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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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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 effect_v by_o heat_n therefore_o all_o live_a thing_n have_v heat_n we_o may_v apply_v what_o aristotle_n say_v here_o of_o generation_n as_o the_o most_o natural_a action_n viz._n to_o generate_v another_o creature_n of_o his_o own_o likeness_n and_o kind_a this_o import_v a_o generation_n of_o the_o whole_a matter_n and_o form_n body_n and_o soul_n according_a to_o natural_a inclination_n and_o power_n of_o all_o other_o live_v creature_n chap._n 5._o treat_v of_o the_o sense_n and_o the_o object_n of_o they_o the_o first_o motion_n towards_o sense_n grow_v from_o the_o seminal_a power_n then_o that_o which_o be_v procreate_v obtain_v sense_n natural_a to_o sensitive_a creature_n as_o science_n and_o contemplation_n be_v to_o man._n but_o object_n of_o the_o sense_n be_v external_a thing_n and_o those_o of_o science_n as_o thing_n universal_a be_v inward_a and_o within_o compass_n of_o the_o soul_n itself_o and_o it_o can_v understand_v when_o it_o will_v not_o use_v the_o sense_n without_o their_o proper_a exterior_a object_n not_o hear_v without_o a_o noise_n chap._n 6._o each_o sense_n judge_n of_o its_o proper_a object_n without_o be_v deceive_v in_o it_o the_o distance_n and_o medium_fw-la be_v fit_a and_o the_o organ_n find_v but_o motion_n rest_v number_n figure_n and_o bulk_n be_v not_o peculiar_a to_o any_o one_o sense_n to_o the_o peculiar_a object_n the_o essence_n of_o the_o sensible_a power_n apply_v itself_o chap._n 7._o light_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o colour_n of_o the_o perlucid_a body_n when_o enlighten_v by_o fire_n or_o the_o heavenly_a luminary_n but_o light_n be_v not_o fire_n nor_o clear_o a_o body_n nor_o the_o effluction_n of_o a_o body_n for_o than_o itself_o will_v be_v a_o body_n but_o it_o be_v the_o presence_n of_o fire_n or_o other_o lucid_a thing_n in_o the_o perlucidum_fw-la we_o may_v say_v the_o presence_n of_o that_o habit_n which_o expel_v darkness_n be_v light_n and_o of_o that_o habit_n darkness_n be_v the_o privation_n 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