the_o arabian_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n perish_v with_o their_o body_n but_o shall_v yet_o be_v raise_v again_o at_o the_o last_o day_n not_o that_o i_o do_v absolute_o conceive_v a_o mortality_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o if_o that_o be_v which_o faith_n not_o philosophy_n have_v yet_o thorough_o disprove_v and_o that_o both_o enter_v the_o grave_n together_o yet_o i_o hold_v the_o same_o conceit_n thereof_o that_o we_o all_o do_v for_o the_o body_n that_o it_o rile_a again_o sure_o it_o be_v but_o the_o merit_n of_o our_o unworthy_a nature_n if_o we_o sleep_v in_o darkness_n until_o the_o last_o alarm_n a_o serious_a reflex_n upon_o my_o own_o unworthiness_n do_v make_v i_o backward_o from_o challenge_v this_o prerogative_n of_o my_o soul_n so_o that_o i_o may_v enjoy_v my_o saviour_n at_o the_o last_o i_o can_v with_o patience_n be_v nothing_o almost_o unto_o eternity_n the_o second_o be_v that_o of_o origen_n that_o god_n will_v not_o persist_v in_o his_o vengeance_n for_o ever_o but_o after_o a_o definite_a time_n of_o his_o wrath_n he_o will_v release_v the_o damn_a soul_n from_o torture_n which_o error_n i_o fall_v into_o upon_o a_o serious_a contemplation_n of_o the_o great_a attribute_n of_o god_n his_o mercy_n and_o do_v a_o little_a cherish_v it_o in_o myself_o because_o i_o find_v therein_o no_o malice_n and_o a_o ready_a weight_n to_o sway_v i_o from_o the_o other_o extreme_a of_o despair_n whereunto_o melancholy_a and_o contemplative_a nature_n be_v too_o easy_o dispose_v a_o three_o there_o be_v which_o i_o do_v never_o positive_o maintain_v or_o practice_v but_o have_v often_o wish_v it_o have_v be_v consonant_a to_o truth_n and_o not_o offensive_a to_o my_o religion_n and_o that_o be_v the_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a whereunto_o i_o be_v incline_v from_o some_o charitable_a inducement_n whereby_o i_o can_v scarce_o contain_v my_o prayer_n for_o a_o friend_n at_o the_o ring_n of_o a_o bell_n or_o behold_v his_o corpse_n without_o a_o orison_n for_o his_o corpse_n it_o be_v a_o good_a way_n methinks_v to_o be_v remember_v by_o posterity_n and_o far_o more_o noble_a than_o a_o history_n these_o opinion_n i_o never_o maintain_v with_o pertinacy_n or_o endeavour_v to_o enveagle_v any_o man_n belief_n unto_o i_o nor_o so_o much_o as_o ever_o reveal_v or_o dispute_v they_o with_o my_o dear_a friend_n by_o which_o mean_n i_o neither_o propagate_v they_o in_o other_o nor_o confirm_v they_o in_o myself_o but_o suffer_v they_o to_o flame_n upon_o their_o own_o substance_n without_o addition_n of_o new_a fuel_n they_o go_v out_o insensible_o of_o themselves_o therefore_o these_o opinion_n though_o condemn_v by_o lawful_a counsel_n be_v not_o heresy_n in_o i_o but_o bare_a error_n and_o single_a lapse_n of_o my_o understanding_n without_o a_o joint_a depravity_n of_o my_o will_n those_o have_v not_o only_o deprave_v understanding_n but_o disease_a affection_n which_o can_v enjoy_v a_o singularity_n without_o a_o heresy_n or_o be_v the_o author_n of_o a_o opinion_n without_o they_o be_v of_o a_o sect_n also_o this_o be_v the_o villainy_n of_o the_o first_o schism_n of_o lucifer_n who_o be_v not_o content_a to_o err_v alone_o but_o draw_v into_o his_o faction_n many_o legion_n and_o upon_o this_o experience_n he_o tempt_v only_a eve_n as_o well_o understand_v the_o communicable_a nature_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o to_o deceive_v but_o one_o be_v tacit_o and_o upon_o consequence_n to_o delude_v they_o both_o sect._n 8_o that_o heresy_n shall_v arise_v we_o have_v the_o prophecy_n of_o christ_n but_o that_o old_a one_o shall_v