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The Resurrection founded on justice, or, A vindication of this great standing reason assigned by the ancients and modern wherein the objections of the learned Dr. Hody against it, are answered : some opinions of Tertullian about it, examined : the learned doctor's three reasons of the Resurrection, inquired into : and some considerations from reason and Scriptures, laid down for the establishment of it / by N.B. ...
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Beare, Nicholas.
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divide_v into_o three_o rank_n first_o he_o assert_n the_o sensibility_n of_o the_o separate_a 17._o separate_a omnes_fw-la ergo_fw-la animae_fw-la penes_fw-la inferos_fw-la inquis_fw-la velis_fw-la ac_fw-la nolis_fw-la &_o supplicia_fw-la jam_fw-la illic_fw-la &_o refrigeria_n curio_n enim_fw-la non_fw-la pute_fw-la animam_fw-la &_o puniri_fw-la &_o foveri_fw-la in_o inferis_fw-la interim_n sub_fw-la expectatione_n utriusque_fw-la judicii_fw-la novit_n anima_fw-la apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la &_o dolere_fw-la &_o fovere_fw-la sine_fw-la carne_fw-la de_fw-fr anim._n cap._n 58._o again_o simplicior_fw-la quisquis_fw-la fautor_n sententiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la putabit_fw-la carnem_fw-la etiam_fw-la idcirco_fw-la repraesentandam_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la quia_fw-la aliter_fw-la anima_fw-la non_fw-la capiat_fw-la passionem_fw-la tormenti_fw-la seu_fw-la refrigerii_fw-la utpote_fw-la incorporalis_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la vulgus_fw-la existimat_fw-la nos_fw-la autem_fw-la animam_fw-la corporalem_fw-la &_o hic_fw-la profitemur_fw-la &_o in_o svo_fw-la volumine_fw-la probamus_fw-la habentem_fw-la proprium_fw-la genus_fw-la substantiae_fw-la soliditatis_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la quid_fw-la &_o sontire_n &_o pati_fw-la possit_fw-la no_o &_o nunc_fw-la animas_fw-la torqueri_fw-la foverique_fw-la penes_fw-la inferos_fw-la licet_fw-la nudas_fw-la licet_fw-la adhuc_fw-la exules_fw-la carnis_fw-la probavit_fw-la lazari_n exemplum_fw-la de_fw-fr resurr_n c._n 17._o soul_n that_o it_o be_v of_o its_o self_n capable_a of_o reward_n and_o punishment_n be_v actual_o in_o some_o measure_n comfort_v or_o torment_v before_o the_o resurrection_n there_o be_v a_o multitude_n of_o other_o passage_n of_o the_o same_o father_n which_o testify_v the_o same_o alibi_fw-la same_o de_fw-fr anima_fw-la cap._n 7._o &_o 9_o 55_o 56_o 58._o &_o alibi_fw-la and_o no_o doubt_n but_o that_o this_o great_a father_n be_v orthodox_n here_o second_o notwithstanding_o in_o other_o place_n he_o seem_v to_o set_v up_o a_o quite_o opposite_a doctrine_n viz._n that_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o suffer_v without_o the_o body_n and_o this_o he_o make_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o resurrection_n 48._o resurrection_n apol._n cap._n 48._o certè_fw-la quia_fw-la ratio_fw-la restitutionis_fw-la destinatio_fw-la judicii_fw-la est_fw-la necessario_fw-la idem_fw-la ipse_fw-la qui_fw-la fuerit_fw-la exhibebitur_fw-la ut_fw-la boni_fw-la seu_fw-la contrarii_fw-la meriti_fw-la judicium_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la referat_fw-la ideoque_fw-la repraesentabuntur_fw-la &_o corpora_fw-la quia_fw-la neqne_fw-la pati_fw-la quicquam_fw-la potest_fw-la anima_fw-la sola_fw-la sine_fw-la materiâ_fw-la stabili_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la carne_fw-la c._n 48._o and_o elsewhere_o he_o assert_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o resurrection_n because_o the_o soul_n without_o the_o body_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o feel_v either_o pleasure_n or_o pain_n facultate_fw-la pain_n testim_fw-la anim._n c.ult._fw-la affirmamus_fw-la te_fw-la manere_fw-la post_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la dispunctionem_fw-la &_o expectare_fw-la diem_fw-la judicii_fw-la próque_fw-la meritis_fw-la aut_fw-la cruciatui_fw-la destinari_fw-la aut_fw-la refrigerio_fw-la utroque_fw-la sempiterno_fw-la quibus_fw-la