andthenwhatwastheirconditioninthatstate?Andagain,howdoesithappen,onthissupposition,thatthisspiritineachindividualexhibitssolargelythementalandmoraltraitsoftheearthlyparents?Thesehypothesesnotbeingverysatisfactory,willitbeclaimedthatGodcreatesthesespiritsasfastaschildrenareborntoneedthem?andifso,whobringsthemdownjustinthenickoftime?andbywhatprocessaretheyincarnated?
ButifGodhas,byspecialact,createdasoulorspiritforeverymemberofthehumanfamilysinceAdam,isitnotacontradictionofGen。2:2,whichdeclaresthatallGod’sworkofcreation,sofarasitpertainstothisworld,wascompletedbythecloseofthefirstweekoftime?
Again,howmanyoftheinhabitantsofthiseartharetheoffspringofabandonedcriminality;andcanitbesupposedthatGodholdshimselfinreadinesstocreatesoulswhichmustcomefromhishandspureasthedewofheaven,tobethrustintosuchviletenements,anddoomedtoalifeofwretchednessandwoeatthebiddingofPage47defiantlust?Theirreverenceofthequestionwillbepardonedasanexposureoftheabsurdityofthattheorywhichnecessitatesit。
3。TheSpiritsofJustMenMadePerfect。——ThisexpressionisfoundinHeb。12:23,andseems,bysome,torecognizetheideathatspiritscanexistwithoutthebody,andaretobetreatedasseparateentities。
ThusinterpreteditmightappeartogivesomesupporttoSpiritualism。