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that_o most_o house_n that_o be_v haunt_v be_v so_o chief_o from_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o decease_a who_o have_v either_o be_v murder_v or_o some_o way_n injure_v or_o have_v some_o hide_a treasure_n to_o discover_v or_o the_o like_a and_o person_n be_v haunt_v for_o the_o like_a cause_n as_o well_o as_o house_n as_o nero_n be_v after_o the_o murder_a of_o his_o mother_n otho_n pull_v out_o of_o his_o bed_n in_o the_o night_n by_o the_o ghost_n of_o galba_n such_o instance_n be_v infinite_a as_o also_o those_o wherein_o the_o soul_n of_o one_o friend_n suppose_v father_n mother_n or_o husband_n have_v appear_v to_o give_v they_o good_a counsel_n and_o to_o instruct_v they_o of_o the_o event_n of_o the_o great_a affair_n of_o their_o life_n the_o ghost_n also_o of_o decease_a lover_n have_v be_v report_v to_o adhere_v
of_o all_o philosopher_n in_o all_o age_n that_o hold_v it_o incorporeal_a 10._o that_o the_o gymnosophist_n of_o egypt_n the_o indian_a brahmin_n the_o persian_a magi_n and_o all_o the_o learned_a of_o the_o jew_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n 11._o a_o catalogue_n of_o particular_a famous_a person_n that_o hold_v the_o same_o 12._o that_o aristotle_n be_v also_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n 13._o another_o more_o clear_a place_n in_o aristotle_n to_o this_o purpose_n with_o sennertus_n his_o interpretation_n 14._o a_o answer_n to_o a_o evasion_n of_o that_o interpretation_n 15._o the_o last_o and_o clear_a place_n of_o all_o out_o of_o aristotle_n write_n 237_o chap._n 13._o 1._o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o second_o answer_n that_o the_o forget_v of_o the_o former_a state_n be_v no_o good_a argument_n against_o the_o soul_n praeexistence_n 2._o what_o be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o forgetfulness_n 3._o that_o they_o all_o conspire_v and_o that_o in_o the_o high_a degree_n to_o destroy_v the_o memory_n of_o the_o other_o state_n 4._o that_o mischance_n and_o disease_n have_v quite_o take_v away_o the_o memory_n of_o thing_n here_o in_o this_o life_n 5._o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o the_o soul_n to_o remember_v her_o former_a condition_n without_o a_o miracle_n 6._o the_o four_o part_n of_o the_o second_o answer_n that_o the_o entrance_n of_o a_o preaexistent_a soul_n into_o a_o body_n be_v as_o intelligible_a as_o either_o creation_n or_o traduction_n 252_o chap._n 14._o 1._o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o difference_n of_o vehicles_n and_o the_o soul_n union_n with_o they_o necessary_a for_o the_o understanding_n how_o she_o enter_v into_o this_o earthly_a body_n 2._o that_o though_o the_o name_n of_o vehicle_n be_v not_o in_o aristotle_n yet_o the_o thing_n be_v there_o 3._o a_o clear_n of_o aristotle_n notion_n of_o the_o vehicle_n out_o of_o the_o philosophy_n of_o des-cartes_n 4_o a_o full_a interpretation_n of_o his_o text._n 5._o that_o aristotle_n make_v only_o two_o vehicles_n terrestrial_a and_o aethereal_a which_o be_v more_o than_o sufficient_a to_o prove_v the_o soul_n oblivion_n of_o her_o former_a state_n 6_o that_o the_o ordinary_a vehicle_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o death_n be_v air_n 7._o the_o duration_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o her_o several_a vehicles_n 8._o that_o the_o union_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o her_o vehicle_n do_v not_o consist_v in_o mechanical_a congruity_n but_o vital_a 9_o in_o what_o vital_a congruity_n of_o the_o matter_n consist_v 10._o in_o what_o vital_a congruity_n of_o the_o soul_n consist_v and_o how_o it_o change_v the_o soul_n may_v be_v free_a from_o her_o airy_a vehicle_n without_o violent_a precipitation_n out_o of_o it_o 11._o of_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o descent_n of_o soul_n into_o earthly_a body_n 12._o that_o there_o be_v so_o little_a absurdity_n in_o the_o praeexistence_n of_o soul_n that_o the_o concession_n thereof_o can_v be_v but_o a_o very_a small_a prejudice_n to_o our_o demonstration_n of_o her_o immortality_n 257_o chap._n 15._o 1._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o separation_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o a_o confutation_n of_o regius_n who_o will_v stop_v she_o in_o the_o dead_a corpse_n 2._o a_o answer_n to_o those_o that_o profess_v themselves_o puzzle_v how_o the_o soul_n can_v get_v out_o of_o the_o body_n 3._o that_o there_o be_v a_o threefold_a vital_a congruity_n to_o be_v find_v in_o three_o several_a subject_n 4._o that_o this_o triple_a congruity_n be_v also_o compatible_a to_o one_o subject_a viz._n the_o soul_n of_o man._n 5._o that_o upon_o this_o hypothesis_n it_o be_v very_o intelligible_a how_o the_o soul_n may_v leave_v the_o body_n 6._o that_o her_o union_n with_o the_o aerial_a vehicle_n may_v be_v very_o sudden_a and_o as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o moment_n 7._o that_o the_o soul_n be_v actual_o separate_v from_o the_o body_n be_v to_o be_v prove_v either_o by_o history_n or_o reason_n example_n of_o the_o former_a kind_n out_o of_o pliny_n herodotus_n ficinus_fw-la 8._o whether_o the_o ecstasy_n of_o witch_n prove_v a_o actual_a separation_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n 9_o that_o this_o real_a separation_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o ecstasy_n be_v very_o possible_a 10._o how_o the_o soul_n may_v be_v loosen_a and_o leave_v the_o body_n and_o yet_o return_v thither_o again_o 11._o that_o though_o reason_n and_o will_n can_v in_o this_o life_n release_v the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n yet_o passion_n may_v and_o yet_o so_o that_o she_o may_v return_v again_o 12._o the_o peculiar_a power_n of_o desire_n for_o this_o purpose_n 13._o of_o cardan_n ecstasy_n and_o the_o ointment_n of_o witch_n and_o what_o truth_n there_o may_v be_v in_o their_o confession_n 267_o chap._n 16._o 1._o that_o soul_n depart_v communicate_v dream_n 2._o example_n of_o apparition_n of_o soul_n decease_v 3._o of_o apparition_n in_o field_n where_o pitch_v battle_n have_v be_v fight_v as_o also_o of_o those_o in_o churchyard_n and_o other_o vaporous_a place_n 4._o that_o the_o spissitude_n of_o the_o air_n may_v well_o contribute_v to_o the_o easiness_n of_o the_o appear_v of_o ghost_n and_o spectre_n 5._o a_o further_a proof_n thereof_o from_o sundry_a example_n 6._o of_o marsilius_n ficinus_fw-la his_fw-la appear_v after_o death_n 7._o with_o what_o sort_n of_o people_n such_o example_n as_o these_o avail_n little_a 8._o reason_n to_o persuade_v the_o unprejudiced_a that_o ordinary_o those_o apparition_n that_o bear_v the_o shape_n and_o person_n of_o the_o decease_a be_v indeed_o the_o soul_n of_o they_o 286_o chap._n 17._o 1._o the_o praeeminence_n of_o argument_n draw_v from_o reason_n above_o those_o from_o story_n 2._o the_o first_o step_n towards_o a_o demonstration_n of_o reason_n that_o the_o soul_n act_v out_o of_o her_o body_n for_o that_o she_o be_v a_o immaterial_a substance_n separable_a therefrom_o 3._o the_o second_o that_o the_o immediate_a instrument_n for_o sense_n motion_n and_o organization_n of_o the_o body_n be_v certain_a subtle_a and_o tenuious_a spirit_n 4._o a_o comparison_n betwixt_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n and_o the_o aerial_a genii_n 5._o of_o the_o nature_n of_o daemon_n from_o the_o account_n of_o marcus_n the_o eremite_n and_o how_o the_o soul_n be_v present_o such_o have_v once_o leave_v this_o body_n 6._o a_o objection_n concern_v the_o soul_n of_o brute_n to_o which_o be_v answer_v first_o by_o way_n of_o concesson_n 7._o second_o by_o confute_v the_o argument_n for_o the_o former_a concession_n 8._o that_o there_o be_v no_o rational_a doubt_n at_o all_o of_o the_o humane_a soul_n act_v after_o death_n 9_o a_o further_a argument_n of_o her_o activity_n out_o of_o this_o body_n from_o her_o conflict_n with_o it_o while_o she_o be_v in_o it_o 10._o as_o also_o from_o the_o general_a hope_n and_o belief_n of_o all_o nation_n that_o they_o shall_v live_v after_o death_n 297_o chap._n 18._o 1._o that_o the_o faculty_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o the_o nature_n 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be_v no_o doubt_n and_o as_o little_o can_v there_o be_v but_o that_o at_o least_o one_o of_o the_o other_o two_o be_v to_o be_v grant_v else_o the_o soul_n will_v be_v release_v from_o all_o vital_a union_n with_o matter_n after_o death_n wherefore_o she_o have_v a_o vital_a aptitude_n at_o least_o to_o unite_v with_o air_n but_o air_n be_v a_o common_a receptacle_n of_o bad_a and_o good_a spirit_n as_o the_o earth_n be_v of_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n and_o beast_n nay_o indeed_o rather_o of_o those_o that_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n or_o other_o bad_a then_o of_o good_a as_o it_o be_v upon_o earth_n but_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v capable_a of_o very_o high_a refinement_n even_o to_o a_o condition_n pure_o angelical_a whence_o reason_n will_v judge_v it_o fit_a and_o all_o antiquity_n have_v vote_v it_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n arrive_v to_o such_o a_o due_a pitch_n of_o purification_n must_v at_o last_o obtain_v celestial_a vehicles_n axiom_n xxix_o according_a to_o the_o 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of_o sight_n in_o a_o vehicle_n organise_v and_o unorganize_v 4._o how_o daemon_n and_o separate_a soul_n hear_v and_o see_v at_o a_o vast_a distance_n and_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o though_o they_o may_v so_o easy_o hear_v or_o see_v we_o we_o may_v neither_o see_v nor_o hear_v they_o 5._o that_o they_o have_v hear_v as_o well_o as_o sight_n 6._o of_o the_o touch_n smell_v taste_n and_o nourishment_n of_o daemon_n 7._o the_o external_a employment_n that_o the_o genii_n and_o soul_n decease_v may_v have_v out_o of_o the_o body_n 8._o that_o the_o action_n of_o separate_a soul_n in_o reference_n to_o we_o be_v mostwhat_a conformable_a to_o their_o life_n here_o on_o earth_n 9_o what_o their_o entertainment_n be_v in_o reference_n to_o themselves_o 10._o the_o distinction_n of_o order_n of_o daemon_n from_o the_o place_n they_o most_o frequent_a 1._o the_o next_o thing_n we_o be_v to_o inquire_v into_o be_v the_o employment_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o death_n how_o she_o can_v entertain_v herself_o and_o pass_v away_o the_o time_n and_o that_o either_o in_o solitude_n in_o company_n or_o as_o she_o be_v a_o political_a member_n of_o some_o kingdom_n or_o empire_n concern_v all_o which_o in_o the_o general_n we_o may_v conclude_v that_o it_o be_v with_o she_o as_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o aerial_a genii_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o soul_n have_v once_o put_v off_o this_o terrestrial_a body_n become_v a_o genius_n herself_o as_o maximus_n tyrius_n xenocrates_n philo_n and_o other_o express_o affirm_v but_o we_o shall_v consider_v these_o thing_n more_o particular_o 2._o as_o for_o those_o employment_n wherewith_o she_o may_v entertain_v herself_o in_o solitude_n they_o be_v either_o object_n of_o the_o external_n sense_n or_o of_o the_o inward_a mind_n concern_v the_o former_a whereof_o it_o be_v more_o easy_a to_o move_v question_n then_o satisfy_v they_o as_o whether_o she_o have_v the_o same_o number_n of_o sense_n she_o have_v in_o this_o life_n that_o she_o be_v endue_v with_o hear_v sight_n and_o touch_n i_o think_v there_o can_v be_v no_o scruple_n because_o these_o will_v fall_v to_o her_o share_n necessary_o whether_o her_o vehicle_n be_v organise_v or_o not_o and_o that_o of_o see_v and_o touch_n be_v the_o most_o uncontrovertible_a of_o all_o for_o the_o sense_n of_o visible_a object_n be_v discover_v to_o we_o by_o transmission_n of_o motion_n through_o those_o spherical_a particle_n that_o be_v continue_v along_o from_o the_o object_n through_o the_o air_n to_o our_o very_a organ_n of_o sight_n which_o see_v mere_o by_o reason_n of_o these_o particle_n vital_o unite_v with_o the_o soul_n the_o same_o particle_n pervade_v all_o the_o soul_n vehicle_n it_o be_v impossible_a but_o that_o she_o shall_v see_v but_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o she_o see_v in_o every_o part_n thereof_o to_o which_o i_o must_v answer_v no_o partly_o from_o what_o i_o have_v already_o declare_v concern_v the_o heterogeneity_n of_o her_o plastic_a part_n and_o partly_o from_o a_o gross_a inconvenience_n that_o will_v follow_v this_o supposition_n for_o if_o we_o shall_v grant_v that_o the_o soul_n see_v in_o every_o part_n of_o her_o vehicle_n every_o object_n that_o be_v near_o will_v not_o only_o seem_v double_a but_o centuple_a or_o millecuple_n which_o will_v be_v a_o very_a ugly_a enormity_n and_o defacement_n of_o sight_n wherefore_o we_o have_v with_o very_o good_a reason_n restrain_v the_o visive_n faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o this_o state_n of_o separation_n as_o well_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o terrestrial_a body_n 3._o but_o this_o hinder_v nothing_o but_o that_o the_o soul_n when_o she_o lie_v in_o one_o homogeneal_a orb_n of_o air_n devoid_a of_o organization_n may_v see_v round_o about_o she_o behind_o before_o above_o beneath_z and_o every_o way_n but_o if_o she_o organize_v her_o vehicle_n sight_n may_v haply_o be_v restrain_v as_o in_o we_o who_o can_v see_v behind_o we_o which_o consideration_n we_o touch_v upon_o before_o 4._o it_o be_v plain_a therefore_o that_o these_o aerial_a spirit_n though_o we_o can_v see_v they_o can_v miss_v of_o see_v we_o and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v from_o a_o mighty_a distance_n if_o they_o can_v transform_v their_o vehicle_n or_o the_o organ_n of_o sight_n into_o some_o such_o advantageous_a figure_n as_o be_v wrought_v in_o dioptrick_n glass_n which_o power_n will_v infinite_o exceed_v the_o contract_n and_o dilate_v of_o the_o pupil_n of_o our_o eye_n which_o yet_o be_v a_o weak_a and_o more_o defectuous_a attempt_n towards_o so_o high_a a_o privilege_n as_o we_o speak_v of_o which_o notwithstanding_o may_v seem_v very_o possible_a in_o spirit_n from_o 31._o and_o 34._o axiom_n the_o same_o also_o may_v be_v say_v of_o their_o hear_v for_o the_o same_o principle_n may_v enable_v they_o to_o shape_n themselves_o organ_n for_o the_o receive_n of_o sound_n of_o great_a art_n and_o excellency_n than_o the_o most_o accurate_a acoustick_a we_o read_v of_o or_o can_v excogitate_v wherefore_o it_o be_v a_o very_a childish_a mistake_n to_o think_v that_o because_o we_o neither_o see_v the_o shape_n nor_o hear_v the_o discourse_n of_o spirit_n that_o they_o neither_o hear_v nor_o see_v we_o for_o soft_a body_n be_v impressible_a by_o hard_a one_o but_o not_o on_o the_o contrary_a as_o melt_v wax_n will_v receive_v the_o signature_n of_o the_o seal_n but_o the_o seal_n be_v not_o at_o all_o impress_v upon_o by_o the_o wax_n and_o so_o a_o solid_a body_n will_v stop_v the_o course_n of_o the_o air_n but_o the_o air_n will_v not_o stop_v the_o course_n of_o a_o solid_a body_n and_o every_o inconsiderable_a terrestrial_a consistency_n will_v reflect_v light_a but_o light_v scarce_o move_v any_o terrestrial_a body_n out_o of_o its_o place_n but_o be_v rebound_v back_o by_o it_o that_o therefore_o that_o be_v most_o