sustinendis_fw-la necessario_fw-la tibi_fw-la substantiam_fw-la pristinam_fw-la ejudsdémque_fw-la hominis_fw-la materiam_fw-la &_o memoriam_fw-la reversuram_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la mali_fw-la ac_fw-la boni_fw-la sentire_fw-la possis_fw-la sine_fw-la carnis_fw-la passionalis_fw-la facultate_fw-la i_o shall_v reserve_v what_o i_o have_v to_o say_v to_o this_o to_o the_o last_o place_n and_o take_v leave_v to_o invert_v the_o order_n and_o consider_v the_o other_o opinion_n before_o it_o conceive_v it_o more_o suitable_a and_o methodical_a to_o the_o argument_n in_o hand_n and_o that_o be_v three_o he_o own_v that_o separate_a soul_n be_v actual_o possit_fw-la actual_o de_fw-fr resurr_n carn_v cap._n 17._o porrò_fw-la si_fw-la haec_fw-la cogitatus_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la voluntas_fw-la satis_fw-la essent_fw-la ad_fw-la plenitudinem_fw-la meritorum_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la requirentur_fw-la &_o facta_fw-la sufficeret_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la anima_fw-la ad_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la judicii_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la judicanda_fw-la in_fw-la quae_fw-la agenda_fw-la sola_fw-la suffecerat_fw-la quum_fw-la verò_fw-la etiam_fw-la facta_fw-la devincta_fw-la sint_fw-la meritis_fw-la facta_fw-la autem_fw-la per_fw-la carnem_fw-la administrantur_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la animam_fw-la sine_fw-la carne_fw-la foveri_fw-la sive_fw-la cruciari_fw-la pro_fw-la operibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la carnis_fw-la etsi_fw-la habet_fw-la corpus_fw-la etsi_fw-la habet_fw-la membra_fw-la quae_fw-la proinde_fw-la illi_fw-la non_fw-la sufficiant_fw-la ad_fw-la sentiendum_fw-la plenè_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la agendum_fw-la perfect_v denique_fw-la haec_fw-la erit_fw-la ratio_fw-la in_o ultimum_fw-la finem_fw-la destinati_fw-la judicii_fw-la ut_fw-la exhibitione_n carnis_fw-la omnis_fw-la divina_fw-la censura_fw-la perfici_fw-la possit_fw-la reward_v or_o punish_v before_o the_o resurrection_n and_o he_o say_v it_o be_v for_o those_o good_a or_o bad_a thing_n it_o do_v without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o body_n he_o far_o say_v that_o though_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n capable_a of_o reward_n or_o punishment_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o so_o full_o capable_a as_o when_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n it_o be_v capable_a of_o great_a pleasure_n or_o torment_v when_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n than_o in_o a_o state_n of_o separation_n and_o therefore_o for_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o soul_n do_v in_o concurrence_n with_o the_o body_n must_v be_v punish_v and_o reward_v in_o the_o body_n that_o the_o pleasure_n or_o torment_n may_v be_v perfect_a the_o learned_a author_n animadversion_n on_o this_o be_v p._n 217._o but_o this_o be_v very_o precarious_a and_o if_o once_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n without_o a_o organise_v body_n capable_a of_o reward_n and_o punishment_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o it_o be_v of_o itself_o capable_a of_o be_v full_o reward_v and_o punish_v i_o answer_v not_o to_o take_v any_o notice_n of_o the_o tertullianicum_fw-la as_o his_o learned_a commentator_n call_v it_o of_o the_o gross_a naevus_fw-la here_o etsi_fw-la habet_fw-la corpus_fw-la etsi_fw-la habet_fw-la membra_fw-la which_o the_o father_n apply_v to_o the_o soul_n in_o a_o separate_a state_n and_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n justifiable_a nor_o to_o undertake_v a_o defence_n of_o he_o here_o or_o elsewhere_o in_o a_o exact_a strict_a and_o rigid_a sense_n for_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o this_o african_a father_n be_v the_o most_o dark_a abstruse_a and_o intricate_a of_o the_o latin_a father_n make_v use_v of_o uncouth_a obsolete_a word_n which_o will_v no_o way_n bear_v a_o full_a and_o exact_a 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