he_o will_v much_o less_o have_v make_v a_o difficulty_n to_o concede_fw-la such_o body_n also_o to_o humane_a soul_n after_o they_o have_v lose_v their_o terrestrial_a one_o as_o his_o sectator_n do_v not_o who_o hold_v they_o then_o present_o become_v daemon_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o be_v evident_a enough_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o separate_a soul_n present_a blessedness_n be_v not_o destitute_a of_o the_o patronage_n and_o suffrage_n of_o philosopher_n and_o it_o be_v indeed_o the_o know_a opinion_n of_o as_o many_o of_o they_o as_o ever_o hold_v its_o immortality_n which_o all_o of_o all_o age_n and_o nation_n have_v do_v a_o very_a few_o except_v for_o in_o as_o much_o as_o they_o know_v nothing_o of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n they_o can_v not_o dream_v of_o a_o sleep_a interval_n and_o it_o be_v at_o least_o a_o shrewd_a presumption_n that_o nothing_o in_o reason_n lie_v against_o it_o when_o no_o one_o instance_n can_v be_v give_v among_o they_o that_o 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drudgery_n when_o out_o of_o the_o body_n wherein_o it_o make_v use_v of_o its_o help_n and_o service_n before_o that_o be_v no_o moâ—e_n a_o disparagement_n or_o dimunution_n then_o it_o be_v to_o the_o magistrate_n that_o law_n and_o decency_n permit_v he_o not_o to_o apprehend_v or_o execute_v a_o malefactor_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n it_o may_v yet_o perform_v those_o operation_n which_o be_v proper_a to_o itself_o that_o be_v such_o as_o be_v more_o noble_a and_o excellent_a and_o immediate_o conducive_a to_o its_o own_o felicity_n which_o sort_n of_o action_n as_o cogitation_n for_o instance_n and_o dilection_n though_o be_v do_v in_o the_o body_n there_o be_v conjunct_a with_o they_o a_o agitation_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o brain_n and_o heart_n it_o yet_o seem_v to_o i_o more_o reasonable_a that_o as_o to_o those_o act_n the_o spirit_n be_v rather_o subject_n than_o instrument_n at_o all_o of_o they_o that_o the_o whole_a essence_n of_o these_o act_n be_v antecedent_n to_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o that_o motion_n certain_o but_o accidental_o consequent_a only_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o present_a but_o soluble_a union_n the_o soul_n have_v with_o the_o body_n and_o that_o the_o purity_n and_o refinedness_n of_o those_o spirit_n do_v only_o remove_v what_o will_v hinder_v such_o act_n rather_o than_o contribute_v positive_o thereto_o and_o so_o little_a be_v the_o alliance_n between_o a_o thought_n and_o any_o bodily_a thing_n even_o those_o very_o fine_a spirit_n themselves_o that_o i_o dare_v say_v whoever_o set_v himself_o close_o and_o strict_o to_o consider_v and_o debate_v the_o matter_n with_o his_o own_o faculty_n will_v find_v it_o much_o more_o easy_o apprehensible_a how_o the_o act_n of_o intellection_n and_o volition_n may_v be_v perform_v without_o those_o very_a corporeal_a spirit_n then_o by_o they_o however_o suppose_v they_o never_o so_o indispensable_o necessary_a to_o those_o more_o noble_a operation_n of_o the_o soul_n it_o may_v easy_o be_v furnish_v with_o they_o and_o in_o great_a plenty_n and_o purity_n from_o the_o ambient_fw-la air_n or_o aether_n than_o from_o a_o dull_a torpid_a body_n with_o some_o part_n of_o which_o air_n if_o we_o suppose_v it_o to_o contract_v a_o vital_a union_n i_o know_v no_o rational_a principle_n that_o be_v wrong_v by_o the_o supposition_n though_o neither_o do_v i_o know_v any_o that_o can_v necessary_o infer_v it_o as_o therefore_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o soul_n activity_n out_o of_o this_o earthly_a body_n have_v favour_n and_o friendship_n enough_o from_o