Tliis is evident from the fact that the Lord ap-
peared to the disciples, in a room, when the door
was shut, and vanished from their sight, without
leaving them in the ordinary way. This shows that
material substances formed no obstruction to His
passage. His body, even to His flesh and bones, was
made divine. It possessed all the infinite perfec-
tions of His essential being before the incarnation.
The same analogous change was wrought in the
human nature derived from Mary, that would be
wrought in the material body of any man, if it could
be so purified and perfected in every respect that it
acted spontaneously and in perfect harmony with
the soul ; offering no obstruction to it, and fully
carrying out into ultimate effect every desire. In
such a state of perfection the body and soul would
be one, as the Father and Son are one.
The idea of mediation and intercession, as involved
in this doctrine, is not that which exists between
one person and another, but that of an instrumen-
tality'provided for the accomplishment of some pur-



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pose whicli could not be effected without it. The
principle can be illustrated by innumerable things
in nature and human life. The magnetic telegraph
is perhaps as good as any. Men living remote from
each other desire to communicate their thoughts
and aflFections. They cannot do it by the ordinary
methods. But there is a messenger which travels
almost as swift as thought. It must, however,
have a peculiar path. It cannot travel every road.