poet_n and_o then_o when_o we_o have_v peruse_v what_o the_o height_n and_o elegancy_n of_o their_o fancy_n have_v pen_v down_o to_o write_v under_o it_o a_o obscure_a subindication_n of_o the_o transcendent_a pulcritude_n of_o the_o aerial_a genii_n whether_o nymph_n or_o hero_n for_o though_o there_o be_v neither_o lust_n nor_o difference_n of_o sex_n among_o they_o whence_o the_o kind_a commotion_n of_o mind_n will_v never_o be_v any_o thing_n else_o but_o a_o exercise_n of_o intellectual_a love_n who_o object_n be_v virtue_n and_o beauty_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a but_o that_o there_o be_v some_o general_a stricture_n of_o discrimination_n of_o this_o beauty_n into_o masculine_a and_o feminine_a partly_o because_o the_o temper_n of_o their_o vehicles_n may_v incline_v to_o this_o kind_n of_o pulcritude_n rather_o than_o that_o and_o partly_o because_o several_a of_o these_o aerial_a spirit_n have_v sustain_v the_o difference_n of_o sex_n in_o this_o life_n some_o of_o they_o here_o have_v be_v males_n other_o female_n and_o therefore_o their_o history_n be_v to_o be_v continue_v from_o their_o departure_n hence_o they_o ought_v to_o retain_v some_o character_n especial_o so_o general_a a_o one_o of_o what_o they_o be_v here_o and_o it_o be_v very_o harsh_a to_o conceit_n that_o aeneas_n shall_v meet_v with_o dido_n in_o the_o other_o world_n in_o any_o other_o form_n then_o that_o of_o a_o woman_n whence_o a_o necessity_n of_o some_o slight_a distinction_n of_o habit_n and_o manner_n of_o wear_v their_o hair_n will_v follow_v which_o dress_n as_o that_o of_o the_o masculine_a mode_n be_v easy_o fit_v to_o they_o by_o the_o power_n of_o their_o will_n and_o imagination_n as_o appear_v from_o that_o story_n out_o of_o peramatus_fw-la of_o the_o indian_a monster_n that_o be_v bear_v with_o fleshy_a boot_n girdle_n purse_n and_o other_o thing_n that_o be_v no_o part_n of_o a_o man_n but_o his_o clothing_n or_o utensil_n and_o this_o mere_o by_o the_o fancy_n of_o his_o mother_n disturb_v and_o fright_v either_o in_o sleep_n or_o awake_v with_o some_o such_o ugly_a appearance_n as_o that_o monster_n resemble_v chap._n ix_o 1._o a_o general_a account_n of_o the_o mutual_a entertain_v of_o the_o genii_fw-la in_o the_o other_o world_n 2._o of_o their_o philosophical_a and_o political_a conference_n 3._o of_o their_o religious_a exercise_n 4._o of_o the_o innocent_a pastime_n and_o recreation_n of_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o they_o 5._o a_o confirmation_n thereof_o from_o the_o conventicle_n of_o witch_n 6._o whether_o the_o pure_a daemon_n have_v their_o time_n of_o repast_n or_o no._n 7._o whence_o the_o bad_a genii_n have_v their_o food_n 8._o of_o the_o food_n and_o feast_n of_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o genii_n 1._o we_o have_v now_o accurate_o enough_o define_v in_o what_o form_n or_o garb_n the_o aerial_a genii_n converse_v with_o one_o another_o it_o remain_v we_o consider_v how_o they_o mutual_o entertain_v one_o another_o in_o pass_v away_o the_o time_n which_o be_v obvious_a enough_o to_o conceive_v to_o those_o that_o be_v not_o lead_v aside_o into_o that_o blind_a labyrinth_n which_o the_o generality_n of_o man_n be_v keep_v in_o of_o suspect_v that_o no_o representation_n of_o the_o state_n of_o these_o being_n be_v true_o that_o be_v not_o so_o confound_v and_o unintelligible_a that_o a_o man_n can_v think_v it_o sense_n unless_o he_o wink_v with_o the_o inward_a eye_n of_o his_o mind_n and_o command_v silence_n to_o all_o his_o rational_a faculty_n but_o if_o he_o will_v but_o bethink_v himself_o that_o the_o immediate_a instrument_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o this_o life_n be_v the_o spirit_n which_o be_v very_o congenerous_a to_o the_o body_n of_o angel_n and_o that_o all_o our_o passion_n and_o conception_n be_v either_o suggest_v from_o they_o or_o impress_v upon_o they_o he_o can_v much_o doubt_v but_o that_o all_o his_o faculty_n of_o reason_n imagination_n and_o affection_n for_o the_o 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when_o he_o come_v into_o the_o other_o world_n convince_a and_o confound_v the_o idle_a and_o vainglorious_a sophist_n wherever_o he_o go_v and_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n platonist_n aristotelian_o stoic_n epicurean_o and_o whatever_o other_o sect_n and_o humour_n be_v on_o the_o earth_n may_v in_o likelihood_n be_v meet_v with_o there_o so_o far_o as_o that_o estate_n will_v permit_v though_o they_o can_v doubt_v of_o all_o thing_n we_o doubt_v of_o here_o for_o these_o aerial_a spirit_n know_v that_o themselves_o be_v and_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n subsist_v and_o act_v after_o death_n unless_o such_o as_o be_v too_o deep_o tincture_v with_o avenroism_n but_o they_o may_v doubt_v whether_o they_o will_v hold_v out_o for_o ever_o or_o whether_o they_o will_v perish_v at_o the_o conflagration_n of_o the_o world_n as_o the_o stoic_n will_v have_v they_o it_o may_v be_v also_o a_o great_a controversy_n among_o they_o whether_o pythagoras_n or_o ptolemy_n hypothesis_n be_v true_a 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bear_v a_o very_a near_o analogy_n to_o such_o as_o man_n pass_v away_o their_o time_n in_o here_o 3._o but_o of_o all_o pleasure_n there_o be_v none_o that_o be_v comparable_a to_o those_o that_o proceed_v from_o their_o joint_a exercise_n of_o religion_n and_o devotion_n for_o their_o body_n surpass_v we_o so_o much_o in_o tenuity_n and_o purity_n they_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o fit_a soil_n for_o the_o divine_a thought_n to_o spring_v up_o in_o and_o the_o most_o delicate_a and_o most_o enravish_a affection_n towards_o their_o maker_n which_o be_v heighten_v by_o sacred_a hymn_n and_o song_n sing_v with_o voice_n perfect_o imitate_v the_o sweet_a passionate_a relish_v of_o the_o sense_n of_o their_o devout_a mind_n must_v even_o melt_v their_o soul_n into_o divine_a love_n and_o make_v they_o swim_v with_o joy_n in_o god_n but_o these_o kind_n of_o exercise_n be_v so_o high_o rapturous_a and_o ecstatical_a transport_v they_o beyond_o the_o ordinary_a limit_n of_o their_o nature_n can_v in_o reason_n be_v think_v to_o be_v exceed_o frequent_a but_o as_o a_o solemn_a repast_n after_o which_o they_o shall_v enjoy_v themselves_o better_a for_o a_o good_a space_n of_o time_n after_o 4._o wherefore_o there_o be_v other_o entertainment_n which_o though_o they_o be_v of_o a_o inferior_a nature_n to_o these_o yet_o they_o far_o exceed_v the_o great_a pleasure_n and_o contentment_n of_o this_o present_a state_n for_o the_o animal_n life_n be_v as_o essential_a to_o the_o soul_n as_o union_n with_o a_o body_n which_o she_o be_v never_o free_a from_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o there_o be_v some_o fit_a gratification_n of_o it_o in_o the_o other_o world_n and_o none_o great_a can_v be_v imagine_v then_o sociableness_n and_o personal_a complacency_n not_o only_o in_o rational_a discourse_n which_o be_v so_o agreeable_a to_o the_o philosophical_a ingeny_n but_o innocent_a pastime_n in_o which_o the_o musical_a and_o amorous_a
nature_n and_o sufficient_o prove_v its_o existence_n out_o of_o what_o have_v be_v say_v may_v be_v easy_o conceive_v why_o i_o give_v it_o this_o name_n it_o be_v a_o principle_n that_o be_v of_o so_o great_a influence_n and_o activity_n in_o the_o nascency_n as_o i_o may_v so_o call_v it_o &_o coalescency_n of_o thing_n and_o this_o not_o only_o in_o the_o production_n of_o plant_n with_o all_o other_o concretion_n of_o a_o inferior_a nature_n and_o yet_o above_o the_o mere_a mechanical_a law_n of_o matter_n but_o also_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o birth_n of_o animal_n whereunto_o it_o be_v preparatory_a and_o assistant_n i_o know_v not_o whether_o i_o may_v entitle_v it_o also_o to_o the_o guidance_n of_o animal_n in_o the_o chief_a of_o those_o action_n which_o we_o usual_o impute_v to_o natural_a instinct_n among_o which_o none_o so_o famous_a as_o the_o bird_n make_v their_o nest_n and_o particular_o the_o artificial_a structure_n of_o the_o martin_n nest_n under_o the_o arch_n of_o church-windowe_n in_o which_o there_o be_v so_o notable_a a_o design_n unknown_a to_o themselves_o and_o so_o small_a a_o pleasure_n to_o present_a sense_n it_o look_v as_o if_o they_o be_v actuate_v by_o another_o inspire_v and_o carry_v away_o in_o a_o natural_a rapture_n by_o this_o spirit_n of_o nature_n to_o do_v they_o know_v not_o what_o though_o it_o be_v real_o a_o necessary_a provision_n and_o accommodation_n for_o lay_v their_o egg_n and_o hatch_n their_o young_a in_o the_o efformation_n whereof_o this_o inferior_a soul_n of_o the_o world_n be_v so_o rational_o conceive_v to_o assist_v and_o intermeddle_v and_o therefore_o may_v the_o better_o be_v suppose_v to_o overpower_v the_o fancy_n and_o make_v use_n of_o the_o member_n of_o the_o bird_n to_o build_v these_o convenient_a receptacle_n as_o certain_a shop_n to_o lay_v up_o the_o matter_n whereon_o she_o intend_v to_o work_v namely_o the_o egg_n of_o these_o bird_n who_o she_o thus_o guide_v in_o make_v of_o their_o nest_n 9_o but_o this_o argument_n be_v too_o lubricous_a i_o will_v not_o much_o insist_v upon_o it_o the_o most_o notable_a of_o those_o office_n that_o can_v be_v assign_v to_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n and_o that_o suitable_o to_o his_o name_n be_v the_o translocation_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o beast_n into_o such_o matter_n as_o be_v most_o fit_v for_o they_o he_o be_v the_o common_a proxenet_n or_o contractor_n of_o all_o natural_a match_n and_o marriage_n betwixt_o form_n and_o matter_n if_o we_o may_v also_o speak_v metaphor_n as_o well_o as_o aristotle_n who_o aphorism_n it_o be_v that_o materia_fw-la appetit_fw-la formam_fw-la ut_fw-la foemina_fw-la virum_fw-la this_o spirit_n therefore_o may_v have_v not_o only_o the_o power_n of_o direct_v the_o motion_n of_o matter_n at_o hand_n but_o also_o of_o transport_v of_o particular_a soul_n and_o spirit_n in_o their_o state_n of_o silence_n and_o inactivity_n to_o such_o matter_n as_o they_o be_v in_o a_o fitness_n to_o catch_v life_n in_o again_o which_o transportation_n or_o transmission_n may_v very_o well_o be_v at_o immense_a distance_n the_o effect_n of_o this_o sympathy_n and_o coactivity_n be_v so_o great_a in_o the_o work_n of_o wine_n as_o have_v be_v above_o note_v though_o a_o thing_n of_o less_o concernment_n whence_o to_o conclude_v we_o may_v look_v upon_o this_o spirit_n of_o nature_n as_o the_o great_a quarter-master-general_n of_o divine_a providence_n but_o able_a alone_o without_o any_o under-officer_n to_o lodge_v every_o soul_n according_a to_o her_o rank_n and_o merit_v whenever_o she_o leave_v the_o body_n and_o will_v prove_v a_o very_a serviceable_a hypothesis_n for_o those_o that_o fancy_v the_o praeexistence_n of_o humane_a soul_n to_o declare_v how_o they_o may_v be_v convey_v into_o body_n here_o be_v they_o at_o what_o distance_n they_o will_v before_o and_o how_o matter_n haply_o may_v be_v so_o fit_v that_o the_o best_a of_o they_o may_v be_v fetch_v from_o the_o pure_a aethereal_a region_n into_o a_o humane_a body_n without_o serve_v any_o long_a apprenticeship_n in_o the_o intermediate_v air_n as_o also_o how_o the_o soul_n of_o brute_n though_o the_o earth_n be_v make_v perfect_o inept_v for_o the_o life_n of_o any_o animal_n need_v not_o lie_v for_o ever_o useless_a in_o the_o universe_n but_o such_o speculation_n as_o these_o be_v of_o so_o vast_a a_o comprehension_n and_o impenetrable_a obscurity_n that_o i_o can_v have_v the_o confidence_n to_o dwell_v any_o long_a thereon_o especial_o they_o not_o touch_v so_o essential_o our_o present_a design_n and_o be_v more_o fit_a to_o fill_v a_o volume_n themselves_o then_o to_o be_v comprise_v within_o the_o narrow_a limit_n of_o my_o now_o almost-finished_a discourse_n chap._n fourteen_o 1._o objection_n against_o the_o soul_n immortality_n from_o her_o condition_n in_o infancy_n old_a age_n sleep_v and_o sickness_n 2._o other_o objection_n take_v from_o experiment_n that_o seem_v to_o prove_v her_o discerpibility_n 3._o as_o also_o from_o the_o seldom_o appear_v of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o decease_a 4._o and_o from_o our_o natural_a fear_n of_o death_n 5._o a_o subterfuge_n of_o the_o adverso_fw-la party_n in_o suppose_v but_o one_o soul_n common_a to_o all_o creature_n 6._o a_o answer_n concern_v the_o littleness_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o infancy_n 7._o as_o also_o concern_v the_o weakness_n of_o her_o intellectual_n then_o and_o in_o old_a age_n 8._o that_o sleep_n do_v not_o at_o all_o argue_v the_o soul_n mortality_n but_o rather_o illustrate_v her_o immortality_n 9_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n from_o apoplexy_n and_o catalepsy_n 10._o as_o also_o to_o that_o from_o madness_n 11._o that_o the_o various_a depravation_n of_o her_o intellectual_a faculty_n do_v no_o more_o argue_v her_o mortality_n than_o the_o worse_a modification_n of_o matter_n its_o natural_a annihilability_n and_o why_o god_n create_v soul_n sympathize_v with_o matter_n 1._o as_o for_o the_o 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from_o sleep_n madness_n apoplexy_n and_o other_o disease_n of_o that_o nature_n all_o which_o show_v her_o condition_n whatever_o more_o exalt_a wit_n surmise_v of_o she_o that_o she_o be_v but_o a_o poor_a mortal_a and_o corporeal_a thing_n 2._o the_o second_o objection_n be_v take_v from_o such_o experiment_n as_o be_v think_v to_o prove_v the_o soul_n divisible_a in_o the_o gross_a sense_n that_o be_v to_o say_v discerpible_a into_o piece_n and_o it_o seem_v a_o clear_a case_n in_o those_o more_o contemptible_a animal_n which_o be_v call_v infect_v especial_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o aristotle_n describe_v they_o and_o do_v acknowledge_v that_o be_v cut_v into_o piece_n each_o segment_n will_v have_v its_o motion_n and_o sense_n apart_o to_o itself_o the_o most_o notable_a instance_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v in_o the_o scolopendra_n who_o part_n aristotle_n histor._n animal_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 7._o
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vehicle_n be_v the_o direction_n of_o motion_n in_o the_o particle_n thereof_o 8._o that_o she_o may_v also_o add_v or_o diminish_v motion_n in_o her_o aethereal_a 9_o how_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o vehicle_n confer_v to_o the_o quickness_n of_o sense_n and_o knowledge_n 10._o of_o the_o soul_n power_n of_o change_v the_o temper_n of_o her_o aerial_a vehicle_n 11._o as_o also_o the_o shape_n thereof_o 12._o the_o plainness_n of_o the_o last_o axiom_n 326_o chap._n 2._o 1._o of_o the_o dimension_n of_o the_o soul_n consider_v bare_o in_o herself_o 2._o of_o the_o figure_n of_o the_o soul_n dimension_n 3._o of_o the_o heterogeneity_n of_o her_o essence_n 4._o that_o there_o be_v a_o heterogeneity_n in_o her_o plastic_a part_n distinct_a from_o the_o perceptive_a 5._o of_o the_o act_n of_o this_o plastic_a part_n in_o her_o frame_n of_o the_o vehicle_n 6._o the_o excellency_n of_o des-cartes_n his_o philosophy_n 7._o that_o the_o vehicles_n of_o ghost_n have_v as_o much_o of_o solid_a corporeal_a substance_n in_o they_o as_o the_o body_n of_o men._n 8._o the_o folly_n of_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n evince_v 9_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o soul_n for_o matter_n of_o body_n in_o the_o other_o state_n above_o this_o 340_o chap._n 3._o 1._o that_o the_o natural_a abode_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o death_n be_v the_o air_n 2._o that_o she_o can_v quit_v the_o aerial_a region_n till_o the_o aethereal_a congruity_n of_o life_n be_v awaken_v in_o she_o 3._o that_o all_o soul_n be_v not_o in_o the_o same_o region_n of_o the_o air_n 4._o cardan_n conceit_n of_o place_v all_o daemon_n in_o the_o upper_a region_n 5._o the_o use_n of_o this_o conceit_n for_o the_o show_v the_o reason_n of_o their_o seldom_o appear_v 6._o that_o this_o phaenomenon_n be_v salve_v by_o a_o more_o rational_a hypothesis_n 7._o a_o further_a confutation_n of_o cardan_n opinion_n 8._o more_o tend_v to_o the_o same_o scope_n 9_o the_o original_a of_o cardan_n error_n concern_v the_o remote_a operation_n of_o daemon_n 10._o a_o objection_n how_o daemon_n and_o soul_n separate_v can_v be_v in_o this_o low_a region_n where_o wind_n and_o tempest_n be_v so_o frequent_a 11._o a_o preparation_n to_o a_o answer_n from_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o wind_n 12._o particular_a answer_n to_o the_o objection_n 13._o a_o further_a answer_n from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o statick_a faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n 14._o another_o from_o the_o sudden_a power_n of_o actuate_a her_o vehicle_n 15._o what_o incommodation_n she_o suffer_v from_o hail_n rain_n etc._n etc._n 350_o chap._n 4._o 1._o that_o the_o soul_n once_o have_v quit_v this_o earthly_a body_n become_v a_o daemon_n 2._o of_o the_o external_n sense_n of_o the_o soul_n separate_v their_o number_n and_o limit_n in_o the_o vehicle_n 3._o of_o sight_n in_o a_o vehicle_n organise_v and_o unorganize_v 4._o how_o daemon_n and_o separate_a soul_n hear_v and_o see_v at_o a_o vast_a distance_n and_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o though_o they_o may_v so_o easy_o hear_v or_o see_v we_o we_o may_v neither_o see_v nor_o hear_v they_o 5._o that_o they_o have_v hear_v as_o well_o as_o sight_n 6._o of_o the_o touch_n smell_v taste_n and_o nourishment_n of_o daemon_n 7._o the_o external_a employment_n that_o the_o genii_n and_o soul_n decease_v may_v have_v out_o of_o the_o body_n 8._o that_o the_o action_n of_o separate_a soul_n in_o reference_n to_o we_o be_v mostwhat_a conformable_a to_o their_o life_n here_o on_o earth_n 9_o what_o their_o entertainment_n be_v in_o reference_n to_o themselves_o 10._o the_o distinction_n of_o order_n of_o daemon_n from_o the_o place_n they_o most_o frequent_a 364_o chap._n 5._o 1._o that_o the_o separate_a soul_n spend_v not_o all_o her_o time_n in_o solitude_n 2._o that_o her_o converse_n with_o we_o seem_v more_o intelligible_a than_o that_o with_o the_o genii_fw-la 3._o how_o the_o genii_n may_v be_v visible_a one_o to_o another_o though_o they_o be_v to_o we_o invisible_a 4._o of_o their_o approach_n and_o of_o the_o limit_n of_o their_o swiftness_n of_o motion_n 5._o and_o how_o they_o far_o exceed_v we_o in_o celerity_n 6._o of_o the_o figure_n or_o shape_n of_o their_o vehicles_n and_o of_o their_o privacy_n when_o they_o will_v be_v invisible_a 7._o that_o they_o can_v well_o converse_v in_o a_o mere_a simple_a orbicular_a form_n 8._o that_o they_o converse_v in_o humane_a shape_n at_o least_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o they_o 9_o whether_o the_o shape_n they_o be_v in_o proceed_v mere_o from_o the_o imperium_fw-la of_o their_o will_n and_o fancy_n or_o be_v regulate_v by_o a_o natural_a character_n of_o the_o plastic_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n 10._o that_o the_o personal_a shape_n of_o a_o soul_n or_o genius_n be_v partly_o from_o the_o will_n and_o partly_o from_o the_o plastic_a power_n 11._o that_o consider_v how_o the_o soul_n organize_v the_o foetus_fw-la in_o the_o womb_n and_o move_v our_o limb_n at_o pleasure_n it_o be_v a_o wonder_n if_o spirit_n shall_v not_o have_v such_o