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the_o opposite_a idea_n to_o the_o other_o contain_v in_o it_o immediate_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n indiscerpibility_n penetrability_n and_o selfactivity_n as_o the_o inseparable_a fruit_n of_o the_o essential_a difference_n or_o intimate_a form_n thereof_o unalterable_o and_o immutable_o as_o in_o its_o idea_n in_o the_o divine_a intellect_n so_o in_o any_o immaterial_a substance_n proper_o so_o call_v that_o do_v exist_v so_o that_o as_o it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n in_o the_o idea_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o idea_n of_o substance_n immaterial_a and_o yet_o not_o include_v in_o it_o indiscerpibility_n etc._n etc._n so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o be_v real_o existent_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v substance_n immaterial_a and_o yet_o not_o be_v indiscerpible_a etc._n etc._n for_o be_v it_o so_o it_o will_v not_o answer_v to_o the_o truth_n of_o its_o idea_n nor_o be_v what_o it_o pretend_v to_o be_v and_o be_v indeed_o a_o existent_a be_v indiscerpible_a which_o existent_n be_v will_v not_o be_v indiscerpible_a if_o any_o can_v discerp_v it_o and_o so_o likewise_o it_o be_v with_o the_o idea_n of_o ens_fw-la summè_fw-la &_o absolutè_fw-la perfectum_fw-la which_o be_v a_o settle_a determinate_a and_o immutable_a idea_n in_o the_o divine_a intellect_n whereby_o be_v not_o god_n himself_o that_o ens_fw-la summè_fw-la &_o absolutè_fw-la perfectum_fw-la he_o will_v discern_v there_o be_v something_o better_a than_o himself_o and_o consequent_o that_o he_o be_v not_o god_n but_o he_o discern_v himself_o to_o be_v this_o ens_fw-la summè_fw-la &_o absolutè_fw-la perfectum_fw-la and_o we_o can_v but_o discern_v that_o to_o such_o a_o be_v belong_v spirituality_n which_o imply_v indiscerpibility_n and_o who_o but_o a_o mad_a man_n can_v imagine_v the_o divine_a essence_n discerpible_a into_o part_n infinity_o of_o essence_n or_o essential_a omnipresence_n self-causality_a or_o necessary_a existence_n immediate_o of_o itself_o or_o from_o itself_o result_v from_o the_o absolute_a and_o peculiar_a perfection_n of_o its_o own_o nature_n whereby_o we_o understand_v that_o nothing_o can_v exist_v ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la of_o itself_o but_o he._n and_o last_o omniscience_n and_o omnipotence_n whereby_o it_o can_v do_v any_o thing_n that_o imply_v no_o contradiction_n to_o be_v do_v whence_o it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v create_v by_o he_o and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o god_n or_o ens_fw-la summè_fw-la perfectum_fw-la if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o and_o that_o among_o other_o thing_n he_o create_v spirit_n as_o sure_o as_o there_o be_v any_o spirit_n in_o the_o world_n indiscerpible_a as_o himself_o be_v though_o of_o finite_a essence_n and_o metaphysical_a amplitude_n and_o that_o it_o be_v no_o derogation_n to_o his_o omnipotence_n that_o he_o can_v discerp_v a_o spirit_n once_o create_v it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n that_o he_o shall_v nor_o therefore_o any_o argument_n that_o he_o can_v create_v a_o spirit_n because_o he_o will_v then_o 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so_o plain_a and_o useful_a a_o truth_n than_o put_v himself_o p._n 79._o into_o a_o histrionical_a
