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it_o to_o be_v so_o innate_a and_o ingraft_v in_o our_o mind_n that_o we_o can_v by_o any_o force_n or_o artifice_n remove_v it_o thence_o which_o be_v a_o most_o certain_a demonstration_n that_o all_o perception_n of_o extension_n be_v not_o imagination_n proper_o so_o call_v which_o in_o my_o opinion_n ought_v to_o be_v esteem_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a and_o most_o fundamental_a error_n of_o the_o nullibist_n and_o to_o which_o especial_o this_o difficulty_n be_v to_o be_v refer_v touch_v a_o indiscerpible_a extension_n for_o we_o see_v they_o confess_v their_o own_o guilt_n namely_o that_o their_o mind_n be_v so_o corrupt_v by_o their_o imagination_n and_o so_o immerse_v into_o it_o that_o they_o can_v use_v no_o other_o saculty_n in_o the_o contemplation_n of_o any_o extend_a thing_n and_o therefore_o when_o they_o make_v use_v of_o their_o imagination_n instead_o of_o their_o intellect_n in_o contemplate_v of_o it_o they_o necessary_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o object_n of_o imagination_n that_o be_v as_o a_o corporeal_a thing_n and_o discerpible_a into_o part_n for_o as_o i_o note_v above_o the_o sight_n of_o their_o mind_n by_o reason_n of_o this_o morbus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o materious_a disease_n if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v be_v make_v so_o heavy_a and_o dull_a that_o it_o can_v distinguish_v any_o extension_n from_o that_o of_o matter_n as_o allow_v it_o to_o appertain_v to_o another_o kind_n nor_o by_o logical_a or_o metaphysical_a abstraction_n prescind_v it_o from_o either_o sect_n xxiv_o that_o extension_n as_o such_o include_v in_o it_o neither_o divisibility_n nor_o impenetrability_n neither_o indivisibility_n nor_o penetrability_n but_o be_v indifferent_a to_o either_o two_o of_o those_o property_n and_o from_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o because_o a_o thing_n be_v extend_v they_o present_o imagine_v that_o it_o have_v part_n extra_fw-la part_n and_o be_v not_o ens_fw-la unum_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la &_o non_fw-la per_fw-la aliud_fw-la a_o be_v one_o by_o itself_o and_o not_o by_o virtue_n of_o another_o but_o so_o frame_v from_o the_o juxtaposition_n of_o part_n whenas_o the_o idea_n of_o extension_n precise_o consider_v in_o itself_o include_v no_o such_o thing_n but_o only_o a_o trinal_a distance_n or_o solid_a amplitude_n that_o be_v to_o say_v not_o linear_o only_o and_o superficiary_a if_o we_o may_v here_o use_v those_o term_n which_o proper_o belong_v to_o magnitude_n mathematical_a but_o every_o way_n run_v out_o and_o reach_v towards_o every_o part_n this_o amplitude_n sure_o and_o nothing_o beside_o do_v this_o bare_a and_o simple_a extension_n include_v not_o penetrability_n nor_o impenetrability_n not_o divisibility_n nor_o yet_o indivisibility_n but_o to_o either_o affection_n or_o property_n or_o if_o you_o will_v essential_a difference_n namely_o to_o divisibility_n and_o impenetrability_n or_o to_o penetrability_n and_o indivisibility_n if_o consider_v in_o itself_o be_v it_o altogether_o indifferent_a and_o may_v be_v determine_v to_o either_o two_o of_o they_o wherefore_o whereas_o we_o acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a extension_n namely_o material_a which_o be_v endue_v with_o so_o stout_a and_o invincible_a a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o impenetrability_n that_o it_o necessary_o and_o by_o a_o insuperable_a renitencie_n expel_v and_o exclude_v all_o other_o matter_n that_o occur_v and_o attempt_n to_o penetrate_v it_o nor_o suffer_v it_o at_o all_o to_o enter_v although_o in_o the_o simple_a idea_n of_o extension_n this_o marvellous_a virtue_n of_o it_o be_v not_o con_v taint_a but_o plain_o omit_v as_o not_o at_o all_o belong_v thereto_o immediate_o and_o of_o itself_o why_o may_v we_o not_o as_o easy_o conceive_v that_o another_o extension_n namely_o a_o immaterial_a one_o though_o extension_n in_o itself_o include_v no_o such_o thing_n be_v of_o such_o a_o nature_n that_o it_o can_v by_o any_o other_o thing_n whether_o material_a or_o immaterial_a be_v discerp_v into_o part_n but_o by_o a_o indissoluble_a necessary_a and_o essential_a tie_n be_v so_o unite_v and_o hold_v together_o with_o itself_o that_o although_o it_o can_v penetrate_v all_o thing_n and_o be_v penetrate_v by_o all_o thing_n yet_o nothing_o can_v so_o insinuate_v itself_o into_o it_o as_o to_o disjoin_v any_o thing_n of_o its_o essence_n any_o where_o or_o perforate_v it_o or_o make_v any_o hole_n or_o poor_a in_o it_o that_o be_v that_o i_o may_v speak_v brief_o what_o hinder_v but_o there_o may_v be_v a_o be_v that_o be_v immediate_o one_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n and_o not_o hold_v together_o into_o one_o by_o virtue_n of_o some_o other_o either_o quality_n or_o substance_n although_o every_o be_v as_o a_o be_v be_v extend_v because_o extension_n in_o its_o precise_a notion_n do_v not_o include_v any_o physical_a division_n but_o the_o mind_n infect_v with_o corporeal_a imagination_n do_v false_o and_o unskilful_o feign_v it_o to_o be_v necessary_o there_o