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is a part of humanity. It existed in Adam. Any of his de- 
scendants who possesses it not is not a man : he wants the 
main constituent of humanity. 
39. We have already shown that, though we understand 
not their mode of subsistence, soul and spirit are inseparable ; 
one in essence, however distinct in idea. To possess a rational 
soul is therefore to possess also a rational spirit. 
40. One of the titles by which Moses and Aaron, when 
pleading for Israel, on the rebellion of Korah, address 
Jehovah, is “ The God of the spirits of all flesh ” (Num. xvi. 22). 
On this relationship they base their plea and prevail. Jn the 
same book (xxvii. 16) we have again, in the lips of Moses, 
the same expression. Compare this with the words of Elihu 
(Job xxxii. 8), “ There is a spirit in man,” that is, in man as 
man. Spirit is an integral part of his being. That this is 
the meaning, the sentence, when finished, makes sufficiently 
clear. “ There is a spirit in man : and the inspiration of the 
Almighty giveth them understanding.” 
41. On this point the language of the New Testament is 
equally clear. It recognizes spirit as a part of our humanity. 
“ What man,” asks Paul, “ knoweth the things of a man, save 
the spirit of the man which is in him ? ” “ The spirit of the 
man ” is surely a part of himself. Paul delivered the in- 
cestuous Corinthian to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, 
that his spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord. 
42. If the spirit is something divinely given in regeneration, 
it is holy, and needs not to be saved. The spirit of this man 
needed salvation. We infer, therefore, that it was a part of his 
own fallen humanity. 
43. That spirit is not something breathed into man at his 
conversion, but an original part of himself, is evident from 
the Apostle's prayer for the Thessalonians : “ And the very 
God of peace sanctify you wholly ” — holoteleis, in reference to 
the three departments which follow — “ and may your whole 
spirit, and soul, and body be preserved blameless unto the 
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The words holohleron 
humon, in which pneuma, psyche, and soma all participate, 
greatly strengthen my argument (1 Thess. v. 23). The spirit 
is “your spirit” just as much as the soul is “your soul,” 
or the body “ your body.” As a part of fallen human nature, 
it needs sanctification, and when sanctified, requires, like the 
soul, to be kept from sinning. 
The Rational Psyche survives the Dissolution of the Body. 
44. It is clear that if we have established the essential 