in_o the_o forecited_n place_n have_v perfect_o rout_v that_o fond_a and_o foul_a hypothesis_n of_o dr._n glisson_n and_o i_o dare_v say_v be_v sorry_a that_o so_o good_a and_o old_a a_o knight_n errant_a in_o theologie_n and_o philosophy_n as_o mr._n richard_n baxter_n seem_v to_o be_v shall_v become_v benight_a as_o in_o a_o wood_n at_o the_o close_a of_o his_o day_n in_o this_o most_o horrid_a dark_a harbour_n and_o dismal_a receptacle_n or_o rendezvous_n of_o wretched_a atheist_n but_o i_o dare_v say_v for_o he_o it_o be_v his_o ignorance_n not_o choice_n that_o have_v lodge_v he_o there_o the_o four_o disingenuity_n of_o mr._n baxter_n towards_o the_o doctor_n be_v in_o complain_v of_o he_o as_o if_o he_o have_v wrong_v he_o by_o the_o title_n of_o his_o answer_n to_o his_o letter_n in_o call_v it_o a_o answer_n to_o a_o psychopyrist_n pag._n 2._o 82._o as_o if_o he_o have_v assert_v that_o materiality_n of_o spirit_n which_o belong_v to_o body_n pag._n 94._o in_o complain_v also_o of_o his_o inconsistency_n with_o himself_o pag._n 10._o as_o if_o he_o one_o while_o say_v that_o mr._n baxter_n make_v spirit_n to_o be_v fire_n or_o material_a and_o another_o while_o say_v he_o make_v they_o not_o fire_n or_o material_a but_o to_o the_o first_o part_n of_o this_o accusation_n it_o may_v be_v answer_v that_o if_o it_o be_v mr._n baxter_n that_o be_v call_v the_o learned_a psychopyrist_n how_o be_v the_o thing_n know_v to_o the_o world_n but_o by_o himself_o it_o look_v as_o if_o he_o be_v ambitious_a of_o the_o title_n and_o proud_a of_o the_o â—ivil_a treat_v he_o have_v have_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o doctor_n though_o he_o have_v but_o ill_o repay_v his_o civility_n in_o his_o reply_n and_o beside_o this_o there_o be_v no_o more_o harshness_n in_o call_v he_o psychopyrist_n than_o if_o he_o have_v call_v he_o psycho-hylist_a there_o be_v nothing_o absurd_a in_o psychopyrism_n but_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o include_v psycho-hylism_a and_o make_v the_o soul_n material_a which_o psycho-hylism_a that_o mr._n baxter_n do_v admit_v it_o be_v make_v evident_a in_o the_o doctor_n answer_n sect._n 16._o and_o mr._n baxter_n in_o his_o placid_a collation_n as_o he_o mis-calls_a it_o for_o assure_o his_o mind_n be_v turbid_v when_o he_o write_v it_o pag._n 2._o allow_v that_o spirit_n may_v be_v call_v fire_n analogicè_fw-la and_o eminenter_fw-la and_o the_o doctor_n in_o his_o preface_n intimate_v that_o the_o sense_n be_v to_o be_v no_o further_o stretch_v than_o the_o psychopyrist_n himself_o will_v allow_v but_o now_o that_o mr._n baxter_n do_v assert_v that_o materiality_n in_o create_a spirit_n that_o belong_v to_o body_n in_o the_o common_a sense_n of_o all_o philosopher_n appear_v sect._n 16._o where_o his_o word_n be_v these_o but_o custom_n have_v make_v materia_fw-la but_o especial_o corpus_n to_o signify_v only_o such_o grosser_n substance_n as_o the_o three_o passive_a element_n be_v he_o mean_v earth_n water_n air_n i_o yield_v say_v he_o so_o to_o say_v that_o spirit_n be_v not_o corporeal_a or_o material_a which_o plain_o imply_v that_o spirit_n be_v in_o no_o other_o sense_n immaterial_a than_o fire_n and_o aether_n be_v viz._n than_o in_o this_o that_o they_o be_v thin_a matter_n and_o therefore_o to_o the_o last_o point_n it_o may_v be_v answer_v in_o the_o doctor_n behalf_n that_o he_o assure_o do_v nowhere_o say_v that_o mr._n baxter_n do_v not_o say_v that_o spirit_n be_v material_a as_o material_a be_v take_v in_o the_o common_a sense_n of_o all_o philosopher_n for_o what_o be_v impenetrable_a and_o discerpible_a which_o be_v materia_fw-la physica_fw-la and_o in_o opposition_n to_o which_o a_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v immaterial_a and_o which_o brief_o and_o distinct_o state_v the_o