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know_v god_n i_o reply_v if_o he_o thereby_o mean_a the_o know_n of_o god_n be_v or_o quod_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la i_o grant_v it_o but_o if_o he_o mean_v it_o of_o the_o quid_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la or_o that_o man_n know_v what_o manner_n of_o be_v god_n be_v i_o then_o deny_v it_o he_o think_v if_o he_o can_v describe_v the_o property_n or_o attribute_n of_o a_o soul_n from_o which_o we_o feel_v the_o operition_n of_o life_n spring_n in_o we_o he_o shall_v thereby_o give_v we_o sufficient_o to_o know_v what_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v i_o reply_v that_o man_n ascribe_v attribute_n and_o property_n to_o god_n upon_o the_o certainty_n or_o knowledge_n that_o they_o have_v or_o may_v have_v from_o divers_a clear_a topic_n that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o be_v as_o god_n in_o the_o world_n but_o the_o like_a manner_n of_o proceed_v will_v not_o serve_v to_o prove_v the_o be_v of_o such_o a_o soul_n in_o the_o world_n as_o he_o describe_v and_o therefore_o i_o do_v require_v of_o 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the_o state_n of_o our_o life_n p._n 30._o he_o pretend_v to_o prove_v this_o by_o a_o similitude_n which_o i_o think_v to_o be_v foreign_a to_o our_o question_n and_o add_v nothing_o to_o the_o proof_n of_o his_o assertion_n and_o the_o like_a i_o think_v may_v be_v say_v of_o his_o let_v of_o sheep_n and_o man_n blood_n into_o one_o another_o reciprocal_o and_o therefore_o i_o pass_v they_o both_o over_o p._n 31._o he_o say_v further_a that_o as_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v neither_o his_o breath_n nor_o blood_n so_o it_o be_v not_o god_n or_o any_o part_n of_o his_o divine_a essence_n in_o all_o which_o i_o be_o ready_a to_o agree_v with_o he_o have_v before_o declare_v and_o describe_v what_o manner_n of_o thing_n i_o think_v the_o spirit_n of_o life_n in_o man_n to_o be_v and_o that_o in_o its_o cohabitation_n with_o the_o body_n it_o partake_v of_o growth_n and_o decay_n health_n and_o sickness_n strength_n and_o weakness_n joy_n and_o sorrow_n and_o receive_v in_o the_o end_n 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answer_n testify_v and_o then_o i_o think_v no_o man_n can_v believe_v that_o they_o be_v a_o good_a proof_n or_o any_o proof_n at_o all_o for_o the_o soul_n separate_a subsistence_n p._n 82._o he_o say_v the_o word_n spirit_n here_o intend_v separate_a soul_n and_o if_o it_o do_v not_o mean_a so_o he_o desire_v to_o know_v what_o it_o do_v mean_a and_o i_o have_v say_v before_o that_o it_o intend_v the_o whole_a person_n of_o the_o petitioner_n as_o it_o be_v a_o compositum_fw-la of_o soul_n and_o body_n mr._n w._n far_o demand_n what_o the_o word_n spirit_n here_o mean_v and_o whether_o it_o mean_v the_o life_n of_o the_o body_n here_o i_o be_o at_o a_o loss_n what_o he_o mean_v by_o the_o life_n of_o the_o body_n and_o if_o he_o do_v not_o mean_v the_o life_n of_o the_o person_n he_o mean_v that_o which_o have_v no_o good_a sense_n in_o it_o for_o the_o body_n quatenus_fw-la tale_n or_o divide_v from_o the_o person_n have_v no_o sort_n of_o life_n in_o it_o as_o st._n james_n tell_v we_o a_o body_n without_o a_o spirit_n be_v dead_a and_o therefore_o to_o mention_v the_o life_n of_o the_o body_n without_o a_o figurative_a intent_n incline_v to_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o bull_n in_o such_o manner_n as_o if_o one_o shall_v speak_v of_o the_o life_n of_o a_o dead_a thing_n he_o than_o demand_v what_o be_v it_o the_o dead_a carcase_n the_o whole_a mâ—n_z body_n and_o soul_n put_v they_o together_o as_o if_o the_o dead_a carcase_n be_v the_o whole_a man_n body_n and_o soul_n intend_v to_o confound_v these_o term_n and_o give_v to_o each_o of_o they_o a_o equipollent_a signification_n as_o if_o the_o dead_a carcase_n and_o the_o whole_a man_n body_n and_o soul_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n whereas_o i_o must_v divide_v they_o and_o say_v the_o dead_a carcase_n signify_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o