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away_o thus_o in_o sad_a earnest_n true_a the_o old_a proverb_n be_v find_v a_o man_n betwixt_o two_o stool_n do_v fall_v to_o th'ground_o xxv_o in_o answer_n to_o this_o wicked_a opinion_n i_o shall_v only_o recite_v that_o ingenious_a argument_n which_o tertullian_n long_o since_o use_v upon_o the_o same_o occasion_n o_o man_n that_o make_v this_o objection_n to_o i_o think_v what_o thou_o be_v before_o create_v thou_o be_v nothing_o for_o if_o any_o thing_n thou_o can_v not_o but_o remember_v it_o thou_o then_o that_o be_v nothing_o before_o thy_o creation_n and_o when_o cease_v to_o live_v shall_v return_v to_o nothing_o why_o can_v thou_o not_o once_o again_o be_v bring_v out_o of_o nothing_o by_o the_o will_n of_o the_o same_o creator_n who_o at_o first_o create_v thou_o of_o nothing_o will_v there_o come_v any_o new_a thing_n unto_o thou_o see_v he_o make_v no_o difficulty_n to_o create_v thou_o what_o thou_o be_v not_o thou_o ought_v not_o to_o suspect_v but_o that_o he_o can_v as_o easy_o re-make_a thou_o what_o thou_o be_v we_o see_v every_o day_n the_o light_n after_o it_o have_v lose_v its_o darkness_n reassume_v it_o the_o star_n lose_v their_o light_n and_o recover_v it_o again_o time_n begin_v at_o the_o same_o term_v it_o finish_v fruit_n drop_v off_o from_o the_o tree_n and_o yet_o come_v again_o in_o their_o season_n the_o corn_n after_o its_o beaâ—…d_n be_v grow_v long_o with_o age_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n and_o corrupt_v but_o it_o want_v not_o its_o resurrection_n therefore_o why_o shall_v we_o think_v that_o man_n shall_v be_v less_o worthy_a of_o another_o life_n than_o any_o of_o these_o thing_n which_o be_v make_v but_o for_o his_o service_n although_o we_o can_v mathematical_o demonstrate_v the_o same_o any_o more_o than_o they_o can_v the_o contrary_a yet_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o resurrection_n be_v i_o be_o sure_o more_o for_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o safety_n and_o happiness_n of_o man._n xxvi_o now_o these_o kind_n of_o heathenish_a soul_n seem_v too_o airy_a to_o raise_v any_o foundation_n whereon_o to_o build_v the_o principle_n of_o virtue_n or_o moral_a honesty_n one_o motive_n which_o induce_v they_o to_o believe_v man_n soul_n to_o be_v such_o phantome_n be_v their_o observe_a man_n to_o be_v so_o much_o delight_v and_o obstinate_o take_v with_o the_o fiction_n and_o santastical_a invention_n of_o poetry_n and_o superstition_n which_o have_v neither_o truth_n or_o so_o much_o as_o possibility_n in_o they_o and_o therefore_o no_o fit_a food_n for_o any_o thing_n that_o have_v a_o real_a be_v but_o their_o wake_a dream_n be_v far_o from_o deserve_a credit_n upon_o this_o pretence_n unless_o that_o be_v a_o sufficient_a reason_n which_o a_o ancient_a writer_n deliver_v in_o these_o word_n credibile_fw-la quia_fw-la impossibile_fw-it according_a to_o that_o old_a say_n quanto_fw-la absurdius_fw-la tanto_fw-la melius_fw-la xxvii_o epicurus_n perceive_v the_o number_n of_o sensual_a man_n to_o exceed_v by_o far_o that_o of_o the_o more_o spiritual_a lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o his_o sect_n in_o sensual_a pleasure_n and_o hold_v a_o corporeal_a soul_n the_o better_a to_o fit_v it_o for_o those_o corporeal_a pleasure_n and_o then_o to_o secure_v this_o anima_fw-la against_o those_o severe_a after-reckoning_n the_o apprehension_n whereof_o he_o perceive_v god_n and_o nature_n have_v implant_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o man_n he_o give_v it_o a_o quieta_fw-la est_fw-la by_o pretend_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v extinct_a in_o death_n or_o at_o least_o to_o vanish_v into_o a_o eternal_a insensibility_n as_o unconcern_v as_o if_o it_o have_v never_o be_v the_o fine_a sort_n of_o wit_n unwilling_a to_o fall_v so_o low_a can_v not_o admit_v of_o this_o total_a mortality_n of_o the_o soul_n however_o they_o be_v so_o weak_a as_o to_o acknowledge_v that_o his_o reason_n seem_v very_o powerful_a to_o assert_v it_o as_o first_o to_o behold_v the_o soul_n in_o its_o infancy_n very_o weak_a and_o then_o by_o degree_n with_o the_o body_n to_o grow_v daily_o more_o and_o more_o vigorous_a till_o it_o arrive_v to_o its_o perfection_n from_o which_o estate_n together_o with_o the_o body_n it_o decline_v till_o the_o decrepitude_n of_o the_o one_o and_o dotage_n of_o the_o other_o make_v it_o seem_v to_o they_o probable_a that_o they_o shall_v both_o likewise_o perish_v together_o gigni_fw-la pariter_fw-la cum_fw-la corpore_fw-la &_o unà _fw-la 3._o crescere_fw-la sentimus_fw-la pariterque_fw-la senescere_fw-la mentem_fw-la as_o also_o that_o the_o many_o abominable_a passion_n of_o man_n soul_n seem_v to_o be_v its_o disease_n and_o to_o argue_v its_o mortality_n as_o plain_o as_o bodily_a disease_n do_v that_o of_o the_o body_n and_o that_o the_o impute_v they_o only_o to_o the_o irascible_a or_o concupiscible_a part_n thereby_o hope_v to_o keep_v the_o rational_a part_n safe_a be_v say_v they_o as_o if_o one_o shall_v fancy_v that_o a_o ulcer_n in_o the_o heart_n or_o liver_n can_v not_o by_o consequence_n destroy_v the_o brain_n mentem_fw-la sanari_fw-la corpus_fw-la ut_fw-la agrum_fw-la ibid._n cernimus_fw-la &_o flecti_fw-la medicina_fw-la posse_fw-la videmus_fw-la moreover_o that_o in_o old_a age_n man_n feel_v their_o mind_n oppress_v with_o care_n to_o faint_v into_o a_o kind_n of_o despondency_n and_o as_o fit_v for_o a_o grave_a as_o one_o that_o be_v tire_v with_o a_o long_a and_o wearisome_a journey_n be_v for_o a_o bed_n and_o even_o in_o its_o strong_a estate_n a_o fever_n apoplexy_n or_o little_o bite_v a_o of_o mad_a dog_n destroy_v all_o its_o most_o glorify_a scientifical_a faculty_n corpoream_fw-la naturam_fw-la animi_fw-la esse_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la 3._o corporeis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la telis_fw-la ictuque_fw-la laborat_fw-la the_o last_o argument_n they_o hold_v be_v as_o vain_a as_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n viz._n they_o can_v not_o apprehend_v how_o two_o thing_n of_o so_o different_a nature_n as_o mortality_n and_o 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nature_n of_o the_o