particular_a but_o now_o as_o aristotle_n have_v somewhere_o note_v the_o essence_n of_o thing_n be_v like_o number_n who_o species_n be_v change_v by_o add_v or_o take_v away_o a_o unite_n add_v therefore_o another_o intrinsical_a power_n to_o this_o of_o vegetation_n viz._n sensation_n and_o it_o become_v the_o soul_n of_o a_o beast_n for_o in_o truth_n the_o bare_a substance_n itself_o be_v not_o to_o be_v compute_v in_o explicit_a knowledge_n it_o be_v utter_o in_o itself_o unconceivable_a and_o therefore_o we_o will_v only_o reckon_v upon_o the_o power_n a_o subject_a therefore_o from_o whence_o be_v both_o vegetation_n and_o sensation_n be_v the_o general_a notion_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o brute_n which_o be_v distribute_v into_o a_o number_n of_o kind_n the_o effect_n of_o every_o intrinsecal_n power_n be_v discernible_a in_o the_o constant_a shape_n and_o property_n of_o every_o distinct_a kind_n of_o brute_n creature_n 5._o if_o we_o add_v to_o vegetation_n and_o sensation_n reason_n proper_o so_o call_v we_o have_v then_o a_o settle_a notion_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n which_o we_o may_v more_o complete_o describe_v thus_o a_o create_a spirit_n endue_v with_o sense_n and_o reason_n and_o a_o power_n of_o organize_a terrestrial_a matter_n into_o humane_a shape_n by_o vital_a union_n therewith_o 6._o and_o herein_o alone_o i_o conceive_v do_v the_o spirit_n or_o soul_n of_o a_o angel_n for_o i_o take_v the_o boldness_n to_o call_v that_o soul_n what_o ever_o it_o be_v that_o have_v a_o power_n of_o vital_o actuate_a the_o matter_n differ_v from_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o man_n in_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o angel_n may_v vital_o actuate_v a_o aëreal_a or_o aethereal_a body_n but_o can_v be_v bear_v into_o this_o world_n in_o a_o terrestrial_a one_o 7._o to_o make_v a_o end_n therefore_o of_o our_o definition_n a_o angelical_a soul_n be_v very_o intelligible_o describe_v thus_o a_o create_a spirit_n endue_v with_o reason_n sensation_n and_o a_o power_n of_o be_v vital_o unite_v with_o and_o actuate_a of_o a_o body_n of_o air_n or_o aether_n only_o which_o power_n over_o a_o aëreal_a or_o aethereal_a body_n be_v very_o easy_o to_o be_v understand_v out_o of_o that_o general_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n for_o it_o be_v there_o make_v good_a that_o union_n with_o matter_n be_v not_o incompetible_a to_o a_o spirit_n and_o consequent_o nor_o move_v of_o it_o nor_o that_o kind_n of_o motion_n in_o a_o spirit_n which_o we_o call_v contraction_n and_o dilatation_n these_o power_n if_o careful_o consider_v will_v necessary_o infer_v the_o possibility_n of_o the_o actuation_n and_o union_n of_o a_o angelical_a soul_n with_o a_o aethereal_a or_o airy_a body_n 8._o the_o platonist_n write_v of_o other_o order_n of_o spirit_n or_o immaterial_a substance_n as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o there_o be_v more_o subtlety_n than_o either_o usefulness_n or_o assurance_n in_o such_o like_a speculation_n i_o shall_v pass_v they_o over_o at_o this_o time_n have_v already_o i_o think_v irrefutable_o make_v good_a that_o there_o be_v no_o incongruity_n nor_o incompossibility_n comprise_v in_o the_o notion_n of_o spirit_n or_o incorporeal_a substance_n 9_o but_o there_o be_v yet_o another_o way_n of_o infer_v the_o same_o and_o it_o be_v the_o argument_n of_o des-cartes_n whereby_o he_o will_v conclude_v that_o there_o be_v de_fw-fr facto_fw-la a_o substance_n in_o we_o distinct_a from_o matter_n viz._n our_o own_o mind_n for_o every_o real_a affection_n or_o property_n be_v the_o mode_n of_o some_o substance_n or_o other_o and_o real_a modes_n be_v unconceivable_a without_o their_o subject_n he_o infer_v that_o see_v we_o can_v doubt_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o body_n in_o the_o world_n