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in_o the_o heart_n by_o the_o natural_a inhabitant_n the_o affection_n and_o passion_n of_o it_o solomon_n be_v wise_a than_o so_o to_o be_v entangle_v prov._n 20.12_o say_v the_o hear_n ear_n and_o the_o see_a eye_n the_o lord_n have_v make_v even_o both_o of_o they_o seem_v a_o tacit_a confession_n that_o he_o know_v not_o how_o and_o eccles_n 8_o 17._o make_v a_o open_a confession_n that_o man_n can_v find_v out_o the_o work_n of_o god_n not_o those_o which_o be_v of_o thy_o world_n the_o wise_a of_o man_n can_v do_v it_o and_o my_o lord_n bacon_n among_o the_o wise_a of_o our_o naturalist_n tell_v we_o in_o his_o advancement_n of_o learning_n pag._n 200._o that_o a_o rational_a account_n of_o the_o soul_n can_v be_v expect_v from_o philosophy_n because_o the_o thing_n be_v supernatural_a and_o inspire_a whence_o it_o seem_v we_o seek_v in_o vain_a to_o know_v what_o it_o be_v or_o whence_o it_o be_v or_o where_o it_o be_v or_o why_o it_o be_v since_o we_o can_v know_v that_o it_o 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the_o clergy_n and_o minister_n of_o his_o church_n and_o this_o have_v now_o continue_v for_o about_o the_o space_n of_o eleven_o hundred_o year_n time_n enough_o to_o radicate_v and_o fix_v the_o belief_n of_o a_o self-subsisting_a soul_n in_o all_o believer_n derive_v under_o that_o church_n or_o that_o have_v be_v subject_v thereunto_o but_o whatsoever_o the_o cause_n have_v be_v of_o the_o present_a christian_n decline_v and_o swerve_v from_o that_o of_o the_o primitive_a father_n in_o this_o point_n it_o seem_v the_o state_n of_o this_o question_n deserve_v to_o be_v diligent_o review_v and_o consider_v our_o author_n undertake_v to_o prove_v this_o self-subsisting_a spiritual_a substance_n in_o man_n from_o three_o topic_n or_o ground_n viz._n 1._o from_o reason_n or_o nature_n 2._o from_o moral_a congruity_n 3._o from_o express_a place_n and_o text_n of_o scripture_n how_o concise_a and_o short_a he_o be_v both_o in_o the_o word_n and_o sense_n of_o his_o reason_v in_o this_o point_n any_o who_o will_v bestow_v the_o pain_n of_o peruse_v he_o will_v evident_o and_o easy_o perceive_v all_o that_o he_o say_v in_o proof_n from_o this_o topick_n have_v be_v true_o relate_v before_o and_o without_o far_a descant_n thereon_o it_o seem_v less_o can_v hardly_o be_v say_v than_o id_fw-la aliquid_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la and_o he_o leave_v his_o important_a undertake_n prove_v such_o a_o soul_n in_o man_n from_o reason_n or_o nature_n with_o turn_v himself_o about_o to_o matter_n and_o thing_n or_o rather_o to_o conceit_n and_o fantasy_n of_o very_a small_a value_n as_o page_z 13._o whether_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o individual_a spirit_n or_o be_v a_o act_n or_o emanation_n of_o god_n or_o of_o some_o universal_a soul_n in_o the_o body_n of_o man_n pag._n 15._o whether_o the_o soul_n be_v annihilate_v by_o death_n and_o then_o whether_o it_o shall_v be_v destroy_v by_o the_o dissolution_n of_o its_o part_n pag._n 17._o then_o whether_o soul_n subsist_v after_o death_n do_v sleep_v as_o the_o body_n do_v till_o the_o resurrection_n pag._n 21._o whether_o soul_n subsist_v after_o death_n and_o not_o sleep_v shall_v continue_v distinct_a being_n or_o fall_v into_o one_o common_a soul_n or_o be_v unite_v to_o god_n and_o so_o lose_v their_o individuation_n and_o separate_v be_v upon_o this_o question_n pag._n 22._o he_o cite_v s._n austin_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la put_v the_o question_n whether_o soul_n be_v all_o but_o one_o and_o not_o many_o but_o that_o he_o utter_o deny_v 2._o whether_o they_o be_v many_o and_o not_o one_o and_o that_o he_o can_v not_o well_o digest_v 3._o whether_o they_o be_v at_o once_o both_o one_o and_o many_o and_o though_o this_o may_v seem_v ridiculous_a yet_o he_o be_v most_o incline_v to_o the_o belief_n of_o
as_o a_o pilot_n be_v in_o a_o ship_n who_o have_v bring_v it_o to_o shore_n leave_v it_o chap._n 2._o the_o soul_n be_v among_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v call_v principle_n have_v the_o special_a faculty_n of_o nutrition_n sense_n reason_n and_o local_a motion_n but_o there_o be_v doubt_n whether_o all_o these_o proceed_v from_o the_o whole_a soul_n or_o that_o they_o be_v separate_v part_n of_o it_o and_o if_o separate_v then_o whether_o in_o place_n or_o only_o in_o imagination_n the_o vegetative_a soul_n will_v act_v in_o slip_v and_o branch_n and_o enable_v they_o to_o grow_v but_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n seem_v to_o be_v of_o another_o sort_n and_o that_o this_o only_a be_v capable_a of_o a_o