be_v abolish_v we_o hold_v no_o prediction_n that_o there_o must_v be_v heresy_n be_v true_a not_o only_o in_o our_o church_n but_o also_o in_o any_o other_o even_o in_o the_o doctrine_n heretical_a there_o will_v be_v super-heresy_n and_o arian_n not_o only_o divide_v from_o their_o church_n but_o also_o among_o themselves_o for_o head_n that_o be_v dispose_v unto_o schism_n and_o complexionable_o propense_a to_o innovation_n be_v natural_o dispose_v for_o a_o community_n nor_o will_v be_v ever_o confine_v unto_o the_o order_n or_o oeconomy_n of_o one_o body_n and_o therefore_o when_o they_o separate_v from_o other_o they_o knit_v but_o loose_o among_o themselves_o nor_o content_v with_o a_o general_a breach_n or_o dichotomy_n with_o their_o church_n do_v subdivide_v and_o mince_v themselves_o almost_o into_o atom_n it_o be_v true_a that_o man_n of_o singular_a part_n and_o humour_n have_v not_o be_v free_a from_o singular_a opinion_n and_o conceit_n in_o all_o age_n retain_v something_o not_o only_o beside_o the_o opinion_n of_o his_o own_o church_n or_o any_o other_o but_o also_o any_o i_o particular_a author_n which_o notwithstanding_o a_o sober_a judgement_n may_v do_v without_o offence_n or_o heresy_n for_o there_o be_v yet_o after_o all_o the_o decree_n of_o council_n and_o the_o nicety_n of_o school_n many_o thing_n untouched_a unimagined_a wherein_o the_o liberty_n of_o a_o honest_a reason_n may_v play_v and_o expatiate_v with_o security_n and_o far_o without_o the_o circle_n of_o a_o heresy_n sect._n 9_o as_o for_o those_o wingy_a mystery_n in_o divinity_n and_o airy_a subtlety_n in_o religion_n which_o have_v unhinged_a the_o brain_n of_o better_a head_n they_o never_o stretch_v the_o pia_fw-la mater_fw-la of_o i_o methinks_v there_o be_v not_o impossibility_n enough_o in_o religion_n for_o a_o active_a faith_n the_o deep_a mystery_n we_o contain_v have_v not_o only_o be_v illustrate_v but_o maintain_v by_o sylogism_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o reason_n i_o love_v to_o lose_v myself_o in_o a_o mystery_n to_o pursue_v my_o reason_n to_o a_o o_o altitudo_fw-la it_o be_v my_o solitary_a recreation_n to_o pose_v my_o apprehension_n with_o those_o involve_a aenigma_n and_o riddle_n of_o the_o trinity_n with_o incarnation_n and_o resurrection_n i_o can_v answer_v all_o the_o objection_n of_o satan_n and_o my_o rebellious_a reason_n with_o that_o odd_a resolution_n i_o learn_v of_o tertullian_n certum_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la impossible_a est_fw-la i_o desire_v to_o exercise_v my_o faith_n in_o the_o difficult_a point_n for_o to_o credit_v ordinary_a and_o visible_a object_n be_v not_o faith_n but_o persuasion_n some_o believe_v the_o better_a for_o see_v christ_n sepulchre_n and_o when_o they_o have_v see_v the_o red_a sea_n doubt_v not_o of_o the_o miracle_n now_o contrary_o i_o bless_v myself_o and_o be_o thankful_a that_o i_o live_v not_o in_o the_o day_n of_o miracle_n that_o i_o never_o see_v christ_n nor_o his_o disciple_n i_o will_v not_o have_v be_v one_o of_o those_o israelite_n that_o pass_v the_o red_a sea_n nor_o one_o of_o christ_n patient_n on_o who_o he_o wrought_v his_o wonder_n then_o have_v my_o faith_n be_v thrust_v upon_o i_o nor_o shall_v i_o enjoy_v that_o great_a blessing_n pronounce_v to_o all_o that_o believe_v and_o see_v not_o it_o be_v a_o easy_a and_o necessary_a belief_n to_o credit_v what_o our_o eye_n and_o sense_n have_v examine_v i_o believe_v he_o be_v dead_a and_o bury_v and_o rise_v again_o and_o desire_v to_o see_v he_o in_o his_o glory_n rather_o than_o to_o contemplate_v he_o in_o his_o cenotaphe_n or_o sepulchre_n nor_o be_v