by_o which_o doubt_v we_o seclude_v cogitation_n from_o body_n there_o must_v be_v some_o other_o substance_n distinct_a from_o the_o body_n to_o which_o cogitation_n belong_v but_o i_o must_v confess_v this_o argument_n will_v not_o reach_v home_o to_o des-cartes_n his_o purpose_n who_o will_v prove_v in_o man_n a_o substance_n distinct_a from_o his_o body_n for_o be_v there_o may_v be_v mode_n common_a to_o more_o subject_n than_o one_o and_o this_o of_o cogitation_n may_v be_v pretend_v to_o be_v such_o as_o be_v compatible_a as_o well_o to_o substance_n corporeal_a as_o incorporeal_a it_o may_v be_v conceive_v apart_o from_o either_o though_o not_o from_o both_o and_o therefore_o his_o argument_n do_v not_o prove_v that_o that_o in_o we_o which_o do_v think_v or_o perceive_v be_v a_o substance_n distinct_a from_o our_o body_n but_o only_o that_o there_o may_v be_v such_o a_o substance_n which_o have_v the_o power_n of_o think_v or_o perceive_v which_o yet_o be_v not_o a_o body_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o real_a mode_n which_o be_v in_o no_o subject_n and_o we_o clear_o conceive_v cogitation_n independent_a for_o existence_n on_o corporeal_a substance_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o there_o may_v be_v some_o other_o substance_n on_o which_o it_o may_v depend_v which_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o substance_n incorporeal_a chap._n ix_o 1._o that_o it_o be_v of_o no_o small_a consequence_n to_o have_v prove_v the_o possibility_n of_o the_o existence_n of_o a_o spirit_n 2._o the_o necessity_n of_o examine_v of_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o reason_n to_o the_o contrary_n 3._o the_o first_o excerption_n out_o of_o mr._n hobbs_n 4._o the_o second_o excerption_n 5._o the_o three_o 6._o the_o four_o 7._o the_o five_o 8._o the_o six_o 9_o the_o seven_o 10._o the_o eight_o and_o last_o excerption_n 1._o i_o have_v be_v i_o believe_v to_o admiration_n curious_a and_o solicitous_a to_o make_v good_a that_o the_o existence_n of_o a_o spirit_n or_o incorporeal_a substance_n be_v possible_a but_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n any_o one_o shall_v wonder_v that_o i_o have_v spend_v so_o much_o pain_n to_o make_v so_o small_a and_o inconsiderable_a a_o progress_n as_o to_o bring_v the_o thing_n only_o to_o a_o bare_a possibility_n for_o though_o i_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v gain_v little_a to_o myself_o yet_o i_o have_v thereby_o give_v a_o very_a signal_n overthrow_n to_o the_o adverse_a party_n who_o strong_a hold_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o unshaken_a confidence_n that_o the_o very_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n or_o substance_n immaterial_a be_v a_o perfect_a incompossibility_n and_o pure_a nonsense_n from_o whence_o be_v insinuate_v no_o better_a consequence_n than_o these_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o god_n or_o soul_n or_o angel_n good_a or_o bad_a or_o any_o immortality_n or_o life_n to_o come_v that_o there_o be_v no_o religion_n no_o piety_n nor_o impiety_n no_o virtue_n nor_o vice_n justice_n nor_o injustice_n but_o what_o it_o please_v he_o that_o have_v the_o long_a sword_n to_o call_v so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o freedom_n of_o will_n nor_o consequent_o any_o rational_a remorse_n of_o conscience_n in_o any_o be_v whatsoever_o but_o that_o all_o that_o be_v be_v nothing_o but_o matter_n and_o corporeal_a motion_n and_o that_o therefore_o every_o trace_n of_o man_n life_n be_v as_o necessary_a as_o the_o tract_n of_o lightning_n and_o the_o fall_n of_o thunder_n the_o blind_a impetus_fw-la of_o the_o matter_n break_v through_o or_o be_v stop_v every_o where_o with_o as_o certain_a and_o determinate_a necessity_n as_o the_o course_n of_o a_o torrent_n after_o mighty_a storm_n and_o shower_n of_o rain_n 2._o and_o