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be_v divisible_a but_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o substance_n distinct_a from_o extension_n can_v be_v divide_v for_o we_o can_v divide_v a_o thought_n a_o desire_n a_o sensation_n of_o pain_n or_o pleasure_n as_o we_o may_v divide_v a_o square_a into_o two_o or_o four_o triangle_n therefore_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v indissoluble_a incorruptible_a and_o consequent_o immortal_a because_o unextend_v but_o if_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr suppose_v that_o the_o essence_n of_o body_n consist_v in_o something_o beside_o extension_n how_o will_v he_o convince_v the_o libertine_n that_o she_o be_v neither_o material_a nor_o mortal_a they_o will_v maintain_v that_o something_o wherein_o the_o essence_n of_o body_n consist_v be_v capable_a of_o think_v and_o that_o the_o substance_n which_o think_v be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o be_v extend_v if_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr deny_v it_o they_o will_v show_v that_o he_o do_v it_o without_o reason_n since_o according_a to_o his_o principle_n body_n be_v something_o else_o than_o extension_n he_o have_v no_o distinct_a idea_n of_o what_o that_o can_v be_v and_o consequent_o can_v tell_v but_o that_o unknown_a thing_n may_v be_v capable_a of_o thought_n do_v he_o think_v to_o convince_v they_o by_o say_v as_o he_o do_v in_o his_o book_n that_o the_o essence_n of_o body_n be_v to_o have_v part_n without_o extension_n certain_o they_o will_v not_o take_v his_o word_n for_o it_o for_o find_v it_o as_o hard_a to_o conceive_v part_n without_o extension_n as_o indivisible_a atom_n or_o circle_n without_o two_o semicircle_n they_o must_v have_v more_o deference_n for_o he_o than_o he_o have_v for_o god_n himself_o for_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr in_o the_o last_o part_n of_o his_o book_n pretend_v that_o god_n himself_o can_v oblige_v we_o to_o belive_o contradictory_n thing_n such_o as_o be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o body_n without_o any_o actual_a extension_n but_o the_o libertine_n on_o their_o part_n will_v
only_o a_o warning_n because_o as_o i_o have_v say_v elsewhere_o adam_n may_v whenever_o he_o please_v stop_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o animal_n spirit_n that_o produce_v pain_n so_o that_o if_o he_o ever_o feel_v pain_n it_o be_v because_o he_o consent_v to_o feel_v it_o or_o rather_o he_o never_o feel_v any_o because_o he_o never_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o feel_v it_o heb._n four_o 12_o 13._o 13._o see_v dial._n 5._o of_o christian_a conversation_n about_o the_o end_n act._n 5.41_o 5.41_o amor_fw-la sicut_fw-la nec_fw-la odium_n veritatis_fw-la judicium_fw-la nescit_fw-la vis_fw-fr judicium_fw-la veritatis_fw-la audire_fw-la sicut_fw-la audio_fw-la 5.30_o joan._n 5.30_o sic_fw-la judico_fw-la non_fw-la sicut_fw-la odi_fw-la non_fw-la sicut_fw-la amo_fw-la non_fw-la sicut_fw-la timeo_fw-la est_fw-la judicium_fw-la odii_fw-la 19.7_o joan._n 19.7_o ut_fw-la illud_fw-la nos_fw-la legem_fw-la habemus_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la nostram_fw-la debet_fw-la mori_fw-la est_fw-la &_o timoris_fw-la 11.48_o joan._n 11.48_o ut_fw-la illud_fw-la si_fw-la dimittimus_fw-la eum_fw-la sic_fw-la venient_fw-la romani_fw-la &_o tollent_fw-la nostrum_fw-la locum_fw-la &_o gentem_fw-la judicium_fw-la verò_fw-la amoris_fw-la ut_fw-la david_n de_fw-la filio_fw-la parricidâ_fw-la 18.5_o 2_o sam._n 18.5_o parcite_fw-la inquit_fw-la