philosopher_n so_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o upon_o the_o most_o strict_a and_o rigid_a disquisition_n it_o will_v be_v as_o mâ—ch_v befriend_v or_o rather_o right_v by_o philosophy_n itself_o and_o that_o their_o reason_n will_v afford_v it_o as_o direct_v and_o more_o considerable_a defence_n than_o their_o authority_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o deserve_v to_o be_v consider_v with_o some_o resentment_n that_o this_o doctrine_n shall_v find_v the_o generality_n of_o learned_a pagan_n more_o forward_a advocate_n than_o some_o learned_a and_o worthy_a patron_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n which_o be_v only_o imputable_a to_o the_o undue_a measure_n and_o excess_n of_o a_o otherwise_o jâ—st_a zeal_n in_o thâ—se_a latter_a for_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n so_o far_o transport_v they_o that_o they_o become_v willing_a to_o let_v go_v one_o truth_n that_o they_o may_v hold_v 〈◊〉_d the_o â—â—ster_n and_o to_o ransom_n this_o at_o the_o too_o dear_a and_o unnecessary_a expense_n of_o the_o former_a account_v they_o can_v never_o make_v sure_a enough_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n without_o make_v the_o soul_n dependence_n on_o it_o so_o absolute_a and_o necessary_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o do_v nothing_o but_o sleep_n in_o the_o mean_a while_n whereas_o it_o seem_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o unconceivable_a how_o such_o a_o be_v as_o the_o soul_n be_v once_o quit_v of_o the_o entanglement_n and_o encumbrance_n of_o the_o body_n shall_v sleep_v at_o all_o then_o how_o it_o shall_v act_v without_o the_o body_n body_n see_v dr._n hammonds_n annot_n in_o loc_n dan_fw-mi 12_o 2_o joh._n 14_o 12._o 2_o cor._n 15._o 2_o thes._n 4._o etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phil_n 3._o 20_o 21._o 1_o thes._n 4._o 14_o 15_o 16._o chap._n 14._o 14._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 2_o thes_n 1._o 1_o cor._n 15._o use._n dissoluti_fw-la est_fw-la hominis_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la sâ—riis_fw-la quaerere_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la arnob._n â—cientiam_fw-la qui_fw-la â—idicit_fw-la &_o faâ—enda_fw-la &_o viâ—nda_fw-la percepit_fw-la â—â—dum_fw-la sapiens_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nisi_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la quae_fw-la â—dicit_fw-la transfiâ—ratus_fw-la est_fw-la animus_n sen._n ep._n â—4_n non_fw-la prodest_fw-la cibus_fw-la nec_fw-la corpori_fw-la accedit_fw-la qui_fw-la statim_fw-la sumptus_fw-la emittitur_fw-la sen_n epist._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epitlet_n psal._n 49._o 49._o
homini_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la primum_fw-la creatus_fw-la est_fw-la rectus_fw-la potuit_fw-la non_fw-la peccare_fw-la sed_fw-la potuit_fw-la &_o peccare_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la novissimum_fw-la eâ—_n potentius_fw-la erit_fw-la quò_fw-la peccare_fw-la noa_fw-mi potuit_fw-la aug_n de_fw-fr civitat_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 22._o c._n 30._o libertas_n nâ—stâ—a_fw-la inhaerâ—t_fw-la divina_fw-la ut_fw-la exemplari_fw-la &_o in_o pâ—â—pâ—luâ_fw-la ejus_fw-la imitatâ—one_fw-la versatur_fw-la sive_fw-la ortum_fw-la sive_fw-la pâ—â—gressum_fw-la sive_fw-la conâ—â—mmâ—tionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la intue_fw-la 〈◊〉_d libertas_fw-la nostra_fw-la in_fw-la oâ—tu_fw-la est_fw-la capacitas_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o progressu_fw-la libertas_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la long_a câ—arâ—or_n progress_n â—senim_n atâ—â—nditur_fw-la pâ—nes_fw-la accessâ—m_fw-la hominis_fw-la ad_fw-la