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wherein_o they_o have_v be_v preserve_v and_o nourish_v they_o repudiate_v and_o disow_v their_o own_o natural_a parent_n because_o they_o think_v they_o discover_v some_o spot_n and_o wrinkle_n in_o the_o ornament_n of_o her_o fine_a linen_n pudet_fw-la hoec_fw-la opprobia_n vobis_fw-la &_o dici_fw-la potuisse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la potuisse_fw-la refelli_fw-la chap._n vi_o p._n 79._o mr._n m._n repeat_v the_o name_n of_o aristotle_n dicearchus_n and_o pliny_n mention_v by_o the_o observer_n in_o his_o quote_v pamphlet_n not_o as_o a_o proof_n of_o the_o materiality_n but_o to_o show_v there_o be_v need_n of_o better_a proof_n of_o the_o immortality_n than_o mr._n b._n have_v give_v of_o it_o mr._n m._n here_o further_a mention_n pherecydes_n as_o the_o first_o among_o the_o philosopher_n who_o defend_v or_o invent_v this_o doctrine_n of_o the_o immortality_n as_o before_o have_v be_v observe_v and_o shall_v here_o be_v grant_v p._n 80._o mr._n m._n quote_v pythagoras_n as_o pherecydes_n 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which_o we_o give_v up_o to_o he_o as_o gross_a and_o erroneous_a immortalists_n p._n 82._o he_o pretend_v to_o quote_v socrates_n when_o his_o quotation_n be_v only_o what_o plato_n put_v into_o socrates_n mouth_n who_o in_o this_o feign_a dialogue_n make_v socrates_n say_v what_o he_o please_v mr._n m._n here_o give_v we_o plato_n opinion_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n and_o near_o in_o the_o same_o term_n that_o the_o common_a opinion_n of_o man_n now_o hold_v it_o and_o hence_o it_o seem_v the_o christian_a platonist_n derive_v it_o and_o deliver_v it_o to_o the_o scholar_n of_o their_o school_n who_o spread_v the_o same_o according_o support_v by_o st._n matthew_n word_n of_o can_v kill_v the_o soul_n wording_n our_o saviour_n doctrine_n according_a to_o that_o tenet_n which_o he_o believe_v and_o be_v then_o common_a in_o the_o world_n p._n 83._o here_o he_o go_v still_o on_o to_o deliver_v such_o word_n as_o plato_n be_v please_v to_o put_v into_o the_o mouth_n of_o socrates_n 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say_v the_o design_n of_o those_o man_n who_o oppose_v the_o soul_n immortality_n be_v to_o persuade_v themselves_o and_o other_o that_o it_o die_v with_o the_o body_n and_o shall_v not_o be_v call_v to_o a_o account_n for_o its_o unnatural_a self-debasement_n the_o observer_n answer_v that_o the_o soul_n single_a and_o separate_v shall_v not_o be_v call_v to_o a_o account_n he_o believe_v for_o no_o other_o end_n but_o because_o he_o think_v it_o to_o be_v the_o very_a truth_n and_o without_o any_o other_o design_n but_o that_o only_a of_o maintain_v the_o certainty_n of_o a_o future_a account_n and_o judgement_n wherein_o every_o man_n shall_v give_v and_o yield_v a_o full_a reckon_n of_o his_o stewardship_n and_o the_o talent_n which_o be_v commit_v to_o his_o administration_n wherein_o his_o small_a action_n shall_v be_v consider_v and_o a_o account_v give_v for_o every_o offensive_a and_o idle_a word_n many_o of_o which_o may_v possible_o arise_v to_o magnify_v mr._n m_n account_n 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