command_n over_o their_o vehicles_n as_o be_v believe_v 12._o a_o further_a argument_n from_o a_o excessive_a virtue_n some_o have_v give_v to_o imagination_n 376_o chap._n 6._o 1._o more_o credible_a instance_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o imagination_n 2._o a_o special_a and_o peculiar_a instance_n in_o signature_n of_o the_o foetus_fw-la 3._o that_o what_o fienus_n grant_v who_o have_v so_o cautious_o bound_v the_o power_n of_o fancy_n be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o present_a purpose_n 4._o example_n approve_v of_o by_o fienus_n 5._o certain_a example_n reject_v by_o he_o and_o yet_o approve_v of_o by_o fernelius_n and_o sennertus_n 6._o three_o not_o orious_a story_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o mother_n imagination_n on_o the_o foetus_fw-la out_o of_o helmont_n 7._o a_o conjectural_a inference_n from_o those_o story_n what_o influence_n the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n have_v in_o all_o plastic_a operation_n 8._o a_o further_a confirmation_n of_o the_o conjecture_n from_o signature_n on_o the_o foetus_fw-la 9_o a_o application_n thereof_o to_o the_o transfiguration_n of_o the_o vehicles_n of_o daemon_n 387_o chap._n 7._o 1._o three_o notable_a example_n of_o signature_n reject_v by_o fienus_n 2._o and_o yet_o so_o far_o allow_v for_o possible_a as_o will_v fit_v our_o design_n 3._o that_o helmont_n cherry_n and_o licetus_n his_o crabfish_n be_v shrewd_a argument_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n have_v to_o do_v with_o all_o efformation_n of_o both_o animal_n and_o plant_n 4._o a_o example_n of_o a_o most_o exact_a and_o lively_a signature_n out_o of_o kircher_n 5._o with_o his_o judgement_n thereupon_o 6._o another_o example_n out_o of_o he_o of_o a_o child_n with_o gray_a hair_n 7._o a_o application_n of_o what_o have_v be_v say_v hitherto_o concern_v the_o signature_n of_o the_o foetus_fw-la to_o the_o transfiguration_n of_o the_o airy_a vehicles_n of_o separate_a soul_n and_o daemon_n 8._o of_o their_o personal_a transformation_n visible_a to_o we_o 398_o chap._n 8._o 1._o that_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o genii_n converse_v in_o humane_a shape_n the_o base_a sometime_o in_o bestial_a 2._o how_o they_o be_v dispose_v to_o turn_v themselves_o into_o several_a bestial_a form_n 3._o of_o psellus_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o igneous_a splendour_n of_o daemon_n how_o they_o be_v make_v 4._o that_o the_o external_a beauty_n of_o the_o genii_n be_v according_a to_o the_o degree_n of_o the_o inward_a virtue_n of_o their_o mind_n 5._o that_o their_o aerial_a form_n need_v not_o be_v pure_o transparent_a but_o more_o fine_o opake_v and_o colour_v 6._o that_o there_o be_v a_o distinction_n of_o masculine_a and_o feminine_a beauty_n in_o their_o personal_a figuration_n 407_o chap._n 9_o 1._o a_o general_a account_n of_o the_o mutual_a entertain_v of_o the_o genii_fw-la in_o the_o other_o world_n 2._o of_o their_o philosophical_a and_o political_a conference_n 3._o of_o their_o religious_a exercise_n 4._o of_o the_o innocent_a pastime_n and_o recreation_n of_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o they_o 5._o a_o confirmation_n thereof_o from_o the_o conventicle_n of_o witch_n 6._o whether_o the_o pure_a daemon_n have_v their_o time_n of_o repast_n or_o no._n 7._o whence_o the_o bad_a genii_n have_v their_o food_n 8._o of_o the_o food_n and_o feast_n of_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o genii_n 414_o chap._n 10._o 1._o how_o hard_o it_o be_v to_o define_v any_o thing_n concern_v the_o aerial_a or_o aethereal_a elysium_n 2._o that_o there_o be_v political_a order_n and_o law_n among_o these_o airy_a daemon_n 3._o that_o this_o chain_n of_o government_n reach_v down_o from_o the_o high_a aethereal_a power_n through_o the_o aerial_a to_o the_o very_a inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n 4._o the_o great_a security_n we_o live_v in_o thereby_o 5._o how_o easy_o detectible_a and_o punishable_a wicked_a spirit_n be_v
by_o those_o of_o their_o own_o tribe_n 6._o other_o reason_n of_o the_o security_n we_o find_v ourselves_o in_o from_o the_o gross_a infestation_n of_o evil_a spirit_n 7._o what_o kind_n of_o punishment_n the_o aerial_a officer_n inflict_v upon_o their_o malefactor_n 427_o chap._n 11._o 1._o three_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v before_o we_o come_v to_o the_o moral_a condition_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o death_n namely_o her_o memory_n of_o transaction_n in_o this_o life_n 2._o the_o peculiar_a feature_n and_o individual_a character_n of_o her_o aerial_a vehicle_n 3._o the_o retainment_n of_o the_o same_o name_n 4._o how_o her_o ill_a deportment_n here_o lay_v the_o train_n of_o her_o misery_n hereafter_o 5._o the_o unspeakable_a torment_n of_o conscience_n worse_o than_o death_n and_o not_o to_o be_v avoid_v by_o die_v 6._o of_o the_o hideous_a torture_n of_o external_a sense_n on_o they_o who_o searedness_n of_o conscience_n may_v seem_v to_o make_v they_o uncapable_a of_o her_o lash_n 7._o of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o more_o innocent_a and_o conscientious_a pagan_n 8._o of_o the_o natural_a accrument_n of_o after-happiness_n to_o the_o moral_o good_a in_o this_o life_n 9_o how_o the_o soul_n enjoy_v her_o act_n or_o suffering_n in_o this_o life_n for_o a_o indispensable_a cause_n when_o she_o have_v pass_v to_o the_o other_o 10._o that_o the_o reason_n be_v proportionable_o the_o same_o in_o thing_n of_o less_o consequence_n 11._o what_o mischief_n man_n may_v create_v to_o themselves_o in_o the_o other_o world_n by_o their_o zealous_a mistake_n in_o this_o 12._o that_o though_o there_o be_v no_o memory_n after_o death_n yet_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o life_n here_o may_v sow_v the_o seed_n of_o the_o soul_n future_a happiness_n or_o misery_n 435_o chap._n 12._o 1._o what_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n be_v 2._o experiment_n that_o argue_v its_o real_a existence_n such_o as_o that_o of_o two_o string_n tune_v unison_n 3._o sympathetick_a cure_n and_o torture_n 4._o the_o sympathy_n betwixt_o the_o earthly_a and_o astral_a body_n 5._o monstrous_a birth_n 6._o the_o attraction_n of_o the_o loadstone_n and_o roundness_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o star_n 449_o chap._n 13._o 1._o that_o the_o descent_n of_o heavy_a body_n argue_v the_o existence_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n because_o else_o they_o will_v either_o hang_v in_o the_o air_n as_o they_o be_v place_v 2._o or_o will_v be_v divert_v from_o a_o perpendicular_a as_o they_o fall_v near_o a_o plate_n of_o metal_n set_v sloop_v 3._o that_o the_o endeavour_n of_o the_o aether_n or_o air_n from_o the_o centre_n to_o the_o circumference_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o gravity_n against_o mr._n hobbs_n 4._o a_o full_a confutation_n of_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o opinion_n 5._o a_o ocular_a demonstration_n of_o the_o absurd_a consequence_n thereof_o 6._o a_o absolute_a demonstration_n that_o gravity_n can_v be_v the_o effect_n of_o mere_a mechanical_a power_n 7._o the_o latitude_n of_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n how_o large_a and_o where_o bound_v 8._o the_o reason_n of_o its_o name_n 9_o it_o be_v grand_a office_n of_o transmit_v soul_n into_o right_o prepare_v matter_n 458_o chap._n 14._o 1._o objection_n against_o the_o soul_n immortality_n from_o her_o condition_n in_o infancy_n old_a age_n sleep_v and_o sickness_n 2._o other_o objection_n take_v from_o experiment_n that_o seem_v to_o prove_v her_o discerpibility_n 3._o as_o also_o from_o the_o seldom_o appear_v of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o decease_a 4._o and_o from_o our_o natural_a fear_n of_o death_n 5._o a_o subterfuge_n of_o the_o adverse_a party_n in_o suppose_v but_o one_o soul_n common_a to_o all_o creature_n 6._o a_o answer_n concern_v the_o littleness_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o infancy_n 7._o as_o also_o concern_v the_o weakness_n of_o her_o intellectual_n then_o and_o in_o old_a age_n 8._o that_o sleep_n do_v not_o at_o all_o argue_v the_o soul_n mortality_n but_o rather_o illustrate_v her_o immortality_n 9_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n from_o apoplexy_n and_o catalepsy_n 10._o as_o also_o to_o that_o from_o madness_n 11._o that_o the_o various_a depravation_n of_o her_o intellectual_a faculty_n do_v no_o more_o argue_v her_o mortality_n than_o the_o worse_a modification_n of_o matter_n its_o natural_a annihilability_n and_o why_o god_n create_v soul_n sympathize_v with_o matter_n 471_o chap._n 15._o 1._o a_o answer_n to_o the_o experiment_n of_o the_o scolopendra_n cut_v into_o piece_n 2._o and_o to_o the_o fly_v of_o a_o headless_a eagle_n over_o a_o barn_n as_o also_o to_o that_o of_o the_o malefactor_n head_n bite_v a_o dog_n by_o the_o ear_n 3._o a_o superaddition_n of_o a_o difficulty_n concern_v monster_n bear_v with_o two_o or_o more_o head_n and_o but_o one_o body_n and_o heart_n 4._o a_o solution_n of_o the_o difficulty_n 5._o a_o answer_n touch_v the_o seldom_o appear_v of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o decease_a 6._o as_o also_o concern_v the_o fear_n of_o death_n 7._o and_o a_o down-bearing_a sense_n that_o sometime_o so_o forcible_o obtrude_v upon_o we_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o soul_n mortality_n 8._o of_o the_o tragical_a pomp_n and_o dreadful_a praelude_v of_o death_n with_o some_o corroborative_n consideration_n against_o such_o sad_a spectacle_n 9_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o real_o sad_a and_o miserable_a in_o the_o universe_n unless_o to_o the_o wicked_a and_o impious_a 481_o chap._n 16._o 1._o that_o that_o which_o we_o proper_o be_v be_v both_o sensitive_a and_o intellectual_a 2._o what_o be_v the_o true_a notion_n of_o a_o soul_n be_v one._n 3._o that_o if_o there_o be_v but_o one_o soul_n in_o the_o world_n it_o be_v both_o rational_a and_o sensitive_a 4._o the_o most_o favourable_a representation_n of_o their_o opinion_n that_o hold_v but_o one._n 5._o a_o confutation_n of_o the_o forego_n representation_n 6._o a_o reply_n to_o the_o confutation_n 7._o a_o answer_n to_o the_o reply_n 8._o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v not_o proper_o any_o ray_n either_o of_o god_n or_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n 9_o and_o yet_o if_o she_o be_v so_o it_o will_v be_v no_o prejudice_n to_o her_o immortality_n whence_o the_o folly_n of_o pomponatius_n be_v note_v 10._o a_o further_a animadversion_n upon_o pomponatius_n his_o folly_n in_o admit_v a_o certain_a number_n of_o remote_a intelligency_n and_o deny_v particular_a immaterial_a substance_n in_o man_n and_o brute_n 491_o chap._n 17._o 1._o that_o the_o author_n have_v safe_o conduct_v the_o soul_n into_o her_o aerial_a condition_n through_o the_o danger_n of_o death_n may_v well_o be_v excuse_v from_o attend_v she_o any_o further_a 2._o what_o reason_n urge_v he_o to_o consider_v what_o fate_n may_v befall_v she_o afterward_o 3._o three_o hazard_n the_o soul_n run_v after_o this_o life_n whereby_o she_o may_v again_o become_v obnoxious_a to_o death_n according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o 4._o that_o the_o aerial_a genii_n be_v mortal_a confirm_v by_o three_o testimony_n 5._o the_o one_o from_o the_o vision_n of_o facius_n cardanus_n in_o which_o the_o spirit_n that_o appear_v to_o he_o profess_v themselves_o mortal_a 6._o the_o time_n they_o stay_v with_o he_o and_o the_o matter_n they_o dispute_v of_o 7._o what_o credit_n hieronymus_n cardanus_n give_v to_o his_o father_n vision_n 8._o the_o other_o testimony_n out_o of_o plutarch_n concern_v the_o death_n of_o the_o great_a god_n pan._n 9_o the_o three_o and_o last_o of_o hesiod_n who_o opinion_n plutarch_n have_v polish_a and_o refine_a 10._o a_o enumeration_n of_o the_o several_a paradox_n contain_v in_o facius_n cardanus_n his_o vision_n 11._o what_o must_v be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o three_o paradox_n if_o those_o aerial_a speculator_n speak_v as_o they_o think_v 12._o another_o hypothesis_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 13._o the_o craft_n of_o these_o daemon_n in_o shuffle_n in_o poisonous_a error_n among_o solid_a truth_n 14._o what_o make_v the_o story_n of_o the_o death_n of_o pan_n less_o to_o the_o present_a matter_n with_o a_o addition_n of_o demetrius_n his_o observation_n touch_v the_o sacred_a island_n near_o britain_n 15._o that_o hesiod_n his_o opinion_n be_v the_o most_o unexceptionable_a and_o that_o the_o harshness_n therein_o be_v but_o seem_v not_o real_a 16._o that_o the_o aethereal_a vehicle_n instate_v the_o soul_n in_o a_o condition_n of_o perfect_a immortality_n 17._o that_o there_o be_v no_o internal_a impediment_n to_o those_o that_o be_v heroical_o good_a but_o that_o they_o may_v attain_v a_o everlasting_a happiness_n after_o death_n 503_o chap._n 18._o 1._o the_o conflagration_n of_o the_o world_n a_o opinion_n of_o the_o stoic_n 2._o two_o way_n of_o destroy_v the_o world_n the_o ancient_n have_v take_v notice_n of_o and_o especial_o that_o by_o fire_n 3._o that_o the_o conflagration_n of_o the_o world_n so_o far_o as_o it_o respect_v we_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v only_o of_o the_o burn_a of_o the_o earth_n 4._o that_o the_o end_n of_o the_o stoic_n conflagration_n be_v compatible_a only_o to_o the_o earth_n burn_v 5._o a_o acknowledgement_n that_o the_o earth_n may_v be_v burn_v though_o the_o proof_n thereof_o be_v impertinent_a to_o this_o place_n 6._o that_o the_o conflagration_n thereof_o will_v prove_v very_o fatal_a to_o the_o soul_n of_o wicked_a man_n and_o daemon_n 7._o five_o several_a opinion_n concern_v their_o state_n after_o the_o conflagration_n whereof_o the_o first_o be_v that_o they_o be_v quite_o destroy_v by_o fire_n 8._o the_o second_o that_o they_o be_v annihilate_v by_o a_o special_a act_n of_o omnipotency_n 9_o the_o three_o that_o they_o lie_v senseless_a in_o a_o eternal_a death_n 10._o the_o four_o that_o they_o be_v in_o a_o perpetual_a furious_a and_o painful_a dream_n 11._o the_o five_o and_o last_o that_o they_o will_v revive_v again_o and_o that_o the_o earth_n and_o aire_n will_v be_v inhabit_v by_o they_o 12._o that_o this_o last_o seem_v to_o be_v frame_v from_o the_o fictitious_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o stoic_n who_o be_v very_o sorry_a metaphysician_n and_o as_o ill_a naturalist_n 13._o a_o animadversion_n upon_o a_o self-contradicting_a sentence_n of_o seneca_n 14._o the_o unintelligibleness_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o wicked_a after_o the_o conflagration_n 15._o that_o the_o aethereal_a inhabitant_n will_v be_v safe_a and_o what_o will_v then_o become_v of_o good_a man_n and_o daemon_n on_o the_o earth_n and_o in_o the_o air_n and_o how_o they_o can_v be_v deliver_v but_o by_o a_o supernatural_a power_n 524_o chap._n 19_o 1._o that_o the_o extinction_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v no_o panic_n fear_v but_o may_v be_v rational_o suspect_v from_o the_o record_n of_o history_n and_o ground_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n 2._o the_o sad_a influence_n of_o this_o extinction_n upon_o man_n and_o beast_n and_o all_o the_o aerial_a daemon_n imprison_v within_o their_o several_a atmosphere_n in_o our_o vortex_n 3._o that_o it_o will_v do_v little_a or_o no_o damage_n to_o the_o aethereal_a inhabitant_n in_o reference_n to_o heat_n or_o warmth_n 4._o nor_o will_v they_o find_v much_o want_n of_o his_o light_n 5._o and_o if_o they_o do_v they_o may_v pass_v out_o of_o one_o vortex_n into_o another_o by_o the_o privilege_n of_o their_o aethereal_a vehicles_n 6._o and_o that_o without_o any_o labour_n or_o toil_n and_o as_o mature_o as_o they_o please_v 7._o the_o vast_a incomprehensibleness_n of_o the_o tract_n and_o compass_n of_o the_o way_n of_o providence_n 8._o a_o short_a recapitulation_n of_o the_o whole_a discourse_n 9_o a_o explication_n of_o the_o persian_n two_o principle_n of_o light_n and_o darkness_n which_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o when_o and_o where_o the_o principle_n of_o light_n get_v the_o full_a victory_n 10._o that_o philosophy_n or_o something_o more_o sacred_a than_o philosophy_n be_v the_o only_a guide_n to_o a_o true_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 538_o finis_fw-la errata_fw-la pag._n 222._o l._n 5._o for_o gamaitus_fw-la read_v gamaieu_n 2â—4_n l._n 10._o for_o tyc_n r._n tye._n 327._o l._n 2._o for_o immortality_n r._n immorality_n 458._o l._n 22._o for_o stoop_v r._n sloop_v 462._o l._n 13._o for_o e_o f_o h_n r._n angle_v e_o f_o h._n 488._o l._n 9_o for_o inclogged_a r._n in_o clog_v 521._o l._n 16._o for_o lightning_n r._n light_v 528._o l._n ult_n deal_n those_o
