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can_v there_o be_v next_o unto_o god_n and_o the_o angel_n than_o the_o spirit_n and_o soul_n of_o man_n what_o more_o worthy_a to_o take_v up_o our_o most_o serious_a thought_n and_o diligent_a study_n than_o the_o disquisition_n of_o those_o high_a thing_n that_o do_v concern_v they_o what_o more_o satisfactory_a than_o the_o attain_n of_o they_o in_o all_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v knowable_a second_o it_o be_v useful_a for_o preserve_v of_o man_n against_o atheism_n that_o brutish_a sin_n which_o do_v so_o spread_v itself_o in_o the_o world_n and_o invade_v so_o great_a a_o part_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n for_o though_o they_o do_v not_o speak_v out_o plain_o with_o their_o tongue_n yet_o how_o many_o of_o they_o say_v in_o their_o heart_n and_o life_n there_o be_v no_o god_n nor_o devil_n nor_o heaven_n nor_o hell_n nor_o angel_n nor_o spirit_n nor_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o all_o through_o their_o ignorance_n of_o this_o point_n that_o they_o can_v satisfy_v themselves_o 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the_o spirit_n of_o a_o beast_n descend_v downward_o all_o go_v to_o one_o place_n etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o run_v away_o in_o their_o own_o fancy_n and_o vain_a imagination_n into_o divers_a error_n concern_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n die_v some_o imagine_v they_o be_v annihilate_v and_o altogether_o extinguish_v some_o that_o they_o be_v lay_v asleep_o as_o the_o body_n be_v till_o the_o resurrection_n some_o that_o they_o be_v transmigrate_v out_o of_o one_o body_n into_o another_o some_o one_o thing_n some_o another_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o these_o doubtful_a variety_n they_o begin_v to_o question_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o difference_n between_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o of_o bruit_n as_o solomon_n here_o intimate_v and_o for_o want_v of_o some_o more_o distinct_a knowledge_n in_o this_o matter_n live_v at_o a_o venture_n against_o all_o these_o error_n and_o evil_n the_o truth_n here_o deliver_v be_v a_o sure_a and_o sovereign_a remedy_n the_o vain_a imagination_n in_o which_o man_n run_v away_o in_o the_o variety_n of_o their_o own_o fancy_n concern_v the_o extinction_n annihilation_n sleep_v transmigration_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n die_v all_o dye_n before_o these_o truth_n here_o deliver_v and_o vanish_v away_o and_o man_n mind_n be_v settle_v and_o confirm_v in_o the_o assurance_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n while_o they_o do_v distinct_o inform_v they_o what_o become_v come_v of_o they_o into_o what_o receptacle_n they_o be_v receive_v upon_o their_o separation_n and_o in_o what_o several_a state_n they_o pass_v their_o immortality_n four_o it_o be_v useful_a for_o admonish_v of_o all_o man_n while_o they_o be_v in_o the_o body_n to_o take_v care_n of_o their_o soul_n and_o to_o provide_v for_o their_o future_a condition_n to_o preserve_v they_o pure_a that_o upon_o their_o separation_n they_o may_v