this_o much_o to_o believe_v as_o we_o have_v reason_n we_o owe_v this_o faith_n unto_o history_n they_o only_o have_v the_o advantage_n of_o a_o bold_a and_o noble_a faith_n who_o live_v before_o his_o come_n who_o upon_o obscure_a prophecy_n and_o mystical_a type_n can_v raise_v a_o belief_n and_o expect_v apparent_a impossibility_n sect._n 10_o it_o be_v true_a there_o be_v a_o edge_n in_o all_o sirm_a belief_n and_o with_o a_o easy_a metaphor_n we_o may_v say_v the_o sword_n of_o faith_n but_o in_o these_o obscurity_n i_o rather_o use_v it_o in_o the_o adjunct_n the_o apostle_n give_v it_o a_o buckler_n under_o which_o i_o conceive_v a_o wary_a combatant_n may_v lie_v invulnerable_a since_o i_o be_v of_o understanding_n to_o know_v we_o know_v nothing_o my_o reason_n have_v be_v more_o pliable_a to_o the_o will_n of_o faith_n i_o be_o now_o content_a to_o understand_v a_o mystery_n without_o a_o rigid_a definition_n in_o a_o easy_a and_o platonic_a description_n that_o circumferentianullibi_fw-la allegorical_a description_n of_o hermes_n please_v i_o beyond_o all_o the_o metaphysical_a definition_n of_o divine_n where_o i_o can_v satisfy_v my_o reason_n i_o love_v to_o humour_v my_o fancy_n i_o have_v as_o live_v you_o tell_v i_o that_o anima_fw-la est_fw-la angelus_fw-la hominis_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la dei_fw-la as_o entelechia_fw-la lux_fw-la est_fw-la umbra_fw-la dei_fw-la as_o actus_fw-la perspicui_fw-la where_o there_o be_v a_o obscurity_n too_o deep_a for_o our_o reason_n it_o be_v good_a to_o sit_v down_o with_o a_o description_n periphrasis_n or_o adumbration_n for_o by_o acquaint_v our_o reason_n how_o unable_a it_o be_v to_o display_v the_o visible_a and_o obvious_a effect_n
of_o nature_n it_o become_v more_o humble_a and_o submissive_a unto_o the_o subtlety_n of_o faith_n and_o thus_o i_o teach_v my_o haggard_n and_o unreclaimed_a reason_n to_o stoop_v unto_o the_o lure_n of_o faith_n i_o believe_v there_o be_v already_o a_o tree_n who_o fruit_n our_o unhappy_a parent_n taste_v though_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n when_o god_n forbid_v it_o it_o be_v positive_o say_v the_o plant_n of_o the_o field_n be_v not_o yet_o grow_v for_o god_n have_v not_o cause_v it_o to_o rain_v upon_o the_o earth_n i_o believe_v that_o the_o serpent_n if_o we_o shall_v literal_o understand_v it_o from_o his_o proper_a form_n and_o figure_n make_v his_o motion_n on_o his_o belly_n before_o the_o curse_n i_o find_v the_o trial_n of_o the_o pucellage_n and_o virginity_n of_o woman_n which_o god_n ordain_v the_o jew_n be_v very_o fallible_a experience_n and_o history_n inform_v i_o that_o not_o only_o many_o particular_a woman_n burr_n likewise_o whole_a nation_n have_v escape_v the_o curse_n of_o childbirth_n which_o god_n seem_v to_o pronounce_v upon_o the_o whole_a sex_n yet_o do_v i_o believe_v that_o all_o this_o be_v true_a which_o indeed_o my_o reason_n will_v persuade_v i_o to_o be_v false_a and_o this_o i_o think_v be_v no_o vulgar_a part_n of_o faith_n to_o believe_v a_o thing_n not_o only_o above_o but_o contrary_a to_o reason_n and_o against_o the_o argument_n of_o our_o proper_a sense_n sect._n 11_o in_o my_o solitary_a and_o retire_a imagination_n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la cum_fw-la porticus_fw-la aut_fw-la i_o lectulus_fw-la accepit_fw-la desum_fw-la mihi_fw-la i_o remember_v i_o be_o not_o alone_a and_o therefore_o forget_v not_o to_o contemplate_v he_o and_o his_o attribute_n who_o be_v ever_o with_o i_o especial_o those_o two_o mighty_a one_o his_o wisdom_n and_o eternity_n with_o the_o one_o i_o recreate_v with_o the_o other_o i_o confound_v