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may_v hear_v you_o further_o ad_fw-la sect_n fourteen_o xv_o xvi_o §_o 1_o here_o you_o will_v first_o know_v how_o i_o know_v that_o the_o vitalitas_fw-la formalis_fw-la belong_v not_o to_o matter_n unless_o i_o have_v a_o antecedent_n notion_n of_o spirit_n distinct_a from_o matter_n ans_fw-fr 1._o i_o consent_v not_o to_o dr._n glisson_n who_o think_v all_o matter_n have_v a_o vital_a form_n but_o i_o undertake_v not_o to_o prove_v that_o god_n can_v endow_v any_o matter_n with_o a_o vital_a form_n and_o forma_fw-la denominat_fw-la where_o i_o find_v the_o form_n of_o a_o spirit_n i_o will_v call_v it_o spirit_n 2._o dr._n henry_n moor_n in_o his_o metaph._n will_v ask_v i_o how_o i_o know_v that_o a_o helmet_n may_v not_o be_v make_v of_o paper_n and_o he_o and_o i_o will_v agree_v that_o paper_n be_v not_o materia_fw-la disposita_fw-la and_o yet_o we_o will_v not_o call_v it_o galeae_fw-la formam_fw-la §_o 2._o your_o denial_n of_o substantiality_n to_o be_v ex_fw-la traduce_v i_o 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