question_n which_o if_o mr._n baxter_n will_v have_v take_v notice_n of_o he_o may_v have_v save_v himself_o the_o labour_n of_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o needless_a verbosity_n in_o his_o placid_a collation_n where_o he_o do_v over-frequent_o under_o the_o pretence_n of_o more_o distinctness_n in_o the_o multitude_n of_o word_n obscure_a knowledge_n five_o upon_o sect._n 10._o pag._n 21._o where_o mr._n baxter_n question_n be_v how_o a_o man_n may_v tell_v how_o that_o god_n that_o can_v make_v many_o out_o of_o one_o can_v make_v many_o into_o one_o etc._n etc._n to_o which_o the_o doctor_n there_o answer_v if_o the_o meaning_n be_v of_o substantial_a spirit_n it_o have_v be_v already_o note_v that_o god_n act_v in_o nature_n do_v not_o make_v many_o substance_n out_o of_o one_o the_o substance_n remain_v still_o entire_a for_o then_o generation_n will_v be_v creation_n and_o no_o sober_a man_n believe_v that_o god_n assist_v any_o creature_n so_o in_o a_o natural_a course_n as_o to_o enable_v it_o to_o create_v and_o then_o i_o suppose_v that_o he_o that_o believe_v not_o this_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o puzzle_v himself_o why_o god_n may_v not_o as_o well_o make_v many_o substance_n into_o one_o as_o many_o out_o of_o one_o whenas_o he_o hold_v he_o do_v not_o the_o latter_a etc._n etc._n these_o be_v the_o doctor_n own_o word_n in_o that_o section_n in_o reply_n to_o which_o mr._n baxter_n but_o to_o my_o question_n say_v he_o why_o god_n can_v make_v two_o of_o one_o or_o one_o of_o two_o you_o put_v i_o off_o with_o this_o lean_a answer_n that_o we_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o puzzle_v ourselves_o about_o it_o i_o think_v say_v he_o that_o answer_n may_v serve_v to_o much_o of_o your_o philosophical_a dispute_n here_o mr._n baxter_n plain_o deal_v very_o disingenuous_o with_o the_o doctor_n in_o pervert_v his_o word_n which_o affirm_v only_o that_o he_o that_o deny_v that_o god_n can_v make_v two_o substance_n of_o one_o in_o the_o sense_n above-declared_n need_v not_o puzzle_v himself_o how_o he_o may_v make_v one_o of_o those_o two_o again_o which_o be_v no_o lean_a but_o full_a and_o apposite_a answer_n to_o the_o question_n there_o propound_v and_o yet_o in_o this_o his_o placid_a collation_n as_o if_o he_o be_v wroth_a he_o give_v ill_a language_n and_o insinuate_v that_o much_o of_o the_o doctor_n philosophical_a dispute_n be_v such_o as_o be_v not_o worth_a a_o man_n puzzle_v himself_o about_o they_o whenas_o it_o be_v well_o know_v to_o all_o that_o know_v he_o or_o his_o write_n that_o he_o concern_v himself_o in_o no_o theory_n but_o such_o as_o be_v weighty_a and_o useful_a as_o this_o of_o the_o indiscerpibility_n of_o spirit_n be_v touch_v which_o he_o further_o slander_v the_o doctor_n as_o if_o it_o be_v his_o mere_a assertion_n without_o any_o proof_n as_o if_o mr._n baxter_n have_v never_o read_v or_o forget_v the_o doctor_n discourse_n of_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n or_o what_o he_o have_v write_v in_o the_o further_a defence_n thereof_o see_v sect._n 26_o 28_o 30_o 31._o thus_o to_o say_v any_o thing_n in_o a_o angry_a mood_n very_o do_v not_o become_v the_o title_n of_o a_o placid_a collation_n six_o the_o doctor_n in_o sect._n 11._o of_o his_o defence_n of_o his_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n write_v thus_o i_o desire_v you_o to_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o light_n thorough_o and_o you_o shall_v find_v it_o nothing_o but_o a_o certain_a motion_n of_o a_o medium_fw-la who_o part_n or_o particle_n be_v so_o