much_o to_o myself_o as_o peremptory_o to_o affirm_v that_o the_o indiscerpibility_n of_o a_o spirit_n arise_v that_o way_n that_o i_o have_v set_v down_o that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o god_n have_v make_v a_o particular_a spirit_n just_a in_o that_o manner_n that_o i_o have_v delineate_v for_o his_o wisdom_n be_v infinite_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o impious_a piece_n of_o boldness_n to_o confine_v he_o to_o one_o certain_a way_n of_o frame_v the_o nature_n of_o a_o be_v that_o be_v of_o endow_v it_o with_o such_o attribute_n as_o be_v essential_a to_o it_o as_o indiscerpibility_n be_v to_o the_o soul_n of_o man._n but_o only_o to_o have_v say_v in_o general_a it_o be_v possible_a there_o may_v be_v a_o particular_a essence_n of_o its_o immediate_a nature_n penetrable_a &_o indiscerpible_a and_o not_o particular_o to_o have_v describe_v the_o manner_n how_o it_o may_v be_v so_o may_v have_v seem_v to_o many_o more_o slight_a and_o unsatisfactory_a deceit_n lurk_v in_o universals_z as_o the_o proverb_n have_v it_o and_o therefore_o for_o the_o more_o full_o convince_a of_o the_o adverse_a party_n i_o think_v fit_a to_o pitch_v upon_o a_o punctual_a description_n of_o some_o one_o way_n how_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n or_o of_o a_o daemon_n may_v be_v conceive_v necessary_o indiscerpible_a though_o dilatable_a not_o be_v very_o solicitous_a whether_o it_o be_v just_a that_o way_n or_o no_o but_o yet_o well_o assure_v that_o it_o be_v either_o that_o way_n or_o some_o better_a but_o this_o one_o way_n show_v the_o thing_n possible_a at_o large_a as_o that_o mean_a contrivance_n of_o a_o indian_a canoa_n may_v prove_v the_o possibility_n of_o navigation_n and_o that_o be_v all_o that_o i_o be_v to_o aim_v at_o in_o that_o place_n so_o in_o my_o description_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o other_o world_n i_o be_o not_o very_o solicitous_a whether_o thing_n be_v just_a so_o as_o i_o have_v set_v they_o down_o but_o because_o some_o man_n utter_o misbelieve_v the_o thing_n because_o they_o can_v frame_v no_o particular_a conceit_n what_o the_o reception_n and_o entertain_v of_o those_o aerial_a inhabitant_n may_v be_v or_o how_o they_o pass_v away_o their_o time_n with_o many_o other_o intricacy_n which_o use_v to_o entangle_v this_o theory_n i_o think_v it_o of_o main_a concernment_n to_o take_v away_o this_o objection_n against_o the_o life_n to_o come_v viz._n that_o no_o man_n can_v conceive_v what_o it_o be_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o which_o be_v the_o ordinary_a exception_n also_o against_o the_o existence_n of_o all_o incorporeal_a substance_n by_o a_o punctual_a and_o rational_a description_n of_o this_o future_a state_n which_o i_o exhibit_v to_o the_o world_n as_o a_o intelligible_a hypothesis_n and_o such_o as_o may_v very_o well_o be_v even_o according_a to_o the_o dictate_v of_o our_o own_o faculty_n be_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n full_o assure_v that_o thing_n be_v either_o thus_o or_o after_o a_o better_o or_o 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the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o our_o neighbour_n be_v the_o great_a happiness_n that_o we_o can_v arrive_v unto_o either_o in_o this_o life_n or_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v and_o whatever_o thing_n be_v there_o describe_v be_v either_o the_o cause_n effect_n or_o concomitant_n of_o that_o noble_a and_o divine_a passion_n neither_o be_v the_o external_n incitement_n thereto_o which_o i_o there_o mention_v right_o to_o be_v deem_v sensual_a but_o intellectual_a for_o even_o such_o be_v also_o sensible_a beauty_n whether_o it_o show_v itself_o in_o feature_n music_n or_o whatever_o graceful_a deportment_n and_o comely_a action_n as_o plotinus_n have_v well_o define_v and_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o proper_o intellectual_a suppose_v odour_n and_o sapour_n yet_o such_o a_o spirit_n may_v be_v transfuse_v into_o the_o vehicles_n of_o these_o aerial_a inhabitant_n thereby_o that_o may_v more_o than_o ordinary_o raise_v into_o act_n their_o intellectual_a faculty_n which_o he_o that_o observe_v how_o our_o thought_n and_o inclination_n depend_v immediate_o on_o a_o certain_a subtle_a matter_n in_o our_o body_n will_v not_o at_o all_o stick_n to_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v true_a and_o therefore_o whatever_o our_o elysium_n seem_v to_o the_o rash_a and_o injudicious_a they_o be_v real_o no_o other_o thing_n then_o pure_a paradise_n of_o intellectual_a pleasure_n divine_a love_n and_o blameless_a friendship_n be_v the_o only_a delight_n of_o those_o place_n 9_o the_o next_o objection_n be_v concern_v the_o state_n of_o the_o wicked_a as_o if_o i_o have_v make_v their_o condition_n too_o easy_a for_o they_o but_o this_o methinks_v any_o man_n may_v be_v keep_v off_o from_o if_o he_o will_v but_o consider_v that_o i_o make_v the_o rack_n of_o conscience_n worse_o than_o a_o perpetually-repeated_n death_n which_o be_v too_o too_o credible_a to_o come_v to_o pass_v there_o when_o as_o we_o find_v what_o execution_n passion_n will_v do_v upon_o we_o even_o in_o this_o life_n the_o sicilian_a tyrant_n have_v not_o find_v out_o a_o more_o exquisite_a torture_n than_o they_o and_o as_o for_o those_o soul_n that_o have_v lose_v the_o sense_n of_o conscience_n if_o any_o can_v do_v so_o i_o have_v allot_v other_o punishment_n that_o be_v more_o corporeal_a and_o little_a inferior_a to_o the_o fire_n of_o that_o great_a hell_n that_o be_v prophesy_v of_o as_o the_o portion_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o damn_a at_o the_o last_o day_n by_o which_o neither_o then_o nor_o before_o can_v they_o be_v torture_v if_o we_o appeal_v to_o humane_a reason_n who_o alone_o we_o appeal_v to_o as_o judge_v in_o this_o treatise_n if_o they_o be_v not_o vital_o unite_v with_o corporeal_a vehicles_n 10._o the_o two_o last_o exception_n be_v the_o one_o touch_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n the_o other_o the_o spirit_n of_o nature_n the_o first_o be_v against_o our_o over-favourable_a representation_n of_o their_o opinion_n that_o make_v but_o one_o soul_n in_o the_o 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what_o be_v the_o result_n of_o the_o mere_a mechanical_a power_n of_o matter_n and_o motion_n and_o what_o of_o a_o high_a principle_n for_o questionless_a this_o secure_a presumption_n in_o some_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o matter_n in_o the_o world_n have_v embolden_v they_o too_o rash_o to_o venture_v on_o mechanical_a solution_n where_o they_o will_v not_o hold_v because_o they_o be_v confident_a there_o be_v no_o other_o solution_n to_o be_v have_v but_o those_o of_o this_o kind_n 14._o beside_o that_o to_o the_o rational_a and_o religious_a there_o be_v a_o double_a pleasure_n to_o carry_v they_o on_o in_o this_o way_n of_o philosophy_n the_o one_o from_o the_o observation_n how_o far_o in_o every_o thing_n the_o concatenation_n of_o mechanical_a cause_n will_v reach_v which_o will_v wonderfu_o gratify_v their_o reason_n the_o other_o from_o a_o distinct_a deprehension_n where_o they_o
the_o necessary_a cohaesion_n of_o which_o attribute_n with_o the_o subject_n be_v as_o little_a demonstrable_a as_o the_o former_a for_o suppose_v that_o which_o i_o can_v but_o assert_v to_o be_v evident_o true_a that_o there_o be_v no_o substance_n but_o it_o have_v in_o some_o sort_n or_o other_o the_o three_o dimension_n this_o substance_n which_o we_o call_v matter_n may_v as_o well_o have_v be_v penetrable_a as_o impenetrable_a and_o yet_o have_v be_v substance_n but_o now_o that_o it_o do_v so_o certain_o and_o irresistible_o keep_v one_o part_n of_o itself_o from_o penetrate_v another_o it_o be_v so_o we_o know_v not_o why_o for_o there_o be_v no_o necessary_a connexion_n discernible_a betwixt_o substance_n with_o three_o dimension_n and_o impenetrability_n for_o what_o some_o allege_v that_o it_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n that_o extend_a substance_n shall_v run_v one_o part_n into_o another_o for_o so_o part_n of_o the_o extension_n and_o consequent_o of_o the_o substance_n 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time_n to_o the_o same_o place_n be_v plain_a in_o that_o motion_n be_v coextend_v with_o the_o subject_a wherein_o it_o be_v and_o both_o with_o space_n and_o motion_n be_v not_o nothing_o wherefore_o two_o thing_n may_v be_v commensurate_a to_o one_o space_n at_o once_o 12._o now_o then_o extend_v substance_n and_o all_o substance_n be_v extend_v be_v of_o itself_o indifferent_a to_o penetrability_n or_o impenetrability_n and_o we_o find_v one_o kind_n of_o substance_n so_o impenetrable_a that_o one_o part_n will_v not_o enter_v at_o all_o into_o another_o which_o with_o as_o much_o reason_n we_o may_v expect_v to_o find_v so_o irresistible_o unite_v one_o part_n with_o another_o that_o nothing_o in_o the_o world_n can_v dissever_v they_o for_o this_o indiscerpibility_n have_v as_o good_a a_o connexion_n with_o substance_n as_o impenetrability_n have_v they_o neither_o fall_v under_o the_o cognoscence_n of_o reason_n or_o demonstration_n but_o be_v immediate_a attribute_n of_o such_o a_o subject_a for_o a_o man_n can_v no_o more_o argue_v from_o the_o extension_n of_o substance_n that_o it_o be_v discerpible_a then_o that_o it_o be_v penetrable_a there_o be_v as_o good_a a_o capacity_n in_o extension_n for_o penetration_n as_o discerption_n i_o conceive_v i_o say_v from_o hence_o we_o may_v as_o easy_o admit_v that_o some_o substance_n may_v be_v of_o itself_o indiscerpible_a as_o well_o as_o other_o impenetrable_a and_o that_o as_o there_o be_v one_o kind_a of_o substance_n which_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n be_v impenetrable_a and_o discerpible_a so_o there_o may_v be_v another_o indiscerpible_a and_o penetrable_a neither_o of_o which_o a_o man_n can_v give_v any_o other_o account_n of_o then_o that_o they_o have_v the_o immediate_a property_n of_o such_o a_o subject_a axiom_n x._o the_o discovery_n of_o some_o power_n property_n or_o operation_n incompetible_a to_o one_o subject_a be_v a_o infallible_a argument_n of_o the_o existence_n of_o some_o other_o to_o which_o it_o must_v be_v compatible_a 13._o as_o when_o pythagoras_n be_v speak_v unto_o by_o the_o river_n nessus_n when_o he_o pass_v over_o it_o and_o a_o tree_n by_o the_o command_n of_o thespesion_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o gymnosophist_n salute_v apollonius_n in_o a_o distinct_a and_o articulate_a voice_n but_o small_a as_o a_o woman_n it_o be_v evident_a i_o say_v that_o there_o be_v something_o there_o that_o be_v neither_o river_n nor_o tree_n to_o which_o these_o salutation_n must_v be_v attribute_v no_o tree_n nor_o river_n have_v any_o faculty_n of_o reason_n nor_o speech_n chap._n iii_o 1._o the_o general_a notion_n of_o body_n and_o spirit_n 2._o that_o the_o notion_n of_o spirit_n be_v altogether_o as_o intelligible_a as_o that_o of_o body_n 3._o whether_o there_o be_v any_o substance_n of_o a_o mix_a nature_n betwixt_o body_n and_o spirit_n 1._o the_o great_a and_o gross_a obstacle_n to_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v that_o confident_a opinion_n in_o some_o as_o if_o the_o very_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n be_v a_o piece_n of_o nonsense_n and_o perfect_a incongruity_n in_o the_o conception_n thereof_o wherefore_o to_o proceed_v by_o degree_n to_o our_o main_a design_n and_o to_o lay_v our_o foundation_n low_a and_o sure_a we_o will_v in_o the_o first_o place_n expose_v to_o view_v the_o genuine_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n in_o the_o general_a acception_n thereof_o and_o afterward_o of_o several_a kind_n of_o spirit_n that_o it_o may_v appear_v to_o all_o how_o unjust_a that_o cavil_n be_v against_o incorporeal_a substance_n as_o if_o they_o be_v mere_a impossibility_n and_o contradictious_a inconsistency_n i_o will_v define_v therefore_o a_o spirit_n in_o general_a thus_o a_o substance_n penetrable_a and_o indiscerpible_a the_o fitness_n of_o which_o definition_n will_v be_v the_o better_o understand_v if_o we_o divide_v substance_n in_o general_a into_o these_o first_o kind_n viz._n body_n and_o spirit_n and_o then_o define_v body_n to_o be_v a_o substance_n impenetrable_a and_o discerpible_a whence_o the_o contrary_a kind_n to_o this_o be_v fit_o define_v a_o substance_n penetrable_a and_o indiscerpible_a 2._o now_o i_o appeal_v to_o any_o man_n that_o can_v set_v aside_o prejudice_n and_o have_v the_o free_a use_n of_o his_o faculty_n whether_o every_o term_n in_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o spirit_n be_v not_o as_o intelligible_a and_o congruous_a to_o reason_n as_o in_o that_o of_o a_o body_n for_o the_o precise_a notion_n of_o substance_n be_v the_o same_o in_o both_o in_o which_o i_o conceive_v be_v comprise_v extension_n and_o activity_n either_o connate_a or_o communicate_v for_o matter_n itself_o once_o move_v can_v move_v other_o matter_n and_o it_o be_v as_o easy_a to_o understand_v what_o penetrable_a be_v as_o impenetrable_a and_o what_o indiscerpible_a as_o discerpible_a and_o penetrability_n and_o indiscerpibility_n be_v as_o immediate_a to_o spirit_n as_o impenetrability_n and_o discerpibility_n to_o body_n there_o be_v as_o much_o reason_n to_o be_v give_v for_o the_o attribute_n of_o the_o one_o as_o of_o the_o other_o by_o axiom_n 9_o and_o substance_n in_o its_o precise_a notion_n include_v no_o more_o of_o impenetrability_n than_o indiscerpibility_n we_o may_v as_o well_o wonder_v how_o one_o kind_a of_o substance_n can_v so_o firm_o and_o irresistible_o keep_v out_o another_o substance_n as_o matter_n for_o example_n do_v the_o part_n of_o matter_n as_o that_o the_o part_n of_o another_o substance_n hold_v so_o fast_o together_o that_o they_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n discerpible_a as_o we_o have_v already_o intimate_v and_o therefore_o this_o hold_v out_o in_o one_o be_v as_o difficult_a a_o business_n to_o conceive_v as_o the_o hold_v together_o in_o the_o other_o this_o can_v be_v no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n for_o there_o may_v be_v very_o fast_a union_n where_o we_o can_v at_o all_o imagine_v the_o cause_n thereof_o
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the_o reason_n whereby_o i_o prove_v it_o possible_a and_o not_o produce_v their_o argument_n that_o seem_v most_o able_a to_o maintain_v the_o contrary_n and_o true_o i_o do_v not_o remember_v that_o i_o ever_o meet_v with_o any_o one_o yet_o that_o may_v just_o be_v suspect_v to_o be_v more_o able_a to_o make_v good_a this_o province_n then_o our_o countryman_n mr._n hobbs_n who_o inexuperable_a confidence_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o conclusion_n may_v well_o assure_v any_o man_n that_o due_o consider_v the_o excellency_n of_o his_o natural_a wit_n and_o part_n that_o he_o have_v make_v choice_n of_o the_o most_o demonstrative_a argument_n that_o humane_a invention_n can_v search_v out_o for_o the_o eviction_n thereof_o 3._o and_o that_o i_o may_v not_o incur_v the_o suspicion_n of_o mistake_v his_o assertion_n or_o of_o misrepresent_v the_o force_n of_o his_o reason_n i_o shall_v here_o punctual_o set_v they_o down_o in_o
error_n of_o separate_a essence_n they_o be_v thereby_o necessary_o involve_v in_o many_o other_o absurdity_n that_o follow_v it_o for_o see_v they_o will_v have_v these_o form_n to_o be_v real_a they_o be_v oblige_v to_o assign_v they_o some_o place_n but_o because_o they_o hold_v they_o incorporeal_a without_o all_o dimension_n of_o quantity_n and_o all_o man_n know_v that_o place_n be_v dimension_n and_o not_o to_o be_v fill_v but_o by_o that_o which_o be_v corporeal_a they_o be_v drive_v to_o uphold_v their_o credit_n with_o a_o distinction_n that_o they_o be_v not_o indeed_o any_o where_o circumscriptiuè_n but_o definitiué_fw-fr which_o term_n be_v mere_a word_n and_o in_o this_o occasion_n insignificant_a pass_v only_o in_o latin_a that_o the_o vanity_n of_o they_o may_v be_v conceal_v for_o the_o circumscription_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o determination_n or_o define_n of_o its_o place_n and_o so_o both_o the_o term_n of_o distinction_n be_v the_o same_o 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body_n and_o substance_n be_v all_o one_o incorporeal_a substance_n be_v no_o better_a sense_n than_o a_o incorporeal_a body_n which_o be_v a_o contradiction_n in_o the_o very_a term_n but_o it_o be_v plain_a to_o all_o the_o world_n that_o this_o be_v not_o to_o prove_v but_o to_o suppose_v what_o be_v to_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o universe_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o aggregate_v of_o body_n when_o he_o have_v prove_v that_o we_o will_v acknowledge_v the_o sequel_n till_o than_o he_o have_v prove_v nothing_o and_o therefore_o this_o first_o argumentation_n must_v pass_v for_o nought_o 2._o let_v we_o examine_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o second_o which_o certain_o must_v be_v this_o if_o any_o at_o all_o that_o which_o have_v its_o original_n mere_o from_o dream_n fear_n and_o superstitious_a faneye_n have_v no_o real_a existence_n in_o the_o world_n but_o incorporeal_a substance_n have_v no_o other_o original_a the_o proposition_n be_v a_o truth_n indubitable_a but_o the_o assumption_n be_v as_o weak_a as_o the_o other_o be_v strong_a whether_o you_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o real_a original_a of_o these_o substance_n or_o of_o the_o principle_n of_o our_o knowledge_n that_o they_o be_v and_o be_v their_o original_a what_o it_o will_v it_o be_v nothing_o to_o we_o but_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o be_v cognoscible_a to_o we_o by_o axiom_n first_o and_o therefore_o when_o he_o say_v they_o have_v no_o other_o original_a then_o that_o of_o our_o own_o fancy_n he_o must_v be_v