dâ—â—m_fw-la qâ—i_fw-la quidem_fw-la 〈…〉_z sed_fw-la imitatione_n &_o â—ssâ—â—latione_n constat_n &_o eâ—t_fw-la utiquc_fw-la imâ—â—atioâ—e_v &_o assiâ—il_a ition_n secuadum_fw-la quam_fw-la siâ—ut_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la sablimis_fw-la &_o excelsus_fw-la seipso_fw-la ita_fw-la homo_fw-la est_fw-la sublimis_fw-la &_o excelsus_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o altitudo_fw-la ejus_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la inquit_fw-la d_o augustinuâ—_n consummatio_fw-la denique_fw-la libertatis_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la homo_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la felicissimo_fw-la gloriae_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la statu_fw-la transformatur_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la omne_fw-la illi_fw-la esse_fw-la incipit_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la postremus_fw-la status_fw-la co_fw-la dissert_v à _fw-la priore_fw-la quip_n homo_fw-la tum_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la inalligatus_fw-la est_fw-la creaturis_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la circaillas_fw-la negotiatur_fw-la etiam_fw-la referendo_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o creaturis_fw-la se_fw-la insundit_fw-la nec_fw-la per_fw-la illas_fw-la procedit_fw-la ut_fw-la faciâ—bat_fw-la cum_fw-la esset_fw-la viator_n say_v in_o solo_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o conquiescit_fw-la &_o effundit_fw-la se_fw-la placidissimè_fw-la &_o motits_fw-fr ejus_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la presentissimum_fw-la &_o conjunctissimum_fw-la bonum_fw-la similior_fw-la est_fw-la quieti_fw-la quam_fw-la mâ—tui_fw-la gib_n l._n 2._o c._n 14._o omnes_fw-la turbulae_fw-la tempestates_fw-la quae_fw-la procul_fw-la à _fw-la deoâ—rum_fw-la coelestium_fw-la tranquilitate_fw-la exulant_fw-la etc._n etc._n apuleius_n the_o this_o sâ—câ—atis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n max._n tyâ—_n disser_fw-fr 1._o quod_fw-la desideras_fw-la autâ—m_fw-la magâ—â—m_fw-la summum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d deoque_fw-la vicinum_fw-la noa_fw-mi concuti_fw-la sâ—n._n the_o tranquil_a animi_fw-la psal._n 116._o sen._n the_o tranquil_a anim_fw-la phil._n 4._o 7._o act._n 20._o 24._o isa._n 26._o 3._o psal._n 112._o 7._o rom._n 15._o 13._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 5._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 6._o prov._n 4_o 18._o phil._n 2_o 7._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 4._o 2_o cor._n 3._o 18._o psal_n 126._o 6._o 6._o i_o will_v fain_o know_v what_o the_o tertium_fw-la shall_v be_v result_v from_o the_o physical_a union_n some_o speak_v of_o joh._n 17._o 11._o ver_fw-la 11._o ver._n 21._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 16._o gal._n 6_o 7_o 8._o dr._n hâ—rv_n de_fw-fr ovo_fw-la ovo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rom._n 15._o 13._o gâ—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d in_o christa_n â—â—â—â—â—mus_fw-la homâ—â—â—â—_n etc._n etc._n orat._n 1_o matth._n 5._o 6._o 1_o thes._n 5_o 6._o ephes_n 5._o 14._o 14._o so_o well_o do_v the_o apostle_n watchword_n suit_n our_o case_n awake_v to_o righteousness_n and_o sin_n not_o etc._n etc._n 1_o cor._n 15_o 34._o cant._n 5_o 2._o psal._n 39_o 6._o 6._o viz._n 〈◊〉_d who_o at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o death_n sprinkle_v water_n upon_o the_o servant_n about_o he_o addita_fw-la voâ—e_fw-la se_fw-la liquorem_fw-la illâ—m_fw-la libare_fw-la joâ—i_fw-la lâ—beratori_fw-la tacit_fw-la annal._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o phaedro_n cant._n 6._o 12_o rom._n 13_o 11._o arelius_fw-la beza_n etc._n etc._n