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their_o constant_a innumerable_a great_a and_o wonderful_a change_n be_v still_o the_o same_o pag._n 132._o moreover_o he_o have_v grant_v that_o according_a to_o the_o supposition_n of_o philosopher_n though_o the_o body_n be_v change_v once_o in_o seven_o year_n which_o obiter_fw-la i_o can_v never_o believe_v and_o be_o sure_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v prove_v yet_o he_o grant_v it_o be_v still_o the_o same_o that_o a_o man_n that_o have_v keep_v his_o bed_n for_o above_o seven_o year_n upon_o his_o recovery_n rise_v the_o same_o man_n though_o he_o have_v not_o now_o one_o particle_n the_o same_o that_o he_o have_v when_o he_o take_v his_o bed_n and_o he_o give_v we_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o because_o the_o particle_n of_o the_o body_n be_v gradual_o change_v in_o a_o continual_a union_n with_o the_o soul_n the_o body_n he_o say_v in_o such_o a_o case_n be_v the_o same_o and_o may_v proper_o be_v say_v to_o raise_v again_o and_o yet_o the_o learned_a author_n in_o his_o 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at_o the_o resurrection_n because_o much_o of_o it_o be_v accidental_a not_o essential_a to_o the_o body_n it_o have_v be_v be_v and_o may_v be_v without_o it_o our_o doctrine_n then_o must_v stand_v in_o spite_n of_o this_o shock_n and_o assault_n the_o justice_n of_o god_n be_v secure_v and_o the_o saint_n in_o no_o manner_n of_o danger_n of_o mount_v from_o his_o grave_n a_o monster_n nor_o the_o sinner_n neither_o in_o this_o though_o he_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v such_o in_o the_o worst_a of_o sense_n last_o if_o all_o that_o have_v be_v hitherto_o say_v not_o put_v the_o objection_n to_o silence_n i_o will_v presume_v to_o borrow_v the_o mighty_a sword_n of_o our_o opponent_n which_o alone_o can_v do_v the_o work_n and_o as_o effectual_o as_o that_o of_o goliath_n cut_v off_o this_o monstrous_a head_n pag._n 187._o his_o word_n be_v these_o it_o be_v far_a to_o be_v consider_v that_o though_o the_o same_o body_n that_o die_v be_v to_o rise_v again_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o 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resurrection_n it_o will_v be_v restore_v by_o foreign_a adventitious_a matter_n to_o its_o due_a and_o just_a proportion_n so_o in_o body_n that_o be_v full_a and_o flesby_n there_o be_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o substance_n that_o be_v not_o necessary_a which_o if_o it_o become_v the_o flesh_n of_o another_o man_n the_o body_n may_v be_v raise_v up_o without_o it_o and_o yet_o be_v physical_o whole_a and_o true_o the_o same_o in_o body_n that_o be_v fat_a and_o gross_a there_o be_v doubtless_o a_o great_a deal_n superfluous_a which_o will_v never_o be_v raise_v up_o though_o it_o be_v never_o make_v the_o ingredient_n of_o another_o man_n body_n chap._n x._o have_v consider_v the_o objection_n i_o be_o to_o wait_v on_o the_o learned_a author_n in_o what_o remain_v who_o be_v labour_v to_o find_v out_o a_o reason_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n as_o indeed_o he_o be_v oblige_v since_o he_o have_v take_v away_o the_o main_a pillar_n and_o lay_v that_o aside_o in_o order_n whereunto_o he_o tell_v we_o pag._n 211._o that_o the_o soul_n do_v not_o die_v with_o the_o body_n as_o some_o ancient_a heretic_n and_o arabian_n hold_v this_o be_v a_o opinion_n too_o ridiculous_a to_o be_v confute_v then_o pag._n 212._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o soul_n do_v not_o sleep_v until_o the_o day_n of_o the_o resurrection_n as_o the_o psychopannychist_n imagine_v all_o that_o be_v to_o be_v say_v here_o be_v that_o this_o be_v a_o notion_n so_o manifest_o false_a so_o contradictious_a to_o scripture_n and_o have_v be_v so_o full_o confute_v by_o many_o learned_a pen_n particular_o by_o the_o incomparable_a divine_a of_o geneva_n in_o a_o treatise_n profess_o write_v against_o it_o as_o that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o to_o be_v say_v here_o he_o come_v thence_o to_o consider_v the_o opinion_n of_o tertullian_n and_o they_o be_v