understand_v to_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o principle_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o their_o existence_n then_o that_o we_o vain_o imagine_v they_o to_o be_v which_o be_v gross_o false_a for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o dream_n and_o fear_n of_o melancholic_a and_o superstitious_a person_n from_o which_o philosopher_n and_o christian_n have_v argue_v the_o existence_n of_o spirit_n and_o immaterial_a substance_n but_o from_o the_o evidence_n of_o external_a object_n of_o sense_n that_o be_v the_o ordinary_a phaenomena_n of_o nature_n in_o which_o there_o be_v discoverable_a so_o profound_a wisdom_n and_o counsel_n that_o they_o can_v not_o but_o conclude_v that_o the_o order_n of_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n be_v from_o a_o high_a principle_n than_o the_o blind_a motion_n and_o jumbling_n of_o matter_n and_o mere_a corporeal_a being_n to_o which_o you_o may_v add_v what_o usual_o they_o call_v apparition_n which_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v mere_o the_o dream_n and_o fancy_n of_o the_o superstitious_a that_o they_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o such_o as_o can_v but_o be_v deem_v by_o most_o man_n over_o atheistical_a i_o mean_v pomponatius_n and_o cardan_n nay_o by_o vaninus_n himself_o though_o so_o devote_v to_o atheism_n that_o out_o of_o a_o perfect_a mad_a zeal_n to_o that_o despicable_a cause_n he_o die_v for_o it_o i_o omit_v to_o name_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o ever_o appear_v to_o the_o wise_a of_o all_o age_n of_o such_o a_o 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and_o other_o live_a creature_n be_v nothing_o without_o we_o for_o all_o these_o appear_v to_o we_o as_o well_o when_o we_o be_v sleep_v as_o wake_v but_o incorporeal_a substance_n do_v not_o appear_v to_o we_o as_o well_o sleep_v as_o wake_v for_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o incorporeal_a substance_n be_v so_o subtle_a and_o refine_a that_o it_o leave_v little_a or_o no_o impression_n on_o the_o fancy_n it_o be_v representation_n be_v mere_o support_v by_o the_o free_a power_n of_o reason_n which_o seldom_o exercise_n itself_o in_o sleep_n unless_o upon_o easy_a imaginable_a phantasm_n 4._o the_o force_n of_o the_o four_o argument_n be_v brief_o this_o every_o substance_n have_v dimension_n but_o a_o spirit_n have_v no_o dimension_n here_o i_o confident_o deny_v the_o assumption_n for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o characteristical_a of_o a_o body_n to_o have_v dimension_n but_o to_o be_v impenetrable_a all_o substance_n have_v dimension_n that_o be_v length_n breadth_n and_o depth_n but_o all_o have_v not_o impenetrability_n see_v my_o letter_n to_o monsieur_n des-cartes_n beside_o what_o i_o have_v here_o write_v cap._n 2_o and_o 3._o 5._o in_o the_o excerption_n belong_v to_o the_o five_o place_n these_o argument_n be_v comprise_v 1._o that_o we_o have_v no_o principle_n of_o knowledge_n of_o any_o immaterial_a be_v but_o such_o as_o a_o dream_n or_o a_o lookingglass_n furnish_v we_o withal_o 2._o that_o the_o word_n spirit_n or_o incorporeal_a imply_v a_o contradiction_n and_o can_v be_v conceive_v to_o be_v sense_n by_o a_o natural_a understanding_n 3._o that_o nothing_o be_v conceive_v by_o the_o understanding_n but_o what_o come_v in_o at_o the_o sense_n and_o therefore_o spirit_n not_o act_v upon_o the_o sense_n must_v remain_v unknown_a and_o unconceivable_a we_o have_v already_o answer_v to_o the_o first_o in_o what_o we_o have_v return_v to_o
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or_o little_a finger_n beside_o that_o it_o seem_v whole_o employ_v in_o the_o performance_n of_o its_o systole_n and_o diastole_n which_o cause_v such_o a_o great_a difference_n of_o the_o situation_n of_o the_o heart_n by_o turn_n that_o if_o it_o be_v that_o seat_n in_o which_o the_o sense_n of_o all_o object_n centre_n we_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o see_v thing_n steady_o rest_v in_o the_o same_o place_n 5._o how_o uncapable_a the_o brain_n be_v of_o be_v so_o active_a a_o principle_n of_o motion_n as_o we_o find_v in_o ourselves_o the_o viscidity_n thereof_o do_v plain_o indicate_v beside_o that_o physician_n have_v discover_v by_o experience_n that_o the_o brain_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v the_o common_a seat_n of_o all_o sense_n that_o it_o have_v in_o it_o none_o at_o all_o and_o the_o arabian_n that_o say_v it_o have_v have_v distinguish_v it_o into_o such_o several_a office_n of_o imagination_n memory_n common_a sense_n etc._n etc._n that_o we_o be_v still_o at_o a_o loss_n for_o some_o one_o part_n of_o matter_n that_o be_v to_o be_v the_o common_a percipient_a of_o all_o these_o but_o i_o have_v so_o clear_o demonstrate_v the_o impossibility_n of_o the_o brain_n be_v able_a to_o perform_v those_o function_n that_o appertain_v true_o to_o what_o ordinary_o man_n call_v the_o soul_n in_o my_o antidote_n against_o atheism_n that_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o refer_v the_o reader_n thither_o 6._o as_o for_o the_o membrane_n whether_o we_o will_v fancy_v they_o all_o the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n or_o some_o one_o membrane_n or_o part_v there_o of_o the_o like_a difficulty_n will_v accur_v as_o have_v be_v mention_v already_o for_o if_o all_o the_o membrane_n the_o difference_n and_o situation_n of_o they_o will_v vary_v the_o aspect_n and_o sight_n of_o the_o object_n so_o that_o the_o same_o thing_n will_v appear_v to_o we_o in_o several_a hue_n and_o several_a place_n at_o once_o as_o be_v easy_o demonstrate_v from_o axiom_n 22._o if_o some_o 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iron_n and_o steel_n shall_v it_o can_v be_v the_o spring_n of_o motion_n for_o how_o shall_v so_o small_a at_o atom_n move_v the_o whole_a body_n but_o by_o move_v itself_o but_o it_o be_v more_o subtle_a than_o the_o point_n of_o any_o needle_n when_o it_o put_v itself_o upon_o motion_n especial_o such_o strong_a thrusting_n as_o we_o sometime_o use_v it_o must_v needs_o pass_v through_o the_o body_n and_o leave_v it_o 9_o the_o most_o pure_a mechanical_a invention_n be_v that_o of_o the_o use_n of_o the_o conarion_n propose_v by_o des-cartes_n which_o consider_v with_o some_o other_o organization_n of_o the_o body_n bid_v the_o fair_a of_o any_o thing_n i_o have_v meet_v withal_o or_o ever_o hope_v to_o meet_v withal_o for_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o passion_n and_o property_n of_o live_a creature_n into_o mere_a corporeal_a motion_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v requisite_a to_o insist_v a_o little_a upon_o the_o explication_n thereof_o that_o we_o may_v the_o more_o punctual_o confute_v they_o that_o will_v abuse_v his_o mechanical_a contrivance_n to_o the_o exclusion_n of_o all_o principle_n but_o corporeal_a in_o either_o man_n or_o beast_n chap._n v._n 1._o how_o perception_n of_o external_a object_n spontaneous_a motion_n memory_n and_o imagination_n be_v pretend_v to_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o conarion_n spirit_n and_o muscle_n without_o a_o soul_n 2._o that_o the_o conarion_n devoid_a of_o a_o soul_n can_v be_v the_o common_a percipient_a demonstrate_v out_o of_o des-cartes_n himself_o 3._o that_o the_o conarion_n with_o the_o spirit_n and_o organization_n of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n be_v not_o a_o sufficient_a principle_n of_o spontancous_a motion_n without_o a_o soul_n 4._o a_o aescription_n of_o the_o use_n of_o the_o valvulae_fw-la in_o the_o nerve_n of_o the_o muscle_n for_o spontaneous_a motion_n 5._o the_o insufficiency_n of_o this_o contrivance_n for_o that_o purpose_n 6._o a_o further_a demonstration_n of_o the_o insufficiency_n thereof_o from_o whence_o be_v clear_o evince_v that_o brute_n have_v soul_n 7._o that_o memory_n can_v be_v salve_v the_o way_n above_o describe_v 8._o nor_o imagination_n 9_o a_o distribution_n out_o of_o des-cartes_n of_o the_o function_n in_o we_o some_o appertain_v to_o the_o body_n and_o other_o to_o the_o soul_n 10._o the_o author_n observation_n there_o upon_o 1_o the_o sum_n of_o this_o abuse_n must_v in_o brief_a be_v this_o that_o the_o glandula_n pinealis_fw-la be_v the_o common_a sentient_n or_o percipient_a of_o all_o object_n and_o without_o a_o soul_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o organization_n of_o the_o body_n may_v do_v all_o those_o feat_n that_o we_o ordinary_o conceive_v to_o be_v perform_v by_o soul_n and_o body_n join_v together_o for_o it_o be_v one_o whenas_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o organ_n of_o sense_n be_v double_a and_o so_o handsome_o seat_v as_o to_o communicate_v with_o the_o spirit_n as_o well_o of_o the_o posteriour_a as_o anteriour_a 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soul_n immediate_a engine_n of_o motion_n through_o all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n 11._o as_o they_o be_v also_o of_o sense_n in_o the_o more_o remote_a part_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o head_n as_o spigelius_n handsome_o insinuate_v by_o that_o ordinary_a example_n of_o a_o man_n leg_n be_v stupefy_v or_o asleep_a as_o some_o call_v it_o by_o compression_n or_o whatever_o hindrance_n may_v be_v of_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o spirit_n into_o that_o part_n for_o as_o sense_n and_o motion_n be_v restore_v a_o man_n may_v plain_o feel_v something_o creep_v into_o it_o tingle_v and_o sting_v like_o pismire_n as_o he_o compare_v it_o which_o can_v be_v nothing_o but_o the_o spirit_n force_v their_o passage_n into_o the_o part_n wherein_o what_o they_o suffer_v be_v make_v sensible_a to_o the_o soul_n they_o be_v her_o immediate_a vehicle_n of_o life_n and_o sense_n 12._o last_o in_o swoon_a fit_n when_o motion_n and_o sense_n fail_v the_o exterior_a part_n be_v pale_a and_o 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situate_v for_o both_o the_o body_n and_o the_o head_n as_o those_o in_o the_o four_o be_v nor_o so_o pure_a the_o upper_a ventricles_n be_v two_o be_v not_o so_o fit_a for_o this_o office_n that_o be_v so_o very_a much_o one_o and_o singular_a beside_o that_o the_o sensiferous_a impress_n of_o motion_n through_o the_o eye_n play_v under_o they_o to_o say_v nothing_o how_o the_o spirit_n here_o be_v less_o defaecate_n also_o then_o in_o the_o four_o ventricle_n wherefore_o there_o be_v sufficient_a plenty_n and_o great_a purity_n and_o fit_a situation_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o this_o four_o ventricle_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o in_o these_o be_v place_v the_o centre_n of_o perception_n &_o that_o they_o be_v the_o common_a sensorium_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o that_o as_o the_o heart_n pump_n out_o blood_n perpetual_o to_o supply_v the_o whole_a body_n with_o nourishment_n and_o to_o keep_v up_o the_o bulk_n of_o this_o edifice_n for_o the_o soul_n to_o dwell_v in_o as_o also_o from_o the_o more_o subtle_a and_o agile_a part_n thereof_o to_o replenish_v the_o brain_n and_o nerve_n with_o spirit_n which_o be_v the_o immediate_a instrument_n of_o the_o soul_n for_o sense_n and_o motion_n so_o it_o be_v plain_a likewise_o that_o the_o main_a use_n of_o the_o brain_n and_o nerve_n be_v to_o keep_v these_o subtle_a spirit_n from_o over_o speedy_a dissipation_n and_o that_o the_o brain_n with_o its_o cavern_n be_v but_o one_o great_a round_a nerve_n as_o the_o nerve_n with_o their_o invisible_a porosity_n be_v but_o so_o many_o small_a production_n or_o slendere_a prolongation_n of_o the_o brain_n chap._n ix_o 1._o several_a objection_n against_o animal_n spirit_n 2._o a_o answer_n to_o the_o first_o objection_n touch_v the_o porosity_n of_o the_o nerve_n 3._o to_o the_o second_o and_o three_o from_o the_o extravasation_n of_o the_o
from_o what_o have_v be_v allege_v that_o the_o common_a sensorium_n be_v to_o be_v place_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o these_o pure_a spirit_n of_o the_o four_o ventricle_n of_o the_o brain_n chap._n x._o 1._o that_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o confine_v to_o the_o common_a sensorium_n 2._o the_o first_o argument_n from_o the_o plastic_a power_n of_o the_o soul_n 3._o which_o be_v confirm_v from_o the_o gradual_a dignity_n of_o the_o soul_n faculty_n of_o which_o this_o plastic_a be_v the_o low_a 4._o external_a sensation_n the_o next_o 5._o after_o that_o imagination_n and_o then_o reason_n 6._o the_o second_o argument_n from_o passion_n and_o sympathy_n in_o animal_n 7._o a_o illustration_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o natural_a magic_n 8._o the_o three_o argument_n from_o the_o perception_n of_o pain_n in_o the_o exterior_a part_n of_o the_o body_n 9_o the_o four_o and_o last_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o sight_n 1._o we_o be_v now_o at_o leisure_n to_o resume_v the_o two_o remain_a inquiry_n the_o former_a whereof_o be_v whether_o the_o soul_n be_v so_o in_o this_o four_o ventricle_n that_o it_o be_v essential_o no_o where_o else_o in_o the_o body_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v spread_v out_o into_o all_o the_o member_n regius_n will_v coup_fw-fr it_o up_o in_o the_o conarion_n which_o he_o believe_v to_o be_v the_o common_a sensorium_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n it_o shall_v be_v confine_v to_o the_o four_o ventricle_n and_o not_o expatiate_v at_o all_o thence_o suppose_v that_o the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n the_o reason_n of_o this_o conceit_n of_o he_o be_v this_o that_o whatever_o be_v in_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o body_n may_v come_v to_o pass_v by_o power_n mere_o mechanical_a wherein_o he_o do_v very_o superstitious_o tread_v in_o the_o footstep_n of_o his_o master_n des-cartes_n but_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o can_v but_o dissent_v i_o find_v in_o neither_o any_o sufficient_a ground_n of_o so_o novel_a a_o opinion_n but_o rather_o apparent_a reason_n to_o the_o contrary_n 2._o as_o first_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o body_n of_o which_o i_o think_v most_o reasonable_a to_o conclude_v the_o soul_n herself_o to_o be_v the_o more_o particular_a architect_n for_o i_o will_v not_o whole_o reject_v plotinus_n his_o opinion_n and_o that_o the_o plastic_a power_n reside_v in_o she_o as_o also_o in_o the_o soul_n of_o brute_n animal_n as_o very_o learned_a and_o worthy_a writer_n have_v determine_v that_o the_o fabric_n of_o the_o body_n be_v out_o of_o the_o concourse_n of_o atom_n be_v a_o mere_a precarious_a opinion_n without_o any_o ground_n or_o reason_n for_o sense_n do_v not_o discover_v any_o such_o thing_n the_o first_o rudiment_n of_o life_n be_v out_o of_o some_o liquid_a homogeneal_a matter_n and_o it_o be_v against_o reason_n that_o the_o tumble_v of_o atom_n or_o corporeal_a particle_n shall_v produce_v such_o exquisite_a frame_n of_o creature_n wherein_o the_o acute_a wit_n be_v not_o able_a to_o find_v any_o thing_n inept_v but_o all_o do_v exquisite_o well_o everywhere_o where_o the_o foulness_n and_o courseness_n of_o matter_n have_v not_o be_v in_o fault_n that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o immediate_a maker_n of_o these_o body_n the_o particular_a miscarriage_n demonstrate_v for_o there_o be_v no_o matter_n so_o perverse_a and_o stubborn_a but_o his_o omnipotency_n can_v tame_v whence_o there_o will_v be_v no_o defect_n nor_o monstrosity_n in_o the_o generation_n of_o animal_n nor_o be_v it_o so_o congruous_a to_o admit_v that_o the_o plastic_a faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n be_v the_o sole_a contriver_n of_o these_o fabric_n of_o particular_a creature_n though_o i_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o she_o may_v give_v some_o rude_a preparative_n stroke_n towards_o efformation_n but_o that_o in_o every_o particular_a world_n such_o as_o man_n be_v especial_o his_o own_o soul_n be_v the_o peculiar_a and_o most_o perfective_a architect_n thereof_o as_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n be_v of_o it_o for_o this_o vital_a fabrication_n be_v not_o as_o in_o artificial_a architecture_n when_o a_o external_a person_n act_n upon_o matter_n but_o imply_v a_o more_o particular_a and_o near_a union_n with_o that_o matter_n it_o thus_o intrinsically_a shape_n out_o and_o organize_n and_o what_o ought_v to_o have_v a_o more_o particular_a and_o close_a union_n with_o our_o body_n then_o our_o soul_n themselves_o my_o opinion_n be_v therefore_o that_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v a_o spirit_n and_o therefore_o contractible_a and_o dilatable_a begin_v within_o less_o compass_n at_o first_o in_o organize_a the_o fitly-prepared_n matter_n and_o so_o bear_v itself_o on_o in_o the_o same_o tenor_n of_o work_n till_o the_o body_n have_v attain_v its_o full_a growth_n and_o that_o the_o soul_n dilate_v itself_o in_o the_o dilate_v of_o the_o body_n and_o so_o possess_v it_o through_o all_o the_o member_n thereof_o 3._o the_o congruity_n of_o this_o truth_n will_v further_o discover_v itself_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o which_o you_o may_v read_v more_o full_o in_o enthusiasmus_fw-la triumphatus_n artic._n 3_o 4_o 5._o in_o what_o a_o natural_a graduality_n they_o arise_v till_o they_o come_v to_o the_o most_o free_a of_o all_o the_o