pvero_fw-la absalon_n s._n bern._n de_fw-fr grad_v humilitatis_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la council_n aâ—gl_n per_fw-la spelman_n aâ—_n 1287._o 1287._o book_n 2._o part_n 2._o chap._n 3._o 3._o lest_o any_o shall_v mistake_v what_o i_o call_v here_o voluntary_a motion_n i_o desire_v he_o to_o read_v the_o first_o illustration_n on_o the_o first_o chapter_n it_o will_v intricate_a my_o conceptioâ—s_n shall_v i_o say_v whatever_o relate_v to_o it_o to_o satisfy_v the_o nicety_n of_o some_o person_n joh._n 11.47_o joh._n 12.11_o act._n 4.16_o 17._o act._n 5.28_o 5.28_o lib._n i._n i._n lib._n ii_o ii_o lib._n iii_o iii_o lib._n iu._n iu._n lib._n v._n v._n ego_fw-la enim_fw-la ab_fw-la anima_fw-la hâ—c_fw-la corpus_fw-la animari_fw-la non_fw-la puâ—o_fw-la nisi_fw-la intention_n â—acientis_fw-la nec_fw-la ab_fw-la isto_fw-la quicquam_fw-la illam_fw-la pati_fw-la arbitror_fw-la sed_fw-la facere_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la &_o in_o illo_fw-la tanquam_fw-la subjecto_fw-la divinitus_fw-la dominationi_fw-la suae_fw-la l._n 6._o muâ—c_fw-la c._n 5._o see_v also_o de_fw-fr quantit_fw-fr anim._n c._n 34._o amos_n 3.6_o 3.6_o psal._n 33_o 9_o 9_o haec_fw-la est_fw-la religio_fw-la christiana_n fratres_fw-la mei_fw-la quae_fw-la praedicatur_fw-la per_fw-la universum_fw-la mundum_fw-la horrentibus_fw-la inimicis_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la vincuntur_fw-la murmurantibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la praevalent_a saevientibus_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la religio_fw-la christiana_n ut_fw-la colatur_fw-la vnus_n deus_fw-la non_fw-fr multi_fw-la dii_fw-la qvia_n non_fw-fr facit_fw-la animam_fw-la beatam_fw-la nisi_fw-la vnus_n deus_fw-la aug._n tr._n 23._o in_o joan._n joan._n by_o equator_fw-la i_o understand_v the_o great_a crooked_a line_n which_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o vortex_n describe_v describe_v that_o be_v be_v drive_v towards_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n earth_n princ._n part._n 3._o §._o 45._o 45._o sup._n ch._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v a_o pun_n in_o greek_a as_o in_o english_a finis_fw-la and_o finish_v thus_o that_o philosopher_n prove_v that_o a_o infinite_a line_n be_v not_o perfect_a because_o it_o be_v not_o finish_v finish_v de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 3._o l._n 2._o &_o 3._o de_fw-fr gene._n &_o corrup_n de_fw-fr gener._n &_o corrupt_a l._n 2._o c._n 2._o see_v book_n i._o from_o ch_z 11._o â—o_z ch_n 15._o 15._o see_v illustration_n x._o of_o book_n i._n lib._n 4._o de_fw-la anima_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la origine_fw-la cap._n 23._o de_fw-la quantitate_fw-la animae_fw-la &_o alius_fw-la alius_fw-la m._n des_n cartes_n his_o principle_n art_n 55._o part._n ii_o ii_o art_n 43._o ibid._n ibid._n art_n 63._o 63._o art_n 33._o part._n ii_o i_o imagine_v here_o only_a god_n myself_o and_o one_o bowl_n bowl_n by_o a_o body_n in_o a_o vacuum_n i_o understand_v one_o so_o separate_a from_o other_o whether_o hard_a or_o liquid_a as_o that_o there_o be_v none_o either_o to_o aid_v or_o hinder_v the_o communication_n of_o motion_n motion_n art_n 5._o 5._o art_n 63._o art_n 55._o &_o 43._o of_o the_o second_o part_n and_o elsewhere_o elsewhere_o general_a rule_n of_o the_o commuication_n of_o motion_n motion_n see_v m._n des_fw-fr cartes's_fw-fr rule_n in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o his_o principle_n see_v the_o 6_o chap._n of_o book_n 3._o and_o its_o illustration_n