standing rule to inquire by as those have that doth tell things by a familiar spirit as I said before for the Witches doth imitate the way of Prophets and the devils way is as like Gods way as he can Now let the Reader minde and
him from it but the people must be numbered and this was that Satan in David and no spirit without him So Job 1.6 The sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan câ—me also among them To this I say the book of Job is no Scripture neither are men to build their faith upon it because the book of Job was written before Moses therefore no Scripture for Moses his writing is the first foundâ—tion of Scripture Yet this I do confess that Job was a good and faithful man and because he was afflicted by Satan and Satan is spoken of in several places of Scripture yet none of them did declare what this Satan is therefore I shall declare now what that Satan was that came among the sons of God I declare the sons of God they were the sons of Job who feasted their three sisters as you may read They were called the sons of God because they were that good and faithful man Jobs sons as the sons of Seth were called the sons of God and they looked upon the daughters of men and saw that they were fair c. as you may read in Genesis Now that Satan came amongst them when they presented themselves before the Lord it was the spirit of reason in Jobs seven sons when they feasted their three sisters they were moved in their minds to voluptuousness drunkenness and lust as the rest of the Heathen were where they lived so that they did wickedness in the absence of Job their father and Job fearing in their wickedness his sons had cursed God in their hearts as you may see in the verse before So Job caused his sons to present themselves before the Lord and to worship the Lord as it was the manner for Job to do in those times and Satan came with them that is the spirit of reason in his sons came with them reasoning in themselves why should their father Job reprove them for their wickedness in their feasts this was that Satan that came amongst them for he was in them and no other Satan but what was within them And this is that Satan that goeth to and fro in the earth to tempt and destroy those that are faithful so that this spirit of reason this Satan it goeth to and fro in the earth to tempt and destroy the faithful It was that Satan that did motion the Sabeans and Chaldeans to take away Jobs oxen and slay his servants as they were plowing and fired the sheep and burnt up Jobs servants and the Chaldaeans came with a band of men seeing Jâ—b smitten and destroyed by the Sabeans and they came with three bands of men and destroyed the camels and the rest of his servants For this must be minded that in those times there was no Law to deliver or help the innocent but he that had the strongest sword carried the day And the Lord for trial of Jobs faith and patience and for a patern for the ages to come he suffered the spirit of unclean reason in the Sabeans and Chaldaeans to go to and fro in the earth to stir up their people to destroy Job and all his house and cattel Also God suffered the natural wind to blow down the house where Jobs sons were feasting and destroyed them according to the desire of the spirit of unclean reason in the Sabeans and Chaldaeans For the sons of Job were wicked children though called the sons of God And last of all the spirit of unclean reason in Jobs wife was that Satan that tempted Job to curse God and die so that there is no other spirit or Satan without man but that Satan spoken of in Job it was the spirit of unclean reason in the minds of the Sabeans Chaldaaeeans and in Jobs wife and sons that was that Satan and no other And as for those disputes God had with Satan and Satan with God it was nothing else but the motions of Jobs heart passing through his troubled soul the seed of faith disputed in him for God persuading him to be patient and let that have its perfect work and so hope did increase in him and the seed of reason which was Satan in him as well as in others it pleaded against God reasoning in him as if God did not do well or justly by him that had been so righteous in his life one who never did no wrong to his neighbour but always feâ—â—ed God yet that God should suffer the wicked to destroy his cattel and servants and suffer the wind to blow down his house and destroy his children and not onely so but suffer his body to break out with boils and botches most loâ—thsom as if he had been the greatest sinner in the world so that he thought that God dealt more cruelly with him then with any other creature And further he thought God dealt hardly with him that he would neither take away his life that he might die out of this troubled mind and pains of body nor restore him to health These and such like reasonings and thoughts passed through Jobs troubled soul even from the spirit or seed of reason in him which is the dispute of Satan for as the seed of faith in Job disputed for God so did the seed of reason in Job dispute for Satan for there is no other Satan but what is in man as I said before So in Zach. 3.1 here Zachariah the Prophet saw in a vision the redempttion of the seed of faith by Christ under the type of Joshua the High priest standing before the Angel of the Lord and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him This High priest was Christ cloathed with filthy garments when he became flesh when on eaeth he appeared unto men to be clothed in filthy garments being so mean and hâ—d not a place to lay his head yet professed himself to be the Son of God the High priest that should offer up himself for to save his people for High priests in former