or_o so_o qualify_v some_o such_o way_n as_o cartesianism_n drive_v at_o to_o this_o mr._n baxter_n reply_v against_o the_o doctor_n pag._n 59_o real_o say_v he_o when_o i_o read_v how_o far_o you_o have_v escape_v the_o delusion_n of_o cartesianism_n i_o be_o sorry_a you_o yet_o stick_v in_o so_o gross_a a_o part_n of_o it_o as_o this_o be_v when_o he_o that_o know_v no_o more_o than_o motion_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o fire_n which_o be_v the_o active_a principle_n by_o which_o mental_a and_o sensitive_a nature_n operate_v on_o man_n and_o brute_n and_o vegetable_n and_o all_o the_o passive_a element_n and_o all_o the_o visible_a action_n in_o this_o low_a world_n be_v perform_v what_o can_v that_o man_n philosophy_n be_v worth_a i_o therefore_o return_v your_o counsel_n study_v more_o thorough_o the_o nature_n of_o ethereal_a fire_n satis_fw-la pro_fw-la imperio_fw-la very_o magisterial_o speak_v and_o in_o such_o a_o igneous_a rapture_n that_o it_o be_v not_o continued_o sense_n do_v mental_a and_o sensitive_a nature_n act_n on_o brute_n and_o vegetable_n and_o all_o the_o passive_a element_n but_o to_o let_v go_v that_o be_v all_o the_o doctor_n philosophy_n worth_n nothing_o if_o he_o hold_v with_o des_n cartes_n touch_v the_o phaenomenon_n of_o light_a as_o to_o the_o material_a part_n thereof_o it_o be_v the_o ignorance_n of_o mr._n baxter_n that_o he_o reject_v all_o in_o des_fw-mi cartes_n and_o judiciousness_n in_o the_o doctor_n that_o he_o retain_v some_o thing_n and_o supply_n where_o his_o
another_o yet_o they_o demonstrate_v still_o their_o spirituality_n by_o self-penetration_a haply_o a_o thousand_o and_o a_o thousand_o time_n repeat_v and_o though_o by_o a_o law_n of_o life_n not_o by_o a_o dead_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v keep_v from_o penetrate_v one_o another_o yet_o they_o both_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n necessary_o penetrate_v matter_n as_o undergo_a the_o diverse_a measure_n of_o essential_a spissitude_n in_o the_o same_o so_o that_o by_o the_o increase_n of_o that_o essential_a spissitude_n they_o may_v approach_v near_o to_o a_o kind_n of_o hylopathick_n disposition_n of_o impenetrability_n and_o thence_o by_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o universe_n out_o of_o which_o they_o never_o be_v be_v curb_v from_o contract_v themselves_o any_o further_a than_o to_o such_o a_o degree_n and_o i_o note_v at_o first_o that_o spiritual_a subtlety_n as_o well_o as_o amplitude_n be_v give_v in_o measure_n to_o create_a spirit_n so_o that_o penetrabilitie_n be_v still_o a_o steadie_a character_n of_o a_o spiritual_a essence_n or_o substance_n to_o thâ—_n utmost_a sense_n thereof_o and_o to_o argue_v against_o impenetrability_n its_o be_v the_o property_n of_o matter_n from_o this_o kind_n of_o impenetrability_n of_o contract_a spirit_n be_v like_o that_o quibble_n sophistry_n against_o indiscerpibility_n be_v the_o property_n of_o a_o spirit_n because_o a_o physical_a monad_n be_v also_o indiscerpible_a the_o nine_o objection_n be_v against_o the_o indiscerpibility_n of_o spirit_n and_o will_v infer_v that_o because_o the_o doctor_n make_v they_o intellectual_o divisible_a therefore_o by_o divine_a power_n if_o it_o imply_v no_o contradiction_n a_o spirit_n be_v discerpible_a into_o physical_a part_n but_o this_o be_v so_o full_o satisfy_v already_o by_o the_o doctor_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n and_o its_o defence_n to_o say_v nothing_o of_o what_o i_o have_v say_v already_o above_o to_o prove_v it_o do_v imply_v a_o contradiction_n that_o i_o will_v