divide_v into_o three_o rank_n first_o he_o assert_n the_o sensibility_n of_o the_o separate_a 17._o separate_a omnes_fw-la ergo_fw-la animae_fw-la penes_fw-la inferos_fw-la inquis_fw-la velis_fw-la ac_fw-la nolis_fw-la &_o supplicia_fw-la jam_fw-la illic_fw-la &_o refrigeria_n curio_n enim_fw-la non_fw-la pute_fw-la animam_fw-la &_o puniri_fw-la &_o foveri_fw-la in_o inferis_fw-la interim_n sub_fw-la expectatione_n utriusque_fw-la judicii_fw-la novit_n anima_fw-la apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la &_o dolere_fw-la &_o fovere_fw-la sine_fw-la carne_fw-la de_fw-fr anim._n cap._n 58._o again_o simplicior_fw-la quisquis_fw-la fautor_n sententiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la putabit_fw-la carnem_fw-la etiam_fw-la idcirco_fw-la repraesentandam_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la quia_fw-la aliter_fw-la anima_fw-la non_fw-la capiat_fw-la passionem_fw-la tormenti_fw-la seu_fw-la refrigerii_fw-la utpote_fw-la incorporalis_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la vulgus_fw-la existimat_fw-la nos_fw-la autem_fw-la animam_fw-la corporalem_fw-la &_o hic_fw-la profitemur_fw-la &_o in_o svo_fw-la volumine_fw-la probamus_fw-la habentem_fw-la proprium_fw-la genus_fw-la substantiae_fw-la soliditatis_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la quid_fw-la &_o sontire_n &_o pati_fw-la possit_fw-la no_o &_o nunc_fw-la animas_fw-la torqueri_fw-la foverique_fw-la penes_fw-la inferos_fw-la licet_fw-la nudas_fw-la licet_fw-la adhuc_fw-la exules_fw-la carnis_fw-la probavit_fw-la lazari_n exemplum_fw-la de_fw-fr resurr_n c._n 17._o soul_n that_o it_o be_v of_o its_o self_n capable_a of_o reward_n and_o punishment_n be_v actual_o in_o some_o measure_n comfort_v or_o torment_v before_o the_o resurrection_n there_o be_v a_o multitude_n of_o other_o passage_n of_o the_o same_o father_n which_o testify_v the_o same_o alibi_fw-la same_o de_fw-fr anima_fw-la cap._n 7._o &_o 9_o 55_o 56_o 58._o &_o alibi_fw-la and_o no_o doubt_n but_o that_o this_o great_a father_n be_v orthodox_n here_o second_o notwithstanding_o in_o other_o place_n he_o seem_v to_o set_v up_o a_o quite_o opposite_a doctrine_n viz._n that_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o suffer_v without_o the_o body_n and_o this_o he_o make_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o resurrection_n 48._o resurrection_n apol._n cap._n 48._o certè_fw-la quia_fw-la ratio_fw-la restitutionis_fw-la destinatio_fw-la judicii_fw-la est_fw-la necessario_fw-la idem_fw-la ipse_fw-la qui_fw-la fuerit_fw-la exhibebitur_fw-la ut_fw-la boni_fw-la seu_fw-la contrarii_fw-la meriti_fw-la judicium_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la referat_fw-la ideoque_fw-la repraesentabuntur_fw-la &_o corpora_fw-la quia_fw-la neqne_fw-la pati_fw-la quicquam_fw-la potest_fw-la anima_fw-la sola_fw-la sine_fw-la materiâ_fw-la stabili_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la carne_fw-la c._n 48._o and_o elsewhere_o he_o assert_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o resurrection_n because_o the_o soul_n without_o the_o body_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o feel_v either_o pleasure_n or_o pain_n facultate_fw-la pain_n testim_fw-la anim._n c.ult._fw-la affirmamus_fw-la te_fw-la manere_fw-la post_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la dispunctionem_fw-la &_o expectare_fw-la diem_fw-la judicii_fw-la próque_fw-la meritis_fw-la aut_fw-la cruciatui_fw-la destinari_fw-la aut_fw-la refrigerio_fw-la utroque_fw-la sempiterno_fw-la quibus_fw-la sustinendis_fw-la necessario_fw-la tibi_fw-la substantiam_fw-la pristinam_fw-la ejudsdémque_fw-la hominis_fw-la materiam_fw-la &_o memoriam_fw-la reversuram_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la mali_fw-la ac_fw-la boni_fw-la sentire_fw-la possis_fw-la sine_fw-la carnis_fw-la passionalis_fw-la facultate_fw-la i_o shall_v reserve_v what_o i_o have_v to_o say_v to_o this_o to_o the_o last_o place_n and_o take_v leave_v to_o invert_v the_o order_n and_o consider_v the_o other_o opinion_n before_o it_o conceive_v it_o more_o suitable_a and_o methodical_a to_o the_o argument_n in_o hand_n and_o that_o be_v three_o he_o own_v that_o separate_a soul_n be_v actual_o possit_fw-la actual_o de_fw-fr resurr_n carn_v cap._n 