The soule then, which is the inner man, spirit, and the very true man which liveth properly, for the body hath no life of it selfe, nor motion; and is nothing else but as it were the barke and clothing of the inner man, according to _Zohar_, alledging that out of the 10 of _Job_ 11. _Thou hast clothed me with skinne and flesh_; whereunto that in the 6. of S. _Matthew_ seemeth to agree, where to shew us how much the soule ought to bee in greater recommendation then the body, as more worthy and pretious; our Saviour saith, _Take no care then how to cloth your body, is not your body better then raiment?_ and by consequent, the soule more then the body, since the body is but as it were the vestment of the soule, which is subject to perish, and to use, (_all shall wax old as doth a garment_.) And the Apostle in the 1 to the _Corinthians_, _The old man falleth away, but the inner man is renewed dayly_; for it washeth it selfe (according to _Zohar_) by the fire, as doth a _Salamander_, and the outward man by water, with Soaps and Lees that consist of Salts. Of which two manners of repurging, it is thus said in the 31. of _Numb. v._ 23. _All that which shall support the fire, shall be purged thereby, and that which cannot beare it, shall be sanctified by the water of Purification_; which was a figure of that which the Fore-runner spake in the 3. of _Matthew_, _It is true that I baptize you with water unto repentance, but he that comes after mee, shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with Fire_.