times did appear to the people with rich and glorious garments but this High priest doth appear to the seed of reason to be clothed in filthy garments not fit as reason thinks to stand before the Angel of the Lord. And this Satan that stands at his right hand to resist him it was the spirit of unclean reason in those people of the Jews when Christ was upon earth and when that Deviâ— that tempted Christ spoken of in Matthew disputed with Christ he resisted the High priest and stood at Christs right hand at that time and this Devil that tempted Christ it was a man endued with an high pitch of reason and that spirit of reason or wisdom of reason in that man that tempted Christ the High priest it was Satan that strove to resist Christ in dispute whereupon Christ said Get thee hence Satan This Satan was a man and the spirit of reason in this man is that Satan that always resisteth the wisdom of faith which is the wisdom of God But this hath been more largely treated upon in our other writings so I shall speak no moâ—e of that devil and his temptations here So in Matth. 16.23 Christ said unto Peter Get thee behind me Satan Here you see Peter is called Satan because it was the spirit of reason in Peter that said Master pity thy self that is the thoughts of Peters heart they did savour of the fleshly part that is those motions to persuade Christ to save himself from death they did arise from the seed of reason in Peter therefore called Satan for there was no new spirit that came into Peter at that time to cause him to speak those words but those words proceeded from the seed of reason in him as aforesaid therefore called Satan And wheresoever that expression is used as Peter said himself in the Acts Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie unto the Holy Ghost that is why hath the motions of reason in thee persuaded thy heart to tell a lie unto us that have the Holy Ghost in us So the Reader may clearly see that there is no other Satan to tempt God or Man but the motions and words that proceed from the seed of reason in man and woman So in Luke 10.18 And Christ said unto his disciples I beheld Satan as lightening fall from heaven This Christ spake because his disciples rejoyced that the Devils were subject to them The meaning of Christ was that he saw the spirit of reason that was in the Rulers of the Jews very high in the righteousness of the Law of Moses even as if they were in Heaven thinking in themselves that none could be more happy and surer of Heaven and peace with God then they that kept to the Law of Moses Now Christ knowing that this righteousness of the Jews should be thrown down by the righteousness of faith which his Apostles should preâ—ch therefore he saw by faith that the spirit of reason in the Rulers of the Jews should fall like lightening from Heaven and so it did and the disciples of Christ should by the doctrine and righteousness of faith tread upon serpents and upon their persecution and upon their righteousness of the Law of Moses and upon all that which did fall like lightening from Heaven they should tread upon Satan that is upon the very wisdom of reason the Devil This is the true meaning of Christ when he beheld Satan fall from Heaven like lightening and what Satan is so much spoken of in Scripture Much more might be said to enlarge this point but I have spoken more already then I did intend but I suppose there is enough written here in short to satisfie those that can understand by a little what a great deal means And also people may know when they speak of Satan what Satan is and when they speak of the Devil they may know what the Devil is So much concerning the interpretation of Satan and the conclusion of this Epistle written by Lodowick Muggleton FINIS
Man from eternity and his spirit was never divided nor separated from his body but they were both eternal So likewise is it with Angels and Men and all other creatures whereever the spirit of life is there is bodies of life also let it be either in spiritual bodies or in natural bodies For if the body of either of these be dead the spirit is dead also and if the spirit be dead either in spiritual body or natural body the body is dead also for the one cannot have any sensible being without the other And further I say that they weâ—e both together spirit and body from eternity in God the Creator and he hath ordered and created all his creatures both celestial and terrestrial that spirit and body should be one living being and that one should not subsist nor have no sensible being without the other even as God himself could not enjoy no sensible living being without a body he knowing this in himself Therefore he created all his creatures spiritual and natural with bodies sutable to their spirits and spirits sutable to their bodies so that one might not be divided nor separated from the other for if one dieth the other dieth and if the spirit live the body liveth also For this I say that if the spirit of God himself could not be without a body from eternity how then is it possible that his creatures should have spirits without bodies seeing he himself his spirit could not have any being without his body from eternity But this conceit that the spirit or soul of man is immortal and cannot die and may have a being without a body and appear in a shape without any substance this vain conceit proceeded first from the imagination of reason in man even from Cain the first devil in flesh and bone And this imagination in Cain his posterity being heathen men who had no communion with God nor revelation of faith as the sons of Adam and the sons of Sâ—â—h the generation of the righteous had they knew that the spirit and body was