whole_a man_n body_n and_o soul_n or_o the_o person_n signify_v another_o thing_n and_o though_o the_o carcase_n shall_v go_v to_o the_o dust_n as_o it_o be_v yet_o the_o person_n shall_v be_v preserve_v the_o good_a sleep_v in_o christ_n and_o the_o bad_a remain_v under_o the_o knowledge_n and_o disposal_n of_o god_n until_o the_o time_n of_o refresh_a shall_v come_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o trumpet_n shall_v sound_v and_o all_o person_n who_o have_v live_v shall_v be_v raise_v and_o summon_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o great_a day_n and_o therefore_o from_o the_o word_n as_o i_o have_v expound_v they_o i_o think_v the_o direct_a contrary_n to_o what_o he_o say_v that_o no_o good_a argument_n can_v be_v raise_v from_o our_o first_o quote_v text_n for_o prove_v his_o opinion_n of_o the_o soul_n separate_a subsistence_n the_o nine_o argument_n page_n 83._o mr._n w._n quote_v rom._n 10.11_o and_o if_o christ_n be_v in_o you_o the_o body_n be_v dead_a because_o of_o sin_n but_o the_o spirit_n be_v life_n because_o of_o righteosness_n and_o if_o the_o spirit_n of_o he_o that_o raise_v up_o jesus_n from_o the_o dead_a dwell_v in_o you_o he_o that_o raise_v up_o christ_n from_o the_o dead_a shall_v also_o quicken_v your_o mortal_a body_n by_o his_o spirit_n that_o dwell_v in_o you_o and_o he_o say_v upon_o this_o text_n methinks_v this_o truth_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n do_v very_o clear_o shine_v in_o the_o evidence_n of_o this_o scripture_n i_o answer_v that_o what_o shine_v so_o clear_o to_o he_o i_o do_v not_o at_o all_o discover_v p._n 84._o mr._n w._n proceed_v in_o a_o long_a discourse_n which_o i_o think_v rather_o confound_v and_o mislead_v than_o open_v and_o declare_v the_o mean_v of_o st._n paul_n word_n and_o yet_o i_o have_v no_o intent_n to_o implicate_v myself_o with_o he_o upon_o that_o subject_a especial_o in_o many_o word_n p._n 85._o he_o raise_v a_o exception_n out_o of_o st._n paul_n doctrine_n but_o i_o think_v it_o be_v out_o of_o his_o own_o brain_n and_o invention_n not_o perceive_v that_o paul_n think_v of_o such_o a_o objection_n nor_o that_o he_o make_v or_o 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other_o man_n may_v possible_o say_v have_v now_o confound_v and_o implicate_v the_o mean_v of_o this_o text_n by_o my_o exposition_n i_o be_o enough_o by_o that_o mean_v enable_v to_o prove_v thereby_o the_o soul_n separate_a subsistence_n which_o from_o the_o text_n itself_o without_o such_o handle_n of_o it_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o have_v do_v p._n 88_o he_o pretend_v to_o prove_v the_o soul_n not_o subject_a to_o death_n because_o nothing_o be_v so_o that_o be_v not_o subject_a to_o the_o power_n of_o death_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o believer_n be_v not_o so_o i_o look_v upon_o this_o as_o a_o vain_a sort_n of_o argument_n and_o beg_v of_o the_o question_n increase_v the_o bulk_n of_o his_o treatise_n but_o add_v no_o strength_n to_o his_o proof_n here_o again_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o soul_n by_o the_o term_n of_o she_o and_o she_o as_o if_o he_o have_v prove_v she_o a_o separate_o distinct_a thing_n from_o the_o man_n or_o person_n a_o thing_n neither_o grant_v to_o he_o nor_o prove_v by_o he_o p._n 89._o he_o say_v again_o the_o spirit_n of_o a_o believer_n be_v not_o subject_a to_o the_o law_n of_o death_n which_o be_v the_o very_a point_n in_o question_n and_o deny_v by_o his_o opposer_n p._n 90._o he_o pretend_v that_o by_o what_o he_o have_v say_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o law_n of_o death_n be_v execute_v only_o on_o the_o body_n of_o a_o believer_n i_o answer_v that_o to_o i_o apper_n no_o such_o thing_n but_o that_o the_o law_n of_o death_n be_v execute_v upon_o the_o person_n both_o of_o believer_n and_o unbeliever_n and_o that_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o for_o that_o all_o have_v sin_v and_o do_v agree_v with_o he_o that_o not_o only_o the_o body_n shall_v be_v raise_v at_o the_o last_o day_n but_o that_o the_o whole_a person_n shall_v