separation_n from_o the_o body_n as_o that_o which_o be_v eternal_a may_v be_v separate_v from_o that_o which_o be_v subject_a to_o corruption_n but_o all_o other_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n except_o that_o which_o be_v pure_o contemplative_a be_v inseparable_a from_o the_o body_n the_o 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dilucidation_n or_o confirmation_n of_o the_o thing_n as_o if_o in_o compliance_n with_o vulgar_a opinion_n and_o then_o present_o subjoin_v the_o soul_n be_v not_o the_o body_n but_o belong_v to_o it_o nor_o can_v she_o be_v without_o it_o in_o a_o body_n therefore_o she_o be_v and_o likely_a can_v be_v without_o it_o far_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o in_o this_o chapter_n we_o begin_v to_o enlarge_v our_o stride_v and_o omit_v all_o such_o thing_n which_o do_v not_o proper_o belong_v to_o soul_n or_o be_v declarative_n of_o their_o nature_n or_o property_n and_o this_o course_n will_v be_v follow_v in_o our_o future_a progression_n in_o this_o author_n chap._n 3._o where_o there_o be_v sense_n there_o be_v appetite_n viz._n lust_n wrath_n and_o will_v also_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n or_o that_o which_o be_v please_a and_o troublesome_a lust_n desire_v that_o which_o be_v pleasant_a and_o animal_n be_v nourish_v by_o dry_a and_o moist_a thing_n and_o by_o hot_a and_o cold_a thing_n hunger_n and_o thirst_n belong_v to_o lust_n hunger_n desire_v the_o dry_a and_o warm_a thing_n and_o thirst_v the_o cold_a and_o moist_a man_n have_v a_o discursive_a understanding_n or_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o nature_n above_o that_o man_n have_v it_o creature_n in_o the_o low_a degree_n rational_a have_v all_o thing_n pertain_v to_o animation_n sense_n appetite_n motion_n etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o they_o all_o perish_v in_o death_n of_o the_o contemplative_a intellect_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v there_o may_v other_o thing_n be_v speak_v or_o conceive_v we_o may_v observe_v here_o the_o same_o cautelous_a expression_n of_o aristotle_n concern_v subsistence_n of_o a_o rational_a soul_n in_o a_o state_n of_o separation_n from_o the_o body_n that_o have_v be_v usual_a with_o he_o chap._n 4._o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o proper_a and_o most_o natural_a quality_n of_o all_o live_a creature_n perfect_a in_o their_o kind_n to_o generate_v such_o another_o 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then_o in_o a_o amicable_a temper_n this_o be_v the_o soul_n and_o therefore_o this_o be_v the_o prime_a cause_n of_o nutrition_n yet_o the_o fire_n or_o natural_a heat_n be_v a_o concomitant_a cause_n not_o yet_o so_o principal_a as_o the_o soul_n which_o bound_v the_o force_n of_o the_o fire_n know_v otherwise_o no_o bound_n nothing_o can_v take_v food_n or_o nourishment_n that_o be_v not_o a_o animate_v body_n so_o as_o such_o body_n do_v therefore_o these_o action_n come_v from_o the_o soul_n therefore_o the_o soul_n be_v such_o a_o principle_n as_o have_v suitable_a faculty_n to_o preserve_v the_o place_n of_o she_o abide_v if_o that_o have_v no_o aliment_n it_o can_v subsist_v and_o therein_o be_v three_o particular_n viz._n 1._o what_o must_v be_v nourish_v 2._o with_o what_o 3._o what_o effect_n the_o nouriture_n and_o that_o be_v the_o soul_n the_o other_o two_o be_v the_o body_n and_o the_o aliment_n and_o all_o aliment_n must_v be_v digest_v and_o all_o digestion_n be_v 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quasi_fw-la spirituosam_fw-la toti_fw-la adaequatam_fw-la &_o coextensam_fw-la constiâ—â—unt_fw-la ex_fw-la creationis_fw-la lege_fw-la here_o he_o show_v how_o these_o active_a particle_n first_o work_n in_o semine_fw-la and_o form_v a_o consistence_n and_o body_n suitable_a to_o its_o own_o activity_n as_o a_o case_n may_v be_v exact_o fit_v to_o a_o jewel_n &_o haec_fw-la anima_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la statim_fw-la dissolvi_fw-la tenuesque_fw-la in_o auras_fw-la evanescere_fw-la apta_fw-la a_o corpore_fw-la continenti_fw-la in_o subsistentia_fw-la sva_fw-la &_o actu_fw-la conservatur_fw-la ita_fw-la anima_fw-la tenuissima_fw-la licet_fw-la est_fw-la corporea_fw-la p._n 11._o corpori_fw-la intime_fw-la unitur_fw-la ejusque_fw-la velut_fw-la subtegmen_fw-la existit_fw-la attamen_fw-la textura_fw-la subtilissima_fw-la sensibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la percipi_fw-la nequit_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la modo_fw-la ab_fw-la effectis_fw-la &_o operationibus_fw-la suis_fw-la dignoscitur_fw-la and_o 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