let_v it_o go_v and_o proceed_v to_o the_o ten_o and_o last_o allegation_n which_o pretend_v that_o these_o two_o term_n penetrable_a and_o indiscerpible_a be_v needless_a and_o hazardous_a in_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n but_o how_o useful_a or_o needful_a penetrability_n be_v be_v manifest_a from_o what_o we_o have_v say_v to_o the_o eight_o objection_n and_o the_o needfulness_n of_o indiscerpibility_n be_v also_o sufficient_o show_v by_o the_o doctor_n in_o his_o defence_n of_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n sect._n 30._o but_o now_o for_o the_o hazardousness_n of_o these_o term_n as_o if_o they_o be_v so_o hard_o that_o it_o will_v discourage_v man_n from_o the_o admit_v of_o the_o existence_n of_o spirit_n it_o appear_v from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v to_o the_o eight_o objection_n that_o penetrability_n be_v not_o only_o intelligible_a and_o admittable_a but_o necessary_o to_o be_v admit_v in_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n as_o sure_a as_o god_n be_v a_o spirit_n and_o that_o there_o be_v spirit_n of_o man_n and_o angel_n and_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v not_o make_v of_o shred_n but_o actuate_v their_o whole_a grow_v body_n though_o at_o first_o they_o be_v contract_v into_o the_o compass_n of_o a_o very_a small_a foetus_fw-la and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o repugnancy_n that_o a_o essence_n may_v be_v ample_a and_o yet_o indiscerpible_a mr._n baxter_n himself_o must_v allow_v who_o pag._n 51._o plain_o declare_v that_o it_o be_v the_o vile_a contradiction_n to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v capable_a of_o division_n so_o that_o i_o wonder_v that_o he_o will_v call_v penetrable_a and_o indiscerpible_a hard_a and_o doubtful_a word_n and_o such_o as_o may_v stumble_v man_n belief_n of_o the_o existence_n of_o spirit_n when_o they_o be_v term_n so_o plain_a and_o necessary_a nor_o can_v that_o unity_n that_o belong_v to_o a_o spirit_n be_v conceive_v or_o understand_v without_o they_o especial_o without_o indiscerpibilitie_n and_o indeed_o if_o we_o do_v not_o allow_v penetrability_n the_o soul_n of_o a_o man_n will_v be_v far_o from_o be_v one_o but_o a_o thing_n discontinue_v and_o scatter_v in_o the_o pore_n of_o his_o corporeal_a consistencie_n we_o will_v conclude_v with_o mr._n baxters_n conceit_n of_o the_o indivisibleness_n of_o a_o spirit_n and_o see_v how_o that_o will_v corroborate_v man_n faith_n of_o their_o existence_n and_o put_v all_o out_o of_o hazard_n various_a element_n say_v he_o pag._n 50._o vary_v in_o divisibility_n earth_n be_v most_o divisible_a water_v more_o hardly_o the_o part_n more_o incline_v to_o the_o close_a contact_n air_n yet_o more_o hardly_o and_o in_o fire_n no_o doubt_n the_o discerpibility_n be_v yet_o hard_a and_o if_o god_n have_v make_v a_o creature_n so_o strong_o incline_v to_o the_o unity_n of_o all_o the_o part_n that_o no_o creature_n can_v separate_v they_o but_o god_n only_o as_o if_o a_o soul_n be_v such_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o such_o a_o be_v need_v not_o fear_v a_o dissolution_n by_o separation_n of_o part_n ans_fw-fr this_o be_v well_o say_v for_o a_o heedless_a and_o credulous_a multitude_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o philosophize_v but_o to_o tell_v we_o that_o god_n work_v a_o perpetual_a miracle_n in_o hold_v the_o small_a tenuious_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n together_o more_o pure_a and_o â—ine_o than_o those_o of_o fire_n or_o aether_n but_o here_o be_v no_o natural_a