psal._n 30._o 5._o 5._o in_o his_o saint_n rest_n p._n 2._o c._n 10_o luke_n 23._o 43._o 2_o cor._n 5_o 8._o phil._n 1._o 23._o heb._n 12._o 23._o it_o be_v true_a that_o divers_a of_o the_o father_n and_o other_o have_v speak_v some_o dubious_o some_o very_o diminish_o of_o the_o blessedness_n of_o separate_a soul_n many_o of_o who_o word_n may_v be_v see_v together_o in_o that_o elaborate_a tractate_n of_o the_o learned_a parker_n de_fw-fr descens_fw-la lib_n secâ—nâ—_n p._n 77._o yea_o and_o his_o own_o assertion_n in_o that_o very_a page_n be_v it_o speak_v with_o reverence_n to_o the_o memory_n of_o so_o worthy_a a_o person_n argue_v something_o gross_a and_o i_o conceive_v unwarrantable_a thought_n of_o the_o soul_n dependence_n on_o a_o body_n of_o earth_n his_o word_n be_v tertium_fw-la vulnus_fw-la speak_v of_o the_o prejudices_fw-la the_o soul_n receive_v by_o its_o separation_n from_o the_o body_n omnes_fw-la operationes_fw-la etiam_fw-la svas_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la praesertim_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la extinguo_fw-la where_o he_o make_v it_o a_o difficulty_n to_o allow_v it_o any_o operation_n at_o all_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o praesertim_fw-la insert_v he_o first_o indeed_o deny_v it_o all_o operation_n and_o then_o more_o confident_o and_o especial_o those_o ad_fw-la extra_fw-la and_o if_o he_o will_v be_v understand_v to_o exclude_v it_o only_o from_o its_o operation_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la if_o he_o take_v operation_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la as_o that_o phrase_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v take_v he_o must_v then_o mean_v by_o it_o all_o such_o operation_n as_o have_v their_o object_n not_o only_o those_o that_o have_v their_o term_n to_o which_o without_o the_o agent_n i._n e._n not_o only_o all_o transient_a but_o all_o immanent_a act_n that_o have_v their_o object_n without_o they_o as_o when_o we_o say_v all_o god_n act_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la be_v free_a we_o mean_v it_o even_o of_o his_o immanent_a act_n that_o have_v their_o object_n without_o he_o though_o they_o do_v not_o poâ—â—re_v terminum_fw-la extra_fw-la deum_fw-la as_o his_o election_n his_o love_n of_o the_o elect_a and_o so_o he_o must_v be_v understand_v to_o deny_v the_o separate_a soul_n and_o that_o with_o a_o praesertim_fw-la too_o the_o operation_n of_o know_v god_n of_o love_v he_o and_o delight_v in_o he_o which_o be_v all_o operation_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la as_o have_v their_o object_n extra_fw-la animam_fw-la though_o their_o terminus_fw-la ad_fw-la quâ—m_fw-la be_v not_o so_o which_o make_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o separate_a soul_n of_o saint_n unspeakable_o inferior_a to_o what_o it_o be_v in_o the_o body_n and_o what_o shall_v occasion_v to_o dismal_a thought_n of_o that_o state_n of_o separation_n i_o see_v not_o scripture_n give_v no_o ground_n for_o they_o but_o evident_o enough_o speak_v the_o contrary_a reason_n and_o philosophy_n offer_v nothing_o that_o can_v â—ender_v the_o sense_n we_o put_v upon_o the_o forementioned_a plain_a scripture_n self_n contradiction_n or_o impossible_a yea_o such_o as_o have_v no_o other_o light_n or_o guide_n have_v think_v the_o facility_n of_o the_o soul_n operation_n be_v separate_a from_o its_o earthly_a body_n much_o great_a by_o that_o very_a separation_n and_o upon_o this_o score_n do_v saint_n augustine_n with_o great_a indignation_n inveigh_v against_o the_o philosopher_n plaâ—o_o more_o especial_o because_o they_o judge_v the_o separation_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n necessary_a to_o its_o blessedness_n quia_fw-la