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wide_o open_a which_o crito_n perceive_v he_o close_v both_o his_o mouth_n and_o his_o eye_n death_n eye_n a_o most_o augu_v testimony_n give_v by_o plato_n of_o his_o master_n socrates_n to_o vindicate_v both_o his_o person_n and_o doctrine_n from_o the_o prejudice_n of_o a_o ignominious_a death_n this_o echecrates_n be_v the_o end_n of_o our_o friend_n and_o familiar_a a_o man_n as_o we_o in_o truth_n affirm_v of_o all_o who_o we_o have_v by_o use_n and_o experience_n know_v the_o wise_a and_o most_o just._n quid_fw-la dicam_fw-la de_fw-la socrate_n cujus_fw-la morti_fw-la illachrimari_fw-la soleo_fw-la platonem_fw-la legens_fw-la cicero_n de_fw-fr natura_fw-la deor._n lib._n 3._o quidni_fw-la ego_fw-la narrem_fw-la ultima_fw-la illa_fw-la nocte_fw-la catonem_fw-la platonis_fw-la librum_fw-la legentem_fw-la posito_fw-la ad_fw-la caput_fw-la gladio_fw-la duo_o haec_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la extremis_fw-la inst_z umenta_fw-la prospexerat_fw-la alterum_fw-la ut_fw-la vellet_fw-la mori_fw-la alterum_fw-la ut_fw-la posset_n etc._n etc._n seneca_n epist_n 24._o sic_fw-la long_fw-mi virtute_fw-la fuit_fw-la mens_fw-la sancta_fw-la catonis_fw-la purgata_fw-la atque_fw-la illi_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la immortalis_fw-la honorem_fw-la jam_fw-la contemplanti_fw-la divini_fw-la fata_fw-la platonis_fw-la phaedonem_fw-la tradunt_fw-la cum_fw-la laetus_fw-la talia_fw-la fatur_fw-la salve_fw-la sancte_fw-la libre_fw-la superis_fw-la demisse_fw-la catoni_fw-la dirige_fw-la tu_fw-la cursum_fw-la vitaeque_fw-la extrema_fw-la meantis_fw-la instrue_n non_fw-la alium_fw-la moriturus_fw-la quaero_fw-la magistrum_fw-la nec_fw-la restare_fw-la alius_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la numina_fw-la curas_fw-la etc._n etc._n tho._n maius_n in_o supplemento_fw-la lucani_n lib._n 4._o quid_fw-la ambraciotes_n ille_fw-la cleombrotus_n videlicet_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la platonis_fw-la illum_fw-la phaedonem_fw-la perlegasset_fw-la praecipitem_fw-la se_fw-la dedit_fw-la nullam_fw-la aliam_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la platoni_n credidit_fw-la lactantius_n certain_a general_n axiom_n collect_v out_o of_o the_o precedent_n dialogue_n concern_v the_o soul_n 1._o axiom_n moral_a 1._o pain_n and_o pleasure_n be_v of_o kin_n and_o so_o link_v together_o that_o they_o close_o succeed_v each_o other_o by_o turn_n 2._o no_o man_n ought_v upon_o what_o account_n soever_o to_o desert_v the_o station_n wherein_o god_n have_v place_v he_o but_o to_o persist_v in_o the_o duty_n thereof_o contemn_v all_o opposition_n 3._o self-murder_n be_v a_o great_a crime_n est_fw-la *_o ac_fw-la donec_fw-la deus_fw-la ille_fw-la creator_n qui_fw-la terrena_fw-la animam_fw-la primò_fw-la station_n locavit_fw-la evocat_fw-la haud_fw-la illa_fw-la station_n excedere_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la 4._o a_o wise_a man_n ought_v not_o only_o not_o to_o fear_v death_n but_o also_o to_o desire_v it_o with_o submission_n to_o to_o the_o divine_a will._n 5._o philosophy_n be_v the_o perpetual_a meditation_n of_o death_n that_o be_v to_o recall_v and_o divorce_v the_o soul_n from_o commerce_n with_o the_o sense_n and_o alienate_v it_o from_o corporeal_a lust_n and_o pleasure_n which_o be_v a_o anticipatton_n of_o death_n that_o be_v define_v to_o be_v a_o solution_n and_o separation_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n 6._o the_o virtue_n of_o politician_n be_v not_o true_a virtue_n but_o only_o faint_a resemblance_n of_o the_o true_a 7._o philosophy_n be_v the_o way_n to_o true_a felicity_n and_o the_o two_o grand_a duty_n of_o it_o be_v 1_o to_o contemplate_v the_o perfection_n of_o god_n and_o 2_o to_o alienate_v the_o soul_n from_o the_o allurement_n of_o the_o sense_n and_o from_o indulgence_n to_o the_o body_n 8._o hope_v of_o future_a felicity_n be_v a_o very_a great_a reward_n that_o be_v the_o best_a way_n of_o pass_v through_o both_o the_o temptation_n and_o adversity_n of_o this_o life_n with_o satisfaction_n of_o mind_n 9_o decent_a burial_n such_o as_o be_v ordain_v and_o prescribe_v by_o good_a law_n of_o the_o country_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v neglect_v by_o a_o wise_a man_n nor_o funeral_n pomp_n affect_v 80._o affect_v so_o epicurus_n in_o his_o last_o will_n and_o testament_n sepeliunto_n nos_fw-la quà _fw-la videbitur_fw-la in_o hortis_fw-la commodissimum_fw-la nihilq_fw-la interim_n sumptuosiùs_fw-la quod_fw-la