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not_o determine_v point_n of_o doctrine_n if_o a_o great_a or_o considerable_a number_n of_o voice_n do_v refuse_v to_o consent_v to_o the_o agreement_n of_o the_o major_a part_n but_o our_o dissenter_n on_o the_o contrary_a like_o froward_a and_o very_a illnatured_n child_n do_v utter_o reject_v the_o authority_n of_o their_o mother_n the_o church_n she_o like_v a_o tender_a parent_n extend_v her_o arm_n to_o receive_v they_o set_v open_v the_o door_n of_o her_o oratory_n and_o call_v they_o to_o her_o kind_n and_o wont_a embrace_n exhort_v they_o to_o enter_v again_o into_o her_o communion_n with_o a_o readiness_n to_o forgive_v all_o that_o be_v past_a and_o a_o inclination_n to_o heal_v or_o even_o to_o bear_v with_o their_o weakness_n and_o infirmity_n and_o their_o error_n of_o opinion_n in_o doctrine_n or_o discipline_n whilst_o they_o like_v wasp_n better_a furnish_v with_o sting_n than_o honey_n seek_v rather_o to_o destroy_v than_o cultivate_v the_o hive_n and_o stock_n wherein_o they_o have_v be_v preserve_v and_o nourish_v they_o repudiate_v and_o disow_v their_o own_o natural_a parent_n because_o they_o think_v they_o discover_v some_o spot_n and_o wrinkle_n in_o the_o ornament_n of_o her_o fine_a linen_n pudet_fw-la hoec_fw-la opprobia_n vobis_fw-la &_o dici_fw-la potuisse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la potuisse_fw-la refelli_fw-la chap._n vi_o p._n 79._o mr._n m._n repeat_v the_o name_n of_o aristotle_n dicearchus_n and_o pliny_n mention_v by_o the_o observer_n in_o his_o quote_v pamphlet_n not_o as_o a_o proof_n of_o the_o materiality_n but_o to_o show_v there_o be_v need_n of_o better_a proof_n of_o the_o immortality_n than_o mr._n b._n have_v give_v of_o it_o mr._n m._n here_o further_a mention_n pherecydes_n as_o the_o first_o among_o the_o philosopher_n who_o defend_v or_o invent_v this_o doctrine_n of_o the_o immortality_n as_o before_o have_v be_v observe_v and_o shall_v here_o be_v grant_v p._n 80._o mr._n m._n quote_v pythagoras_n as_o pherecydes_n scholar_n and_o next_o maintainer_n of_o the_o immortality_n the_o observer_n will_v mind_v the_o reader_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o this_o opinion_n hold_v by_o the_o latter_a and_o learned_a from_o the_o former_a viz._n that_o their_o sort_n of_o soul_n have_v a_o perfect_a pre-existence_n before_o it_o come_v into_o the_o body_n of_o a_o man_n and_o hold_v that_o same_o existence_n after_o the_o departure_n from_o the_o body_n whereby_o it_o be_v capable_a of_o animate_v another_o man_n horse_n camel_n or_o dog_n fish_n fowl_n or_o any_o other_o live_a creature_n and_o that_o soul_n do_v continual_o undergo_v such_o change_n of_o habitation_n throughout_o the_o world_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o this_o opinion_n therefore_o the_o observer_n say_v aught_o to_o be_v reject_v quia_fw-la ducit_fw-la ad_fw-la absurdum_fw-la mr._n m._n say_v plato_n travel_v into_o italy_n to_o gather_v learn_v out_o of_o the_o school_n of_o pythagoras_n there_o and_o gather_v from_o thence_o his_o opinion_n of_o the_o pre-existence_n of_o soul_n which_o he_o after_o change_v so_o far_o as_o to_o conceive_v that_o the_o transmigration_n of_o soul_n be_v not_o common_a to_o man_n and_o beast_n but_o that_o they_o go_v only_o from_o one_o man_n to_o another_o and_o be_v put_v into_o body_n for_o pennance_n and_o purgatory_n and_o be_v enclose_v in_o they_o as_o in_o cage_n or_o prison_n which_o they_o be_v desirous_a to_o leave_v with_o the_o first_o opportunity_n a_o opinion_n convince_v of_o falsity_n