see_v the_o ilstration_n upon_o ch._n 3._o part_n 2._o book_n 6._o where_o i_o explain_v my_o meaning_n more_o distinct_o distinct_o see_v the_o seven_o chap._n of_o the_o 3d_o book_n and_o the_o illustration_n upon_o it_o it_o nâ—mo_fw-la scit_fw-la utrum_fw-la amore_fw-la vel_fw-la odio_fw-la dignus_fw-la scit_fw-la eccl._n 4.1_o 4.1_o in_o some_o edition_n it_o be_v thus_o but_o we_o love_v a_o particular_a good_a true_a but_o sin_n consist_v not_o precise_o in_o that_o for_o all_o good_a be_v amiable_a and_o aught_o to_o be_v love_v our_o love_n be_v in_o itself_o good_a and_o even_o in_o our_o love_v that_o particular_a good_a we_o follow_v the_o impression_n which_o god_n give_v we_o our_o sin_n precise_o consist_v in_o our_o fasten_n upon_o that_o particular_a good_a the_o impression_n which_o god_n give_v we_o to_o love_v all_o good_a or_o universal_a good_a at_o the_o time_n when_o we_o both_o might_n and_o aught_o to_o love_v it_o therefore_o sin_n be_v nothing_o and_o though_o god_n do_v all_o he_o do_v it_o not_o now_o whilst_o etc._n etc._n this_o illustration_n relate_v to_o the_o five_o chapter_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o search_n in_o the_o objection_n to_o the_o article_n of_o the_o illustration_n upon_o the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n i_o explain_v what_o i_o here_o say_v in_o general_a of_o the_o loss_n of_o power_n man_n have_v over_o his_o body_n body_n see_v the_o illustration_n upon_o the_o 6_o â—h_a chapter_n of_o part_n ii_o book_n iii_o iii_o ne_fw-fr omnino_fw-la taceremus_fw-la interrogati_fw-la quid_fw-la tres_fw-la cum_fw-la tres_fw-la esse_fw-la fateamur_fw-la s._n aust._n de_fw-fr trin._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 4._o and_o in_o another_o place_n cum_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la quid_fw-la tres_fw-la magna_fw-la prorsus_fw-la inopia_fw-la humanum_fw-la laborat_fw-la eloquium_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la tres_fw-la personae_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la diceretur_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la taceretur_fw-la ibid._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 9_o 9_o chap._n 10._o book_n i._n i._n see_v ch._n 7._o book_n iii_o and_o its_o illustration_n fortissimo_fw-la quip_n dimisit_fw-la atque_fw-la permisit_fw-la facere_fw-la quod_fw-la vellet_fw-la aug._n the_o corrupt_a &_o grat._n cap._n 12._o see_v the_o 5_o dialogue_n of_o the_o christian_a conversation_n towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o brussels_n edition_n chap._n 3._o book_n v._n the_o mâ—on_n when_o behold_v with_o a_o telescope_n look_v much_o like_o what_o be_v here_o represent_v represent_v see_v ch._n 3._o part_n ii_o of_o book_n vi_o with_o the_o illustration_n illustration_n see_v ch._n 6._o part_n ii_o of_o book_n iii_o with_o its_o illustration_n see_v the_o illustration_n upon_o the_o seven_o chap._n of_o part_n ii_o book_n iii_o see_v the_o 5._o dialogue_n of_o christian_a conversation_n aug._n in_o jul._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 3._o see_v ch._n 7._o part_n ii_o of_o book_n ii_o with_o its_o illustration_n at_o every_o objection_n turn_v to_o the_o article_n it_o be_v make_v against_o answer_v to_o the_o six_o objection_n against_o his_o meditation_n art_n 6._o art_n 8._o see_v the_o illustration_n upon_o the_o 6_o chap._n of_o part_n ii_o book_n iii_o and_o call_v they_o all_o by_o their_o name_n ps._n 47._o chap._n 1.19_o see_v the_o illustration_n upon_o the_o 3d_o chap._n book_n v._n v._n in_o the_o