Wesley Corpus

13. Well; but if we know nothing else, do not we now ourselves our bodies and our souls What is our soul It is a spirit, we know. But what is a spirit Here we are at a full stop. And where is the soul lodged in the pineal gland, in the whole brain, in the heart, in the blood, in any single part of the body, or (if any one can understand those terms) "all in all, and all in every part" How is the soul united to the body a spirit or a clod What is the secret, imperceptible chain that couples them together Can the wisest of men give a satisfactory answer to any one of these plain questions And as to our body itself, how little do we know! During a night's sleep, a healthy man perspires one part in four less when he sweats, than when he does not. Who can account for this What is flesh that of the muscles in particular Are the fibres that compose it of a determinate size, so that they can be divided only so far Or are they resolvable in infintum How does a muscle act by being inflated, and consequently shortened But what is it inflated with If whit blood, how and whence comes that blood And whither does it go, the moment the muscle is relaxed Are the nerves pervious or solid How do they act by vibration or transmission of the animal spirits Who knows what the animal spirits are Are they electric fire What is sleep Wherein does it consist What is dreaming How can we know dreams from waking thoughts I doubt no man knows. O how little do we know even concerning the whole creation of God