deep_a or_o low_a be_v this_o plastic_a power_n we_o have_v already_o speak_v of_o in_o virtue_n whereof_o be_v continue_v that_o perpetual_a systole_n and_o diastole_n of_o the_o heart_n as_o i_o be_o more_o prone_a to_o think_v then_o that_o it_o be_v mere_o mechanical_a as_o also_o that_o respiration_n that_o be_v perform_v without_o the_o command_n of_o our_o will_n for_o the_o libration_n or_o reciprocation_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o tensility_n of_o the_o muscle_n will_v not_o be_v so_o perpetual_a but_o cease_v in_o a_o small_a time_n do_v not_o some_o more_o mystical_a principle_n then_o what_o be_v mere_o mechanical_a give_v assistance_n as_o any_o one_o may_v understand_v by_o observe_v the_o insufficiency_n of_o those_o device_n that_o henricus_n regius_n propound_v for_o adequate_a cause_n of_o such_o motion_n in_o the_o body_n these_o i_o look_v upon_o as_o the_o first_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o may_v be_v bound_v by_o this_o general_a character_n that_o the_o exercise_n of_o they_o do_v not_o at_o all_o imply_v so_o much_o as_o our_o perception_n 4._o next_o to_o these_o be_v the_o sensation_n of_o any_o external_a object_n such_o as_o hear_v see_v feel_v etc._n etc._n all_o which_o include_v perception_n in_o a_o unresistible_a necessity_n thereof_o the_o object_n be_v present_a before_o we_o and_o no_o external_a obstacle_n interpose_v 5._o imagination_n be_v more_o free_a we_o be_v able_a to_o avoid_v its_o representation_n for_o the_o most_o part_n without_o any_o external_a help_n but_o it_o be_v a_o degree_n on_o this_o side_n will_v and_o reason_n by_o which_o we_o correct_v and_o silence_v unallowable_a fancy_n thus_o we_o see_v how_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n rise_v by_o degree_n which_o make_v it_o still_o the_o more_o easy_a and_o credible_a that_o the_o low_a of_o all_o be_v compatible_a to_o she_o as_o well_o as_o the_o high_a 6._o moreover_o passion_n and_o sympathy_n in_o my_o judgement_n be_v more_o easy_o to_o be_v resolve_v into_o this_o hypothesis_n of_o the_o soul_n pervade_v the_o whole_a body_n then_o in_o restrain_v its_o essential_a presence_n to_o one_o part_n thereof_o for_o to_o believe_v that_o such_o a_o horrible_a object_n as_o suppose_v a_o bear_n or_o tiger_n by_o transmission_n of_o motion_n from_o it_o through_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o animal_n to_o the_o conarion_n shall_v so_o reflect_v thence_o as_o to_o determine_v the_o spirit_n into_o such_o nerve_n as_o will_v straighten_v the_o orifice_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o lessen_v the_o pulse_n and_o cause_v all_o other_o symptom_n of_o fear_n seem_v to_o i_o little_o better_o than_o a_o mere_a piece_n of_o mechanical_a credulity_n those_o motion_n that_o represent_v the_o species_n of_o thing_n be_v turn_v this_o way_n or_o the_o other_o way_n without_o any_o such_o impetus_fw-la of_o matter_n as_o shall_v do_v such_o feat_n as_o des-cartes_n speak_v of_o in_o his_o book_n of_o passion_n and_o that_o which_o he_o will_v give_v we_o as_o a_o pledge_n of_o this_o truth_n be_v so_o false_a that_o it_o do_v the_o more_o animate_v i_o to_o disbelieve_v the_o theorem_fw-la artic._n 13._o for_o the_o waft_v of_o one_o hand_n near_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o man_n friend_n be_v no_o sufficient_a proof_n that_o external_a object_n will_v necessary_o and_o mechanical_o determine_v the_o spirit_n into_o the_o muscle_n no_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n intermeddle_v for_o if_o one_o be_v full_o assure_v or_o rather_o can_v keep_v himself_o from_o the_o fear_n of_o any_o hurt_n by_o the_o waft_a of_o his_o friend_n hand_n before_o his_o eye_n he_o
may_v easy_o abstain_v from_o wink_v but_o if_o fear_v surprise_v he_o the_o soul_n be_v to_o be_v entitle_v to_o the_o action_n and_o not_o the_o mere_a mechanism_n of_o the_o body_n wherefore_o this_o be_v no_o proof_n that_o the_o phaenomena_n of_o passion_n with_o their_o consequence_n may_v be_v salve_v in_o brute_n beast_n by_o pure_a mechanic_n and_o therefore_o neither_o in_o man_n but_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o they_o arise_v in_o we_o against_o both_o our_o will_n and_o appetite_n for_o who_o will_v bear_v the_o torture_n of_o fear_n and_o jealousy_n if_o he_o can_v avoid_v it_o and_o therefore_o the_o soul_n send_v not_o nor_o determine_v the_o spirit_n thus_o to_o her_o own_o torture_n as_o she_o reside_v in_o the_o head_n whence_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o it_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o she_o as_o she_o reside_v in_o the_o heart_n and_o stomach_n which_o sympathize_v with_o the_o horrid_a representation_n in_o the_o common_a sensorium_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o exquisite_a unity_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o herself_o &_o of_o the_o continuity_n of_o spirit_n in_o the_o body_n the_o necessary_a instrument_n of_o all_o her_o function_n and_o there_o be_v good_a reason_n the_o heart_n &_o stomach_n shall_v be_v so_o much_o affect_v they_o be_v the_o chief_a seat_n of_o those_o faculty_n that_o maintain_v the_o life_n of_o the_o body_n the_o danger_n whereof_o be_v the_o most_o eminent_a object_n of_o fear_n in_o any_o animal_n 7._o from_o this_o principle_n i_o conceive_v that_o not_o only_o the_o sympathy_n of_o part_n in_o one_o particular_a subject_n but_o of_o different_a and_o distant_a subject_n may_v be_v understand_v such_o as_o be_v betwixt_o the_o party_n wound_v and_o the_o knife_n or_o sword_n that_o wound_v he_o besmear_v with_o the_o weapon-salve_n and_o keep_v in_o a_o due_a temper_n which_o certain_o be_v not_o pure_o mechanical_a but_o magical_a though_o not_o in_o a_o unlawful_a sense_n that_o be_v to_o say_v it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v 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very_a question_n of_o the_o praeexistency_n of_o soul_n of_o the_o sensitive_a and_o rational_a especial_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whether_o both_o kind_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v praeexi_v before_o they_o come_v into_o the_o body_n or_o whether_o the_o rational_a only_o and_o he_o conclude_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n it_o remain_v that_o the_o rational_a or_o intellectual_a soul_n only_o enter_v from_o without_o as_o be_v only_o of_o a_o nature_n pure_o divine_a with_o who_o action_n the_o action_n of_o this_o gross_a body_n have_v no_o communication_n concern_v which_o point_n he_o conclude_v like_o a_o orthodox_n scholar_n of_o his_o excellent_a master_n plato_n to_o who_o footstep_n the_o close_o he_o keep_v the_o less_o he_o ever_o wander_v from_o the_o truth_n for_o in_o this_o very_a place_n he_o do_v plain_o profess_v what_o many_o will_v not_o have_v he_o so_o apert_o guilty_a of_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v immortal_a and_o can_v perform_v her_o proper_a function_n without_o the_o help_n of_o this_o terrestrial_a body_n and_o thus_o i_o think_v i_o have_v make_v good_a the_o two_o first_o part_n of_o my_o answer_n to_o the_o propose_a objection_n and_o have_v clear_o prove_v that_o the_o praeexistence_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o opinion_n both_o in_o itself_o the_o most_o rational_a that_o can_v be_v maintain_v and_o have_v have_v the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o renow_v philosopher_n in_o all_o age_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o therefore_o this_o sequel_n from_o our_o argument_n for_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v no_o discovery_n of_o any_o fallacy_n in_o they_o chap._n xiii_o 1._o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o second_o answer_n that_o the_o forget_v of_o the_o former_a state_n be_v no_o good_a argument_n against_o the_o soul_n praeexistence_n 2._o what_o be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o forgetfulness_n 3._o that_o they_o all_o conspire_v and_o that_o in_o the_o high_a degree_n to_o 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high_a degree_n or_o from_o strong_a cause_n contain_v in_o our_o descent_n into_o this_o earthly_a body_n than_o we_o can_v meet_v with_o here_o they_o none_o of_o they_o be_v so_o violent_a as_o to_o dislodge_v we_o out_o of_o it_o 2._o now_o the_o thing_n that_o take_v away_o our_o memory_n here_o be_v chief_o these_o either_o the_o want_n of_o opportunity_n of_o be_v reminded_a of_o a_o thing_n as_o it_o happen_v with_o many_o who_o rise_v confident_a they_o sleep_v without_o dream_v such_o a_o night_n and_o yet_o before_o they_o go_v to_o bed_v again_o recover_v a_o whole_a series_n of_o representation_n they_o have_v in_o their_o last_o sleep_n by_o something_o that_o sell_v out_o in_o the_o day_n without_o which_o it_o have_v be_v impossible_a for_o they_o to_o recall_v to_o mind_v their_o dream_n or_o else_o in_o the_o second_o place_n desuetude_n of_o think_v of_o a_o matter_n whereby_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o what_o we_o have_v earnest_o meditate_a labour_v for_o and_o pen_v down_o with_o our_o own_o hand_n when_o we_o be_v at_o school_n be_v it_o not_o that_o we_o see_v our_o name_n write_v under_o the_o exercise_n we_o can_v not_o acknowledge_v for_o we_o when_o we_o be_v grow_v man_n or_o last_o some_o considerable_a change_n in_o the_o frame_n and_o temper_n of_o our_o body_n whether_o from_o some_o external_a mischance_n or_o from_o some_o violent_a disease_n or_o else_o from_o old_a age_n which_o be_v disease_n enough_o of_o itself_o which_o often_o do_v exceed_o impair_v if_o not_o quite_o take_v away_o the_o memory_n though_o the_o soul_n be_v still_o in_o the_o same_o body_n 3._o now_o all_o these_o principle_n of_o forgetfulness_n namely_o the_o want_n of_o something_o to_o remind_v we_o desuetude_n of_o think_v and_o a_o extraordinary_a change_n in_o the_o body_n be_v more_o eminent_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o soul_n into_o these_o earthly_a prison_n then_o can_v happen_v to_o she_o for_o any_o time_n of_o her_o abode_n therein_o for_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n in_o all_o probability_n betwixt_o that_o scene_n of_o thing_n the_o soul_n see_v out_o of_o the_o body_n and_o in_o it_o then_o betwixt_o what_o she_o see_v sleep_v and_o wake_v and_o the_o perpetual_a occursion_n of_o this_o present_a life_n continue_v a_o long_a desuetude_n of_o think_v on_o the_o former_a beside_o that_o their_o descent_n hither_o in_o all_o likelihood_n scarce_o befall_v they_o but_o in_o their_o state_n of_o silence_n and_o inactivity_n in_o which_o miriads_o of_o soul_n may_v haply_o be_v for_o many_o age_n as_o the_o maintainer_n of_o this_o opinion_n may_v pretend_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o innumerable_a expiration_n of_o the_o aëreal_a period_n of_o life_n and_o the_o more_o narrow_a law_n of_o prepare_v terrestrial_a matter_n and_o last_o her_o come_n into_o this_o earthly_a body_n be_v a_o great_a and_o more_o disadvantageous_a change_n for_o the_o utter_a spoil_v of_o the_o memory_n of_o thing_n she_o be_v acquaint_v with_o before_o than_o any_o mischance_n or_o disease_n can_v be_v for_o the_o bring_n upon_o her_o a_o forgetfulness_n of_o what_o she_o have_v know_v in_o this_o life_n 4._o and_o yet_o that_o disease_n and_o casualty_n have_v even_o utter_o take_v away_o all_o memory_n be_v ample_o record_v in_o history_n as_o that_o messala_n corvinus_n forget_v his_o own_o name_n that_o one_o by_o a_o blow_n with_o a_o stone_n forget_v all_o his_o learning_n another_o by_o a_o fall_n from_o a_o horse_n the_o name_n of_o his_o mother_n and_o kinsfolk_n a_o young_a student_n of_o montpelier_n by_o a_o wound_n lose_v his_o memory_n so_o that_o he_o be_v fain_o to_o be_v teach_v the_o letter_n of_o the_o alphabet_n again_o the_o like_a befall_v a_o franciscan_a after_o a_o fever_n and_o thucydides_n write_v of_o some_o who_o after_o their_o recovery_n from_o that_o great_a pestilence_n at_o athens_n do_v not_o only_o forget_v the_o name_n and_o person_n of_o their_o friend_n but_o themselves_o too_o not_o know_v who_o themselves_o be_v nor_o by_o what_o name_n they_o be_v call_v atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la quosdam_fw-la cepisse_fw-la oblivia_fw-la rerum_fw-la cunctarum_fw-la neque_fw-la se_fw-la possent_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la as_o the_o poet_n lucretius_n sad_o set_v down_o in_o his_o description_n of_o that_o devour_a plague_n out_o of_o the_o forenamed_a historian_n 5._o wherefore_o without_o a_o miracle_n it_o be_v impossible_a the_o soul_n shall_v remember_v any_o particular_a circumstance_n of_o her_o former_a condition_n though_o she_o do_v real_o praeexi_v and_o be_v in_o a_o capacity_n of_o act_v before_o she_o come_v into_o this_o body_n as_o aristotle_n plain_o acknowledge_v she_o be_v her_o change_n be_v far_o great_a by_o come_v into_o the_o body_n then_o can_v ever_o be_v make_v while_o she_o stay_v in_o it_o which_o we_o haply_o shall_v be_v yet_o more_o assure_v of_o after_o we_o have_v consider_v the_o manner_n of_o her_o descent_n which_o be_v the_o last_o difficulty_n object_v 6._o i_o may_v easy_o decline_v this_o controversy_n by_o plead_v only_o that_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o soul_n into_o the_o body_n suppose_v her_o praeexistence_n be_v as_o intelligible_a as_o in_o those_o other_o two_o way_n of_o creation_n and_o traduction_n for_o how_o this_o newly-created_n soul_n be_v infuse_v by_o god_n no_o man_n know_v nor_o how_o if_o it_o be_v traduct_v from_o the_o parent_n both_o their_o soul_n contribute_v to_o the_o make_v up_o a_o new_a one_o for_o if_o there_o be_v decision_n of_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o male_a in_o the_o injection_n of_o his_o seed_n into_o the_o matrix_fw-la of_o the_o female_a and_o part_n of_o the_o female_a soul_n to_o join_v with_o that_o of_o the_o male_n beside_o that_o the_o decision_n of_o these_o part_n of_o their_o
soul_n make_v the_o soul_n a_o discerpible_a essence_n it_o be_v unconceivable_a how_o these_o two_o part_n shall_v make_v up_o one_o soul_n for_o the_o infant_n a_o thing_n ridiculous_a at_o first_o view_n but_o if_o there_o be_v no_o decision_n of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o yet_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o parent_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o child_n it_o be_v perfect_o a_o act_n of_o creation_n a_o thing_n that_o all_o sober_a man_n conclude_v incompetible_a to_o any_o particular_a creature_n it_o be_v therefore_o plain_o unintelligible_a how_o any_o soul_n shall_v pass_v from_o the_o parent_n into_o the_o body_n of_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o foetus_fw-la to_o actuate_v and_o inform_v it_o which_o may_v be_v sufficient_a to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o opposer_n that_o pretend_v such_o great_a obscurity_n concern_v the_o entrance_n of_o preaexistent_a soul_n into_o their_o body_n chap._n fourteen_o 1._o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o difference_n of_o vehicles_n and_o the_o soul_n union_n with_o they_o necessary_a for_o the_o understanding_n how_o she_o enter_v into_o this_o earthly_a body_n 2._o that_o though_o the_o name_n of_o vehicle_n be_v not_o in_o aristotle_n yet_o the_o thing_n be_v there_o 3._o a_o clear_n of_o aristotle_n notion_n of_o the_o vehicle_n out_o of_o the_o philosophy_n of_o des-cartes_n 4._o a_o full_a interpretation_n of_o his_o text._n 5._o that_o aristotle_n make_v only_o two_o vehicles_n terrestrial_a and_o aethereal_a which_o be_v more_o than_o sufficient_a to_o prove_v the_o soul_n oblivion_n of_o her_o former_a state_n 6._o that_o the_o ordinary_a vehicle_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o death_n be_v air_n 7._o the_o duration_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o her_o several_a vehicles_n 8._o that_o the_o union_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o her_o vehicle_n do_v not_o consist_v in_o mechanical_a congruity_n but_o vital_a 9_o in_o what_o vital_a congruity_n of_o the_o matter_n consist_v 10._o in_o what_o vital_a congruity_n of_o the_o soul_n consist_v and_o how_o it_o change_v the_o soul_n may_v be_v free_a from_o her_o airy_a vehicle_n without_o violent_a precipitation_n out_o of_o it_o 11._o of_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o descent_n of_o soul_n into_o earthly_a body_n 12._o that_o there_o be_v so_o little_a absurdity_n in_o the_o praeexistence_n of_o soul_n that_o the_o concession_n thereof_o can_v be_v but_o a_o very_a small_a prejudice_n to_o our_o demonstration_n of_o her_o immortality_n 1._o but_o i_o shall_v spend_v my_o time_n better_a in_o clear_v the_o opinion_n i_o here_o defend_v then_o in_o perplex_v that_o other_o that_o be_v so_o gross_a of_o itself_o that_o none_o that_o thorough_o understand_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n can_v so_o much_o as_o allow_v the_o possibility_n thereof_o wherefore_o for_o the_o better_a conceive_n how_o a_o preaexistent_a soul_n may_v enter_v this_o terrestrial_a body_n there_o be_v two_o thing_n to_o be_v inquire_v into_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o vehicles_n of_o soul_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o union_n with_o they_o the_o platonist_n do_v chief_o take_v notice_n of_o three_o kind_n of_o