illustration_n about_o the_o nature_n of_o idea_n i_o shall_v more_o particular_o explain_v what_o be_v order_n and_o why_o god_n necessary_o love_v it_o see_v the_o five_o dialogue_n of_o christian_a conversation_n rom._n c._n 7._o as_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n rom._n 5.12_o i_o be_v shape_v in_o iniquity_n and_o in_o sin_n have_v my_o mother_n conceive_v i_o ps._n 51.5_o ec._n 25.23_o luke_n 2.48_o gen._n c._n 3._o la_fw-fr samaritaine_n upon_o pont_n neuf_fw-fr in_fw-la paris_n chap._n 2._o part_n 2._o 2._o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr nap_v cap._n 25_o 26_o 27_o &_o in_o jul._n l._n 6._o c._n 19_o &_o alibi_fw-la alibi_fw-la ep_v 23._o lib._n de_fw-fr peccator_fw-la meritis_fw-la c._n 19_o &_o alibi_fw-la alibi_fw-la innocent_n iii_o in_o decret_n 3._o de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la effectu_fw-la et_fw-la in_o council_n viennensi_fw-la generali_fw-la 15._o sub_fw-la clement_n v._n invidia_n postea_fw-la &_o contumetiis_fw-la claricorum_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ad_fw-la monrani_fw-la dogma_fw-la delapsus_fw-la in_fw-la multis_fw-la libris_fw-la novae_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la meminit_fw-la hieron_n in_o catalogo_fw-la de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n siambo_n videmus_fw-la verum_fw-la esse_fw-la
quod_fw-la dicis_fw-la &_o amâ—o_fw-la videmus_fw-la verum_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la diâ—o_fw-la ubi_fw-la quaeso_fw-la id_fw-la videmus_fw-la nec_fw-la ego_fw-la utique_fw-la in_o te_fw-la nec_fw-la tu_fw-la in_o i_o sed_fw-la ambo_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la quae_fw-la supra_fw-la mentes_fw-la nostras_fw-la est_fw-la incommutabili_fw-la veritate_fw-la confess_v de_fw-fr s._n aug._n l._n 12._o c._n 25._o see_v st._n austin_n de_fw-fr libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la etc._n etc._n book_n 2._o chap._n 8._o nec_fw-la natura_fw-la potest_fw-la justo_fw-la secernere_fw-la iniquum_fw-la lucretius_n diogenes_n diogenes_n and_o now_o o_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n judge_v betwixt_o i_o and_o my_o vineyard_n isa._n 5.3_o art_n 6._o &_o 8._o see_v the_o five_o dialogue_n of_o christian_a conversation_n see_v the_o first_o illustration_n est_fw-fr quip_n supâ—rbâ—a_o &_o peccâ—â—um_fw-la maximum_fw-la uti_fw-la daâ—is_fw-la taâ—quam_fw-la innaris_fw-la s_o bern._n de_fw-fr diligendo_fw-la deo_fw-la this_o be_v omit_v in_o some_o edition_n ch._n 1.18_o ch._n 4._o â—â—_o cor._n 13._o l._n 31._o c._n 20_o propinquior_fw-la nobis_fw-la qui_fw-la fecit_fw-la quam_fw-la multa_fw-la quae_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la enim_fw-la vivimus_fw-la movemur_fw-la &_o sumus_fw-la istorum_fw-la autem_fw-la pleraque_fw-la remota_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la ment_fw-la nostra_fw-la propter_fw-la dissimilitudinem_fw-la svi_fw-la generis_fw-la recte_fw-la culpantur_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la sapientia_fw-la inquisitores_fw-la huius_fw-la saeculi_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la tantum_fw-la inquit_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la valere_fw-la ut_fw-la possent_fw-la aestimare_fw-la saeculum_fw-la quomodo_fw-la ejus_fw-la dominum_fw-la non_fw-la facilius_fw-la invenerunt_fw-la ignota_fw-la enim_fw-la sunt_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la oculis_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la fundavit_fw-la â—erram_fw-la propinquat_fw-la mentibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la de_fw-fr gen._n ad_fw-la litt_v l._n 5._o ch_n 16_o de_fw-fr trinitate_fw-la lib._n 8._o ch_n 8._o 1_o tim._n 16.16_o 16.16_o st._n cyrill_a of_o alexandria_n upon_o the_o word_n of_o st._n john_n erat_fw-la lux_fw-la vera_fw-la st._n aug._n tr._n 14._o upon_o st._n john_n st._n greg._n c._n 27._o upon_o 28_o of_o job_n job_n inaccessibilem_fw-la dixit_fw-la sed_fw-la omni_fw-la homini_fw-la â—umana_fw-la sapienti_fw-la scriptura_fw-la quip_n sacra_fw-la omnes_fw-la carnalium_fw-la sectatores_fw-la humanitatis_fw-la nomine_fw-la notare_fw-la solet_fw-la st._n greg._n in_o cap._n 28._o job_n ex._n 33_o 20._o neither_o be_v it_o find_v in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n job_n 28.13_o job_n 28.31_o now_o we_o see_v through_o a_o glass_n dark_o but_o then_o face_n to_o face_n now_o i_o know_v in_o part_n etc._n etc._n 1_o cor._n 13.2_o the_o natural_a man_n receive_v not_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n for_o they_o be_v foolishness_n unto_o he_o 1_o cor._n c._n 2.14_o ad_fw-la moysen_n dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la videbit_fw-la i_o homo_fw-la &_o vivet_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la aperte_fw-la diceretur_fw-la nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la deum_fw-la spiritualiter_fw-la videt_fw-la qui_fw-la mundo_fw-la carnaliter_fw-la vivit_fw-la st._n greg._n upon_o the_o 28._o of_o job_n ch_n 28._o answer_v to_o the_o five_o objection_n against_o the_o second_o meditation_n towards_o the_o end_n eccl._n c._n 9.1_o i_o judge_v not_o my_o own_o self_n for_o i_o know_v nothing_o by_o myself_o yet_o i_o be_o not_o hereby_o justify_v but_o â—e_v that_o judge_v i_o be_v the_o lord_n 1_o cor._n â—_o 4.4_o john_n 13.37_o eccl._n 21.18_o book_n 1._o mark_v 12.30_o for_o the_o most_o extraordinary_a of_o these_o opinion_n see_v suarez_n metaphysic_n disp._n 18._o sect._n 2._o assert_v 2._o &_o 3_o scot._n in_o 4._o sent._n dist._n 12.1_o d._n 37.2_o d._n 17._o palaudan_n in_o 4._o sent._n d._n 12._o q._n 1_o art_n 1._o perer._n 8._o phys._n ch._n 3._o conimbr_n upon_o aristotle_n physics_n and_o many_o other_o cite_v by_o suarez_n see_v eonseca_n metaphys_n qu._n 13._o sect._n 3._o and_o soncin_n and_o javell_n upon_o the_o same_o question_n ruvio_n lib._n 2._o ph._n tract_n 4._o qu._n 2._o see_v suarez_n disp._n 18._o sect._n 1_o ch._n 1._o of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o his_o physics_n see_v fonsesa_n suarez_n and_o other_o before_o cite_v cite_v book_n 1._o of_o his_o topic_n c._n 1._o 1._o in_o his_o metaph._n disp._n 18._o sect._n 1_o assert_v 1._o 1._o in_o metaph_n arist._n qu._n 7._o sect._n 2._o see_v book_n 4._o ch._n 11._o towards_o the_o end_n and_o book_n 6._o part_n 2._o ch._n 7._o see_v ch._n 2._o book_n iu._n suarez_n ib._n see_v chap._n the_o last_o of_o the_o search_n search_n see_v the_o illustration_n upon_o the_o four_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o part_n concern_v method_n method_n see_v the_o first_o illustration_n upon_o the_o five_o chapter_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr retract_v 1_o cor._n 10.19_o 10.19_o nemo_fw-la habet_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la nisi_fw-la mendacium_fw-la &_o peccatum_fw-la council_n araus_n 2._o can._n 22._o 22._o in_o the_o sense_n explain_v in_o the_o chapter_n belong_v to_o this_o illustration_n illustration_n i_o still_o mean_v a_o true_a and_o efficacious_a force_n force_n it_o seem_v evident_a to_o i_o that_o the_o mind_n know_v not_o by_o internal_a sensation_n or_o