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and_o recollection_n which_o he_o elsewhere_o express_v 5._o by_o awaken_n the_o soul_n out_o of_o sleep_n wherein_o it_o be_v disturb_v by_o sensible_a image_n not_o as_o though_o the_o soul_n have_v need_n of_o any_o other_o way_n of_o purify_n but_o only_o restore_v it_o to_o itself_o by_o take_v away_o that_o load_n of_o matter_n which_o oppress_v it_o and_o then_o it_o natural_o endeavour_n after_o the_o near_a union_n with_o the_o first_o be_v which_o he_o call_v the_o true_a be_v and_o the_o superessential_a be_v and_o he_o say_v when_o the_o soul_n endeavour_v after_o this_o union_n 3._o it_o must_v lay_v aside_o all_o sensible_a and_o intellectual_a image_n of_o thing_n and_o make_v use_v only_o of_o the_o pure_a and_o supreme_a part_n of_o the_o mind_n or_o the_o fund_z of_o the_o spirit_n that_o god_n then_o be_v not_o to_o be_v consider_v under_o the_o notion_n of_o be_v but_o as_o something_o above_o be_v and_o that_o we_o be_v not_o either_o to_o affirm_v or_o deny_v 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