sivo_fw-la ad_fw-la sepulturam_fw-la sive_fw-la ad_fw-la monumentum_fw-la pertineat_fw-la agunto_fw-la diog._n laert._n lib._n 80._o ii_o axiom_n natural_a 1._o contrary_n be_v produce_v out_o of_o contrary_n but_o can_v possible_o subsist_v the_o same_o in_o one_o subject_n at_o the_o same_o time_n 2._o to_o learn_v be_v to_o remember_v what_o the_o soul_n know_v before_o it_o come_v into_o the_o body_n or_o there_o be_v natural_o and_o congenial_o in_o the_o soul_n the_o seed_n of_o all_o science_n which_o be_v only_o cultivate_v and_o mature_v by_o method_n of_o discipline_n not_o implant_v or_o ingraff_v at_o first_o as_o aristotle_n teach_v iii_o axiom_n theological_a 1._o god_n take_v care_n of_o man_n for_o that_o they_o be_v his_o own_o possession_n 2._o god_n according_a to_o plato_n definition_n here_o be_v not_o only_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o be_v but_o give_v both_o be_v and_o wellbeing_a to_o all_o thing_n else_o 3._o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v the_o offspring_n of_o god_n in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n participant_a of_o the_o divine_a nature_n incompound_n without_o figure_n or_o shape_n incorruptible_a immortal_a as_o god_n 4._o the_o soul_n in_o this_o life_n do_v indeed_o use_v the_o service_n of_o the_o body_n yet_o be_v not_o compose_v organical_o of_o the_o sense_n and_o other_o faculty_n thereof_o but_o simple_a and_o exi_v apart_o by_o itself_o after_o separation_n by_o death_n whereby_o the_o body_n be_v compound_n be_v dissolve_v but_o the_o soul_n go_v away_o untouched_a and_o void_a of_o all_o corruption_n into_o another_o life_n and_o there_o last_v eternal_o 5._o of_o our_o soul_n depart_v there_o be_v a_o twofold_a state_n some_o be_v happy_a other_o unhappy_a 6._o see_v that_o in_o this_o life_n thing_n be_v carry_v on_o intemperate_o and_o in_o confusion_n there_o must_v be_v in_o the_o next_o life_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o certain_a and_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n the_o supreme_a and_o universal_a judge_n whereby_o good_a man_n may_v be_v distinguish_v from_o wicked_a this_o be_v a_o axiom_n evident_a by_o the_o very_a light_n of_o nature_n that_o god_n will_v reward_v every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n in_o this_o life_n tenetur_fw-la *_o deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la sequendam_fw-la proposuit_fw-la virtutem_fw-la &_o praemia_fw-la debita_fw-la justis_fw-la haec_fw-la quoniam_fw-la justos_fw-la injusta_fw-la potentia_fw-la fraudat_fw-la saepiùs_n in_fw-la terris_fw-la &_o gens_fw-la humanu_fw-la rebellat_fw-la solvere_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la justissimus_fw-la ipse_fw-la tenetur_fw-la 7._o positive_o and_o with_o confidence_n to_o 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ad_fw-la proximas_fw-la balneas_fw-la &_o prius_fw-la sueto_fw-la lavacro_fw-la traditum_fw-la praefarus_fw-la deum_fw-la veniam_fw-la purissime_fw-la circumrorans_fw-la abluit_fw-la etc._n etc._n nor_o be_v it_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o this_o be_v then_o do_v to_o he_o de_fw-fr more_fw-it antiquo_fw-la according_a to_o the_o most_o ancient_a use_n of_o that_o nation_n which_o while_o the_o israelite_n remain_v in_o bondage_n among_o they_o be_v much_o more_o likely_a to_o give_v example_n to_o they_o than_o to_o receive_v any_o from_o they_o it_o be_v seldom_o observe_v that_o lord_n imitate_v their_o slave_n but_o this_o be_v confirm_v by_o tertullian_n de_fw-la baptismo_fw-la cap._n 5._o where_o he_o write_v nationes_fw-la sacris_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la initiantur_fw-la isidis_n alicujus_fw-la aut_fw-la mithrae_fw-la summi_fw-la apud_fw-la persas_fw-la numinis_fw-la ipsos_fw-la etiam_fw-la deos_fw-la suos_fw-la lavationibus_fw-la efferunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o whencesoever_o moses_n borrow_v this_o rite_n we_o have_v it_o under_o the_o hand_n of_o diodorus_n siculus_n lib._n 1._o that_o it_o be_v traduce_v from_o egypt_n to_o athens_n by_o king_n erechtheus_n nor_o be_v there_o just_a cause_n why_o the_o traduction_n of_o the_o like_a baptism_n from_o the_o jew_n to_o christian_n shall_v be_v urge_v to_o the_o disparagement_n of_o our_o mystical_a ablution_n at_o the_o font_n when_o by_o the_o church_n we_o be_v admit_v to_o christianism_n as_o well_o because_o we_o be_v change_v from_o a_o mere_a rite_n to_o a_o bless_a sacrament_n by_o christ_n himself_o the_o author_n of_o our_o faith_n