be_v so_o raise_v to_o appear_v in_o judgement_n before_o the_o tribunal_n of_o christ_n and_o withal_o i_o conceive_v that_o our_o author_n go_v far_o for_o argument_n to_o prove_v his_o tenet_n 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that_o purpose_n and_o when_o by_o famine_n or_o want_n of_o nutriment_n it_o draw_v no_o supply_n the_o person_n who_o suffer_v it_o die_v in_o multitude_n p._n 130._o mr._n w._n repeat_v that_o our_o sort_n of_o material_a soul_n can_v love_v or_o fear_n god_n nor_o understand_v what_o itself_o do_v which_o be_v a_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v all_o along_o grant_v and_o assert_v as_o i_o do_v here_o agree_v that_o such_o thing_n be_v not_o comportant_fw-la either_o with_o the_o soul_n or_o body_n but_o with_o the_o person_n only_o p._n 131._o he_o pretend_v that_o there_o be_v something_o in_o man_n that_o be_v the_o principal_a seat_n of_o regeneration_n this_o i_o oppose_v by_o say_v as_o before_o that_o the_o whole_a man_n or_o person_n be_v so_o and_o not_o only_o part_v of_o his_o compositum_fw-la single_o take_v what_o he_o say_v more_o flow_v out_o of_o the_o abundance_n of_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v very_o groundless_o speak_v five_o mr._n w._n say_v that_o the_o contention_n between_o the_o flesh_n and_o spirit_n in_o man_n can_v be_v maintain_v by_o the_o natural_a difference_n between_o a_o material_a soul_n and_o the_o body_n wherein_o it_o reside_v i_o agree_v this_o to_o he_o answer_v that_o all_o these_o contest_v between_o the_o flesh_n and_o spirit_n signify_v no_o more_o than_o that_o continual_a war_n which_o man_n feel_v in_o themselves_o between_o the_o power_n of_o reason_n in_o their_o mind_n and_o the_o lustful_a desire_n of_o their_o affection_n and_o passion_n aristotle_n tell_v we_o there_o be_v no_o end_n of_o this_o war_n but_o death_n and_o no_o certainty_n which_o shall_v obtain_v a_o clear_a victory_n till_o that_o time_n and_o when_o st._n paul_n say_v that_o these_o war_n against_o the_o soul_n the_o word_n soul_n must_v there_o be_v intend_v to_o signify_v the_o person_n or_o the_o good_a of_o the_o whole_a man_n and_o yet_o i_o do_v agree_v what_o he_o after_o say_v to_o be_v true_a that_o the_o 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faculty_n to_o the_o person_n in_o which_o they_o all_o certain_o be_v produce_v by_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n act_v by_o motion_n and_o support_v and_o continue_v by_o nourishment_n and_o breath_n and_o therefore_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n in_o man_n may_v be_v material_a notwithstanding_o mr._n w_n assert_v the_o contrary_a p._n 133._o mr._n w._n say_v these_o faculty_n can_v be_v act_v by_o a_o material_a substance_n but_o he_o find_v these_o faculty_n in_o himself_o and_o therefore_o they_o must_v be_v act_v in_o man_n by_o a_o spiritual_a substance_n this_o seem_v to_o intend_v that_o when_o man_n can_v attain_v to_o know_v the_o reason_n by_o which_o or_o the_o manner_n how_o strange_a thing_n be_v do_v they_o be_v apt_a to_o fly_v to_o the_o refuge_n of_o spirit_n for_o the_o do_v of_o they_o a_o erroneous_a course_n which_o have_v be_v very_o often_o use_v in_o the_o world_n but_o i_o refuse_v to_o mr._n w._n the_o use_n which_o he_o pretend_v to_o make_v of_o it_o in_o this_o argument_n and_o do_v assure_v that_o i_o receive_v no_o manner_n of_o conviction_n from_o it_o p._n 135._o mr._n w._n say_v i_o find_v a_o power_n in_o i_o of_o sensation_n as_o see_v hear_v ctc._o but_o none_o of_o these_o faculty_n be_v seat_v in_o a_o substance_n pure_o elementary_a i_o demand_v then_o how_o come_v the_o brute_n by_o these_o which_o they_o have_v in_o as_o great_a perfection_n as_o man_n have_v they_o he_o think_v no_o man_n will_v say_v it_o be_v possible_a to_o make_v a_o sensible_a house_n by_o all_o the_o art_n that_o man_n can_v use_v about_o it_o and_o this_o i_o grant_v but_o if_o man_n shall_v say_v it_o be_v possible_a for_o god_n to_o make_v a_o sensible_a house_n i_o shall_v have_v no_o inclination_n to_o deny_v it_o believe_v that_o to_o be_v altogether_o as_o