17._o porrò_fw-la si_fw-la haec_fw-la cogitatus_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la voluntas_fw-la satis_fw-la essent_fw-la ad_fw-la plenitudinem_fw-la meritorum_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la requirentur_fw-la &_o facta_fw-la sufficeret_fw-la in_o totum_fw-la anima_fw-la ad_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la judicii_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la judicanda_fw-la in_fw-la quae_fw-la agenda_fw-la sola_fw-la suffecerat_fw-la quum_fw-la verò_fw-la etiam_fw-la facta_fw-la devincta_fw-la sint_fw-la meritis_fw-la facta_fw-la autem_fw-la per_fw-la carnem_fw-la administrantur_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la animam_fw-la sine_fw-la carne_fw-la foveri_fw-la sive_fw-la cruciari_fw-la pro_fw-la operibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la carnis_fw-la etsi_fw-la habet_fw-la corpus_fw-la etsi_fw-la habet_fw-la membra_fw-la quae_fw-la proinde_fw-la illi_fw-la non_fw-la sufficiant_fw-la ad_fw-la sentiendum_fw-la plenè_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la agendum_fw-la perfect_v denique_fw-la haec_fw-la erit_fw-la ratio_fw-la in_o ultimum_fw-la finem_fw-la destinati_fw-la judicii_fw-la ut_fw-la exhibitione_n carnis_fw-la omnis_fw-la divina_fw-la censura_fw-la perfici_fw-la possit_fw-la reward_v or_o punish_v before_o the_o resurrection_n and_o he_o say_v it_o be_v for_o those_o good_a or_o bad_a thing_n it_o do_v without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o body_n he_o far_o say_v that_o though_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n capable_a of_o reward_n or_o punishment_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o so_o full_o capable_a as_o when_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n it_o be_v capable_a of_o great_a pleasure_n or_o torment_v when_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n than_o in_o a_o state_n of_o separation_n and_o therefore_o for_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o soul_n do_v in_o concurrence_n with_o the_o body_n must_v be_v punish_v and_o reward_v in_o the_o body_n that_o the_o pleasure_n or_o torment_n may_v be_v perfect_a the_o learned_a author_n animadversion_n on_o this_o be_v p._n 217._o but_o this_o be_v very_o precarious_a and_o if_o once_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n without_o a_o organise_v body_n capable_a of_o reward_n and_o punishment_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o it_o be_v of_o itself_o capable_a of_o be_v full_o reward_v and_o punish_v i_o answer_v not_o to_o take_v any_o notice_n of_o the_o tertullianicum_fw-la as_o his_o learned_a commentator_n call_v it_o of_o the_o gross_a naevus_fw-la here_o etsi_fw-la habet_fw-la corpus_fw-la etsi_fw-la habet_fw-la membra_fw-la which_o the_o father_n apply_v to_o the_o soul_n in_o a_o separate_a state_n and_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n justifiable_a nor_o to_o undertake_v a_o defence_n of_o he_o here_o or_o elsewhere_o in_o a_o exact_a strict_a and_o rigid_a sense_n for_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o this_o african_a father_n be_v the_o most_o dark_a abstruse_a and_o intricate_a of_o the_o latin_a father_n make_v use_v of_o uncouth_a obsolete_a word_n which_o will_v no_o way_n bear_v a_o full_a and_o exact_a but_o require_v a_o moderate_a and_o sober_a interpretation_n premise_v this_o i_o can_v see_v how_o he_o be_v in_o the_o main_a here_o precarious_a to_o my_o understanding_n there_o be_v no_o beg_v at_o all_o in_o the_o case_n the_o doctrine_n seem_v find_v and_o approvable_a support_v and_o maintain_v by_o the_o ancient_n who_o according_o have_v place_v the_o depart_a soul_n in_o abraham_n bosom_n in_o paradise_n in_o outer_a porch_n in_o receptacle_n under_o the_o altar_n the_o promptuary_n of_o saint_n the_o earnest_a of_o the_o kingdom_n with_o a_o multitude_n of_o other_o such_o expression_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n it_o be_v easy_a here_o to_o fill_v up_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o paper_n with_o the_o name_n and_o authority_n of_o the_o most_o considerable_a pillar_n of_o the_o church_n who_o have_v espouse_v this_o opinion_n