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the_o air_n to_o bird_n and_o the_o firmament_n to_o the_o star_n all_o which_o notwithstanding_o be_v substance_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o body_n leave_v place_n and_o tend_v to_o place_n and_o that_o place_n or_o space_n be_v indifferent_a to_o all_o sort_n of_o body_n and_o never_o tie_v itself_o to_o any_o add_v hereto_o that_o the_o place_n or_o space_n be_v before_o the_o body_n and_o that_o if_o there_o have_v not_o be_v a_o space_n before_o the_o world_n it_o will_v have_v be_v impossible_a to_o make_v the_o world_n and_o if_o there_o be_v no_o space_n beyond_o the_o world_n it_o shall_v be_v impossible_a to_o put_v a_o body_n there_o and_o therefore_o see_v the_o space_n be_v before_o the_o body_n one_o can_v say_v it_o be_v a_o accident_n of_o the_o body_n for_o a_o accident_n be_v never_o before_o its_o subject_n if_o any_o one_o say_v that_o god_n create_v the_o space_n with_o the_o world_n and_o if_o he_o will_v create_v some_o other_o world_n he_o will_v also_o 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chap._n vi_o 1._o the_o five_o answer_n of_o atheist_n say_v that_o there_o have_v be_v from_o all_o eternity_n a_o matter_n without_o form_n 2._o the_o proof_n that_o there_o have_v not_o be_v from_o all_o eternity_n a_o matter_n without_o form_n and_o that_o the_o matter_n can_v not_o produce_v the_o form_n 3._o that_o the_o eternal_a atom_n by_o a_o casual_a concourse_n have_v not_o make_v and_o dispose_v the_o world_n 4._o that_o the_o form_n can_v have_v be_v produce_v but_o by_o god_n 1._o the_o five_o answer_n of_o atheist_n be_v that_o indeed_o the_o world_n have_v not_o be_v from_o all_o eternity_n in_o the_o case_n and_o state_n it_o be_v now_o and_o that_o from_o all_o eternity_n there_o have_v be_v no_o chaos_n but_o that_o there_o have_v be_v from_o all_o eternity_n a_o matter_n without_o form_n and_o that_o afterward_o out_o of_o this_o matter_n all_o form_n have_v be_v produce_v which_o be_v join_v with_o the_o matter_n have_v frame_v all_o corporal_a creature_n and_o make_v the_o world_n in_o the_o case_n and_o state_n it_o be_v now_o the_o epicure_n follow_v the_o opinion_n of_o their_o master_n democritus_n and_o epicurus_n have_v specify_v and_o determine_v what_o that_o matter_n be_v to_o wit_n the_o atom_n which_o in_o time_n by_o a_o casual_a and_o accidental_a concourse_n have_v make_v up_o the_o world_n in_o the_o state_n it_o be_v now_o the_o reply_n 2._o against_o this_o answer_n i_o say_v that_o if_o there_o have_v be_v from_o all_o eternity_n a_o matter_n without_o form_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o pretend_a form_n of_o heaven_n the_o star_n and_o the_o element_n as_o well_o as_o the_o form_n of_o plant_n and_o live_a creature_n shall_v have_v be_v after_o the_o matter_n and_o consequent_o will_v have_v have_v a_o beginning_n and_o have_v not_o have_v beginning_n of_o themselves_o see_v that_o nothing_o produce_v itself_o they_o will_v have_v be_v necessary_o produce_v in_o time_n by_o another_o and_o that_o other_o will_v be_v 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