my_o understanding_n for_o who_o can_v speak_v of_o eternity_n without_o a_o soloecism_n or_o think_v thereof_o without_o a_o ecstasy_n time_n we_o may_v comprehend_v it_o be_v but_o five_o day_n elder_a than_o ourselves_o and_o have_v the_o same_o horoscope_n with_o the_o world_n but_o to_o retire_v so_o far_o back_o as_o to_o apprehend_v a_o beginning_n to_o give_v such_o a_o infinite_a start_n forward_o as_o to_o conceive_v a_o end_n in_o a_o essence_n that_o we_o affirm_v have_v neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o it_o put_v my_o reason_n to_o st._n paul_n sanctuary_n my_o philosophy_n dare_v not_o say_v the_o angel_n can_v do_v it_o god_n have_v not_o make_v a_o creature_n that_o can_v comprehend_v he_o it_o be_v a_o privilege_n of_o his_o own_o nature_n i_o be_o that_o i_o be_o be_v his_o own_o definition_n unto_o moses_n and_o it_o be_v a_o short_a one_o to_o confound_v mortality_n that_o dare_v question_n god_n or_o ask_v he_o what_o he_o be_v indeed_o he_o only_o be_v all_o other_o have_v and_o shall_v be_v but_o in_o eternity_n there_o be_v no_o distinction_n of_o tense_n and_o therefore_o that_o terrible_a term_n predestination_n which_o have_v trouble_v so_o many_o weak_a head_n to_o conceive_v and_o the_o wise_a to_o explain_v be_v in_o respect_n to_o god_n no_o prescious_a determination_n of_o our_o estate_n to_o come_v but_o a_o definitive_a blast_n of_o his_o will_n already_o fulfil_v and_o at_o the_o instant_n that_o he_o first_o decree_v it_o for_o to_o his_o eternity_n which_o be_v indivisible_a and_o all_o together_o the_o last_o trump_n be_v already_o sound_v the_o reprobate_n in_o the_o flame_n and_o the_o bless_a in_o abraham_n bosom_n st._n peter_n speak_v modest_o when_o he_o say_v a_o thousand_o year_n to_o god_n be_v but_o as_o one_o day_n for_o to_o speak_v like_o a_o philosopher_n those_o continue_a instance_n of_o time_n which_o flow_v into_o a_o thousand_o year_n make_v not_o to_o he_o one_o moment_n what_o to_o we_o be_v to_o come_v to_o his_o eternity_n be_v present_a his_o whole_a duration_n be_v but_o one_o permanent_a point_n without_o succession_n part_n flux_n or_o division_n sect._n 12_o there_o be_v no_o attribute_n that_o add_v more_o difficulty_n to_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o trinity_n where_o though_o in_o a_o relative_a way_n of_o father_n and_o son_n we_o must_v deny_v a_o priority_n i_o wonder_v how_o aristotle_n can_v conceive_v the_o world-eternal_a or_o how_o he_o can_v make_v good_a two_o eternity_n his_o similitude_n of_o a_o triangle_n comprehend_v in_o a_o square_a do_v somewhat_o illustrate_v the_o trinity_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o that_o the_o triple_a unity_n of_o god_n for_o there_o be_v in_o we_o not_o three_o but_o a_o trinity_n of_o soul_n because_o there_o be_v in_o we_o if_o not_o three_o distinct_a soul_n yet_o differ_v faculty_n that_o can_v and_o do_v subsist_v apart_o in_o different_a subject_n and_o yet_o in_o we_o be_v thus_o unite_v as_o to_o make_v but_o one_o soul_n and_o substance_n if_o one_o soul_n be_v so_o perfect_a as_o to_o inform_v three_o distinct_a body_n that_o be_v a_o petty_a trinity_n conceive_v the_o distinct_a number_n of_o three_o not_o divide_v nor_o separate_v by_o the_o intellect_n but_o actual_o comprehend_v in_o its_o unity_n and_o that_o be_v a_o perfect_a trinity_n i_o have_v often_o admire_v the_o mystical_a way_n of_o pythagoras_n and_o the_o secret_a magic_n of_o number_n beware_v of_o philosophy_n be_v a_o precept_n not_o to_o be_v receive_v in_o too_o large_a a_o sense_n for_o in_o this_o mass_n of_o nature_n there_o be_v a_o set_v of_o thing_n that_o