conscience_n the_o motion_n of_o the_o arm_n she_o animate_v she_o know_v by_o conscience_n only_o what_o she_o feel_v or_o think_v by_o inward_a sensation_n or_o conscience_n we_o know_v the_o sense_n we_o have_v of_o the_o motion_n of_o our_o arm._n but_o conscience_n do_v not_o notify_v the_o motion_n of_o our_o arm_n or_o the_o pain_n we_o suffer_v in_o it_o any_o more_o than_o the_o colour_n we_o see_v upon_o object_n or_o if_o this_o will_v not_o be_v grant_v i_o say_v that_o inward_a sensation_n be_v not_o infallible_a for_o error_n be_v general_o find_v in_o the_o sensation_n when_o they_o be_v compose_v i_o have_v sufficient_o prove_v it_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o search_n after_o truth_n gen._n 1._o isa._n 44.24_o job_n 10.8_o 10.8_o vulg._n totum_fw-la 2_o macc._n ch._n 7._o v_o 22_o 23._o act_n 17_o 25._o psal._n 104_o 14._o engl._n poverty_n and_o riches_n eccl._n 11.14_o gen._n 2.19_o ch._n 1.21_o omnia_fw-la quip_n portenta_fw-la contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la dicimus_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la quomodo_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la quod_fw-la dei_fw-la fit_a voluntate_fw-la cum_fw-la voluntas_fw-la tanti_fw-la utique_fw-la creatoris_fw-la conditae_fw-la rei_fw-la cujusque_fw-la natura_fw-la sit_fw-la portentum_fw-la ergo_fw-la fit_a non_fw-la contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la sed_fw-la contra_fw-la quà m_fw-la est_fw-la nota_fw-la natura_fw-la s._n aug._n de_fw-fr civita_n de_fw-fr i_o l._n 21._o c._n 8._o some_o of_o st._n augustine_n principle_n be_v these_o what_o have_v never_o sin_v can_v not_o suffer_v evil_a but_o according_a to_o he_o pain_n be_v the_o great_a evil_n and_o beast_n suffer_v it_o that_o the_o more_o noble_a can_v have_v the_o less_o noble_a for_o its_o end_n but_o with_o he_o the_o soul_n of_o beast_n be_v spiritual_a and_o more_o noble_a than_o the_o body_n and_o yet_o have_v no_o other_o end_n that_o what_o be_v spiritual_a be_v immortal_a yet_o the_o soul_n of_o beast_n though_o spiritual_a be_v subject_a to_o death_n many_o such_o like_a principle_n there_o be_v in_o his_o work_n whereby_o it_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o beast_n have_v no_o such_o spiritual_a soul_n as_o he_o admit_v in_o they_o ch._n 44.24_o 2_o mac._n 7.22_o &_o 23._o sol_fw-it &_o homo_fw-la generant_fw-la â—ominem_fw-la arist._n phy._n ausc._n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o see_v st._n th._n upon_o the_o text._n v._o suarez_n l._n 1._o de_fw-la concursu_fw-la dei_fw-la cum_fw-la voluntate_fw-la durand_n in_o 2_o do_v qu._n 5._o &_o dist._n 37._o de_fw-fr genesi_fw-la ad_fw-la liâ—eram_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 20._o in_o 4_o sent._n dist._n 1._o q._n 1._o d_o aliaco_n ibid._n ibid._n book_n 4._o c._n 1._o deut._n c._n 6._o 6._o act_n 14.15.16_o ergo_fw-la nihil_fw-la agis_fw-la ingratissime_fw-la mortalium_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la negas_fw-la deo_fw-la debere_fw-la sed_fw-la naturae_fw-la quia_fw-la nec_fw-la naturae_fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la deus_fw-la sine_fw-la natura_fw-la sed_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la utrumque_fw-la nec_fw-la distat_fw-la officium_fw-la si_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o seneca_n accepisses_fw-la annaeo_n diceres_fw-la te_fw-la debere_fw-la vel_fw-la lucio_n non_fw-la creditorem_fw-la mutares_fw-la sed_fw-la nomen_fw-la sen._n l._n 4._o de_fw-fr benef._n isa._n 45.7_o amos._n 3.6_o â—_o moses_n