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three_o some_o perhaps_o will_v object_v that_o i_o have_v not_o lay_v stress_n enough_o upon_o the_o immateriality_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o present_a controversy_n i_o will_v have_v such_o to_o consider_v that_o over_n be_v undo_n and_o to_o argue_v à _fw-fr minus_fw-la notis_fw-la be_v not_o the_o way_n to_o defend_v the_o truth_n but_o to_o open_v the_o mouth_n of_o its_o adversary_n if_o i_o have_v prove_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v no_o such_o perish_a corruptible_a matter_n as_o our_o author_n suppose_v this_o be_v what_o i_o undertake_v and_o if_o the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n material_a will_v please_v he_o let_v he_o take_v it_o for_o i_o so_o long_o as_o he_o draw_v no_o brutish_a conclusion_n from_o it_o and_o as_o for_o those_o that_o have_v more_o refine_a notion_n of_o immaterial_a substance_n i_o envy_v not_o their_o improvement_n let_v they_o rejoice_v in_o their_o great_a light_n provide_v they_o take_v not_o up_o with_o arbitrary_a conceit_n instead_o of_o solid_a 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our_o bless_a saviour_n jesus_n christ_n three_o he_o speak_v well_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o cite_v several_a passage_n out_o of_o they_o which_o he_o think_v make_v for_o his_o purpose_n and_o moreover_o be_v willing_a that_o the_o point_n of_o the_o soul_n immateriality_n shall_v be_v try_v by_o their_o authority_n pag._n 19_o and_o therefore_o i_o must_v say_v sans_o ceremony_n if_o he_o refuse_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o scripture_n as_o to_o the_o soul_n immortality_n the_o appeal_n which_o he_o have_v make_v be_v no_o better_a than_o trifle_a prevarication_n ill_o become_v a_o philosopher_n and_o worse_o a_o christian_n and_o beside_o if_o he_o imagine_v that_o he_o can_v prove_v the_o article_n of_o the_o resurrection_n as_o lay_v down_o in_o his_o position_n without_o â—â—e_z help_n of_o scripture_n i_o think_v he_o will_v do_v well_o to_o give_v the_o world_n a_o specimen_fw-la of_o his_o transcendent_a sagacity_n in_o that_o matter_n but_o if_o he_o fly_v to_o scripture-authority_n where_o it_o be_v on_o his_o side_n it_o will_v just_o be_v account_v a_o piece_n of_o partiality_n and_o impiety_n too_o if_o he_o yield_v not_o to_o it_o where_o it_o make_v against_o he_o in_o a_o word_n if_o the_o scripture_n may_v be_v judge_n in_o the_o case_n it_o will_v be_v easy_a enough_o to_o disprove_v the_o former_a part_n of_o his_o assertion_n viz._n that_o the_o soul_n fall_v or_o die_v with_o the_o body_n and_o again_o if_o he_o renounce_v the_o scripture_n he_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v the_o latter_a part_n of_o it_o viz._n that_o the_o body_n rise_v again_o at_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o archangel_n so_o that_o the_o two_o part_n of_o his_o hypothesis_n seem_v to_o mix_v together_o like_a oil_n and_o water_n they_o want_v a_o tertium_fw-la quid_fw-la to_o unite_v they_o which_o yet_o must_v be_v neither_o reason_n nor_o scripture_n these_o thing_n be_v premise_v what_o i_o have_v to_o say_v at_o present_a 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soul_n of_o good_a man_n shall_v be_v happy_a when_o so_o separate_v even_o before_o
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sound_n and_o function_n and_o the_o same_o breath_n act_v they_o all_o and_o therein_o appear_v a_o great_a effect_n and_o power_n of_o matter_n and_o motion_n right_o fabricate_v and_o act_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o artist_n and_o what_o then_o may_v not_o god_n do_v with_o they_o and_o by_o they_o when_o he_o please_v so_o that_o if_o our_o material_a spirit_n be_v inordinate_a in_o their_o motion_n you_o be_v in_o a_o ready_a way_n to_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n by_o your_o philosophy_n it_o be_v much_o better_a to_o say_v with_o cicero_n sentit_fw-la animus_n se_fw-la moveri_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la sentit_fw-la illud_fw-la únà _fw-la sentit_fw-la se_fw-la vi_fw-la suâ_fw-la non_fw-la alienâ_fw-la moveri_fw-la nec_fw-la accidere_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la unquam_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la deseratur_fw-la exit_fw-la quo_fw-la efficitur_fw-la aeternitas_fw-la etc._n etc._n tusc_n qu._n lib._n 1.341_o so_o be_v it_o we_o overlook_v not_o the_o universal_a 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