6. Therefore to conclude, these arguments do sufficiently and evidently prove that Angels are either Corporeal, or have bodies united unto them, which is all one to our purpose whether way soever it be taken. To which only we shall add these authorities; and first S. _Bernard_ tells us thus much rendered into English. “Therefore (he saith) as we render unto God alone true immortality, so also incorporeity, because he alone doth so far transcend the universal Corporeal nature of spirits, that he doth not stand need of any body whatsoever, in any operation whatsoever, being content with only a spiritual nodd (or motion) when he will, to perform whatsoever he pleaseth. Therefore only that majesty of his, is that, which neither for himself, nor for another, hath need of the help of a Corporeal instrument, by which omnipotent will he is immediately present at every work.” And that of _Damascen_ is full to the purpose, which is this: “That Angels _quantum ad nos_, are said to be incorporeal and immaterial: but compared to God, are found to be Corporeal and material.” And of this opinion besides were _Tertullian_, S. _Augustin_, _Nazianzen_, _Beda_, and many others, as may be seen in the learned Writings of _Zanchy_ upon this subject: with whose words we shall shut up this particular: _Certum enim est, ex iis quæ scripturæ tradunt de Angelis, probabiliorem esse Patrum sententiam, quàm Scholasticorum: utram tamen sequaris, non multum peccaveris, nec proptereà inter Hæreticos haberi poteris_. And on the otherside, if they be holden to be simply and absolutely incorporeal, then these absurdities must of necessity follow. 1. If Angels be simply incorporeal, then they can cause no Physical or local motion at all, because nothing can be moved but by contact, and that must either be by immediate or virtual contact, for the Maxime is certain, _Quicquid agit, agit vel mediatione suppositi_, as when ones hand doth immediately touch a thing and so move it; _vel mediatione virtutis_, as when a man with a rod or a line, doth draw a thing forth of the water, both of these do require a Corporeal contact, that is, that the superficies of the body moving or drawing, must either mediately or immediately touch the superficies of the body to be moved or drawn. But that which is absolutely incorporeal hath no superficies at all, and therefore can make no contact either mediate or immediate; and therefore Angels if simply incorporeal, can cause no Physical or local motion at all. [Sidenote: The Immortal. _l._ 1. _c._ 10. _p._ 72.] [Sidenote: _Princip. Phil._ _Part._ 2. _p._ 40.]