all one substance But the imagination of reason Cain his poherity the heathen opinion do imagine the spirit of man to be immortal and cannot dies and that spirits may appear in shapes without bodies and that spirits may go out of the body and go to heaven or hell and leave the body to be laid in the ground as the Quakers and others do And this imagination of reason in man hath created to it self a 〈◊〉 creation which God never created Man hath created and made in his imagination a spirit without a body and that this spirit so created is immortal and cannot die nor is not capable of death that it can slip out of the body and that it can have a being when it is gone out of the body and appear in a shape without substance or hath power to assume what shape it please and yet this shape it doth assume shall have no substance yet it shall appear in a shape and fright people And the imagination of reason in man hath created man in his own image and likeness as God did Adam as thus First he hath conceived in his imaginatâ—on that God is a spirit without a body Secondly he conceiveth in his imagination that the Devil is a spirit flying in the air which can neither be seen nor felt yet this Devil or spirit without a body doth tempt man to evil whereby man is punished and the tempter he is escaped away without punishment Also it is conceived by the imagination that this Devil or spirit is in hell fire and in chains of darkness and can go no further then God will permit him because his chain is no longer then God hath limited him Also it is conceived in the imagination notwithstanding the Devil is chained and in hell fiâ—e tormented yet he being a spirit without a body he is so swift that he can be in all places at one time so that he can tempt thoâ—sands of men and women to sin at one and the same time and they themselves never the wiser nor know him when he tempted them All this the imaginary Devil can do and much more and yet be in hell fire and tied in a chain at the same time and all but one Devil a spirit without a body Also the the imagination hath conceived that the soul of man is a spirit infused or put into the body by God himself and that man begets the body but not the soul or life of man that is conceived to be immortal or a spirit that is so invisible that cannot be seen nor known what it is and that it can live of it self when it is gone out of the body Thus the imagination of reason the devil hath created its own soul in its own image and likeness and this hath been the occasion of producing of familiar spirits and of dealing with those that have a familiar spirit being conformed to the very image of the devil Many things more of the like nature might be said in this point But here the Reader may see if there be any true light of faith in him how the imagination of reason in man hath created spirits without bodies and that the Devil is a bodyless spirit and in hell fire and in a chain of darkness and yet at liberty at the same time to tempt people and in hell fire and yet out of the fire when he pleaseth and that he may be câ—lâ—ed out of hell or out of the ground when a Witch by her familiar spirit doth call and that he shall appear in any shape they wiâ—l have him yet he shall have no body nor substance but a mere shadow yet this shadow shall speak with a low voice or speech out of the ground as if speech could proceed from a shadow without substance So that the imagination of the heart of man hath created to it self a devil thâ—t God never created and the imagination of mans heart hath created his own soul in the image and likeness of the devil that is to say a spirit without a body and that a spirit without a body may be capable of joy or sorrow and that a spirit may subsist and have a being injoy or sorrow without a body which thing is impossible But observe the creation that the imagination of man hath created to himself for it is the nature of imagination of reason the devil he always creates spirits without bodies but God the Creator he always creates spirits and bodies together for God never created any spirit without a body for when God made man after his own image and likeness he made him with a body as wel as a pirit else man could not be made in the image and likeness of God if God had not had a body of his own as well as a spirit So that Adam was made or created in the image and likeness of God for Adam had a visiâ—le body and spirit undivided
and unseparable one from the other they were but one visible sensible being and when the life was dead the body was dead and when the body is really dead the spirit and life was and is dead also and both are laid in the ground together as is declared in all our writings but more especially in that book entituled The Mâ—rtality of the Soul CHAP. X. ALso I do further declare that God did never create any spirit without a body neither of Angels nor Men nor no other creature neither in Heaven above nor in the Earth beneath nor in the Waters under the earth There is no spirit or life whatsoever that is created of God but it hath a body to that life or spirit but if a spirit have any being without a body that spirit is none of Gods creation for God never created any spirit whatsoever without a body as I said before But the imagination of reason in man which is the devil hath created all creatures in the imagination to have spirits without bodies both of Angels above and Man here on earth and all creatures upon the earth and in the waters that have the breath of life the imagination of reason saith their spirits may subsist without bodies or go out of those bodies they have and enter into other bodies and appear in the shape of a body and yet be