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entangle_v yet_o reason_n can_v but_o take_v place_n with_o they_o that_o be_v free_a to_o who_o i_o dare_v appeal_v whether_o consider_v the_o aereal_a vehicles_n of_o soul_n which_o be_v common_a to_o they_o with_o other_o genii_n so_o that_o whatever_o they_o be_v fancy_v to_o do_v in_o their_o stead_n they_o may_v perform_v themselves_o as_o also_o how_o congruous_a it_o be_v that_o those_o person_n that_o be_v most_o concern_v when_o it_o be_v in_o their_o power_n shall_v act_v in_o their_o own_o affair_n as_o in_o detect_v the_o murderer_n in_o dispose_v their_o estate_n in_o rebuke_v injurious_a executor_n in_o visit_v and_o counsel_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n in_o forewarn_v they_o of_o such_o and_o such_o course_n with_o other_o matter_n of_o like_a sort_n to_o which_o you_o may_v add_v the_o profession_n of_o the_o spirit_n thus_o appear_v of_o be_v the_o soul_n of_o such_o a_o one_o as_o also_o the_o similitude_n of_o person_n and_o that_o all_o this_o ado_n be_v in_o 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of_o the_o humane_a soul_n act_v after_o death_n 9_o a_o further_a argument_n of_o her_o activity_n out_o of_o this_o body_n from_o her_o conflict_n with_o it_o while_o she_o be_v in_o it_o 10._o as_o also_o from_o the_o general_a hope_n and_o belief_n of_o all_o nation_n that_o they_o shall_v live_v after_o death_n 1._o but_o we_o proceed_v now_o to_o what_o be_v less_o subject_a to_o the_o evasion_n and_o misinterpretation_n of_o either_o the_o profane_a or_o superstitious_a for_o none_o but_o such_o as_o will_v profess_v themselves_o mere_a brute_n can_v cast_v off_o the_o decree_n and_o conclusion_n of_o philosophy_n and_o reason_n though_o they_o think_v that_o in_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n they_o may_v with_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o applause_n and_o credit_n refuse_v the_o testimony_n of_o other_o man_n sense_n if_o not_o of_o their_o own_o all_o apparition_n be_v with_o they_o nothing_o but_o the_o strong_a surprisal_n of_o melancholy_a and_o imagination_n but_o they_o can_v 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be_v suspect_v to_o be_v true_a if_o we_o attend_v to_o the_o prodigious_a effect_n of_o the_o mother_n imagination_n derive_v upon_o the_o infant_n which_o sometime_o be_v so_o very_o great_a that_o unless_o she_o raise_v the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n into_o consent_n they_o may_v well_o seem_v to_o exceed_v the_o power_n of_o any_o cause_n i_o shall_v abstain_v from_o produce_v any_o example_n till_o the_o proper_a place_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n i_o hope_v i_o may_v be_v excuse_v from_o any_o rashness_n in_o this_o assignation_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o those_o many_o and_o various_a signature_n find_v in_o nature_n so_o plain_o point_v at_o such_o a_o principle_n in_o the_o world_n as_o i_o have_v intimate_v before_o 4._o but_o to_o return_v and_o cast_v our_o eye_n upon_o the_o subject_a in_o hand_n it_o appear_v from_o the_o two_o precedent_a conclusion_n that_o the_o soul_n consider_v as_o invest_v immediate_o with_o this_o tenuious_a matter_n we_o speak_v of_o which_o be_v her_o inward_a vehicle_n have_v very_o little_a more_o difference_n from_o the_o aereal_a genii_n than_o a_o man_n in_o a_o prison_n from_o one_o that_o be_v free_a the_o one_o can_v only_o see_v and_o suck_v air_n through_o the_o grate_v of_o the_o prison_n and_o must_v be_v annoy_v with_o all_o the_o stench_n and_o unwholesome_a fume_n of_o that_o sad_a habitation_n whenas_o the_o other_o may_v walk_v and_o take_v the_o fresh_a air_n where_o he_o find_v it_o most_o commodious_a and_o agreeable_a this_o difference_n there_o be_v betwixt_o the_o genii_n and_o a_o incorporate_v soul_n the_o soul_n as_o a_o man_n fall_v into_o a_o deep_a pit_n who_o can_v have_v no_o better_a water_n nor_o air_n nor_o no_o long_o enjoyment_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o his_o cheerful_a light_n and_o warmth_n than_o the_o measure_n and_o quality_n of_o the_o pit_n will_v permit_v he_o so_o she_o once_o immure_v
thing_n i_o say_v be_v beyond_o the_o power_n of_o matter_n i_o have_v full_o enough_o declare_v &_o prove_v in_o a_o large_a letter_n of_o i_o to_o v._o c._n and_o therefore_o that_o i_o may_v not_o actum_fw-la agere_fw-la shall_v forbear_v speak_v any_o far_a thereof_o in_o this_o place_n to_o which_o you_o may_v add_v that_o mere_a corporeal_a motion_n in_o matter_n without_o any_o other_o guide_n will_v never_o so_o much_o as_o produce_v a_o round_a sun_n or_o star_n of_o which_o figure_n notwithstanding_o des-cartes_n acknowledge_v they_o to_o be_v but_o my_o reason_n why_o it_o can_v be_v effect_v by_o the_o simple_a mechanical_a power_n of_o matter_n i_o have_v particular_o set_v down_o in_o my_o letter_n to_o that_o excellent_a philosopher_n chap._n xiii_o 1._o that_o the_o descent_n of_o heavy_a body_n argue_v the_o existence_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n because_o else_o they_o will_v either_o hang_v in_o the_o air_n as_o they_o be_v place_v 2._o or_o will_v be_v 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nothing_o how_o this_o way_n will_v not_o salve_v the_o union_n of_o that_o great_a water_n that_o adhere_v to_o the_o body_n of_o the_o moon_n 6._o add_v unto_o all_o this_o that_o if_o the_o motion_n of_o gross_a body_n be_v according_a to_o mere_a mechanical_a law_n a_o bullet_n suppose_v of_o lead_n or_o gold_n cast_v up_o into_o the_o air_n will_v never_o descend_v again_o but_o will_v persist_v in_o a_o rectilinear_a motion_n for_o it_o be_v far_o more_o solid_a than_o so_o much_o air_n &_o aether_n put_v together_o as_o will_v fill_v its_o place_n and_o be_v move_v with_o no_o less_o swiftness_n then_o that_o wherewith_o the_o earth_n be_v carry_v about_o in_o twenty_o four_o hour_n it_o must_v needs_o break_v out_o in_o a_o straight_a line_n through_o the_o thin_a air_n and_o never_o return_v again_o to_o the_o earth_n but_o get_v away_o as_o a_o comet_n do_v out_o of_o a_o vortex_n and_o that_o de_fw-la facto_fw-la a_o canon_n bullet_n have_v be_v shoot_v so_o high_a that_o 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