maimonid_v vide_fw-la vossium_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr idololatriâ—_n ipsi_fw-la qui_fw-la irridentur_fw-la aegyptii_fw-la nulâ—am_fw-la belluam_fw-la nisi_fw-la ob_fw-la aliquam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quam_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la caperent_fw-la consecrâ—uâ—rant_fw-la cic._n l._n 1._o de_fw-la nâ—tura_fw-la deorum_fw-la phil._n 3.9_o 3.9_o no_o whoremonger_n nor_o unclean_a person_n nor_o covetous_a man_n who_o be_v a_o idolater_n eph._n 5.5_o 5.5_o they_o that_o worship_v he_o must_v worship_n he_o in_o spirit_n and_o in_o truth_n joh._n 4.24_o nos_fw-la si_fw-la hominem_fw-la patrem_fw-la vocamus_fw-la honorem_fw-la aâ—aâ—i_fw-la deferimus_fw-la non_fw-la authorem_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la ostendimus_fw-la hier._n in_o c._n 33._o matth._n 1_o cor._n 9.22_o &_o 10.33_o eph._n 6.6_o col._n 3.22_o 3.22_o ep._n 3._o ch._n 2.28_o ch._n 2.57_o ch._n 6._o contra_fw-la epist._n manichei_n ch._n 16._o de_fw-fr tran._n l._n 10._o &_o alibi_fw-la part_n 2._o ch._n 3._o art_n 6._o 6._o de_fw-fr quantitate_fw-la animae_fw-la ch._n 31_o 32._o etc._n etc._n lib._n 4._o de_fw-la anima_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la origine_fw-la ch._n 12._o &_o alibi_fw-la lins._n c._n 37._o 37._o book_n iu._n chap._n 2._o book_n vi_o part_v ii_o chap._n 7._o book_n iii_o part_v ii_o chap._n 8._o 8._o sess._n 8._o 8._o th._n pac._n ch_z 4._o 4._o l._n 3._o ch_n 13._o cog._n nat._n nat._n by_o that_o bull_n it_o be_v forbid_v under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n to_o give_v any_o explication_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n vlium_fw-la omnino_fw-la interpretationis_fw-la genus_fw-la super_fw-la ipsius_fw-la concilii_fw-la decretis_fw-la quocunque_fw-la modo_fw-la edere_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o power_n be_v reserve_v to_o the_o pope_n pope_n edit_fw-la strasb_n p._n 190._o par._n edit_n 1._o p._n 172._o in_o the_o second_o p._n 190._o in_o the_o three_o 187_o in_o the_o four_o 95._o 95._o pag._n 90._o search_v after_o truth_n ch._n ult_n prov._n 8.22_o eccl._n 24.5_o 14._o eph._n 14.21_o 22_o 23.2.10_o 21_o 22.4.13_o 16._o coll._n 1.15_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o ps._n 72.17_o joh._n 17_o 15.24_o rom._n 8.29_o 1_o peâ—_n 1_o 2d_o apâ—c_fw-la 13.8.1.8_o etc._n etc._n apoc._n 21.23_o col._n 1.18.2.20_o ephes._n 1_o â—2_n rom._n 11.32_o gal._n 3.22_o isaiah_n 5.3_o 4._o 1_o cor._n 8.11_o 8.11_o by_o true_a cause_n i_o understand_v that_o which_o act_n by_o its_o own_o force_n eph._n 1.22_o 23.4.16_o col._n 1.24.2.19_o 1_o cor._n 12.27_o act_n 1.24_o etc._n etc._n joh._n 7.39_o heb._n 7.25_o rom._n 8.34_o 1_o joh._n 2.1_o eph._n 4.13_o ibid._n 15_o &_o 16._o joh._n 5.4_o 5._o 2_o cor._n 13.2_o rom._n 5.14.17_o 18_o 19_o 1_o cor._n 15.48_o 1_o john_n 2.27_o luk._n 10._o eph._n 11.12_o heb._n 2._o 1_o cor._n 12.27_o eph._n 5.30_o etc._n etc._n etc._n illustration_n upon_o the_o search_n after_o truth_n first_o illustration_n on_o the_o 7_o the_o ch._n of_o the_o 2_o d._n part_v of_o the_o 3_o d._n book_n of_o the_o search_n second_o illustration_n col._n 2.19_o heb._n 7.25.9.24_o joh._n 11.42_o mat._n 28.18_o chap._n 4_o 13_o 15_o 16._o col._n 2.19_o col._n 2.7_o joh._n 1.17_o hebr._n 4._o hebr._n 7.16_o 17._o joh._n 16.7_o to_o the_o intent_n that_o now_o unto_o the_o principality_n and_o power_n in_o heavenly_a place_n may_v be_v know_v by_o the_o church_n the_o manifold_a wisdom_n of_o god_n eph._n 3.10_o 1_o joh._n 2.1_o mat._n 9.15_o joh._n 11.42_o