"When, therefore, the Fourth Article affirms that
*' i Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again

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" ' His Body, with flesh, bones, and all things pertaining
" ' to the perfection of man's nature, ■wherewith He ascended
" ' into Heaven,' it does not at all follow that the phrase,
" ' His body, with flesh and bones,' connotes the same
"thing as it does in the case of our bodies. In fact, it
"cannot do so; for 'flesh and blood cannot inherit the
"'kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit in-
"' corruption.' Our Lord's Body possesses, of course, 'all
" ' things pertaining to the perfection of man's nature.' But
" it is certain that flesh and blood, bone and muscle, do not
" belong ' to the perfection of man's nature.' They belong
" to the region of decay and death, and therefore our Lord
"has them not. The terms may express the nearest ap-
"proach which our minds can now make to the conception
"of a spiritual body; but they cannot be pressed literally
" without violence both to Holy Scripture and to right
"reason."

I have given the whole of this remarkable passage in
order that I may escape the danger of quoting only that
which may seem to suit my purpose. I will however now
repeat the clauses which are fuU of moment. " "Whatever
" is meant by the Plesh and Bones of our Lord's B,esurrec-
" tion-Body, they are generically different from our flesh and
" bones." In a note the writer says (as I have quoted also)
that His Body was " supernatural and therefore independent
" of the laws of nature." " Even before His Resurrection
" our Lord's Body appears to have possessed properties
" which ours do not possess, or possess only in germ. 