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who_o dare_v not_o be_v alone_o in_o the_o night_n of_o other_o who_o dare_v not_o go_v to_o sleep_v without_o a_o candle_n burn_v by_o they_o and_o it_o be_v further_a observable_a how_o desirous_a man_n be_v that_o their_o name_n shall_v be_v have_v in_o remembrance_n when_o they_o be_v dead_a which_o be_v but_o the_o degeneracy_n of_o that_o noble_a inclination_n which_o the_o soul_n have_v to_o immortality_n itself_o thus_o epicurus_n appoint_v in_o his_o last_o will_n that_o his_o birthday_n shall_v be_v celebrate_v every_o year_n laert._n pag._n 271._o please_a himself_o with_o a_o vain_a shadow_n of_o immortality_n while_o he_o despise_v the_o thiag_n itself_o now_o i_o ask_v if_o the_o soul_n be_v nothing_o but_o some_o of_o the_o more_o spirituous_a part_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o must_v die_v perish_v or_o fall_v with_o the_o body_n how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o it_o have_v such_o forcible_a apprehension_n such_o a_o indelible_a consciousness_n of_o its_o own_o 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that_o question_v viz._n whether_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o body_n be_v more_o grievous_a and_o tell_v we_o that_o degenerate_a soul_n be_v bury_v in_o their_o body_n like_v infect_v in_o their_o holes_n and_o be_v in_o love_n with_o those_o lurk_a place_n p._n 495._o and_o withal_o that_o the_o health_n of_o the_o body_n be_v but_o uncertain_a and_o temporary_a that_o of_o the_o soul_n solid_a and_o immortal_a pag._n 491._o it_o be_v easy_a to_o mention_v more_o of_o the_o platonist_n who_o all_o to_o a_o man_n maintain_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o i_o proceed_v the_o stoic_n say_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o good_a man_n separate_v from_o their_o body_n be_v hero_n as_o laertius_n inform_v we_o in_o zenon_n plutarch_n say_v that_o they_o call_v all_o separate_a soul_n hero_n promiscuous_o and_o so_o distinguish_v hero_n into_o good_a and_o bad_a de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o epictetus_n call_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d near_o akin_a to_o god_n antoninus_n style_v the_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o his_o 9th_o book_n sect._n 39_o will_v thou_o say_v to_o thy_o mind_n thou_o be_v dead_a or_o become_v like_o a_o beast_n seneca_n speak_v too_o high_a quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la vocas_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o will_v you_o call_v the_o soul_n but_o a_o deity_n dwell_v in_o a_o humane_a body_n and_o perhaps_o such_o boldness_n be_v one_o original_a of_o heathen_a idolatry_n and_o elsewhere_o animus_fw-la si_fw-la propriam_fw-la ejus_fw-la originem_fw-la aspexeris_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o soul_n if_o you_o consider_v its_o true_a original_a descend_v from_o that_o heavenly_a spirit_n sursum_fw-la animum_fw-la etc._n etc._n its_o beginning_n call_v it_o upward_o there_o eternal_a rest_n remain_v for_o it_o and_o comfort_v martia_n concern_v her_o dead_a son_n ipse_fw-la quidem_fw-la aeternus_fw-la he_o be_v eternal_a and_o in_o a_o better_a state_n now_o than_o 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out_o of_o he_o to_o the_o shame_n of_o those_o christian_n who_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o such_o instruction_n from_o a_o heathen_a tu_fw-la cum_fw-la tibi_fw-la sive_fw-la deus_fw-la etc._n etc._n will_v thou_o when_o god_n or_o nature_n have_v give_v thou_o a_o soul_n than_o which_o nothing_o be_v more_o excellent_a and_o divine_a so_o debase_v thyself_o as_o to_o suppose_v that_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o thou_o and_o a_o beast_n cic._n paradox_n pag._n 217._o two_o vivunt_fw-la qui_fw-la etc._n etc._n these_o man_n live_v who_o be_v escape_v from_o the_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n but_o that_o which_o you_o call_v life_n be_v death_n de_fw-fr somn._fw-la scip._n 233._o haec_fw-la coelestia_fw-la semper_fw-la spectato_fw-la illa_fw-la humana_fw-la contemnito_fw-la ibid._n reckon_v with_o thyself_o that_o thou_o be_v not_o mortal_a but_o only_o thy_o body_n the_o mind_n be_v the_o man_n and_o not_o that_o bodily_a figure_n which_o you_o can_v point_v as_o with_o your_o finger_n ibid._n and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n he_o bring_v in_o that_o of_o cyrus_n mention_v by_o xenophon_n i_o can_v never_o persuade_v myself_o that_o our_o soul_n live_v in_o the_o body_n and_o die_v when_o they_o go_v out_o of_o it_o nec_fw-la vero_fw-la tum_fw-la animum_fw-la esse_fw-la insipientem_fw-la cum_fw-la ex_fw-la insipienti_fw-la corpore_fw-la evasisset_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la admistione_fw-la corporis_fw-la liberatus_fw-la purus_fw-la &_o integer_fw-la esse_fw-la caepisset_fw-la tum_fw-la esse_fw-la sapientem_fw-la this_o be_v pure_o platonic_a de_fw-fr senect_n 211._o except_o god_n deliver_v you_o from_o this_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n you_o can_v never_o come_v to_o heaven_n idem_fw-la and_o elsewhere_o he_o argue_v from_o the_o worship_n which_o be_v pay_v to_o their_o depart_a hero_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o