of no substance so that the Devils creation is all of spirits without bodies and Gods creation is all with bodies and spirits together And this darkness hath overspread the nature of man all the world over which is the occasion of that opinion of houses and places being hanted with evil spirits and spirits walking without bodies and deaâ—ing with familiâ—r spirits that peep and mutter and whisper as it were out of the ground These things and many more are produced by the imagination of the heart of man for the imagination of mans heart is evil and continually evil for it hath given a being to spirits without bodies to fright it self to that which hath no being of it self For I declare and perfectly know that there is no such thing as spirits to walk without bodies nor assume any shape after death nor be raised out of the ground by any Witch or any familiar spirit whatsoever it is all produced out of the dâ—rk imagination of the heart where ignorance beareh rule for there is no such thing can be presented but to the ignorant and dark-minded people Thus I have given the Reader to understand something more concerning the power of Witches and how they may be said to raise spirits out of the ground and from whence that low speech doth come with those Scriptures opened that speak as if a familiar spirit did hear whispering out of the dust Also I have given the interpretation of that in Samuel concerning the Witch of Endor and those places of Scripture in Isaiah these places are the most concerning spirits being raised without bodies of any in the Scriptures but there have been some other places of Scripture that do seem to carry a shew as if spirits might rise again without bodies and I have been desired by some to open those Scriptures that seem to tend to that purpose though the common and general objection amongst all people is that of the Witch of Endor and King Saul which I have opened before yet for the further satisfaction of the Reader I shall open and interpret the other places objected that seem to tend to the same thing The places of Scripture are three the first is Isa 61 1. the wordâ— are these The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound So Luke 4.88 the words in Luke are much to the same purpose and little difference onele that which Isaiah did prophesie of it was fulfilled by Christ in his time So the first Epistle of Peter chap. 3. and 18 19 20. verses the words are these For Christ also hath once suffered for sin the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the Spirit Verse 19. By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison Verse 20. Which sometime were disobedient when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was a 〈◊〉 wheâ—â—in few that is eight souls were saved by water CHAP. XI AS for thâ—t saying of the Prophet Isaiah it was a prophecy of Christ that he should be anointed to preach glad tidings unto the meek and that he was sent to bind up the broken-hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound This prophecy was fulfilled when he was upon earth as may plainly appear by those words in Luke aforementioned Also the Reader may understand that these places of Scripture have no relation at all to the raising of spirits without bodies nor of spirits being in prison nor delivered out of prison by the power of Christ without bodies But the meaning is this that the Spirit of the Lord Almighty was upon Christ and in him and did anoint him to preach glad tidings of salvation to the meek in heart who did believe in him and trusted in his words all such as were broken-hearted who were led captive by the error ignorance and darkness of the mind he came to proclaim liberty to the spirit of man who was in captivity and to open the prison door of mens hearts For this I say all mens spirits by nature are shut up in the prison of spiritual darkness in the mind and are lead captive by the ignorance of truth so that the spirit or soul of man is shut up prisoner in the body of man untill the true God and Saviour hath been preached to them as it was by Christ himself when on earth he was anointed to preach glad tidings of salvation and he anointed his Apostles to preach glad tidings of peace to men and to open the prison and to deliver the captive out of captivity and to set the spirits of many that were in a prison of darkness in their own minds go free this prophecy was fulfilled at that time by Christ and his Apostles in their Commission But the same captivity and prison of darkness is now upon the spirits of all men as it was at that time for this I say and many people can witness that their spirits have been shut up prisoners in spiritual darkness in their own bodies untill the the true God and Saviour hath been preached unto them by his last messengers For this I declare that those words of the Prophet Isaiah they were spoken with relation to a spiritual liberty and to a spiritual captivity of the mind or spirit of man