honour_v by_o his_o example_n and_o sanctify_v by_o his_o benediction_n and_o the_o divinity_n of_o its_o constitution_n confirm_v by_o the_o miraculous_a descent_n of_o the_o most_o holy_a spirit_n in_o form_n of_o a_o dove_n as_o because_o though_o the_o external_n act_n of_o wash_v continue_v still_o the_o same_o yet_o the_o signification_n and_o 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only_o more_o honourable_a than_o other_o in_o this_o life_n but_o more_o happy_a after_o death_n for_o their_o wise_a man_n teach_v and_o the_o vulgar_a therefore_o believe_v that_o by_o virtue_n of_o such_o lustration_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v render_v more_o defecate_a and_o pure_a from_o the_o contagion_n of_o the_o body_n refine_v as_o it_o be_v from_o the_o dross_n of_o sensual_a affection_n and_o make_v more_o fit_a and_o expedite_v for_o contemplation_n of_o divine_a thing_n whence_o sophocles_n the_o tragedian_n write_v of_o mystery_n be_v say_v by_o plutarch_n de_fw-la audiendis_fw-la poetis_fw-la to_o have_v compose_v these_o verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d felice_n nimis_fw-la initia_fw-la quotquot_fw-la ista_fw-la cum_fw-la conspexerint_fw-la eunt_fw-la ad_fw-la orcum_fw-la namque_fw-la eos_fw-la solos_fw-la manet_fw-la ibi_fw-la vita_fw-la reliquos_fw-la miserias_fw-la 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philosophy_n as_o well_o natural_a as_o moral_a ii_o the_o antiquity_n and_o traduction_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n though_o strabo_n geograph_n lib._n 15._o pag._n 713_o speak_v of_o the_o indian_a brahmin_n be_v so_o rash_a to_o say_v of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o as_o plato_n compose_v fable_n of_o the_o incorruptibility_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o judgement_n in_o the_o infernal_a shade_n yet_o to_o i_o it_o seem_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o man_n rational_a soul_n be_v full_o as_o ancient_a as_o mankind_n itself_o for_o methinks_v the_o excellency_n of_o its_o own_o faculty_n and_o operation_n above_o all_o material_a agent_n shall_v be_v alone_o sufficient_a to_o afford_v to_o every_o contemplative_a man_n certain_a glimpse_n of_o both_o the_o divine_a original_a and_o immortality_n thereof_o and_o the_o desire_n of_o posthume_n glory_n a_o affection_n congenial_a and_o natural_a arist_n 2._o de_fw-la anima_fw-la call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o natural_a to_o all_o noble_a mind_n together_o with_o a_o secret_a fear_n of_o future_a unhappiness_n common_a to_o all_o to_o give_v pregnant_a hint_n of_o its_o sempiternal_a existence_n after_o death_n and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o such_o have_v be_v the_o cruelty_n of_o time_n in_o the_o destruction_n of_o book_n and_o other_o monument_n and_o so_o far_o have_v oblivion_n swallow_v up_o the_o tenant_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o young_a world_n that_o of_o this_o so_o reasonable_a and_o comfortable_a a_o opinion_n we_o can_v find_v no_o print_n remain_v but_o what_o the_o grecian_a sage_n observe_v among_o the_o egyptian_n and_o from_o they_o transmit_v down_o to_o posterity_n from_o they_o alone_o therefore_o we_o be_v to_o trace_v the_o tradition_n thereof_o consentaneous_a it_o be_v that_o the_o eleusinian_n mystery_n and_o other_o sacred_a rite_n so_o solemn_o observe_v and_o celebrate_v by_o the_o ancient_a egyptian_n more_o particular_o that_o of_o lustration_n just_a now_o explicate_v be_v ground_v upon_o a_o belief_n of_o and_o have_v their_o chief_a respect_n unto_o a_o future_a life_n and_o the_o different_a state_n of_o good_a and_o bad_a soul_n therein_o for_o to_o what_o end_n can_v that_o religious_a ablution_n and_o expurgation_n serve_v but_o as_o they_o be_v persuade_v to_o rinse_v away_o the_o stain_n of_o guilt_n from_o the_o soul_n or_o as_o tertullian_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la cap._n 5._o express_v it_o in_o regenerationem_fw-la &_o impunitatem_fw-la perjuriorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la if_o they_o be_v not_o possess_v with_o a_o belief_n even_o to_o confidence_n of_o the_o eternal_a duration_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o death_n and_o that_o in_o a_o condition_n of_o felicity_n or_o misery_n according_a to_o its_o virtuous_a or_o vicious_a affection_n and_o action_n in_o this_o life_n have_v they_o admit_v the_o extinction_n thereof_o by_o death_n 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