very_o consider_v of_o what_o exceed_v great_a consequence_n it_o be_v to_o root_v out_o this_o sullen_a conceit_n that_o some_o have_v take_v up_o concern_v incorporeal_a substance_n as_o if_o it_o bear_v a_o contradiction_n in_o the_o very_a term_n i_o think_v i_o shall_v be_v want_v to_o so_o weighty_a a_o cause_n if_o i_o shall_v content_v myself_o with_o a_o bare_a recitation_n of_o the_o reason_n whereby_o i_o prove_v it_o possible_a and_o not_o produce_v their_o argument_n that_o seem_v most_o able_a to_o maintain_v the_o contrary_n and_o true_o i_o do_v not_o remember_v that_o i_o ever_o meet_v with_o any_o one_o yet_o that_o may_v just_o be_v suspect_v to_o be_v more_o able_a to_o make_v good_a this_o province_n then_o our_o countryman_n mr._n hobbs_n who_o inexuperable_a confidence_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o conclusion_n may_v well_o assure_v any_o man_n that_o due_o consider_v the_o excellency_n of_o his_o natural_a wit_n and_o part_n that_o he_o have_v make_v choice_n of_o the_o most_o demonstrative_a argument_n that_o humane_a invention_n can_v search_v out_o for_o the_o eviction_n thereof_o 3._o and_o that_o i_o may_v not_o incur_v the_o suspicion_n of_o mistake_v his_o assertion_n or_o of_o misrepresent_v the_o force_n of_o his_o reason_n i_o shall_v here_o punctual_o set_v they_o down_o in_o
the_o same_o word_n i_o find_v they_o in_o his_o own_o write_n that_o any_o man_n may_v judge_v if_o i_o do_v he_o any_o wrong_n the_o first_o place_n i_o shall_v take_v notice_n of_o be_v in_o his_o leviathan_n chap._n 34._o the_o word_n body_n in_o the_o most_o general_a acceptation_n signify_v that_o which_o fill_v or_o occupy_v some_o certain_a room_n or_o imagine_a place_n and_o depend_v not_o on_o the_o imagination_n but_o be_v a_o real_a part_n of_o that_o we_o call_v the_o universe_n for_o the_o universe_n be_v the_o aggregate_v of_o all_o body_n there_o be_v no_o real_a part_n thereof_o that_o be_v not_o also_o body_n nor_o any_o thing_n proper_o a_o body_n that_o be_v not_o also_o part_v of_o that_o aggregate_v of_o all_o body_n the_o universe_n the_o same_o also_o because_o body_n be_v subject_a to_o change_v that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o variety_n of_o appearance_n to_o the_o sense_n of_o live_a creature_n be_v call_v substance_n that_o be_v to_o say_v subject_a to_o various_a accident_n as_o sometime_o to_o be_v move_v sometime_o to_o stand_v still_o and_o to_o seem_v to_o our_o sense_n sometime_o hot_a sometime_o cold_a sometime_o of_o one_o colour_n smell_v taste_n or_o sound_v sometime_o of_o another_o and_o this_o diversity_n of_o seem_v produce_v by_o the_o diversity_n of_o the_o operation_n of_o body_n on_o the_o organ_n of_o our_o sense_n we_o attribute_v to_o alteration_n of_o the_o body_n that_o operate_v and_o call_v they_o accident_n of_o those_o body_n and_o according_a to_o this_o acception_n of_o the_o word_n substance_n and_o body_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o therefore_o substance_n incorporeal_a be_v word_n which_o when_o they_o be_v join_v together_o destroy_v one_o another_o as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v a_o incorporeal_a body_n 4._o the_o second_o place_n be_v in_o his_o physics_n part_v 4._o chap._n 25._o article_n 9_o but_o it_o be_v here_o to_o be_v observe_v that_o certain_a dream_n especial_o such_o as_o some_o man_n have_v when_o they_o be_v betwixt_o sleep_v and_o wake_v and_o such_o as_o happen_v to_o those_o that_o have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o dream_n and_o be_v withal_o superstitious_a be_v not_o heretofore_o nor_o be_v now_o account_v dream_n for_o the_o apparition_n man_n think_v they_o see_v and_o the_o voice_n they_o think_v they_o hear_v in_o sleep_n be_v not_o believe_v to_o be_v phantasm_n but_o thing_n subsist_v of_o themselves_o and_o object_n without_o those_o