weak_a people_n in_o this_o world_n and_o be_v thereat_o so_o much_o grieve_v that_o he_o break_v forth_o and_o say_v i_o praise_v the_o dead_a which_o be_v already_o dead_a more_o than_o the_o live_n which_o be_v yet_o alive_a yea_o better_a be_v he_o than_o both_o they_o which_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v who_o have_v not_o see_v the_o evil_a work_n that_o be_v do_v under_o the_o sun_n chap._n 9.3_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v full_a of_o evil_n and_o madness_n be_v in_o their_o heart_n whilst_o they_o live_v and_o after_o that_o they_o go_v to_o the_o dead_a for_o to_o he_o that_o be_v join_v to_o the_o live_n there_o be_v hope_n for_o a_o live_a dog_n be_v better_a than_o a_o dead_a lion_n for_o the_o live_a know_v that_o they_o shall_v die_v but_o the_o dead_a know_v not_o anything_o neither_o have_v they_o any_o more_o a_o reward_n for_o their_o memory_n be_v forget_v their_o love_n hatred_n and_o envy_n be_v perish_v ver._n 10._o whatsoever_o thy_o hand_n find_v to_o do_v do_v it_o with_o thy_o might_n for_o there_o be_v no_o work_n nor_o device_n nor_o knowledge_n in_o the_o grave_n whither_o thou_o go_v thus_o we_o find_v solomon_n express_v himself_o much_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n that_o job_n before_o have_v do_v declare_v that_o death_n and_o the_o grave_n put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o do_n and_o suffering_n of_o man_n without_o take_v notice_n of_o any_o reward_n or_o suffering_n likely_a to_o befall_v man_n soon_o after_o their_o departure_n forth_o of_o this_o world_n which_o be_v in_o my_o apprehension_n a_o sort_n of_o evidence_n that_o his_o word_n the_o spirit_n return_v to_o god_n who_o give_v it_o do_v not_o intend_v the_o go_n of_o man_n soul_n to_o judgement_n before_o god_n soon_o after_o their_o departure_n out_o of_o this_o life_n i_o quote_v likewise_o in_o corroboration_n of_o solomon_n forecited_n text_n and_o opinion_n a_o concurrent_a evidence_n out_o of_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n 38.18_o where_o hezekiah_n pray_v to_o god_n say_v the_o grave_a can_v praise_v thou_o death_n can_v celebrate_v thou_o they_o that_o go_v down_o into_o the_o pit_n can_v hope_v for_o thy_o truth_n the_o live_n the_o live_n he_o shall_v praise_v thou_o as_o i_o do_v this_o day_n mr._n w._n have_v quote_v these_o text_n of_o solomon_n and_o isaiah_n and_o make_v out_o of_o each_o of_o they_o a_o objection_n against_o his_o opinion_n but_o i_o have_v make_v one_o objection_n out_o of_o they_o both_o because_o i_o find_v they_o tend_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o do_v not_o so_o much_o labour_n to_o increase_v the_o number_n of_o my_o objection_n as_o to_o fortify_v and_o strengthen_v those_o which_o i_o make_v against_o he_o mr._n w._n have_v make_v the_o text_n now_o quote_v out_o of_o isaiah_n his_o ten_o objection_n against_o his_o opinion_n and_o thereunto_o answer_v that_o hezekiah_n be_v meaning_n in_o these_o word_n be_v that_o man_n after_o death_n can_v praise_v god_n as_o they_o do_v whilst_o they_o be_v in_o this_o world_n and_o in_o the_o congregation_n of_o man_n but_o that_o still_o they_o can_v and_o do_v praise_n god_n after_o death_n in_o heaven_n thereunto_o i_o reply_v he_o seem_v to_o make_v hezekiah_n mean_v what_o himself_o please_v but_o that_o king_n word_n seem_v plain_o to_o declare_v that_o man_n after_o death_n neither_o do_v nor_o can_v celebrate_v or_o praise_v the_o name_n of_o god_n without_o mention_n of_o such_o a_o meaning_n as_o he_o pretend_v or_o any_o need_n of_o such_o a_o meaning_n that_o i_o can_v perceive_v and_o therefore_o i_o read_v and_o take_v the_o plain_a sense_n of_o his_o word_n to_o be_v as_o he_o have_v deliver_v they_o in_o his_o eleven_o objection_n he_o quote_v the_o text_n of_o solomon_n the_o dead_a know_v not_o any_o thing_n and_o thereunto_o answer_v that_o solomon_n meaning_n in_o these_o word_n be_v that_o dead_a man_n do_v not_o know_v any_o thing_n of_o what_o be_v do_v under_o the_o sun_n after_o their_o death_n i_o reply_v the_o 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