and not to a natural captivity Neither was it meant the opening of the natural prison doors to them that were bound by the Powers of the nations but the doors of mens hearts were opened at the preaching of Christ and his Apostles in that light and life and salvation was preached unto them that whoever believed that this Jesus is the Christ the Saviour of the world should be saved and delivered from the fear of eternal death so that the soul of man that was lead captive into prison and bound in chains of darkness and strong doors lockt fast to keep the spirit of man in prison by the works of the Law and the expounders of the Law before Christ came the spirit of reason in them did lead the generality of people their spirits into spiritual captivity and shut them up in prison and tied their spirits up in the observation of the Ceremonial Law of Moses Which was as chains of darkness and not onely so but shut the door of hope upon them so that there was no hope to be saved in them but by observing the Law aforesaid which Paul calls beggerly rudiments Gal. 3. So that this spiritual captivity and being bound in prison and the doors being shut it was the spirits of people that were captives and prisoners in their own bodies kept by the Legal and ceremonial righteousness of the Law of Moses and when Christ came to preach and to give power to his Apostles to preach the Gospel of truth both to Jew and Gentile then was the dore of hope opened in peoples hearts and many that were bound in prison whose spirits were led captive they were set at liberty from that bondage of the Ceremonial Law wherein they were bound and brought out of that prison of darkness in the mind into the glorious light and life of faith by the preaching of Christ and his Apostles Then was this prophecy of Isaiah fulfilled in the Apostles commission then was liberty preached to the spirits of many that were bound and in prison in their own minds the word of faith preached unto them it opened a door of hope of deliverance from the bondage of the Law as aforesaid wherewith they were bound so that by faith they had in Christ their chains fell off their feet and darkness of their understanding so that they were at perfect liberty and delivered out of prison and the prison door of hope in Christ being opened all true believers in Christ were set at liberty free from captivity and out of that spiritual prison of darkness into the glorious liberty of the sons and daughters of God for ever and ever So is it now in this commission of the spirit we the witnesses of the spirit have preached glad tidings of salvation and have opened the prison doors of mens hearts and have let many out of that spiritual prison that were bound to the righteousness set up by the imagination of reason now in these last days who were led captive by their own traditions and kept in prison in their own bodies for many years but by the declaration of truth in all our writings and our speakings many people have been delivered out of captivity and out of prison their spirits have been let loose out of the chains of darkness because the door of their hearts hath been opened by the word of faith in the true God which we have preached and written this many can witness at this day the truth of it So that now that Scripture is fulfilled again in these last days and this is the true meaning of the Prophet Isaiah in those words concerning opening the prison and giving liberty to the captives that were imprisoned in their own bodies by the conceptions of the imaginations of their own hearts So that there is not the least colour or ground from those words for the reason of man to think that spirits may be let out of prison without bodies or that the spirit of Christ did preach to any spirit in prison without his body CHAP. XII ANd as for those words of Peter aforenamed where he saith Christ was put to death in the flesh but quickened by the Spirit by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison which sometime were disobedient when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was a preparing c. The meaning of those words are as followeth that Christ was put to death in the body of his own flesh this is confessed by most people that profess the Scriptures of truth but very few do truly believe that the soul or spirit of Christ did die or was put to death at all notwithstanding the Scripture saith that He poured out his soul unto death and he himself saith His soul was heavy unto death Therefore that the Reader may understand what is meant in that Christ was put to death in the flesh but quickened by the spirit mind I declare that it was the soul or spirit of Christ which was the Godhead life that dwelt in that body of flesh and bone of Christ for as the Scripture saith In him all the fulness of the Godhead dwelt bodily and this Godhead life that dwelt in the body of Christs flesh it was put to death in the body of Christs flesh and the same Godhead life that was put to death in the body of his flesh and when Christs body was crucified upon the cross then was the soul and life of Christ or the Godhead life did die and was put to death in that flesh of Christ for that flesh of Christ was God become flesh as the Scripture saith and the soul and life of Christ was the soul and life of God And When Christ poured out his soul unto death it was the Godhead life that was poured out unto death so that the Godhe d spirit was put to death and did die in the flesh of Christ when he was crucified But this Godhead life which was put to death in the flesh of Christ it quickened again where it was put to death even in the same flesh where it was put to death And in its quickening agâ—in it raised the same flesh again and so spiritualized the same flesh that suffered and made it uncapable to suffer death any more For this I say no spirit or life that is put to death whatsoever could possibly quicken again in the same body but the life of God onely so that Christ must needs be God as well as Man for it was Christ that was put to death in the flesh and the same life that was put to death and did die that which did die did quicken again and so is called a quickening spirit Now observe it cannot properly be called a quickening spirit if it had not been once dead for if the spirit and life of Christ did not die nor was not dead then I say there was no need that this spirit and life should quicken again