carry_v in_o their_o front_n though_o not_o in_o capital_a letter_n yet_o in_o stenography_n and_o short_a character_n something_o of_o divinity_n which_o to_o wise_a reason_n serve_v as_o luminary_n in_o the_o abyss_n of_o knowledge_n and_o to_o judicious_a belief_n as_o scale_n and_o roundles_a to_o mount_v the_o pinnacle_n and_o high_a piece_n of_o divinity_n the_o severe_a school_n shall_v never_o laugh_v i_o out_o of_o the_o philosophy_n of_o hermes_n that_o this_o visible_a world_n be_v but_o a_o picture_n of_o the_o invisible_a wherein_z as_o in_o a_o portrait_n thing_n be_v not_o true_o but_o in_o equivocal_a shape_n and_o as_o they_o counterfeit_v some_o real_a substance_n in_o that_o invisible_a fabric_n sect._n 13_o that_o other_o attribute_n wherewith_o i_o recreate_v my_o devotion_n be_v his_o wisdom_n in_o which_o i_o be_o happy_a and_o for_o the_o contemplation_n of_o this_o only_a do_v not_o repent_v i_o that_o i_o be_v breed_v in_o the_o way_n of_o study_n the_o advantage_n i_o have_v of_o the_o vulgar_a with_o the_o content_n and_o happiness_n i_o conceive_v therein_o be_v a_o ample_a recompense_n for_o all_o my_o endeavour_n in_o what_o part_n of_o knowledge_n soever_o wisdom_n be_v his_o most_o beauteous_a attribute_n no_o man_n can_v attain_v unto_o it_o yet_o solomon_n please_v god_n when_o he_o desire_v it_o he_o be_v wise_a because_o he_o know_v all_o thing_n and_o he_o know_v all_o thing_n because_o he_o make_v they_o all_o but_o his_o great_a knowledge_n be_v in_o comprehend_v that_o he_o make_v not_o that_o be_v himself_z and_o this_o be_v also_o the_o great_a knowledge_n in_o man_n for_o this_o do_v i_o honour_v my_o own_o profession_n and_o embrace_v the_o counsel_n even_o of_o the_o devil_n himself_o have_v he_o read_v such_o a_o lecture_n in_o paradise_n as_o he_o do_v at_o teipsum_fw-la delphos_n we_o have_v better_o know_v ourselves_o nor_o have_v we_o stand_v in_o fear_n to_o know_v he_o i_o know_v he_o be_v wise_a in_o all_o wonderful_a in_o what_o we_o conceive_v but_o far_o more_o in_o what_o we_o comprehend_v not_o for_o we_o behold_v he_o but_o asquint_o upon_o reflex_n or_o shadow_n our_o understanding_n be_v dim_a than_o moses_n eye_n we_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o backpart_n or_o low_a side_n of_o his_o divinity_n therefore_o to_o pry_v into_o the_o maze_n of_o his_o counsel_n be_v not_o only_a folly_n in_o man_n but_o presumption_n even_o in_o angel_n like_v we_o they_o be_v his_o 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that_o our_o estrange_a and_o divide_v ash_n shall_v unite_v again_o that_o our_o separate_a dust_n after_o so_o many_o pilgrimage_n and_o transformation_n into_o the_o part_n of_o mineral_n plant_n animal_n element_n shall_v at_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n return_n into_o their_o primitive_a shape_n and_o join_v again_o to_o make_v up_o their_o primary_n and_o predestinate_a form_n as_o at_o the_o creation_n there_o be_v a_o separation_n of_o that_o confuse_a mass_n into_o its_o piece_n so_o at_o the_o destruction_n thereof_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o separation_n into_o its_o distinct_a individual_n as_o at_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n all_o the_o distinct_a species_n that_o we_o behold_v lay_v involve_v in_o one_o mass_n till_o the_o fruitful_a voice_n of_o god_n separate_v this_o unite_a multitude_n into_o its_o several_a species_n so_o at_o the_o last_o day_n when_o those_o corrupt_a relic_n shall_v be_v scatter_v in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o form_n and_o seem_v to_o have_v 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