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prove_v what_o he_o have_v before_o assert_v mr._n m_n follow_a word_n express_v no_o more_o but_o his_o own_o nature_n and_o civility_n p._n 94._o mr._n m._n say_v that_o the_o observer_n do_v not_o prove_v the_o mortality_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o beast_n the_o observer_n reply_v this_o be_v no_o part_n of_o his_o undertake_n either_o there_o or_o here_o nor_o do_v he_o think_v it_o needful_a to_o be_v do_v any_o where_o because_o he_o yet_o never_o meet_v with_o any_o man_n who_o maintain_v the_o opinion_n that_o brutal_a soul_n have_v any_o subsistence_n after_o the_o death_n of_o their_o body_n if_o mr._n m._n pretend_v to_o think_v that_o they_o so_o do_v he_o shall_v here_o be_v point_v to_o psal_n 49.12_o &_o 20._o where_o david_n compare_v man_n as_o good_a as_o mr._n m._n to_o the_o
beast_n that_o perish_v utter_o and_o his_o son_n solomon_n eccl._n 3.21_o seem_v to_o know_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o a_o beast_n go_v downward_o to_o the_o earth_n and_o he_o suspect_v there_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n may_v do_v so_o too_o allow_v little_a or_o no_o difference_n betwixt_o man_n and_o beast_n in_o this_o point_n nor_o do_v the_o observer_n know_v any_o other_o difference_n between_o they_o in_o this_o case_n save_v that_o to_o mankind_n there_o be_v certain_a and_o faithful_a promise_n and_o prediction_n make_v of_o a_o future_a resurrection_n at_o the_o time_n of_o our_o lord_n be_v come_v to_o judgement_n without_o mention_v the_o beast_n or_o foretell_v any_o such_o matter_n concern_v they_o page_n 95._o mr._n m._n say_v he_o think_v it_o be_v easy_a to_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o brute_n be_v much_o more_o noble_a than_o the_o material_a spirit_n of_o their_o blood_n the_o observer_n be_v ready_a to_o say_v beshrew_v his_o heart_n for_o be_v so_o unkind_a as_o to_o forbear_v or_o neglect_v do_v the_o world_n and_o the_o observer_n that_o great_a favour_n which_o he_o say_v may_v so_o easy_o be_v do_v and_o which_o the_o observer_n will_v have_v accept_v as_o a_o great_a civility_n than_o any_o which_o mr._n m._n have_v hitherto_o show_v he_o but_o mr._n m._n it_o seem_v be_v resolve_v to_o deny_v he_o that_o courtesy_n which_o he_o think_v he_o can_v so_o easy_o have_v perform_v then_o mr._n m._n proceed_v to_o say_v that_o he_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o encumber_v his_o defence_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n with_o such_o needless_a controversy_n the_o observer_n reply_n that_o if_o the_o question_n be_v needless_a why_o do_v he_o quote_v or_o argue_v it_o but_o if_o very_a material_a and_o needful_a as_o the_o observer_n think_v it_o to_o be_v why_o do_v mr._n m._n forsake_v it_o in_o this_o place_n without_o drive_v it_o through_o to_o some_o such_o sort_n of_o determination_n as_o he_o be_v able_a to_o make_v 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the_o beast_n and_o yet_o these_o ability_n do_v not_o prove_v that_o their_o flesh_n blood_n bones_o or_o breath_n do_v material_o differ_v from_o those_o of_o the_o brute_n whence_o we_o argue_v that_o though_o man_n intellectual_a faculty_n do_v far_o exceed_v those_o of_o brute_n yet_o that_o advantage_n do_v not_o convince_o prove_v that_o the_o spirit_n which_o act_n they_o be_v of_o a_o different_a kind_n and_o nature_n from_o those_o spirit_n which_o act_n the_o brute_n but_o rather_o that_o the_o different_a organ_n in_o their_o head_n where_o such_o thing_n be_v act_v be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o those_o excellency_n wherein_o mankind_n exceed_v the_o brute_n p._n 96_o mr._n m._n say_v that_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v make_v for_o high_a end_n than_o beast_n and_o this_o the_o observer_n grant_v to_o be_v true_a further_n mr._n m._n say_v you_o carry_v the_o controversy_n into_o the_o dark_a the_o observer_n say_v it_o be_v his_o part_n to_o bring_v it_o again_o into_o the_o light_n which_o he_o pretend_v all_o this_o while_n to_o have_v be_v do_v but_o have_v not_o yet_o perform_v it_o to_o his_o own_o satisfaction_n mr._n m._n tell_v the_o observer_n that_o he_o abuse_v his_o reason_n and_o will_v lose_v the_o truth_n and_o his_o labour_n together_o which_o word_n the_o observer_n say_v may_v with_o a_o more_o sharp_a point_n be_v retort_v upon_o mr._n m._n himself_o p._n 97._o mr._n m._n ask_v must_v we_o deny_v what_o be_v plain_a because_o we_o be_v not_o agree_v about_o more_o remote_a difficulty_n the_o observer_n answer_v no_o but_o desire_n mr._n m._n to_o make_v the_o soul_n immortality_n plain_a and_o then_o there_o will_v be_v no_o controversy_n between_o they_o about_o it_o he_o quote_v a_o say_v out_o of_o tertallian_n forbid_v man_n to_o inquire_v into_o the_o secret_n of_o god_n the_o observer_n pray_v mr._n m._n to_o apply_v this_o to_o his_o many_o demand_n and_o question_n concern_v the_o quoniodo_n or_o how_o sense_n and_o 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