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vain_a certain_o and_o absurd_a have_v be_v all_o their_o care_n and_o solicitude_n about_o the_o purification_n of_o it_o from_o the_o pollution_n of_o sin_n and_o from_o the_o dregs_n of_o sensual_a inclination_n before_o death_n the_o same_o may_v be_v by_o like_o genuine_a consequence_n infer_v from_o their_o most_o magnificent_a sepulcher_n their_o exquisite_a embalming_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o their_o amenthes_n or_o subterraneous_a place_n into_o which_o they_o hold_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o defunct_a to_o be_v receive_v but_o what_o need_v we_o range_v into_o their_o mythology_n in_o search_n after_o evidence_n of_o their_o be_v strong_o possess_v with_o this_o opinion_n when_o we_o have_v proof_n from_o authority_n unquestionable_a that_o their_o priest_n and_o other_o learned_a man_n express_o teach_v it_o hear_v then_o herodotus_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 123._o say_v aegyptij_fw-la primi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la animam_fw-la hominis_fw-la immortalem_fw-la esse_fw-la dicerent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ejus_fw-la transmigrationem_fw-la in_o alia_fw-la animalia_fw-la terrestria_fw-la marina_fw-la volueria_fw-la rursumque_fw-la in_o corpus_fw-la humanum_fw-la docuerunt_fw-la hunc_fw-la circuitum_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la fieri_fw-la intra_fw-la
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theology_n in_o pag._n 30._o of_o his_o book_n concern_v the_o excellency_n of_o theology_n all_o that_o mere_a reason_n can_v demonstrate_v concering_n this_o subject_a may_v be_v reduce_v to_o these_o two_o thing_n one_o that_o the_o rational_a soul_n be_v a_o incorporeal_a substance_n there_o be_v no_o necessity_n that_o it_o shall_v perish_v with_o the_o body_n so_o that_o if_o god_n have_v not_o otherwise_o appoint_v the_o soul_n may_v survive_v the_o body_n and_o last_o for_o ever_o the_o other_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n according_a to_o des_n cartes_n consist_v in_o its_o be_v a_o substance_n that_o think_v we_o may_v conclude_v that_o though_o it_o be_v by_o death_n separate_v from_o the_o body_n it_o will_v nevertheless_o retain_v the_o power_n of_o think_v to_o more_o than_o this_o des_fw-mi cartes_n be_v both_o too_o circumspect_a and_o too_o conscious_a of_o the_o dimness_n of_o human_a reason_n to_o pretend_v though_o some_o of_o his_o sectator_n mistake_v the_o design_n and_o scope_n of_o that_o his_o discourse_n have_v conceive_v it_o to_o extend_v even_o to_o a_o eviction_n also_o of_o the_o soul_n absolute_a immortality_n for_o in_o artic_a 7._o respon_n ad_fw-la object_n 2._o he_o make_v this_o ingenuous_a profession_n cur_n de_fw-fr immortalitate_fw-la animae_fw-la nihil_fw-la scripserim_fw-la jam_fw-la dixi_fw-la in_o synopsi_fw-la mearum_fw-la meditationum_fw-la quod_fw-la ejus_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la corpore_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la satis_fw-la probaverim_fw-la supra_fw-la ostendi_fw-la quod_fw-la vero_fw-la additis_fw-la ex_fw-la distinctione_n animae_fw-la a_o corpore_fw-la non_fw-la sequi_fw-la ejus_fw-la immortalitatem_fw-la quia_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la illam_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la talis_fw-la naturae_fw-la factam_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la duratio_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la duratione_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la corporeae_fw-la finiatur_fw-la fateor_fw-la a_o i_o refelli_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la tantum_fw-la mihi_fw-la assumo_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquam_fw-la de_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la a_o libera_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dependent_a humanae_fw-la rationis_fw-la vi_fw-la determinare_fw-la aggrediar_fw-la docet_fw-la quidem_fw-la naturalis_fw-la cognitio_fw-la mentem_fw-la a_o corpore_fw-la esse_fw-la diversam_fw-la ipsamque_fw-la esse_fw-la substantiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la absoluta_fw-la dei_fw-la potestate_fw-la quaeratur_fw-la a_o fort_n decreverit_fw-la ut_fw-la animae_fw-la humanae_fw-la iisdem_fw-la temporibus_fw-la esse_fw-la desivant_n quibus_fw-la corpor_fw-la a_o quae_fw-la illis_fw-la adjunxit_fw-la destruuntur_fw-la solius_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la respondere_fw-la cumque_fw-la jam_fw-la ipse_fw-la nobis_fw-la revelaverit_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la futurum_fw-la nulla_fw-la plane_n vel_fw-la minima_fw-la est_fw-la occasio_fw-la dubitandi_fw-la iii_o of_o the_o comment_n of_o the_o ancient_a ethnic_n 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have_v the_o power_n of_o dissolution_n or_o death_n to_o the_o first_o be_v ascribe_v light_a and_o day_n to_o the_o latter_a darkness_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non-apparence_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v privation_n of_o light_n under_o the_o empire_n of_o zeus_n or_o jove_n be_v place_v the_o upper_a part_n of_o the_o world_n the_o inferior_a be_v assign_v to_o the_o dominion_n of_o pluto_n the_o middle_a betwixt_o these_o two_o contrary_a principle_n be_v imagine_v to_o be_v agitate_a by_o perpetual_a reciprocation_n or_o alternate_a change_n so_o that_o life_n and_o death_n light_n and_o darkness_n good_a and_o evil_a rule_n by_o turn_n congruous_a whereunto_o be_v that_o assertion_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o physician_n hypocrates_n lib._n de_fw-la diaeta_fw-la nihil_fw-la gigni_fw-la neque_fw-la prorsus_fw-la interire_fw-la that_o as_o to_o matter_n nothing_o be_v either_o generate_v or_o destroy_v and_o that_o to_o be_v generate_v be_v to_o grow_v 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6._o ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la versum_fw-la sic_fw-la demum_fw-la lucos_fw-la stygios_fw-la regna_fw-la invia_fw-la vivis_fw-la aspicies_fw-la deliver_v that_o seneca_n in_o a_o certain_a book_n he_o write_v de_fw-la ritu_fw-la &_o sacris_fw-la aegyptiorum_n report_n that_o about_o sienes_n a_o extreme_a part_n of_o egypt_n be_v a_o certain_a