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because_o whatever_o be_v capable_a of_o infinite_a duration_n from_o a_o respect_n of_o what_o be_v to_o come_v the_o same_o be_v also_o capable_a of_o infinite_a duration_n in_o respect_n of_o what_o be_v past_a and_o that_o in_o its_o own_o nature_n which_o in_o itself_o contain_v nothing_o which_o be_v repugnant_a to_o this_o its_o former_a duration_n but_o such_o be_v the_o soul_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n chap._n iii_o contain_v argument_n draw_v from_o authority_n and_o indeed_o chief_o that_o of_o scripture_n authority_n be_v either_o sacred_a or_o humane_a and_o that_o be_v such_o either_o simple_o as_o be_v the_o scripture_n or_o else_o according_a to_o a_o certain_a respect_n and_o consideration_n as_o be_v that_o of_o the_o father_n that_o of_o the_o philosopher_n be_v humane_a the_o argument_n derive_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o scripture_n be_v either_o to_o prove_v the_o praeexistency_n of_o all_o soul_n or_o of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o messiah_n only_o the_o former_a shall_v be_v produce_v in_o this_o chapter_n 1._o in_o deut._n 29.14_o 15._o neither_o with_o you_o only_o do_v i_o make_v this_o covenant_n and_o this_o oath_n but_o with_o all_o who_o stand_v here_o with_o we_o this_o day_n before_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n and_o also_o with_o all_o that_o be_v not_o here_o with_o we_o this_o day_n from_o whence_o the_o jew_n do_v thus_o argue_v those_o with_o who_o god_n have_v make_v a_o covenant_n they_o be_v not_o mere_a nonentities_a because_o a_o covenant_n do_v require_v two_o real_a relative_n but_o god_n have_v make_v a_o covenant_n with_o israelite_n who_o be_v not_o yet_o bear_v therefore_o they_o who_o be_v not_o yet_o bear_v be_v not_o mere_a nonentities_a and_o then_o by_o consequence_n their_o soul_n either_o lurk_v in_o the_o soul_n of_o their_o parent_n which_o above_o be_v prove_v to_o be_v absurd_a or_o else_o they_o already_o do_v praexi_v 2._o isaiah_n 57.16_o for_o i_o will_v not_o contend_v for_o ever_o neither_o will_v i_o be_v always_o wroth_a for_o the_o spirit_n shall_v fail_v before_o i_o and_o the_o soul_n which_o i_o have_v make_v from_o whence_o the_o jew_n fetch_v this_o argument_n if_o god_n himself_o testify_v that_o he_o make_v soul_n for_o posterity_n with_o which_o he_o will_v not_o contend_v than_o those_o soul_n before_o that_o time_n come_v in_o which_o the_o spirit_n ought_v to_o hide_v or_o cover_v man_n do_v already_o praeexi_v but_o from_o the_o text_n the_o first_o be_v true_a therefore_o also_o be_v the_o latter_a true_a 3._o jeremiah_n 1.5_o before_o i_o have_v form_v thou_o in_o the_o belly_n i_o know_v thou_o or_o rather_o i_o implant_v knowledge_n into_o thou_o and_o before_o thou_o come_v forth_o out_o of_o the_o womb_n i_o sanctify_v thou_o and_o ordain_v thou_o a_o prophet_n unto_o the_o nation_n whence_o say_v the_o jew_n whosoever_o god_n so_o know_v as_o that_o he_o implant_v knowledge_n into_o he_o and_o sanctify_v he_o and_o ordain_v he_o for_o a_o prophet_n he_o must_v needs_o be_v in_o be_v but_o god_n do_v bestow_v all_o this_o upon_o one_o before_o he_o be_v form_v in_o the_o womb_n therefore_o one_o do_v exist_v before_o he_o be_v form_v in_o the_o womb_n and_o if_o it_o be_v thus_o with_o one_o what_o hinder_v that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v so_o with_o all_o because_o duration_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o to_o all_o create_a spirit_n 4._o ecclesiast_fw-la 4.2_o 3._o wherefore_o i_o praise_v the_o dead_a which_o be_v already_o dead_a more_o than_o the_o live_n which_o be_v yet_o alive_a yea_o better_o be_v he_o than_o both_o they_o which_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v who_o have_v not_o see_v the_o evil_a work_n that_o be_v do_v under_o the_o sun_n whence_o be_v this_o argument_n compare_v this_o with_o matth._n 26.24_o to_o who_o be_v give_v but_o the_o least_o drachm_n of_o happiness_n to_o he_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o he_o be_v in_o be_v but_o to_o he_o that_o be_v not_o yet_o bear_v such_o happiness_n be_v give_v therefore_o etc._n etc._n 5._o job_n 38.21_o know_v thou_o because_o thou_o be_v then_o bear_v and_o the_o number_n of_o thy_o day_n be_v great_a or_o else_o by_o way_n of_o question_v thus_o do_v thou_o know_v or_o not_o that_o then_o thou_o shall_v be_v bear_v