cause_n â—â—om_o the_o thing_n itself_o offer_v unless_o it_o be_v that_o in_o every_o substance_n or_o rather_o matter_n the_o part_n according_a to_o the_o tenuitie_n and_o purity_n of_o the_o substance_n incline_v to_o a_o close_a contact_n and_o inseparable_a union_n one_o with_o another_o which_o be_v a_o conceit_n repugnant_a to_o experience_n and_o easy_o confute_v by_o that_o ordinary_a accident_n of_o a_o spinner_n hang_v by_o its_o weak_a thread_n from_o the_o brim_n of_o one_o hat_n which_o â—eeble_a line_n yet_o be_v of_o force_n enough_o to_o divide_v the_o air_n and_o for_o that_o very_a reason_n because_o it_o consist_v of_o thin_a part_n than_o water_n or_o earth_n as_o also_o we_o can_v more_o easy_o run_v in_o the_o air_n than_o wade_v in_o the_o water_n for_o the_o very_a same_o reason_n these_o thing_n be_v so_o plain_a that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v dwell_v upon_o but_o mr._n baxter_n be_v thus_o please_v to_o show_v his_o wit_n in_o maintain_v a_o weak_a â—ause_n which_o i_o be_o persuade_v he_o have_v not_o so_o little_a judgement_n as_o that_o he_o can_v have_v any_o great_a confidence_n in_o and_o therefore_o in_o sundry_a place_n he_o intimate_v that_o he_o do_v allow_v or_o at_o least_o not_o deny_v but_o that_o penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n but_o not_o as_o part_v of_o the_o conceptus_fw-la formalis_fw-la but_o as_o dispositio_fw-la or_o modus_fw-la substantiae_fw-la but_o yet_o withal_o such_o a_o dispositio_fw-la as_o be_v essential_a to_o the_o substance_n that_o with_o the_o conceptus_fw-la formalis_fw-la add_v make_v up_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n see_v pag._n 30_o 32_o 61_o 85._o and_o true_o if_o mr._n baxter_n be_v in_o good_a earnest_n and_o sincere_a in_o this_o agreement_n without_o all_o equivocation_n that_o penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n be_v essential_a to_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n only_o they_o be_v to_o be_v admit_v as_o dispositio_fw-la substantiae_fw-la not_o as_o pars_fw-la formae_fw-la i_o confess_v as_o he_o declare_v pag._n 94._o that_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o doctor_n lie_v in_o a_o much_o small_a matter_n than_o be_v think_v and_o the_o doctor_n i_o believe_v will_v easy_o allow_v he_o to_o please_v his_o own_o fancy_n in_o that_o but_o then_o he_o must_v understand_v the_o term_n of_o penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n in_o the_o doctor_n sense_n viz_o of_o a_o spirit_n 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embellish_v but_o a_o romantic_a hypothesis_n and_o be_v sure_a we_o admit_v no_o more_o than_o reason_n scripture_n and_o the_o apostolic_a faith_n will_v allow_v pag._n 132._o be_v after_o death_n commit_v to_o those_o squalid_a subterraneous_a habitation_n etc._n etc._n he_o seem_v to_o suppose_v that_o all_o the_o wicked_a and_o degerate_v soul_n be_v commit_v hither_o that_o they_o may_v be_v less_o troublesome_a to_o better_a soul_n in_o this_o air_n above_o the_o earth_n but_o consider_v the_o devil_n be_v call_v the_o prince_n of_o the_o air_n &_o that_o he_o have_v his_o client_n and_o subject_n in_o the_o same_o place_n with_o he_o we_o may_v well_o allow_v the_o low_a region_n of_o the_o air_n to_o he_o and_o to_o some_o wicked_a or_o unregenerate_a soul_n promiscuous_o with_o he_o though_o there_o be_v subterraneous_a receptacle_n for_o the_o worst_a and_o most_o rebellious_a of_o they_o and_o not_o send_v they_o all_o pack_v thither_o pag._n 132._o that_o they_o be_v 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