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mori_fw-la alterum_fw-la ut_fw-la posset_n etc._n etc._n seneca_n epist_n 24._o sic_fw-la long_fw-mi virtute_fw-la fuit_fw-la mens_fw-la sancta_fw-la catonis_fw-la purgata_fw-la atque_fw-la illi_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la immortalis_fw-la honorem_fw-la jam_fw-la contemplanti_fw-la divini_fw-la fata_fw-la platonis_fw-la phaedonem_fw-la tradunt_fw-la cum_fw-la laetus_fw-la talia_fw-la fatur_fw-la salve_fw-la sancte_fw-la libre_fw-la superis_fw-la demisse_fw-la catoni_fw-la dirige_fw-la tu_fw-la cursum_fw-la vitaeque_fw-la extrema_fw-la meantis_fw-la instrue_n non_fw-la alium_fw-la moriturus_fw-la quaero_fw-la magistrum_fw-la nec_fw-la restare_fw-la alius_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la numina_fw-la curas_fw-la etc._n etc._n tho._n maius_n in_o supplemento_fw-la lucani_n lib._n 4._o quid_fw-la ambraciotes_n ille_fw-la cleombrotus_n videlicet_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la platonis_fw-la illum_fw-la phaedonem_fw-la perlegasset_fw-la praecipitem_fw-la se_fw-la dedit_fw-la nullam_fw-la aliam_fw-la ob_fw-la 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depart_v there_o be_v a_o twofold_a state_n some_o be_v happy_a other_o unhappy_a 6._o see_v that_o in_o this_o life_n thing_n be_v carry_v on_o intemperate_o and_o in_o confusion_n there_o must_v be_v in_o the_o next_o life_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o certain_a and_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n the_o supreme_a and_o universal_a judge_n whereby_o good_a man_n may_v be_v distinguish_v from_o wicked_a this_o be_v a_o axiom_n evident_a by_o the_o very_a light_n of_o nature_n that_o god_n will_v reward_v every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n in_o this_o life_n tenetur_fw-la *_o deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la sequendam_fw-la proposuit_fw-la virtutem_fw-la &_o praemia_fw-la debita_fw-la justis_fw-la haec_fw-la quoniam_fw-la justos_fw-la injusta_fw-la potentia_fw-la fraudat_fw-la saepiùs_n in_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o gens_fw-la humanu_fw-la rebellat_fw-la solvere_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la justissimus_fw-la ipse_fw-la tenetur_fw-la 7._o positive_o and_o with_o confidence_n to_o describe_v the_o place_n whither_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o dead_a go_v and_o to_o define_v what_o be_v the_o reward_n and_o punishment_n they_o there_o receive_v be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o man_n extreme_o ignorant_a and_o superstitious_a though_o it_o be_v most_o
for_o aught_o we_o can_v learn_v from_o the_o weak_a light_n of_o nature_n to_o the_o contrary_a one_o of_o the_o condition_n may_v be_v that_o at_o the_o dissolution_n of_o that_o union_n both_o body_n and_o soul_n shall_v cease_v to_o be_v especial_o since_o to_o the_o soul_n relapse_v into_o its_o first_o nothing_o no_o more_o be_v require_v but_o god_n withdraw_v his_o conserve_n influence_n by_o which_o alone_o all_o his_o creature_n be_v support_v and_o their_o be_v be_v preserve_v here_o than_o we_o find_v ourselves_o leave_v in_o the_o dark_a by_o human_a reason_n so_o that_o be_v it_o not_o for_o the_o bright_a beam_n of_o revelation_n divine_a how_o fair_a soever_o our_o hope_n may_v be_v of_o immortality_n we_o shall_v want_v a_o full_a assurance_n of_o it_o to_o conclude_v therefore_o this_o parergon_n with_o the_o concordant_a judgement_n and_o in_o the_o most_o elegant_a word_n of_o that_o most_o excellent_a philosopher_n and_o christian_n the_o noble_a mr._n boyl_n theology_n in_o pag._n 