videlicct_n ejus_fw-la perfectâ—m_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la tunc_fw-la illi_fw-la fieri_fw-la exâ—stimâ—at_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la prorsus_fw-la corpore_fw-la exuta_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la sâ—nâ—_n lex_fw-la &_o solâ—_n &_o quodommodo_fw-la nuda_fw-la redierit_fw-la de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la l._n 13_o c._n 16._o unto_o which_o purpose_n the_o word_n of_o philolâ—us_n pythâ—goricus_n of_o plato_n of_o porphyrius_n be_v cite_v by_o ludovicus_n vives_fw-la in_o his_o comment_n upon_o that_o bovementioned_a passage_n the_o first_o speak_v thus_o deposito_fw-la corpore_fw-la hominem_fw-la deum_fw-la immortalem_fw-la fieri_fw-la the_o second_o thus_o trahi_fw-la nos_fw-la à _fw-la corpore_fw-la ad_fw-la ima_fw-la &_o à _fw-fr cogitation_n superarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la subinde_fw-la revocari_fw-la ideo_fw-la relinquendum_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o hîc_fw-la quantum_fw-la possumus_fw-la &_o in_o alterâ_fw-la vitâ_fw-la vitâ_fw-la prorsum_fw-la ut_fw-la liberi_fw-la &_o expediti_fw-la verum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la videamus_fw-la &_o optimum_fw-la amemus_fw-la the_o three_o deny_v aliter_fw-la fieri_fw-la bâ—atum_fw-la quenquam_fw-la posse_fw-la nisi_fw-la relinquat_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o affigatur_fw-la deo_fw-la i_o conceive_v it_o by_o the_o way_n not_o improbable_a that_o the_o severity_n of_o that_o pious_a father_n against_o that_o dogma_fw-la of_o the_o philosopher_n may_v proceed_v 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conceit_n so_o gross_a that_o one_o will_v wonder_v how_o it_o shall_v obtain_v at_o least_o in_o the_o christian_a world_n yet_o we_o find_v it_o express_o charge_v by_o saint_n angustine_n upon_o the_o antropomorphites_n of_o old_a or_o melitonians_n haeresibus_fw-la as_o he_o call_v they_o from_o one_o melito_n the_o father_n of_o they_o not_o only_o that_o they_o imagine_v god_n in_o a_o humane_a shape_n which_o be_v their_o know_a conceit_n but_o that_o they_o state_v god_n image_n in_o man_n in_o his_o body_n not_o his_o soul._n nor_o be_v van_n helmont_n fancy_n man_n about_o corporal_a likeness_n capable_a of_o excuse_n by_o any_o thing_n but_o that_o they_o be_v a_o dream_n as_o they_o be_v fit_o style_v and_o not_o likely_a to_o impose_v upon_o the_o wake_a reason_n of_o any_o man_n 6._o this_o image_n or_o likeness_n of_o god_n in_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n represent_v what_o be_v communicable_a in_o he_o be_v either_o natural_a or_o moral_a there_o be_v first_o a_o 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the_o apostate_n world_n with_o he_o and_o which_o be_v therefore_o more_o relative_a to_o practice_n his_o sovereign_a authority_n and_o his_o independency_n in_o these_o while_n man_n affect_v to_o imitate_v they_o wicked_o â—ffront_v he_o and_o here_o be_v the_o great_a controversy_n between_o the_o glorious_a god_n and_o the_o degenerous_a child_n of_o men._n every_o man_n will_v catch_v at_o a_o godhead_n and_o either_o assume_v it_o to_o himself_o or_o cast_v it_o many_o time_n upon_o other_o creature_n vile_a and_o more_o ignoble_a than_o himself_o snatch_v the_o reins_o of_o government_n out_o of_o god_n hand_n and_o exalt_v their_o own_o will_n into_o a_o absoluteness_n as_o liable_a to_o control_v from_o none_o place_n and_o settle_v their_o dependence_n on_o their_o own_o wit_n power_n fortitude_n industry_n or_o if_o that_o be_v a_o more_o hopeless_a course_n for_o they_o often_o find_v a_o entire_a godhead_n too_o much_o for_o one_o creature_n and_o be_v therefore_o 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