that_o dream_v for_o to_o some_o man_n as_o well_o sleep_v as_o wake_v but_o especial_o to_o guilty_a man_n and_o in_o the_o night_n and_o in_o hallow_a place_n fear_v alone_o help_v a_o little_a with_o the_o story_n of_o such_o apparition_n have_v raise_v in_o their_o mind_n terrible_a phantasm_n which_o have_v be_v and_o be_v still_o deceitful_o receive_v for_o thing_n real_o true_a under_o the_o name_n of_o ghost_n and_o incorporeal_a substance_n 5._o we_o will_v add_v a_o three_o out_o of_o the_o same_o book_n part_n 1_o chap._n 5._o art_n 4._o for_o see_v ghost_n sensible_a species_n a_o shadow_n light_n colour_n sound_n space_n etc._n etc._n appear_v to_o we_o no_o less_o sleep_v then_o wake_v they_o can_v be_v thing_n without_o we_o but_o only_a phantasm_n of_o the_o mind_n that_o imagine_v they_o 6._o and_o a_o four_o out_o of_o his_o humane_a nature_n chap._n 11._o art_n 4._o but_o spirit_n supernatural_a common_o signify_v some_o substance_n without_o dimension_n which_o two_o word_n do_v flat_o contradict_v one_o another_o and_o article_n 5._o nor_o i_o think_v be_v that_o word_n incorporeal_a at_o all_o in_o the_o bible_n but_o be_v say_v of_o the_o spirit_n that_o it_o abide_v in_o man_n sometime_o that_o it_o dwell_v in_o they_o sometime_o that_o it_o come_v on_o they_o that_o it_o descend_v and_o go_v and_o come_v and_o that_o spirit_n be_v angel_n that_o be_v to_o say_v messengers_z all_o which_o word_n do_v imply_v locality_n and_o locality_n be_v dimension_n and_o whatsoever_o have_v dimension_n be_v body_n be_v it_o never_o so_o subtle_a 7._o the_o five_o excerption_n shall_v be_v out_o of_o his_o leviathan_n chap._n 12._o and_o for_o the_o matter_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o invisible_a agent_n so_o fancy_v they_o can_v not_o by_o natural_a cogitation_n fall_v upon_o any_o other_o conceit_n but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v of_o the_o same_o substance_n with_o that_o which_o appear_v in_o a_o dream_n to_o one_o that_o sleep_v or_o in_o a_o looking-glass_n to_o one_o that_o be_v awake_a which_o man_n not_o know_v that_o such_o apparition_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o creature_n of_o the_o fancy_n think_v to_o be_v real_a and_o external_a substance_n and_o therefore_o call_v they_o ghost_n as_o the_o latin_n call_v they_o imagine_v and_o umbrae_n and_o think_v they_o spirit_n that_o be_v thin_a aereal_a body_n and_o those_o invisible_a agent_n which_o they_o fear_v to_o be_v like_o they_o save_v that_o they_o appear_v and_o vanish_v when_o they_o please_v but_o the_o opinion_n that_o such_o spirit_n be_v incorporeal_a or_o immaterial_a can_v never_o enter_v into_o the_o mind_n of_o any_o man_n by_o nature_n because_o though_o man_n may_v put_v together_o word_n of_o contradictory_n signification_n as_o spirit_n and_o incorporeal_a yet_o they_o can_v never_o have_v the_o imagination_n of_o any_o thing_n answer_v to_o they_o we_o will_v help_v out_o this_o further_a from_o what_o he_o write_v in_o his_o humane_a nature_n cap._n 11._o art_n 5._o to_o know_v that_o a_o spirit_n be_v that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o have_v natural_a evidence_n of_o the_o same_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o all_o evidence_n be_v conception_n and_o all_o conception_n be_v imagination_n and_o proceed_v from_o sense_n and_o spirit_n we_o suppose_v to_o be_v those_o substance_n which_o work_v not_o upon_o the_o sense_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o conceptible_a 8._o the_o six_o out_o of_o chap._n 45._o where_o he_o write_v thus_o this_o nature_n of_o sight_n have_v never_o be_v discover_v by_o the_o ancient_a pretender_n to_o natural_a knowledge_n much_o less_o by_o those_o that_o consider_v not_o thing_n so_o remote_a as_o that_o knowledge_n be_v from_o their_o present_a use_n it_o be_v hard_o for_o man_n to_o conceive_v