and_o error_n by_o every_o man_n be_v daily_a experience_n which_o prove_v to_o we_o that_o there_o be_v no_o union_n in_o the_o world_n more_o natural_a please_a and_o desire_a than_o that_o of_o soul_n and_o body_n nor_o who_o separation_n be_v more_o grievous_a than_o they_o mr._n m._n quote_v dr._n more_o be_v verse_n p._n 81._o of_o which_o no_o more_o shall_v be_v say_v but_o like_o lip_n like_o lettuce_n mr._n m._n here_o further_o quote_v plato_n and_o cicero_n both_o which_o we_o give_v up_o to_o he_o as_o gross_a and_o erroneous_a immortalists_n p._n 82._o he_o pretend_v to_o quote_v socrates_n when_o his_o quotation_n be_v only_o what_o plato_n put_v into_o socrates_n mouth_n who_o in_o this_o feign_a dialogue_n make_v socrates_n say_v what_o he_o please_v mr._n m._n here_o give_v we_o plato_n opinion_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n and_o near_o in_o the_o same_o term_n that_o the_o common_a opinion_n of_o man_n now_o hold_v it_o and_o hence_o it_o seem_v the_o christian_a platonist_n derive_v it_o and_o deliver_v it_o to_o the_o scholar_n of_o their_o school_n who_o spread_v the_o same_o according_o support_v by_o st._n matthew_n word_n of_o can_v kill_v the_o soul_n wording_n our_o saviour_n doctrine_n according_a to_o that_o tenet_n which_o he_o believe_v and_o be_v then_o common_a in_o the_o world_n p._n 83._o here_o he_o go_v still_o on_o to_o deliver_v such_o word_n as_o plato_n be_v please_v to_o put_v into_o the_o mouth_n of_o socrates_n he_o further_o quote_v plotinus_n say_v if_o we_o can_v see_v the_o soul_n in_o its_o own_o naked_a essence_n we_o shall_v not_o doubt_v of_o its_o immortality_n and_o this_o be_v agree_v by_o the_o observer_n who_o therefore_o desire_v mr_n m._n to_o show_v we_o this_o soul_n in_o its_o own_o naked_a essence_n or_o tell_v we_o by_o what_o search_n we_o may_v come_v to_o such_o a_o sight_n of_o it_o his_o follow_a word_n be_v unpracticable_a p._n 84._o he_o quote_v maximus_n who_o word_n shall_v be_v leave_v to_o the_o world_n to_o consider_v not_o believe_v by_o the_o observer_n p._n 85._o mr._n m._n quote_v the_o stoic_n who_o say_v the_o depart_a soul_n be_v turn_v into_o hero_n some_o good_a and_o some_o bad_a believe_v they_o who_o listen_v then_o he_o say_v out_o of_o seneca_n the_o humane_a soul_n be_v a_o deity_n dwell_v in_o a_o humane_a body_n mr._n m._n say_v this_o be_v too_o high_a a_o expression_n he_o may_v as_o well_o have_v say_v he_o know_v it_o to_o be_v false_a p._n 86._o be_v quote_v seneca_n who_o call_v the_o body_n the_o prison_n of_o the_o soul_n like_o a_o right_a platonist_n and_o derive_v his_o opinion_n from_o they_o the_o reader_n may_v consider_v plutarch_n be_v a_o heathen_a philosopher_n and_o likely_a know_v nothing_o concern_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o person_n mr._n m._n here_o further_o say_v that_o such_o christian_n may_v be_v ashamed_a who_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o instruction_n from_o a_o heathen_a concern_v the_o soul_n immortality_n the_o observer_n say_v that_o rather_o such_o christian_n have_v reason_n to_o be_v ashamed_a who_o derive_v their_o opinion_n of_o the_o immortality_n from_o thought_n of_o heathen_a idolater_n and_o follow_v their_o instruction_n concern_v it_o p._n 87._o mr._n m._n deliver_v that_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o immortality_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o their_o worship_v their_o depart_a hero_n which_o be_v their_o idolatry_n and_o one_o very_o bad_a effect_n of_o their_o conceit_a 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