vehicles_n aethereal_a aereal_a and_o terrestrial_a in_o every_o one_o whereof_o there_o may_v be_v several_a degree_n of_o purity_n and_o impurity_n which_o yet_o need_v not_o amount_v to_o a_o new_a species_n 2._o this_o notion_n of_o vehicles_n though_o it_o be_v discourse_v of_o most_o in_o the_o school_n of_o plato_n yet_o be_v not_o altogether_o neglect_v by_o aristotle_n as_o appear_v in_o his_o de_fw-fr generate_v animal_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o where_o though_o he_o do_v not_o use_v the_o name_n yet_o he_o do_v express_o acknowledge_v the_o thing_n itself_o for_o he_o do_v plain_o affirm_v that_o every_o soul_n partake_v of_o a_o body_n distinct_a from_o this_o organise_v terrestrial_a body_n and_o of_o a_o more_o divine_a nature_n then_o the_o element_n so_o call_v and_o that_o as_o one_o soul_n be_v more_o noble_a than_o 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further_a reason_n to_o evince_v the_o same_o 4._o that_o the_o soul_n be_v capable_a of_o a_o airy_a and_o aethereal_a body_n as_o well_o as_o a_o terrestrial_a 5._o that_o she_o ordinary_o pass_v out_o of_o a_o earthly_a into_o a_o aereal_a vehicle_n first_o 6._o that_o in_o her_o airy_a vehicle_n she_o be_v capable_a of_o sense_n pleasure_n and_o pain_n 7._o that_o the_o main_a power_n of_o the_o soul_n over_o her_o aereal_a vehicle_n be_v the_o direction_n of_o motion_n in_o the_o particle_n thereof_o 8._o that_o she_o may_v also_o add_v or_o diminish_v motion_n in_o her_o aethereal_a 9_o how_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o vehicle_n confer_v to_o the_o quickness_n of_o sense_n and_o knowledge_n 10._o of_o the_o soul_n power_n of_o change_v the_o temper_n of_o her_o aereal_a vehicle_n 11._o as_o also_o the_o shape_n thereof_o 12._o the_o plainness_n of_o the_o last_o axiom_n 1._o we_o have_v i_o hope_v with_o undeniable_a evidence_n demonstrate_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n 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another_o substance_n so_o as_o to_o reduce_v it_o to_o nothing_o for_o no_o part_n of_o matter_n act_v the_o most_o furious_o upon_o another_o part_n thereof_o do_v effect_v that_o it_o can_v only_o attenuate_v dissipate_v and_o disperse_v the_o part_n and_o make_v they_o invisible_a but_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v indissipable_a and_o indiscerpible_a and_o therefore_o remain_v entire_a whatever_o become_v of_o the_o body_n or_o vehicle_n 8._o the_o second_o opinion_n be_v that_o after_o long_a and_o tedious_a torture_n in_o these_o flame_n the_o soul_n by_o a_o special_a act_n of_o omnipotency_n be_v annihilate_v but_o i_o think_v this_o be_v to_o put_v providence_n too_o much_o to_o her_o shift_n as_o if_o god_n be_v so_o bring_v to_o a_o plunge_n in_o his_o create_v a_o creature_n of_o itself_o immortal_a that_o he_o must_v be_v fain_o to_o uncreate_v it_o again_o that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o annihilate_v it_o beside_o that_o that_o divine_a nemesis_n that_o lie_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o philosophy_n never_o suppose_v any_o such_o forcible_a eruption_n of_o the_o deity_n into_o extraordinary_a effect_n but_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v bring_v about_o by_o a_o wise_a and_o infallible_a or_o inevitable_a train_n of_o secondary_a cause_n whether_o natural_a or_o free_a agent_n 9_o the_o three_o therefore_o â—â—_o to_o avoid_v these_o absurdity_n deny_v both_o absumption_n by_o fire_n and_o annihilation_n but_o conceive_v that_o tediousness_n and_o extremity_n of_o pain_n make_v the_o soul_n at_o last_o of_o herself_o shrink_v from_o all_o commerce_n with_o matter_n the_o immediate_a principle_n of_o union_n which_o we_o call_v vital_a congruity_n consist_v of_o a_o certain_a modification_n of_o the_o body_n or_o vehicle_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v spoil_v and_o lose_v and_o the_o soul_n thereby_o quite_o loosen_a from_o all_o sympathy_n with_o body_n or_o matter_n she_o become_v perfect_o dead_a and_o senseless_a to_o all_o thing_n by_o axiom_n 36._o and_o as_o they_o say_v will_v so_o remain_v for_o ever_o but_o this_o seem_v not_o so_o rational_a for_o as_o aristotle_n somewhere_o have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherefore_o so_o many_o entire_a immaterial_a substance_n will_v be_v continue_v in_o be_v to_o all_o eternity_n to_o no_o end_n nor_o purpose_n notwithstanding_o they_o may_v be_v make_v use_n of_o and_o actuate_v matter_n again_o as_o well_o as_o ever_o 10._o a_o four_o sort_n therefore_o of_o speculator_n there_o be_v who_o conceive_v that_o after_o this_o solution_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o spirit_n of_o wicked_a man_n and_o daemon_n from_o their_o vehicles_n that_o their_o pain_n be_v continue_v to_o they_o even_o in_o that_o separate_a state_n they_o fall_v into_o a_o unquiet_a sleep_n full_a of_o furious_a torment_a dream_n that_o act_n as_o fierce_o upon_o their_o spirit_n as_o the_o external_a fire_n do_v upon_o their_o body_n but_o other_o except_o against_o this_o opinion_n as_o a_o very_a uncertain_a conjecture_n it_o suppose_v that_o which_o to_o they_o seem_v not_o so_o sound_a viz._n that_o the_o soul_n can_v act_v when_o it_o have_v lose_v all_o vital_a union_n with_o the_o matter_n which_o seem_v repugnant_a with_o that_o so_o intimate_v and_o essential_a aptitude_n it_o have_v to_o be_v unite_v therewith_o and_o the_o dream_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n be_v not_o transact_v without_o the_o help_n of_o the_o animal_n spirit_n in_o the_o brain_n they_o usual_o symbolise_v with_o their_o temper_n whence_o they_o conclude_v that_o there_o be_v no_o certain_a ground_n to_o establish_v this_o opinion_n upon_o 11._o the_o last_o therefore_o to_o make_v all_o sure_a that_o there_o may_v be_v no_o inconvenience_n in_o admit_v that_o the_o soul_n or_o spirit_n as_o well_o of_o evil_a daemon_n as_o wicked_a man_n disjoin_v from_o their_o vehicles_n by_o the_o force_n of_o that_o fatal_a conflagration_n may_v subsist_v have_v excogitated_a a_o odd_a and_o unexpected_a hypothesis_n that_o when_o this_o fire_n of_o the_o world_n have_v do_v due_a execution_n upon_o that_o unfortunate_a crew_n and_o tedious_a and_o direful_a torture_n have_v we_o ary_z their_o afficted_a ghost_n into_o a_o utter_a recess_n from_o all_o matter_n and_o thereby_o into_o a_o profound_a sleep_n or_o death_n that_o after_o a_o long_a series_n of_o year_n when_o not_o only_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o fire_n be_v utter_o slake_v but_o that_o vast_a atmosphere_n of_o smoke_n and_o vapour_n which_o be_v send_v up_o during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o earth_n conflagration_n have_v return_v back_o in_o copious_a shower_n of_o rain_n which_o will_v again_o make_v sea_n and_o river_n will_v bind_v and_o consolidate_v the_o ground_n and_o fall_v exceed_v plentiful_o all_o over_o make_v the_o soil_n pleasant_a and_o fruitful_a and_o the_o air_n cool_v and_o wholesome_a that_o nature_n recover_v thus_o to_o her_o advantage_n and_o become_v youthful_a again_o 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fall_v into_o their_o long_a sleep_n 12._o but_o the_o whole_a hypothesis_n seem_v to_o be_v frame_v out_o of_o that_o dream_n of_o the_o stoic_n concern_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o world_n after_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thereof_o as_o if_o that_o of_o seneca_n belong_v to_o this_o case_n epist._n 36._o mors_fw-la quam_fw-la pertimescimus_fw-la ac_fw-la recusamus_fw-la intermittit_fw-la vitam_fw-la non_fw-la eripit_fw-la veniet_fw-la iterum_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o lucem_fw-la reponet_fw-la dies_fw-la quem_fw-la multi_fw-la recusarent_fw-la nisi_fw-la oblitos_fw-la reduceret_fw-la but_o how_o coarse_o the_o stoic_n philosophize_v when_o they_o be_v once_o turn_v out_o of_o their_o rode-way_n of_o moral_a sentence_n any_o one_o but_o moderate_o skill_v in_o nature_n and_o metaphysic_n may_v easy_o discern_v for_o what_o error_n can_v be_v more_o gross_a than_o those_o that_o they_o entertain_v of_o god_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o the_o star_n they_o make_v the_o two_o former_a corporeal_a substance_n and_o feed_v the_o latter_a with_o the_o vapour_n of_o the_o earth_n affirm_v that_o the_o sun_n sup_v up_o the_o water_n of_o the_o great_a ocean_n to_o quench_v his_o thirst_n but_o that_o the_o moon_n drink_v off_o the_o lesser_a river_n and_o brook_n which_o be_v as_o true_a as_o that_o the_o ass_n drink_v up_o the_o moon_n such_o conceit_n be_v more_o fit_a for_o anacreon_n in_o a_o drunken_a fit_n to_o stumble_v upon_o who_o to_o invite_v his_o companion_n to_o tipple_v compose_v that_o catch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o for_o to_o be_v either_o find_v out_o or_o own_v by_o a_o serious_a and_o sober_a philosopher_n and_o yet_o seneca_n mighty_o triumph_v in_o this_o notion_n of_o fodder_a the_o star_n with_o the_o thick_a fog_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o declare_v his_o opinion_n with_o no_o mean_a
the_o mystery_n of_o providence_n who_o fetch_n be_v so_o large_a and_o circuit_n so_o immense_a that_o they_o may_v very_o well_o seem_v utter_o incomprehensible_a to_o the_o incredulous_a and_o idiot_n who_o be_v exceed_o prone_a to_o think_v that_o all_o thing_n will_v ever_o be_v as_o they_o be_v and_o desire_v they_o shall_v be_v so_o though_o it_o be_v as_o rude_a and_o irrational_a as_o if_o one_o that_o come_v into_o a_o bad_a and_o be_v take_v much_o with_o the_o first_o dance_n he_o see_v will_v have_v none_o dance_v but_o that_o or_o have_v they_o move_v no_o further_o one_o from_o another_o than_o they_o do_v when_o he_o first_o come_v into_o the_o room_n whenas_o they_o be_v to_o trace_v near_a one_o another_o or_o further_o off_o according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o music_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o dance_n they_o be_v in_o and_o the_o whole_a matter_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o all_o the_o part_n thereof_o be_v ever_o upon_o motion_n and_o in_o such_o a_o dance_n as_o who_o trace_n backward_o and_o forward_o take_v a_o vast_a compass_n and_o what_o seem_v to_o have_v make_v the_o long_a stand_n must_v again_o move_v according_a to_o the_o modulation_n and_o accent_n of_o that_o music_n that_o be_v indeed_o out_o of_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o acute_a ear_n but_o yet_o perceptible_a by_o the_o pure_a mind_n and_o the_o sharp_a wit_n the_o truth_n whereof_o none_o will_v dare_v to_o oppose_v if_o the_o breath_n of_o the_o gainsayer_n can_v but_o tell_v its_o own_o story_n and_o declare_v through_o how_o many_o star_n and_o vortices_fw-la it_o have_v be_v strain_v before_o the_o particle_n thereof_o meet_v to_o be_v abuse_v to_o the_o frame_n of_o so_o rash_a a_o contradiction_n 8._o we_o have_v now_o finish_v our_o whole_a discourse_n the_o summary_n result_v whereof_o be_v this_o that_o there_o be_v a_o incorporeal_a substance_n and_o that_o in_o man_n which_o we_o call_v his_o soul_n that_o this_o soul_n of_o he_o subsist_v and_o act_n after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o body_n and_o that_o usual_o first_fw-mi in_o a_o aerial_a vehicle_n as_o other_o daemon_n do_v wherein_o she_o be_v not_o quite_o exempt_a from_o fate_n but_o be_v then_o perfect_a and_o secure_a when_o she_o have_v obtain_v her_o aethereal_a one_o she_o be_v then_o out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o that_o evil_a principle_n who_o dominion_n be_v commensurable_a with_o misery_n and_o death_n which_o power_n the_o persian_a magi_n term_v arimanius_n and_o resemble_v he_o to_o darkness_n as_o the_o other_o good_a principle_n which_o they_o call_v oromazes_n to_o light_n style_v one_o by_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o other_o by_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 9_o of_o which_o there_o can_v be_v no_o other_o meaning_n that_o will_v prove_v allowable_a but_o a_o adumbration_n of_o those_o two_o grand_a part_n of_o providence_n the_o one_o work_v in_o the_o demoniacal_a the_o other_o in_o the_o divine_a order_n betwixt_o which_o nature_n there_o be_v perpetual_o more_o or_o less_o strife_n and_o contest_v both_o inward_o and_o outward_o but_o if_o theopompus_n his_o prophecy_n be_v true_a in_o plutarch_n who_o be_v initiate_v into_o these_o arcana_fw-la the_o power_n of_o the_o benign_a principle_n will_v get_v the_o upper_a hand_n at_o last_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n at_o length_n hades_n or_o arimanius_n will_v be_v leave_v in_o the_o lurch_n who_o so_o strong_o hold_v we_o captive_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o man_n shall_v then_o be_v perfect_o happy_a need_v no_o food_n nor_o cast_v any_o shadow_n for_o what_o shadow_n can_v that_o body_n cast_v that_o be_v a_o pure_a and_o transparent_a light_n such_o as_o the_o aethereal_a vehicle_n be_v and_o therefore_o that_o oracle_n be_v then_o fulfil_v when_o the_o soul_n have_v ascend_v into_o that_o condition_n we_o have_v already_o describe_v in_o which_o alone_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o fate_n and_o mortality_n 10._o this_o be_v the_o true_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o persian_a language_n with_o who_o empty_a title_n emperor_n and_o great_a potentate_n of_o the_o earth_n have_v be_v ambitious_a to_o adorn_v their_o memory_n after_o death_n but_o be_v so_o high_a a_o privilege_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n that_o mere_a political_a virtue_n as_o plotinus_n call_v they_o can_v never_o advance_v she_o to_o that_o pitch_n of_o happiness_n either_o philosophy_n or_o something_o more_o sacred_a than_o philosophy_n must_v be_v her_o guide_n to_o so_o transcendent_a a_o condition_n and_o not_o be_v curious_a to_o dispute_v whether_o the_o pythagorean_n ever_o arrive_v to_o it_o by_o live_v according_a to_o the_o precept_n of_o their_o master_n i_o shall_v notwithstanding_o with_o confidence_n aver_v that_o what_o they_o aim_v at_o be_v the_o sublimest_n felicity_n our_o nature_n be_v capable_a of_o and_o be_v the_o utmost_a discovery_n this_o treatise_n can_v pretend_v to_o i_o shall_v conclude_v all_o with_o a_o distich_n of_o they_o which_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o take_v notice_n of_o upon_o like_a occasion_n it_o comprehend_v the_o further_a scope_n not_o only_o of_o their_o philosophy_n but_o of_o this_o present_a discourse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o this_o sense_n who_o after_o death_n once_o reach_v the_o aetherial_a plain_n be_v straight_o make_v god_n and_o never_o die_v again_o the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n contain_v in_o this_o treatise_n book_n i._n chap._n 1._o 1._o the_o usefulness_n of_o the_o present_a speculation_n for_o the_o understanding_n of_o providence_n and_o the_o management_n of_o our_o life_n for_o our_o great_a happiness_n 2._o for_o the_o moderate_a bear_v the_o death_n and_o disaster_n of_o our_o friend_n 3._o for_o the_o beget_n true_a magnanimity_n in_o we_o 4._o and_o peace_n and_o tranquillity_n of_o mind_n 5._o that_o so_o weighty_a a_o theory_n be_v not_o to_o be_v handle_v perfunctory_o pag._n 1_o chap._n 2._o 1._o that_o the_o soul_n immortality_n be_v demonstrable_a by_o the_o author_n method_n to_o all_o but_o mere_a sceptic_n 2._o a_o illustration_n of_o his_o first_o axiom_n 3._o a_o confirmation_n and_o example_n of_o the_o second_o 4._o a_o explication_n of_o the_o three_o 5._o a_o explication_n and_o proof_n of_o the_o four_o 6._o a_o proof_n of_o the_o five_o 7._o of_o the_o six_o 8._o a_o example_n of_o the_o seven_o 9_o a_o confirmation_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o eight_o 10._o a_o demonstration_n and_o example_n of_o the_o nine_o 11._o penetrability_n the_o immediate_a property_n of_o incorporeal_a substance_n 12._o as_o also_o indiscerpibility_n 13._o a_o proof_n and_o illustration_n of_o the_o ten_o axiom_n 4_o chap._n 3._o 1._o the_o general_a notion_n of_o body_n and_o spirit_n 2._o that_o the_o notion_n of_o spirit_n be_v altogether_o as_o intelligible_a as_o that_o of_o body_n 3._o whether_o there_o be_v any_o substance_n of_o a_o mix_a nature_n betwixt_o body_n and_o spirit_n 16_o chap._n 4._o 1._o that_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o immaterial_a being_n have_v no_o inconsistency_n nor_o incongruity_n in_o they_o 2._o that_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n be_v as_o intelligible_a as_o the_o nature_n of_o any_o be_v whatsoever_o 3._o the_o true_a notion_n of_o his_o ubiquity_n and_o how_o intelligible_a it_o be_v 4._o of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n 5._o of_o his_o power_n of_o creation_n 20_o chap._n 5._o 1._o the_o definition_n belong_v to_o all_o finite_a and_o create_v spirit_n 2._o of_o indiscerpibility_n a_o symbolical_a representation_n thereof_o 3._o a_o objection_n answer_v against_o that_o representation_n 24_o chap._n 6._o 1._o axiom_n that_o tend_v to_o the_o demonstrate_v how_o the_o centre_n or_o first_o point_n of_o the_o primary_n substance_n of_o a_o spirit_n may_v be_v indiscerpible_a 2._o several_a other_o that_o demonstrate_v how_o the_o secondary_a substance_n of_o a_o spirit_n may_v be_v indiscerpible_a 3._o a_o application_n of_o these_o principle_n 4._o of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o secondary_a substance_n consider_v transvers_o 5._o that_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n have_v less_o difficulty_n then_o that_o of_o matter_n 6._o a_o answer_n to_o a_o objection_n from_o the_o rational_a faculty_n 7._o answer_n to_o objection_n suggest_v from_o fancy_n 8._o a_o more_o compendious_a satisfaction_n concern_v the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n 29_o chap._n 7._o 1._o of_o the_o self-motion_n of_o a_o spirit_n 2._o of_o self-penetration_a 3._o of_o self-contraction_n and_o dilatation_n 4._o the_o power_n of_o penetrate_v of_o matter_n 5._o the_o power_n of_o move_v 6._o and_o of_o alter_v the_o matter_n 42_o chap._n 8._o 1._o four_o main_a species_n of_o spirit_n 2._o how_o they_o be_v to_o be_v define_v 3._o