all_o man_n be_v immortal_a but_o the_o soul_n of_o good_a man_n divine_a de_fw-fr legib._n also_o tusc_n lib._n 1._o ipsi_fw-la illi_fw-la majorum_fw-la gentium_fw-la dii_fw-la qui_fw-la habentur_fw-la hinc_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la perfecti_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la reperientur_fw-la pag._n 329._o and_o so_o infinite_o fond_a be_v he_o of_o this_o opinion_n that_o he_o thus_o conclude_v the_o senect_n pag._n 213._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la erro_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o in_o this_o i_o be_v mistake_v that_o i_o believe_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n immortal_a i_o be_o willing_o mistake_v nor_o will_v i_o suffer_v this_o error_n in_o which_o i_o be_o delight_v to_o be_v extort_a from_o i_o as_o long_o as_o i_o live_v but_o if_o after_o death_n i_o shall_v have_v no_o sense_n as_o some_o diminutive_a philosopher_n think_v i_o fear_v not_o lest_o those_o dead_a philosopher_n shall_v deride_v my_o error_n in_o a_o word_n both_o cicero_n seneca_n and_o several_a of_o the_o platonist_n and_o stoic_n speak_v of_o the_o soul_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o incarnate_a deity_n that_o it_o have_v many_o bright_a 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pag._n 18._o nevertheless_o there_o be_v not_o want_v even_o in_o he_o some_o fair_a acknowledgement_n of_o this_o great_a
truth_n in_o his_o lucid_a interval_n he_o confess_v the_o soul_n be_v something_o distinct_a from_o the_o element_n and_o make_v it_o to_o be_v quintam_fw-la quandam_fw-la naturam_fw-la and_o the_o like_a they_o speak_v concern_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o heaven_n which_o yet_o the_o peripatetic_n look_v not_o upon_o as_o corruptible_a in_o his_o book_n the_o generatione_n animal_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._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 here_o he_o speak_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 dr._n more_o immort_a soul_n page_n 115._o elsewhere_o he_o say_v that_o the_o mind_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o impassable_a thing_n xenocrates_n be_v full_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n that_o all_o soul_n be_v immortal_a and_o that_o he_o who_o live_v pious_o and_o holy_o on_o earth_n shall_v certain_o be_v bless_v in_o a_o future_a state_n and_o shall_v enjoy_v more_o pure_a pleasure_n than_o he_o be_v capable_a of_o in_o this_o prison_n of_o the_o body_n antisthenes_n from_o who_o be_v derive_v both_o the_o cynic_n and_o stoic_n tell_v the_o athenian_n glory_v that_o they_o spring_v from_o the_o earth_n that_o they_o be_v no_o more_o noble_a than_o snail_n and_o locust_n he_o exhort_v to_o piety_n and_o justice_n as_o the_o way_n to_o immortality_n ejusmodi_fw-la sibi_fw-la viaticum_fw-la dicebat_fw-la comparare_fw-la oportere_fw-la quod_fw-la naufragium_fw-la facienti_fw-la simul_fw-la enatare_fw-la posset_n and_o among_o many_o other_o thing_n he_o write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v the_o invisible_a state_n laert._n in_o anti_v i_o mention_v not_o the_o gymnosophist_n brahmin_n druid_n etc._n etc._n what_o the_o poet_n both_o greek_a and_o latin_a hold_v in_o this_o matter_n be_v obvious_a even_o to_o schoolboy_n the_o elysian_a field_n the_o infernal_a judge_n the_o torment_n of_o hell_n whereof_o they_o speak_v be_v so_o many_o attestation_n to_o this_o great_a truth_n thus_o you_o see_v how_o general_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n obtain_v among_o the_o ancient_a ethnic_n and_o shall_v any_o one_o who_o profess_v to_o believe_v the_o gospel_n deny_v it_o who_o will_v not_o say_v sit_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la cum_fw-la philosophis_fw-la i_o mean_v rather_o than_o with_o such_o christian_n as_o these_o object_n some_o of_o the_o philosopher_n who_o you_o mention_v as_o cicero_n seneca_n and_o even_o socrates_n himself_o speak_v sometime_o doubtful_o concern_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n answ_n so_o much_o the_o more_o reason_n have_v we_o to_o be_v thankful_a for_o that_o clear_a light_n by_o which_o life_n and_o immortality_n be_v so_o plain_o set_v before_o we_o but_o yet_o you_o must_v remember_v it_o be_v only_o a_o certainty_n which_o these_o philosopher_n profess_v to_o want_n and_o not_o a_o probability_n or_o opinion_n that_o it_o be_v true_a as_o for_o cicero_n he_o say_v he_o dare_v swear_v the_o soul_n be_v divine_a tusc_n lib._n 1.343_o seneca_n often_o assert_v its_o immortality_n and_o so_o do_v socrates_n when_o he_o have_v to_o do_v with_o such_o as_o be_v capable_a of_o receive_v and_o understand_v that_o doctrine_n as_o have_v be_v already_o prove_v and_o beside_o such_o be_v the_o modesty_n of_o that_o philosopher_n that_o he_o be_v not_o wont_a to_o be_v positive_a in_o his_o assertion_n but_o still_o upon_o all_o occasion_n to_o acknowledge_v his_o ignorance_n as_o for_o the_o epicurean_o cicero_n tell_v we_o that_o all_o learned_a man_n contemn_v they_o and_o austin_n say_v quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la philosophi_fw-la epicurum_n porcum_fw-la 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