30._o of_o his_o book_n concern_v the_o excellency_n of_o theology_n all_o that_o mere_a reason_n can_v demonstrate_v concering_n this_o subject_a may_v be_v reduce_v to_o these_o two_o thing_n one_o that_o the_o rational_a soul_n be_v a_o incorporeal_a substance_n there_o be_v no_o necessity_n that_o it_o shall_v perish_v with_o the_o body_n so_o that_o if_o god_n have_v not_o otherwise_o appoint_v the_o soul_n may_v survive_v the_o body_n and_o last_o for_o ever_o the_o other_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n according_a to_o des_n cartes_n consist_v in_o its_o be_v a_o substance_n that_o think_v we_o may_v conclude_v that_o though_o it_o be_v by_o death_n separate_v from_o the_o body_n it_o will_v nevertheless_o retain_v the_o power_n of_o think_v to_o more_o than_o this_o des_fw-mi cartes_n be_v both_o too_o circumspect_a and_o too_o conscious_a of_o the_o dimness_n of_o human_a reason_n to_o pretend_v though_o some_o of_o his_o sectator_n mistake_v the_o design_n and_o scope_n of_o that_o his_o discourse_n have_v conceive_v it_o to_o extend_v even_o to_o a_o eviction_n also_o of_o the_o soul_n absolute_a immortality_n for_o in_o artic_a 7._o respon_n ad_fw-la object_n 2._o he_o make_v this_o ingenuous_a profession_n cur_n de_fw-fr immortalitate_fw-la animae_fw-la nihil_fw-la scripserim_fw-la jam_fw-la dixi_fw-la in_o synopsi_fw-la mearum_fw-la meditationum_fw-la quod_fw-la ejus_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la corpore_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la satis_fw-la probaverim_fw-la supra_fw-la ostendi_fw-la quod_fw-la vero_fw-la additis_fw-la ex_fw-la distinctione_n animae_fw-la a_o corpore_fw-la non_fw-la sequi_fw-la ejus_fw-la immortalitatem_fw-la quia_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la illam_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la talis_fw-la naturae_fw-la factam_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la duratio_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la duratione_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la corporeae_fw-la finiatur_fw-la fateor_fw-la a_o i_o refelli_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la tantum_fw-la mihi_fw-la assumo_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquam_fw-la de_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la a_o libera_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dependent_a humanae_fw-la rationis_fw-la vi_fw-la determinare_fw-la aggrediar_fw-la docet_fw-la quidem_fw-la naturalis_fw-la cognitio_fw-la mentem_fw-la a_o corpore_fw-la esse_fw-la diversam_fw-la ipsamque_fw-la esse_fw-la substantiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la absoluta_fw-la dei_fw-la potestate_fw-la quaeratur_fw-la a_o fort_n decreverit_fw-la ut_fw-la animae_fw-la humanae_fw-la iisdem_fw-la temporibus_fw-la esse_fw-la desivant_n quibus_fw-la corpor_fw-la a_o quae_fw-la illis_fw-la adjunxit_fw-la destruuntur_fw-la solius_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la respondere_fw-la cumque_fw-la jam_fw-la ipse_fw-la nobis_fw-la revelaverit_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la futurum_fw-la nulla_fw-la plane_n vel_fw-la minima_fw-la est_fw-la occasio_fw-la dubitandi_fw-la iii_o of_o the_o comment_n of_o the_o ancient_a ethnic_n concern_v the_o infernal_a mansion_n of_o soul_n depart_v though_o the_o description_n of_o tartarus_n and_o elysium_n here_o in_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o grave_a dialogue_n make_v by_o plato_n be_v by_o himself_o declare_v to_o have_v be_v borrow_v for_o the_o most_o part_n from_o the_o fiction_n of_o other_o chief_o poet_n and_o that_o