but_o i_o industrious_o avoid_v the_o vanity_n of_o it_o and_o think_v it_o altogether_o needless_a in_o the_o present_a dispute_n because_o the_o learned_a author_n speak_v of_o the_o opinion_n of_o pope_n john_n xxii_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o only_o hold_v that_o the_o soul_n do_v not_o at_o all_o enjoy_v the_o beatisick_n vision_n before_o the_o resurrection_n and_o for_o confirmation_n of_o it_o add_v pag._n 212._o this_o indeed_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o primitive_a father_n and_o albeit_o this_o doctrine_n be_v censure_v and_o condemn_v in_o the_o council_n of_o florence_n yet_o this_o can_v have_v no_o influence_n on_o we_o who_o know_v too_o well_o what_o this_o council_n be_v and_o the_o age_n of_o it_o and_o though_o it_o prevail_v with_o those_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n yet_o it_o be_v observable_a how_o that_o even_o the_o learned_a man_n that_o be_v bigoted_a to_o that_o way_n do_v not_o stick_v to_o give_v we_o their_o approbation_n of_o it_o meminerint_fw-la hunc_fw-la errorem_fw-la non_fw-la efficere_fw-la pietati_fw-la &_o eruditioni_fw-la tam_fw-la illustrium_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la say_v pamelius_n i.e._n this_o opinion_n be_v no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o piety_n and_o learning_n of_o those_o great_a man_n and_o another_o eminent_a writer_n of_o that_o church_n call_v it_o pia_n &_o beata_fw-la opinio_fw-la veritati_fw-la facile_fw-la reconciliabilis_fw-la per_fw-la duplicem_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la perfectam_fw-la &_o imperfectam_fw-la a_o holy_a and_o bless_a opinion_n easy_o reconcileable_a to_o the_o truth_n by_o the_o distinction_n of_o a_o perfect_a and_o imperfect_a happiness_n so_o that_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o opinion_n and_o council_n seem_v to_o be_v only_o about_o the_o place_n in_o the_o condition_n both_o agree_v about_o the_o capacity_n of_o separate_a soul_n i_o
24._o i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o make_v it_o consistent_a with_o some_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n here_o lie_v the_o difficulty_n the_o scripture_n be_v plain_o against_o it_o i_o confess_v it_o do_v not_o well_o accord_v with_o it_o as_o it_o be_v here_o represent_v and_o i_o can_v for_o my_o heart_n imagine_v how_o he_o come_v to_o interpret_v the_o father_n so_o gross_o erroneous_a here_o who_o have_v produce_v so_o many_o place_n wherein_o he_o loud_o proclaim_v the_o contrary_a and_o plain_o and_o full_o express_v himself_o in_o which_o if_o we_o take_v he_o as_o by_o all_o mean_v we_o be_v oblige_v to_o do_v viz._n of_o the_o imperfect_a state_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o its_o separation_n that_o it_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o be_v full_o reward_v or_o punish_v without_o the_o body_n i_o see_v nothing_o amiss_o here_o this_o opinion_n must_v be_v allow_v consistent_a with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o resurrection_n and_o the_o general_n judgement_n which_o be_v to_o follow_v after_o it_o harmonious_o correspondent_a with_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o holy_a scripture_n even_o those_o very_a place_n which_o be_v allege_v by_o the_o learned_a author_n pag._n 215._o thus_o in_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n to_o the_o penitent_a thief_n this_o day_n shall_v thou_o be_v with_o i_o in_o paradise_n in_o which_o word_n there_o be_v a_o promise_n of_o a_o happy_a enjoyment_n to_o his_o dislodging_n soul_n but_o a_o imperfect_a one_o for_o we_o can_v understand_v paradise_n in_o no_o other_o sense_n but_o what_o import_v either_o the_o place_n or_o condition_n of_o the_o happy_a separate_a soul_n a_o place_n undeniable_o different_a from_o heaven_n a_o condition_n of_o happiness_n in_o hand_n but_o far_o short_a and_o inferior_a to_o that_o hereafter_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o celebrate_a penitent_n be_v immediate_o upon_o its_o departure_n invest_v with_o a_o state_n of_o bliss_n but_o the_o full_a measure_n of_o it_o can_v be_v expect_v 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