sect_n xxv_o that_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v extend_v have_v not_o part_n physical_o discerpible_a though_o logical_o or_o intellectual_o divisible_a for_o it_o be_v nothing_o which_o the_o nullibi_v here_o allege_v while_o they_o say_v that_o all_o extension_n infer_v part_n and_o all_o part_n division_n for_o beside_o that_o the_o first_o be_v false_a forasmuch_o as_o ens_fw-la unum_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la a_o be_v one_o of_o itself_o or_o of_o its_o own_o immediate_a nature_n although_o extend_v yet_o include_v no_o part_n in_o its_o idea_n but_o be_v conceive_v according_a to_o its_o proper_a essence_n as_o a_o thing_n as_o simple_a as_o may_v be_v and_o therefore_o compound_v of_o no_o part_n we_o answer_v moreover_o that_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o prejudicial_a to_o our_o cause_n though_o we_o shall_v grant_v that_o this_o metaphysical_a extension_n of_o spirit_n be_v also_o divisible_a but_o logical_o only_a not_o physical_o that_o be_v to_o say_v be_v not_o discerpible_a but_o that_o one_o shall_v adjoyn_v a_o
physical_a divisibility_n to_o such_o a_o extension_n sure_o that_o must_v necessary_o proceed_v from_o the_o impotency_n of_o his_o imagination_n which_o his_o mind_n can_v curb_v nor_o separate_v herself_o from_o the_o dregs_n and_o corporeal_a foulness_n thereof_o and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o she_o tincture_n and_o infect_v this_o pure_a and_o spiritual_a extension_n with_o corporeal_a property_n but_o that_o a_o extend_a thing_n may_v be_v divide_v logical_o or_o intellectual_o when_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v discerp_v it_o sufficient_o appear_v from_o hence_o that_o a_o physical_a monad_n which_o have_v some_o amplitude_n though_o the_o least_o that_o possible_a can_v be_v be_v conceive_v thus_o to_o be_v divide_v in_o a_o line_n consist_v of_o any_o uneven_a number_n of_o monad_n which_o notwithstanding_o the_o intellect_n divide_v into_o two_o equal_a part_n and_o very_o in_o a_o metaphysical_a monad_n such_o as_o the_o holenmerians_n conceit_n the_o mind_n of_o man_n to_o be_v and_o to_o possess_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n and_o occupy_v the_o whole_a body_n there_o may_v be_v here_o again_o make_v a_o logical_a distribution_n suppose_v è_fw-la subjectis_fw-la as_o they_o call_v it_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o this_o metaphysical_a monad_n or_o soul_n of_o the_o holenmerians_n be_v conceive_v to_o possess_v the_o head_n or_o trunk_n or_o limb_n of_o the_o body_n and_o yet_o no_o man_n be_v so_o delirant_fw-la as_o to_z think_v that_o it_o follow_v from_o thence_o that_o such_o a_o soul_n may_v be_v discerp_v into_o so_o many_o part_n and_o that_o the_o part_n so_o discerp_v may_v subsist_v by_o themselves_o sect_n xxvi_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o second_o objection_n which_o infer_v the_o separabilitie_n of_o the_o part_n of_o a_o substantial_a extensum_fw-la from_o the_o say_a part_n be_v substantial_a and_o independent_a one_o of_o another_o from_o which_o a_o sufficient_o fit_a and_o accommodate_v answer_n may_v be_v fetch_v to_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o difficulty_n namely_o to_o that_o which_o because_o the_o part_n of_o substance_n be_v substantial_a and_o independent_a one_o of_o another_o and_o subsist_v by_o themselves_o as_o be_v substance_n will_v infer_v that_o they_o can_v be_v discerp_v at_o least_o by_o the_o divine_a power_n and_o disjoin_v and_o be_v so_o disjoin_v subsist_v by_o themselves_o which_o i_o confess_v to_o be_v the_o chief_a edge_n or_o sting_n of_o the_o whole_a difficulty_n and_o yet_o such_o as_o i_o hope_v i_o shall_v with_o ease_n file_v off_o or_o blunt_a for_o first_o i_o deny_v that_o in_o a_o thing_n that_o be_v absolute_o one_o and_o simple_a as_o a_o spirit_n be_v there_o be_v any_o physical_a part_n or_o part_n proper_o so_o call_v but_o that_o they_o be_v only_o false_o seign_v and_o fancy_v in_o it_o by_o the_o impure_a imagination_n but_o that_o the_o mind_n itself_o be_v susficient_o defecate_v and_o purge_v from_o the_o impure_a dregs_n of_o fancy_n although_o from_o some_o extrinsical_a respect_n she_o may_v consider_v a_o spirit_n as_o have_v part_n yet_o at_o the_o very_a same_o time_n do_v she_o in_o herself_o with_o close_a attention_n observe_v and_o note_v that_o such_o a_o extension_n of_o itself_o have_v none_o and_o therefore_o whenas_o it_o have_v no_o part_n it_o be_v plain_a it_o have_v no_o substantial_a part_n nor_o independent_a one_o of_o another_o nor_o subsistent_n of_o themselves_o and_o then_o as_o much_o as_o concern_v those_o part_n which_o the_o stupid_a and_o impotent_a imagination_n fanci_v in_o a_o spirit_n it_o do_v not_o follow_v from_o thence_o because_o they_o be_v substantial_a that_o they_o may_v subsist_v separate_a by_o themselves_o for_o a_o thing_n to_o subsist_v by_o itself_o only_o signify_v so_o to_o subsist_v that_o it_o want_v not_o the_o prop_n of_o some_o other_o subject_a in_o which_o it_o may_v inhere_o as_o accident_n do_v so_o that_o the_o part_n of_o 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