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may_v hear_v you_o further_o ad_fw-la sect_n fourteen_o xv_o xvi_o §_o 1_o here_o you_o will_v first_o know_v how_o i_o know_v that_o the_o vitalitas_fw-la formalis_fw-la belong_v not_o to_o matter_n unless_o i_o have_v a_o antecedent_n notion_n of_o spirit_n distinct_a from_o matter_n ans_fw-fr 1._o i_o consent_v not_o to_o dr._n glisson_n who_o think_v all_o matter_n have_v a_o vital_a form_n but_o i_o undertake_v not_o to_o prove_v that_o god_n can_v endow_v any_o matter_n with_o a_o vital_a form_n and_o forma_fw-la denominat_fw-la where_o i_o find_v the_o form_n of_o a_o spirit_n i_o will_v call_v it_o spirit_n 2._o dr._n henry_n moor_n in_o his_o metaph._n will_v ask_v i_o how_o i_o know_v that_o a_o helmet_n may_v not_o be_v make_v of_o paper_n and_o he_o and_o i_o will_v agree_v that_o paper_n be_v not_o materia_fw-la disposita_fw-la and_o yet_o we_o will_v not_o call_v it_o galeae_fw-la formam_fw-la §_o 2._o your_o denial_n of_o substantiality_n to_o be_v ex_fw-la traduce_v i_o 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ask_v whether_o by_o active_a power_n i_o mean_v a_o power_n always_o exert_v itself_o into_o act_n so_o that_o this_o fire_n be_v always_o move_v enlighten_v and_o hot_a formaliter_fw-la else_o why_o shall_v it_o be_v call_v ignis_fw-la ans_fw-fr answer_v yourself_o when_o you_o speak_v of_o a_o power_n of_o sensation_n and_o intellection_n and_o volition_n in_o a_o soul_n do_v you_o mean_v a_o power_n always_o exert_v itself_o into_o sensation_n intellection_n and_o volition_n else_o why_o be_v it_o call_v a_o soul_n ans_fw-fr 2._o i_o mean_v a_o power_n which_o have_v always_o a_o inclination_n to_o act_n &_o have_v its_o own_o secret_a immanent_a act_n &_o always_o act_v ad_fw-la extra_fw-la when_o it_o have_v fit_a recipient_a object_n as_o to_o your_o oft_o mention_a confutation_n of_o judge_n hale_n have_v not_o read_v it_o i_o be_o no_o judge_n of_o your_o performance_n you_o question_v what_o be_v this_o new_a igneous_a substance_n never_o hear_v of_o before_o awhile_o in_o 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