and_o the_o number_n of_o thy_o many_o day_n from_o either_o sense_n flow_v out_o a_o praeexistency_n to_o the_o soul_n of_o job_n in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o be_v conclude_v to_o be_v present_a at_o the_o beginning_n of_o thing_n 6._o wisd_v 8.19_o 20._o for_o i_o be_v a_o witty_a child_n and_o have_v a_o good_a spirit_n yea_o rather_o be_v good_a i_o come_v into_o a_o body_n undefiled_a now_o he_o who_o come_v into_o a_o body_n be_v already_o good_a certain_o the_o make_n of_o his_o soul_n begin_v not_o with_o that_o of_o his_o body_n 7._o john_n 9.2_o 3._o and_o his_o disciple_n ask_v he_o say_v master_n who_o do_v sin_n this_o man_n or_o his_o parent_n that_o he_o be_v bear_v blind_a jesus_n answer_v neither_o have_v this_o man_n sin_v nor_o his_o parent_n but_o that_o etc._n etc._n whence_o be_v this_o argument_n whatever_o opinion_n when_o the_o most_o fair_a occasion_n be_v give_v christ_n do_v not_o refute_v nor_o reprove_v it_o as_o erroeous_a in_o that_o opinion_n be_v contain_v no_o unsoundness_n nor_o danger_n nor_o error_n but_o this_o of_o the_o praeexistency_n be_v such_o a_o opinion_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n 8._o those_o who_o in_o scripture_n be_v say_v to_o be_v lose_v they_o be_v sometime_o not_o lose_v for_o every_o thing_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v lose_v thereby_o presuppose_v that_o it_o be_v sometime_o in_o his_o power_n and_o possession_n who_o after_o that_o lose_v it_o for_o that_o which_o be_v never_o in_o possession_n can_v never_o be_v say_v to_o be_v lose_v but_o all_o man_n in_o scripture_n be_v say_v to_o be_v lose_v therefore_o all_o man_n be_v sometime_o not_o lose_v and_o consequent_o be_v in_o the_o power_n and_o possession_n of_o the_o supreme_a lord_n the_o minor_a be_v prove_v by_o psalm_n 119.176_o jeremiah_n 50.6_o ezek._n 34.16_o luk._n 15.9_o 24._o chap._n 19.10_o matthew_z 15.24_o &_o 18.11_o 9_o whoever_o be_v say_v to_o be_v err_v and_o stray_v like_o lose_a sheep_n they_o be_v to_o be_v presuppose_v to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o flock_n but_o in_o scripture_n man_n be_v say_v to_o err_v and_o stray_v from_o the_o flock_n like_o lose_a sheep_n 1_o pet._n 2.25_o joh._n 11.52_o therefore_o they_o be_v in_o the_o flock_n once_o and_o by_o consequence_n do_v praeexi_v 10._o whoever_o be_v stranster_n and_o foreigner_n in_o the_o earth_n they_o have_v their_o rise_n from_o elsewhere_o than_o in_o the_o earth_n and_o have_v their_o country_n elsewhere_o but_o in_o holy_a writ_n man_n be_v say_v to_o be_v stranger_n in_o the_o earth_n therefore_o etc._n
may_v be_v reinstalled_a in_o she_o kind_o sacred_a throne_n which_o she_o have_v leave_v as_o exile_v wander_v down_o 7._o st._n augustine_n also_o speak_v favourable_o of_o this_o opinion_n in_o his_o 1._o book_n of_o freewill_n whether_o the_o soul_n live_v another_o kind_n of_o life_n before_o her_o conjunction_n to_o this_o body_n be_v a_o great_a question_n and_o a_o great_a secret_a also_o in_o the_o 3._o book_n when_o he_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o praeexistency_n of_o soul_n he_o say_v thus_o if_o we_o think_v of_o god_n that_o he_o be_v any_o other_o than_o he_o be_v our_o intention_n drive_v we_o not_o into_o beatitude_n but_o into_o vanity_n but_o if_o we_o think_v of_o the_o creature_n any_o thing_n otherwise_o than_o he_o be_v so_o long_o as_o we_o do_v not_o hold_v that_o opinion_n for_o that_o that_o be_v know_v and_o command_v there_o be_v no_o danger_n and_o in_o the_o discussion_n of_o that_o fourfold_a question_n whether_o viz._n the_o soul_n be_v propagate_v or_o create_v whether_o or_o no_o it_o be_v send_v from_o god_n from_o some_o secret_a receptacle_n where_o it_o praeexi_v or_o that_o it_o fall_v down_o hither_o by_o or_o of_o its_o own_o proper_a motion_n he_o say_v thus_o either_o that_o same_o question_n be_v not_o as_o yet_o by_o the_o catholic_n writer_n of_o divine_a book_n because_o of_o its_o obscurity_n and_o perplexity_n bring_v and_o illustrate_v as_o it_o deserve_v or_o else_o if_o it_o be_v already_o perform_v their_o letter_n have_v not_o as_o yet_o arrive_v at_o my_o hand_n 8._o st._n basil_n also_o etc._n etc._n and_o 9_o gregory_n nazianzen_n who_o that_o they_o be_v not_o adversary_n to_o this_o opinion_n appear_v from_o hence_o that_o out_o of_o origen_n write_n they_o collect_v a_o very_a remarkable_a treatise_n on_o which_o they_o put_v the_o