but_o the_o former_a be_v true_a and_o therefore_o the_o latter_a must_v be_v so_o too_o the_o proposition_n be_v prove_v thus_o nothing_n which_o together_o with_o the_o body_n constitutes_n a_o person_n be_v or_o can_v be_v itself_o a_o person_n for_o if_o it_o be_v than_o the_o body_n must_v be_v join_v to_o it_o either_o by_o be_v assume_v into_o the_o personal_a subsistence_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o the_o human_a nature_n of_o christ_n be_v assume_v into_o the_o personal_a subsistence_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereupon_o the_o composition_n and_o constitution_n of_o a_o man_n will_v be_v a_o hypostatick_a union_n between_o soul_n and_o body_n which_o i_o suppose_v no_o body_n will_v be_v either_o so_o bold_a or_o absurd_a as_o to_o affirm_v all_o divine_n account_v a_o hypostatical_a union_n so_o peculiar_a to_o christ_n person_n as_o not_o to_o be_v admit_v in_o any_o other_o person_n or_o be_v whatsoever_o for_o a_o hypostatick_a union_n and_o a_o hypostatick_a 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the_o soul_n continue_v but_o a_o part_n of_o the_o whole_a person_n and_o no_o more_o in_o all_o its_o condition_n and_o thus_o have_v prove_v our_o assertion_n against_o the_o personality_n of_o the_o soul_n whether_o in_o the_o body_n or_o out_o of_o it_o let_v we_o now_o see_v what_o may_v be_v oppose_v to_o it_o and_o here_o i_o suppose_v some_o will_v object_v that_o the_o soul_n in_o a_o state_n of_o separation_n be_v not_o proper_o a_o part_n forasmuch_o as_o it_o exist_v not_o in_o any_o compound_v nor_o go_v to_o the_o composition_n of_o it_o to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o a_o actual_a inexistence_n in_o a_o compound_v be_v not_o the_o only_a condition_n which_o make_v a_o thing_n a_o part_n but_o its_o essential_a relation_n to_o a_o compound_v
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other_o finite_a which_o make_v it_o impossible_a for_o the_o infinite_a to_o communicate_v its_o whole_a knowledge_n to_o the_o finite_a forasmuch_o as_o such_o a_o knowledge_n exceed_v its_o capacity_n and_o can_v be_v receive_v into_o it_o so_o as_o to_o exist_v or_o abide_v in_o it_o any_o more_o than_o omnipotence_n or_o omnipresence_n or_o any_o other_o infinite_a divine_a perfection_n can_v be_v lodge_v in_o a_o finite_a be_v and_o beside_o this_o this_o very_a author_n in_o the_o immediate_o forego_v page_n have_v not_o only_o allow_v but_o affirm_v that_o the_o body_n which_o certain_o be_v both_o unite_a to_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o a_o nature_n subject_a and_o inferior_a to_o it_o be_v yet_o conscious_a to_o the_o dictate_v and_o command_v of_o the_o soul_n wherefore_o where_o two_o nature_n be_v unite_v the_o bare_a subjection_n of_o one_o to_o the_o other_o be_v not_o the_o proper_a cause_n that_o the_o nature_n which_o be_v subject_a be_v ignorant_a of_o what_o be_v 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