of_o those_o image_n in_o the_o fancy_n and_o in_o the_o sense_n otherwise_o then_o of_o thing_n real_o without_o we_o which_o some_o because_o they_o vanish_v away_o they_o know_v not_o whither_o nor_o how_o will_v have_v to_o be_v absolute_o incorporeal_a that_o be_v to_o say_v immaterial_a or_o form_n without_o matter_n colour_n and_o figure_n without_o any_o colour_a or_o figure_v body_n and_o that_o they_o can_v put_v on_o airy_a body_n as_o a_o garment_n to_o make_v they_o visible_a when_o they_o will_v to_o our_o bodily_a eye_n and_o other_o say_v be_v body_n and_o live_a creature_n but_o make_v of_o aire_n or_o other_o more_o subtle_a and_o aethereal_a matter_n which_o be_v then_o when_o they_o will_v be_v see_v condense_v but_o both_o of_o they_o agree_v on_o one_o general_a appellation_n of_o they_o daemon_n as_o if_o the_o dead_a of_o who_o they_o dream_v be_v not_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o their_o own_o brain_n but_o of_o the_o air_n or_o of_o heaven_n or_o hell_n not_o phantasm_n but_o ghost_n with_o just_a as_o much_o reason_n as_o if_o one_o shall_v say_v he_o see_v his_o own_o ghost_n in_o a_o looking-glass_n or_o the_o ghost_n of_o the_o star_n in_o a_o river_n or_o call_v the_o ordinary_a apparition_n of_o the_o sun_n of_o the_o quantity_n of_o about_o a_o foot_n the_o daemon_n or_o ghost_n of_o that_o great_a sun_n that_o enlighten_v the_o whole_a visible_a world_n 9_o the_o seven_o be_v out_o of_o the_o next_o chapter_n of_o the_o same_o book_n where_o he_o again_o take_v to_o task_n that_o jargon_n as_o he_o call_v it_o of_o abstract_a essence_n and_o substantial_a form_n he_o 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in_o the_o four_o ventricle_n of_o the_o brain_n chap._n viii_o 1._o the_o first_o reason_n of_o his_o opinion_n the_o convenient_a situation_n of_o these_o spirit_n 2._o the_o second_o that_o the_o spirit_n be_v the_o immediate_a instrument_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o all_o her_o function_n 3._o the_o proof_n of_o the_o second_o reason_n from_o the_o general_a authority_n of_o philosopher_n and_o particular_o of_o hypocrates_n 4._o from_o our_o sympathize_v with_o the_o change_n of_o the_o air_n 5._o from_o the_o celerity_n of_o motion_n and_o cogitation_n 6._o from_o what_o be_v observe_v general_o in_o the_o generation_n of_o thing_n 7._o from_o regius_n his_o experiment_n of_o a_o snail_n in_o a_o glass_n 8._o from_o the_o run_a round_n of_o image_n in_o a_o vertigo_n 9_o from_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n there_o 10._o from_o the_o dependency_n of_o the_o action_n of_o the_o soul_n upon_o the_o body_n whether_o in_o meditation_n or_o 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his_o petulant_a fancy_n that_o have_v a_o ambition_n to_o make_v a_o blunder_n and_o confusion_n of_o all_o des-cartes_n his_o metaphysical_a speculation_n and_o therefore_o find_v out_o this_o rare_a quirk_n of_o wit_n to_o show_v how_o though_o the_o soul_n be_v nothing_o but_o matter_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v incorruptible_a and_o immortal_a it_o be_v not_o worth_a the_o while_n to_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o here_o in_o this_o hypothesis_n which_o we_o have_v demonstrate_v to_o be_v true_a viz._n that_o there_o be_v a_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n who_o nature_n be_v immaterial_a or_o incorporeal_a 14._o nor_o be_v the_o membrane_n in_o the_o head_n the_o common_a sensorium_n neither_o those_o that_o envelop_v the_o brain_n for_o they_o will_v be_v able_a then_o to_o see_v the_o light_n through_o the_o hole_n the_o trepan_n make_v though_o the_o party_n trepane_v winked-with_a his_o eye_n to_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o conveyance_n of_o the_o nerve_n the_o organ_n of_o external_a 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