title_n of_o origen_n philocalia_n in_o which_o be_v find_v place_n not_o a_o few_o which_o partly_o implicit_o partly_o explicit_o affirm_v the_o praeexistency_n of_o soul_n 10._o john_n of_o jerusalem_n 11._o phil_n astrius_fw-la 12._o boethius_n may_v be_v add_v to_o the_o rest_n chap._n vi_o contain_v argument_n derive_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o philosopher_n the_o testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_n be_v indeed_o find_v to_o exceed_v all_o other_o let_v we_o turn_v our_o eye_n which_o way_n soever_o we_o please_v 1._o in_o egypt_n the_o most_o ancient_a nurse_n of_o occult_a science_n we_o have_v trismegistus_n assent_v thereunto_o as_o be_v apparent_a out_o of_o his_o fragment_n 2._o as_o also_o the_o gymnosophist_n with_o who_o the_o brahmin_n of_o india_n and_o the_o persian_a and_o chaldean_a wiseman_n have_v to_o do_v as_o be_v manifest_a from_o the_o magical_a or_o chaldean_a oracle_n upon_o which_o pletho_n and_o psellus_n write_v commentary_n 3._o to_o these_o add_v the_o abstruse_a philosophy_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o they_o call_v the_o cabbala_n who_o author_n be_v moses_n the_o chief_a of_o all_o the_o philosopher_n who_o ever_o be_v whence_o manasseh_n ben_n israel_n concern_v the_o creation_n prob._n 15._o s_o 5._o out_o of_o gemara_n hagigae_n cit_v the_o follow_a word_n in_o the_o empyrean_a heaven_n be_v mansion_n of_o life_n and_o peace_n and_o of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o just_a and_o of_o spirit_n and_o also_o of_o those_o soul_n which_o be_v to_o come_v into_o the_o world_n and_o out_o of_o bereschith_fw-mi rabath_n allege_v that_o testimony_n that_o the_o jewish_a doctor_n do_v expound_v that_o place_n of_o psalm_n 139.5_o after_z and_o before_o thou_o form_v i_o concern_v the_o creation_n of_o adam_n that_o be_v of_o man_n which_o be_v do_v first_o on_o the_o first_o day_n and_o then_o on_o the_o six_o day_n 4._o hither_o also_o do_v especial_o belong_v philoâ—_n the_o jew_n in_o who_o nothing_o be_v more_o familiar_o treat_v on_o than_o this_o opinion_n that_o the_o quotation_n be_v needless_a we_o may_v add_v 5._o zoroaster_n 6._o pythagoras_n 7._o epicharmus_n 8._o empedocles_n 9_o cebes_n of_o thebes_n 10._o euripides_n 11._o plato_n 12._o euclid_n 13._o virgil._n 14._o m._n t._n cicero_n 15._o plotin_n 16._o jamblichus_n 17._o proclus_n 18._o porphyrius_n 19_o psellus_n and_o a_o many_o other_o and_o among_o the_o modern_n 20._o marsilius_n ficinus_fw-la 21._o also_o johann_n fernelius_n who_o adjoin_v to_o himself_o hypocrates_n and_o galen_n viz._n in_o book_n 2._o c._n 4._o of_o his_o concern_v the_o hide_a cause_n of_o thing_n 22._o cardan_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o soul_n p._n 235.239_o etc._n etc._n 23._o pomponatius_n who_o notwithstanding_o be_v little_a favourable_a to_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o lest_o we_o shall_v leave_v out_o any_o body_n we_o will_v here_o also_o recount_v 24._o even_a aristotle_n himself_o who_o in_o his_o tract_n of_o the_o soul_n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o when_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o necessary_a quality_n of_o a_o body_n of_o be_v to_o be_v actuate_v by_o a_o soul_n he_o inveigh_v against_o they_o who_o handle_v this_o matter_n so_o negligent_o as_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a according_a to_o the_o pythagorick_a fable_n that_o any_o soul_n may_v enter_v into_o any_o body_n for_o to_o every_o animal_n blonge_v a_o proper_a species_n or_o kind_n as_o also_o to_o be_v of_o a_o peculiar_a form_n but_o they_o who_o teach_v otherwise_o do_v say_v the_o same_o as_o if_o any_o one_o shall_v affirm_v that_o the_o smith_n art_n go_v into_o the_o pipe_n which_o be_v make_v for_o every_o art_n must_v use_v its_o own_o instrument_n and_o every_o soul_n it_o be_v own_o body_n where_o certain_o aristotle_n do_v not_o inveigh_v against_o the_o opinion_n of_o transmigration_n which_o include_v in_o itself_o that_o of_o praeexistency_n but_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n can_v enter_v into_o the_o body_n of_o a_o brute_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a this_o be_v that_o absurdity_n which_o aristotle_n reject_v tacit_o approve_v of_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o opinion_n yea_o in_o his_o tract_n of_o the_o 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