he_o express_o affirm_v that_o to_o deliver_v any_o thing_n positive_o concern_v the_o future_a state_n of_o soul_n and_o the_o quality_n of_o reward_n and_o punishment_n in_o the_o next_o life_n be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o rash_a not_o a_o wise_a man_n yet_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o design_n and_o utility_n of_o those_o fiction_n be_v not_o more_o conspicuous_a than_o the_o first_o invention_n of_o they_o be_v to_o man_n inconversant_a in_o the_o monument_n of_o antiquity_n obscure_a and_o because_o there_o be_v even_o at_o this_o day_n not_o a_o few_o who_o entertain_v and_o promote_v as_o gross_a and_o in_o many_o thing_n the_o like_a superstitious_a conceit_n of_o hell_n i_o think_v it_o worth_a the_o expense_n of_o a_o few_o vacant_a minute_n to_o deduce_v they_o brief_o from_o their_o original_n as_o high_a at_o least_o as_o my_o little_a read_n reach_v the_o first_o natural_a philosophy_n whereof_o the_o envy_n of_o time_n have_v spare_v some_o little_a fragment_n to_o be_v hand_v down_o by_o tradition_n to_o this_o our_o so_o distant_a age_n seem_v to_o be_v that_o which_o suppose_v two_o contrary_a principle_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o have_v beginning_n of_o these_o one_o be_v god_n the_o maker_n in_o the_o grecian_a theology_n name_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v the_o etymology_n of_o which_o name_n it_o will_v be_v no_o lose_a labour_n nor_o impertinent_a to_o consult_v the_o most_o learned_a vossius_fw-la in_fw-la etymologico_fw-la linguae_fw-la latinae_fw-la in_fw-la verbo_fw-la juvo_fw-la and_o the_o author_n of_o life_n the_o other_o matter_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v the_o power_n of_o dissolution_n or_o death_n to_o the_o first_o be_v ascribe_v light_a and_o day_n to_o the_o latter_a darkness_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non-apparence_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v privation_n of_o light_n under_o the_o empire_n of_o zeus_n or_o jove_n be_v place_v the_o upper_a part_n of_o the_o world_n the_o inferior_a be_v assign_v to_o the_o dominion_n of_o pluto_n the_o middle_a betwixt_o these_o two_o contrary_a principle_n be_v imagine_v to_o be_v agitate_a by_o perpetual_a reciprocation_n or_o alternate_a change_n so_o that_o life_n and_o death_n light_n and_o darkness_n good_a and_o evil_a rule_n by_o turn_n congruous_a whereunto_o be_v that_o assertion_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o physician_n hypocrates_n lib._n de_fw-la diaeta_fw-la nihil_fw-la gigni_fw-la neque_fw-la prorsus_fw-la interire_fw-la that_o as_o to_o matter_n nothing_o be_v either_o generate_v or_o destroy_v and_o that_o to_o be_v generate_v be_v to_o grow_v out_o of_o hade_n into_o light_n man_n think_v that_o to_o perish_v which_o from_o light_n decrease_v into_o hade_n or_o darkness_n again_o for_o it_o have_v be_v a_o universal_a axiom_n of_o ancient_a philosopher_n nihil_fw-la ex_fw-la nihilo_fw-la fieri_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o nihilum_fw-la redigi_fw-la and_o therefore_o they_o who_o allow_v the_o world_n to_o have_v have_v a_o beginning_n hold_v the_o matter_n of_o it_o to_o have_v be_v pre-existent_a from_o all_o eternity_n now_o this_o which_o the_o grecian_n name_v hades_n the_o egyptian_n call_v amenthes_n which_o signify_v a_o place_n give_v and_o receive_v viz._n soul_n as_o plutarch_n the_o iside_n interprete_v it_o which_o notion_n together_o with_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n and_o future_a reward_n and_o punishment_n be_v by_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n