be_v nothing_o but_o mere_a matter_n that_o the_o whole_a body_n can_v be_v the_o common_a sensorium_n 3._o nor_o the_o orifice_n of_o the_o stomach_n 4._o nor_o the_o heart_n 5._o nor_o the_o brain_n 6._o nor_o the_o membrane_n 7._o nor_o the_o septum_fw-la lucidum_fw-la 8._o nor_o regius_n his_o small_a and_o perfect_o solid_a particle_n 9_o the_o probability_n of_o the_o conarion_n be_v the_o common_a seat_n of_o sense_n 154_o chap._n 5._o 1._o how_o perception_n of_o external_a object_n spontaneous_a motion_n memory_n and_o imagination_n be_v pretend_v to_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o conarion_n spirit_n and_o muscle_n without_o a_o soul_n 2._o that_o the_o conarion_n devoid_a of_o a_o soul_n can_v be_v the_o common_a percipient_a demonstrate_v out_o of_o des-cartes_n himself_o 3._o that_o the_o conarion_n with_o the_o spirit_n and_o organization_n of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n be_v not_o a_o sufficient_a principle_n of_o spontaneous_a motion_n without_o a_o soul_n 4._o a_o description_n of_o the_o use_n of_o the_o valvulae_fw-la in_o the_o nerve_n of_o the_o muscle_n for_o spontaneous_a motion_n 5._o the_o insufficiency_n of_o this_o contrivance_n for_o that_o purpose_n 6._o a_o further_a demonstration_n of_o the_o insufficiency_n thereof_o from_o whence_o be_v clear_o evince_v that_o brute_n have_v soul_n 7._o that_o memory_n can_v be_v salve_v the_o way_n above_o describe_v 8._o nor_o imagination_n 9_o a_o distribution_n out_o of_o des-cartes_n of_o the_o function_n in_o we_o some_o appertain_v to_o the_o body_n and_o other_o to_o the_o soul_n 10._o the_o author_n observation_n thereupon_o 161_o chap._n 6._o 1._o that_o no_o part_n of_o the_o spinal_a marrow_n can_v be_v the_o common_a sensorium_n without_o a_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n 2._o that_o the_o animal_n spirit_n be_v more_o likely_a to_o be_v that_o common_a percipient_a 3._o but_o yet_o it_o be_v demonstrable_a they_o be_v not_o 4._o as_o not_o be_v so_o much_o as_o capable_a of_o sensation_n 5._o nor_o of_o direct_v motion_n into_o the_o muscle_n 6._o much_o less_o of_o imagination_n and_o rational_a invention_n 7._o nor_o of_o memory_n 8._o a_o answer_n to_o a_o evasion_n 9_o the_o author_n reason_n why_o he_o have_v confute_v so_o particular_o all_o the_o supposition_n of_o the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n when_o few_o of_o they_o have_v be_v assert_v with_o the_o exclusion_n of_o a_o soul_n 173_o chap._n 7._o 1._o his_o enquiry_n after_o the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n upon_o supposition_n there_o be_v a_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n 2._o that_o there_o be_v some_o particular_a part_n in_o the_o body_n that_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n 3._o a_o general_a division_n of_o their_o opinion_n concern_v the_o place_n of_o common_a sense_n 4._o that_o of_o those_o that_o place_n it_o out_o of_o the_o head_n there_o be_v two_o sort_n 5._o the_o invalidity_n of_o helmont_n be_v reason_n whereby_o he_o will_v prove_v the_o orifice_n of_o the_o stomach_n to_o be_v the_o principal_a seat_n of_o the_o soul_n 6._o a_o answer_n to_o helmont_n be_v story_n for_o that_o purpose_n 7._o a_o further_a confutation_n out_o of_o his_o own_o concession_n 8._o mr._n hobbs_n his_o opinion_n confute_v that_o make_v the_o heart_n the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n 9_o a_o further_a confutation_n thereof_o from_o experience_n 10._o that_o the_o common_a sense_n be_v seat_v somewhere_o in_o the_o head_n 11._o a_o caution_n for_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o particular_a place_n thereof_o 12._o that_o the_o whole_a brain_n be_v not_o it_o 13._o nor_o regius_n his_o small_a solid_a particle_n 14._o nor_o any_o external_a membrane_n of_o the_o brain_n nor_o the_o septum_fw-la lucidum_fw-la 15._o the_o three_o most_o likely_a place_n 16._o objection_n against_o cartesius_n his_o opinion_n concern_v the_o conarion_n answer_v 17._o that_o the_o conarion_n be_v not_o the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n 18._o nor_o that_o part_n of_o the_o spinal_a marrow_n where_o the_o nerve_n be_v conceive_v to_o concur_v but_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o four_o ventricle_n of_o the_o brain_n 182_o chap._n 8._o 1._o the_o first_o reason_n of_o his_o opinion_n the_o convenient_a situation_n of_o these_o spirit_n 2._o the_o second_o that_o the_o spirit_n be_v the_o immediate_a instrument_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o all_o her_o function_n 3._o the_o proof_n of_o the_o second_o reason_n from_o the_o general_a authority_n of_o philosopher_n and_o particular_o of_o hypocrates_n 4._o from_o our_o sympathize_v with_o the_o change_n of_o the_o air_n 5._o from_o the_o celerity_n of_o motion_n and_o cogitation_n 6._o from_o what_o be_v observe_v general_o in_o the_o generation_n of_o thing_n 7._o from_o regius_n his_o experiment_n of_o a_o snail_n in_o a_o glass_n 8._o from_o the_o run_a round_n of_o image_n in_o a_o vertigo_n 9_o from_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n there_o 10._o from_o the_o dependency_n of_o the_o action_n of_o the_o soul_n upon_o the_o body_n whether_o in_o meditation_n or_o corporeal_a motion_n 11._o from_o the_o recovery_n of_o motion_n and_o sense_n into_o a_o stupefy_v part_n 12._o and_o last_o from_o what_o be_v observe_v in_o swoon_a fit_n of_o paleness_n and_o sharpness_n of_o visage_n etc._n etc._n 13._o the_o inference_n from_o all_o this_o that_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o four_o ventricle_n be_v the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n and_o that_o the_o main_a use_n of_o the_o brain_n and_o nerve_n be_v to_o preserve_v the_o spirit_n 198_o chap._n 9_o 1._o several_a objection_n against_o animal_n spirit_n 2._o a_o answer_n to_o the_o first_o objection_n touch_v the_o porosity_n of_o the_o nerve_n 3._o to_o the_o second_o and_o three_o from_o the_o extravasation_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o pituitous_a excrement_n find_v in_o the_o brain_n 4._o to_o the_o four_o fetch_v from_o the_o incredible_a swiftness_n of_o motion_n in_o the_o spirit_n 5._o to_o the_o last_o from_o ligation_n 6._o undeniable_a demonstration_n that_o there_o be_v animal_n spirit_n in_o the_o ventricles_n of_o the_o brain_n 209_o chap._n 10._o 1._o that_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o confine_v to_o the_o common_a sensorium_n 2._o the_o first_o argument_n from_o the_o plastic_a power_n of_o the_o soul_n 3._o which_o be_v confirm_v from_o the_o gradual_a dignity_n of_o the_o soul_n faculty_n of_o which_o this_o plastic_a be_v the_o low_a 4._o external_n sensation_n the_o next_o 5._o after_o that_o imagination_n and_o then_o reason_n 6._o the_o second_o argument_n from_o passion_n and_o sympathy_n in_o animal_n 7._o a_o illustration_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o natural_a magic_n 8._o the_o three_o argument_n from_o the_o perception_n of_o pain_n in_o the_o exterior_a part_n of_o the_o body_n 9_o the_o four_o and_o last_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o sight_n 215_o chap._n 11._o 1._o that_o neither_o the_o soul_n without_o the_o spirit_n nor_o the_o spirit_n without_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o organ_n be_v sufficient_a cause_n of_o sensation_n 2._o a_o brief_a declaration_n how_o sensation_n be_v make_v 3._o how_o imagination_n 4._o of_o reason_n and_o memory_n and_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o mark_n in_o the_o brain_n 5._o that_o the_o spirit_n be_v the_o immediate_a instrument_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o memory_n also_o and_o how_o memory_n arise_v 6._o as_o also_o forgetfulness_n 7._o how_o spontaneous_a motion_n be_v perform_v 8._o how_o we_o walk_v sing_v and_o play_v though_o think_v of_o something_o else_o 9_o that_o though_o the_o spirit_n be_v not_o alike_o fine_a every_o where_o yet_o the_o sensiferous_a impression_n will_v pass_v to_o the_o common_a sensorium_n 10._o that_o there_o be_v a_o heterogeneity_n in_o the_o very_a soul_n herself_o and_o what_o it_o be_v in_o she_o we_o call_v the_o root_n the_o centre_n and_o the_o eye_n and_o what_o the_o ray_n and_o branch_n 11._o that_o the_o sober_a and_o allowable_a distribution_n of_o she_o into_o part_n be_v into_o perceptive_a and_o plastic_a 226_o chap._n 12._o 1._o a_o answer_n to_o a_o objection_n that_o our_o argument_n will_v as_o well_o prove_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o brute_n as_o of_o men._n 2._o another_o objection_n infer_v the_o praeexistence_n of_o brutus_n soul_n and_o consequent_o of_o we_o 3._o the_o first_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n 4._o the_o second_o answer_n consist_v of_o four_o part_n 5._o first_o that_o the_o hypothesis_n of_o praeexistence_n be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o reason_n then_o any_o other_o hypothesis_n 6._o and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o that_o it_o be_v very_o solid_a in_o itself_o 7._o that_o the_o wisdom_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n argue_v the_o truth_n thereof_o 8._o as_o also_o the_o face_n of_o providence_n in_o the_o world_n 9_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o second_o answer_n that_o the_o praeexistence_n of_o the_o soul_n have_v the_o suffrage_n
mechanical_a congruity_n and_o not_o pitch_v upon_o any_o thing_n that_o by_o the_o advantage_n of_o this_o supposal_n that_o there_o be_v a_o soul_n in_o man_n may_v go_v for_o possible_a but_o to_o choose_v what_o be_v most_o handsome_a and_o convenient_a 12._o that_o the_o whole_a brain_n be_v not_o the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n appear_v from_o the_o wound_n and_o cut_v it_o may_v receive_v without_o the_o destruction_n of_o that_o faculty_n for_o they_o will_v not_o take_v away_o sense_n and_o motion_n unless_o they_o pierce_v so_o deep_a as_o to_o reach_v the_o ventricles_n of_o the_o brain_n as_o galen_n have_v observe_v 13._o nor_o be_v it_o in_o regius_n his_o small_a solid_a particle_n for_o beside_o that_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a the_o centre_n of_o perception_n be_v so_o minute_n it_o be_v very_o incongruous_a to_o place_v it_o in_o a_o body_n so_o perfect_o solid_a more_o hard_a than_o marble_n or_o iron_n but_o this_o invention_n be_v but_o a_o late_a freak_n of_o his_o petulant_a fancy_n that_o have_v a_o ambition_n to_o make_v a_o blunder_n and_o confusion_n of_o all_o des-cartes_n his_o metaphysical_a speculation_n and_o therefore_o find_v out_o this_o rare_a quirk_n of_o wit_n to_o show_v how_o though_o the_o soul_n be_v nothing_o but_o matter_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v incorruptible_a and_o immortal_a it_o be_v not_o worth_a the_o while_n to_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o here_o in_o this_o hypothesis_n which_o we_o have_v demonstrate_v to_o be_v true_a viz._n that_o there_o be_v a_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n who_o nature_n be_v immaterial_a or_o incorporeal_a 14._o nor_o be_v the_o membrane_n in_o the_o head_n the_o common_a sensorium_n neither_o those_o that_o envelop_v the_o brain_n for_o they_o will_v be_v able_a then_o to_o see_v the_o light_n through_o the_o hole_n the_o trepan_n make_v though_o the_o party_n trepane_v winked-with_a his_o eye_n to_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o conveyance_n of_o the_o nerve_n the_o organ_n of_o external_a sense_n that_o carry_v beyond_o these_o exterior_a membrane_n and_o therefore_o point_n to_o a_o place_n more_o inward_a that_o must_v be_v the_o recipient_a of_o all_o their_o impress_n nor_o any_o internal_a membrane_n as_o that_o which_o bid_v fair_a for_o it_o the_o septum_fw-la lucidum_fw-la as_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o upper_a ventricle_n but_o yet_o if_o the_o level_n of_o motion_n through_o the_o external_a sense_n be_v accurate_o consider_v some_o will_v shoot_v under_o and_o some_o in_o a_o distant_a parallel_n so_o that_o this_o membrane_n will_v not_o be_v strike_v with_o all_o the_o object_n of_o our_o sense_n beside_o that_o it_o seem_v odd_a and_o ridiculous_a that_o the_o centre_n of_o perception_n shall_v be_v either_o drive_v out_o so_o into_o plate_n or_o spread_v into_o hollow_a convexity_n as_o it_o must_v be_v suppose_v if_o we_o make_v either_o the_o external_a or_o internal_a membrane_n of_o the_o brain_n the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n 15._o the_o most_o likely_a place_n be_v some_o one_o of_o those_o that_o the_o three_o last_o opinion_n point_v at_o viz._n either_o the_o conarion_n or_o the_o concourse_n of_o the_o nerve_n in_o the_o four_o ventricle_n or_o the_o animal_n spirit_n there_o 16._o the_o first_o be_v des-cartes_n opinion_n and_o not_o rash_o to_o be_v refuse_v neither_o do_v i_o find_v any_o argument_n hitherto_o that_o be_v valid_a enough_o to_o deface_v it_o those_o that_o be_v recite_v out_o of_o bartholine_n and_o subscribe_v to_o by_o the_o learned_a author_n of_o adenographia_fw-la in_o my_o apprehension_n have_v not_o the_o force_n to_o ruin_v it_o we_o will_v first_o repeat_v they_o and_o then_o examine_v they_o the_o first_o be_v that_o this_o glandula_n be_v too_o little_a to_o be_v able_a to_o represent_v the_o image_n of_o all_o that_o the_o soul_n have_v represent_v to_o she_o the_o second_o that_o the_o external_a nerve_n do_v not_o reach_v to_o the_o glandula_n and_o that_o therefore_o it_o can_v receive_v the_o impress_n of_o sensible_a object_n the_o three_o that_o it_o be_v place_v in_o a_o place_n of_o excrement_n which_o will_v soil_n the_o species_n of_o thing_n the_o four_o that_o the_o species_n of_o thing_n be_v perceive_v there_o where_o they_o be_v carry_v by_o the_o nerve_n but_o the_o nerve_n meet_v about_o the_o beginning_n or_o head_n of_o the_o spinall_n marrow_n a_o more_o noble_a and_o ample_a place_n then_o the_o glandula_n pinealis_fw-la to_o the_o first_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o amplitude_n of_o that_o place_n where_o the_o nerve_n meet_v in_o the_o spinall_n marrow_n be_v not_o large_a enough_o to_o receive_v the_o distinct_a impress_n of_o all_o the_o object_n the_o mind_n retain_v in_o memory_n beside_o that_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o brain_n may_v serve_v for_o that_o purpose_n as_o much_o as_o any_o of_o it_o can_v for_o it_o be_v the_o soul_n itself_o alone_o that_o be_v capable_a of_o retain_v so_o distinct_a and_o perfect_a representation_n though_o it_o may_v make_v a_o occasional_a use_n of_o some_o private_a mark_n it_o impress_n in_o the_o brain_n which_o haply_o may_v be_v nothing_o at_o all_o like_a the_o thing_n it_o will_v remember_v nor_o of_o any_o considerable_a magnitude_n nor_o proportion_n to_o they_o such_o as_o we_o observe_v in_o the_o word_n arx_n and_o atomus_fw-la where_o there_o be_v no_o correspondency_n of_o either_o likeness_n or_o bigness_n betwixt_o the_o word_n and_o the_o thing_n represent_v by_o they_o to_o the_o second_o that_o though_o there_o be_v no_o continuation_n of_o nerve_n to_o the_o conarion_n yet_o there_o be_v of_o spirit_n which_o be_v as_o able_a to_o convey_v the_o impress_n of_o motion_n from_o external_a sense_n to_o the_o conarion_n as_o the_o air_n and_o aether_n the_o impress_n of_o the_o star_n unto_o the_o eye_n to_o the_o three_o that_o the_o glandula_n be_v convenient_o enough_o place_v so_o long_o as_o the_o body_n be_v sound_a for_o no_o excrementitious_a humour_n will_v then_o overflow_v it_o or_o besmear_v it_o but_o in_o such_o distemper_n wherein_o they_o do_v apoplexy_n catalepsy_n or_o such_o like_a disease_n will_v arise_v which_o we_o see_v do_v fall_v out_o let_v the_o seat_n of_o common_a sense_n be_v where_o it_o will_n to_o the_o last_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o nerve_n when_o they_o be_v once_o get_v any_o thing_n far_o into_o the_o brain_n be_v devoid_a of_o tunicle_n and_o be_v so_o soft_a and_o spungy_a that_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n can_v play_v through_o they_o and_o that_o therefore_o they_o may_v ray_v through_o the_o side_n and_o so_o continue_v their_o motion_n to_o the_o conarion_n wherever_o their_o extremity_n may_v seem_v to_o tend_v 17._o but_o though_o these_o argument_n do_v not_o sufficient_o confute_v the_o opinion_n yet_o i_o be_o not_o so_o wed_v to_o it_o but_o i_o can_v think_v something_o more_o unexceptionable_a may_v be_v find_v out_o especial_o it_o be_v so_o much_o to_o be_v suspect_v that_o 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