communicate_v to_o orpheus_n he_o from_o thence_o after_o his_o return_n into_o greece_n feign_v a_o hell_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o funeral_n rite_n he_o have_v observe_v among_o they_o as_o be_v express_o aver_v by_o diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 1._o pag._n 71._o former_o quote_v who_o add_v that_o the_o other_o comment_n of_o the_o grecian_n do_v inferis_fw-la be_v in_o most_o thing_n conformable_a to_o the_o manner_n and_o place_n of_o obsequy_n perform_v by_o the_o egyptian_n even_o in_o his_o own_o time_n for_o say_v he_o the_o boat_n wherein_o dead_a body_n be_v usual_o carry_v to_o burial_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o halfpenny_n be_v give_v for_o a_o fare_n to_o the_o boatman_n who_o in_o the_o tongue_n of_o that_o nation_n be_v call_v charon_n not_o far_o from_o the_o ferry_n there_o stand_v they_o say_v a_o temple_n of_o hecate_n the_o darksome_a and_o the_o gate_n of_o cocytus_n and_o lethe_n make_v fast_o with_o brazen_a bar_n and_o other_o gate_n of_o verity_n by_o which_o stand_v a_o image_n or_o statue_n of_o justice_n without_o a_o head_n etc._n etc._n and_o servius_n in_o virgil._n lib._n 6._o ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la versum_fw-la sic_fw-la demum_fw-la lucos_fw-la stygios_fw-la regna_fw-la invia_fw-la vivis_fw-la aspicies_fw-la deliver_v that_o seneca_n in_o a_o certain_a book_n he_o write_v de_fw-la ritu_fw-la &_o sacris_fw-la aegyptiorum_n report_n that_o about_o sienes_n a_o extreme_a part_n of_o egypt_n be_v a_o certain_a
not_o from_o heat_n of_o blood_n nor_o from_o excess_n of_o choler_n but_o from_o strength_n and_o resolution_n of_o mind_n and_o that_o a_o good_a philosopher_n may_v make_v a_o excellent_a captain_n have_v you_o see_v he_o in_o another_o expedition_n return_v a_o conqueror_n from_o potidaea_n and_o transfer_v all_o the_o honour_n and_o reward_n due_a to_o so_o signal_n a_o victory_n upon_o his_o belove_a alcibiades_n reserve_v to_o himself_o no_o other_o place_n in_o the_o triumph_n but_o among_o the_o follower_n of_o his_o friend_n you_o may_v have_v swear_v he_o have_v fight_v so_o brave_o rather_o for_o conscience_n than_o for_o either_o glory_n or_o spoil_v and_o that_o he_o desire_v no_o great_a name_n than_o that_o of_o a_o good_a patriot_n and_o sincere_a friend_n when_o you_o reflect_v upon_o his_o fearless_a refusal_n to_o execute_v the_o command_n he_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o supreme_a council_n of_o athens_n to_o fetch_v leo_n salaminius_n from_o salamine_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n according_a to_o the_o sentence_n give_v against_o he_o by_o the_o usurper_n critias_n and_o his_o adherent_n you_o will_v i_o presume_v acknowledge_v that_o he_o fear_v nothing_o but_o to_o do_v ill_a that_o he_o disdain_v to_o assert_v any_o power_n that_o be_v not_o just_a that_o athens_n itself_o may_v with_o more_o ease_n have_v be_v remove_v to_o salamine_n than_o he_o bring_v to_o relinquish_v right_o and_o equity_n and_o that_o he_o be_v more_o ready_a to_o accompany_v the_o oppress_a in_o their_o suffering_n under_o tyranny_n than_o to_o be_v a_o sharer_n in_o the_o administration_n of_o it_o have_v some_o roman_a be_v a_o witness_n of_o this_o virtuous_a obstinacy_n he_o will_v have_v cry_v out_o perhaps_o that_o the_o capitol_n itself_o be_v not_o more_o immovable_a than_o the_o integrity_n of_o socrates_n and_o envy_v greece_n the_o glory_n of_o so_o rare_a a_o example_n what_o then_o will_v he_o have_v say_v my_o lord_n have_v he_o be_v present_a at_o 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