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more_o harshness_n in_o call_v he_o psychopyrist_n than_o if_o he_o have_v call_v he_o psycho-hylist_a there_o be_v nothing_o absurd_a in_o psychopyrism_n but_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o include_v psycho-hylism_a and_o make_v the_o soul_n material_a which_o psycho-hylism_a that_o mr._n baxter_n do_v admit_v it_o be_v make_v evident_a in_o the_o doctor_n answer_n sect._n 16._o and_o mr._n baxter_n in_o his_o placid_a collation_n as_o he_o mis-calls_a it_o for_o assure_o his_o mind_n be_v turbid_v when_o he_o write_v it_o pag._n 2._o allow_v that_o spirit_n may_v be_v call_v fire_n analogicè_fw-la and_o eminenter_fw-la and_o the_o doctor_n in_o his_o preface_n intimate_v that_o the_o sense_n be_v to_o be_v no_o further_o stretch_v than_o the_o psychopyrist_n himself_o will_v allow_v but_o now_o that_o mr._n baxter_n do_v assert_v that_o materiality_n in_o create_a spirit_n that_o belong_v to_o body_n in_o the_o common_a sense_n of_o all_o philosopher_n appear_v sect._n 16._o where_o his_o word_n be_v these_o but_o custom_n have_v make_v materia_fw-la but_o especial_o corpus_n to_o signify_v only_o such_o grosser_n substance_n as_o the_o three_o passive_a element_n be_v he_o mean_v earth_n water_n air_n i_o yield_v say_v he_o so_o to_o say_v that_o spirit_n be_v not_o corporeal_a or_o material_a which_o plain_o imply_v that_o spirit_n be_v in_o no_o other_o sense_n immaterial_a than_o fire_n and_o aether_n be_v viz._n than_o in_o this_o that_o they_o be_v thin_a matter_n and_o therefore_o to_o the_o last_o point_n it_o may_v be_v answer_v in_o the_o doctor_n behalf_n that_o he_o assure_o do_v nowhere_o say_v that_o mr._n baxter_n do_v not_o say_v that_o spirit_n be_v material_a as_o material_a be_v take_v in_o the_o common_a sense_n of_o all_o philosopher_n for_o what_o be_v impenetrable_a and_o discerpible_a which_o be_v materia_fw-la physica_fw-la and_o in_o opposition_n to_o which_o a_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v immaterial_a and_o which_o brief_o and_o distinct_o state_v the_o question_n which_o if_o mr._n baxter_n will_v have_v take_v notice_n of_o he_o may_v have_v save_v himself_o the_o labour_n of_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o needless_a verbosity_n in_o his_o placid_a collation_n where_o he_o do_v over-frequent_o under_o the_o pretence_n of_o more_o distinctness_n in_o the_o multitude_n of_o word_n obscure_a knowledge_n five_o upon_o sect._n 10._o pag._n 21._o where_o mr._n baxter_n question_n be_v how_o a_o man_n may_v tell_v how_o that_o god_n that_o can_v make_v many_o out_o of_o one_o can_v make_v many_o into_o one_o etc._n etc._n to_o which_o the_o doctor_n there_o answer_v if_o the_o meaning_n be_v of_o substantial_a spirit_n it_o have_v be_v already_o note_v that_o god_n act_v in_o nature_n do_v not_o make_v many_o substance_n out_o of_o one_o the_o substance_n remain_v still_o entire_a for_o then_o generation_n will_v be_v creation_n and_o
atom_n than_o every_o create_a spirit_n especial_o particular_a one_o be_v so_o many_o subtle_a live_a puppet_n make_v up_o of_o spiritual_a rag_n and_o clout_n but_o if_o god_n can_v divide_v they_o neither_o into_o spiritual_a atom_n nor_o large_a spiritual_a parcel_n he_o can_v divide_v they_o at_o all_o and_o so_o according_a to_o what_o the_o doctor_n contend_v for_o they_o will_v be_v as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v absolute_o indiscerpible_a i_o omit_v here_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o another_o absurdity_n of_o mr._n baxter_n that_o though_o the_o substance_n of_o a_o spirit_n he_o will_v have_v to_o be_v divisible_a yet_o he_o will_v have_v the_o form_n indivisible_a pag._n 50_o 99_o and_o yet_o both_o part_n to_o be_v spirit_n still_o which_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n for_o than_o one_o of_o the_o part_n will_v be_v without_o the_o form_n of_o a_o spirit_n and_o consequent_o be_v no_o spirit_n and_o yet_o be_v a_o spirit_n according_a to_o mr._n baxter_n who_o make_v spirit_n divisible_a into_o part_n of_o the_o same_o denomination_n as_o when_o water_n be_v divide_v into_o two_o part_n each_o part_n be_v still_o water_n pag._n 53._o nine_o that_o which_o occurr_v pag._n 48._o be_v a_o gross_a disingenuity_n against_o the_o doctor_n where_o mr._n baxter_n say_v and_o when_o you_o make_v all_o spirit_n to_o be_v soul_n and_o to_o animate_v some_o matter_n you_o seem_v to_o make_v god_n to_o be_v but_o anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la how_o unfair_a and_o harsh_a be_v this_o for_o you_o mr._n baxter_n who_o have_v be_v so_o tender_o and_o civil_o handle_v by_o the_o doctor_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o your_o letter_n he_o constant_o hide_v or_o mollify_a any_o thing_n that_o occur_v therein_o that_o may_v overmuch_o expose_v you_o to_o represent_v he_o as_o a_o savourer_n of_o so_o gross_a a_o paradox_n as_o this_o that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n but_o a_o anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la which_o be_v the_o position_n of_o the_o vaninian_n atheist_n which_o himself_o have_v express_o confute_v in_o his_o mystery_n of_o godliness_n and_o declare_v against_o late_o in_o his_o advertisement_n on_o jos._n glanvil_n letter_n to_o himself_o in_o the_o second_o edition_n of_o saducismus_n triumphatus_n this_o look_n like_o the_o break_n out_o of_o unchristian_a rancour_n in_o a_o reply_n which_o bear_v the_o specious_a title_n of_o a_o placid_a collation_n which_o be_v yet_o exceed_o more_a aggravable_n for_o that_o this_o odious_a collection_n be_v not_o make_v from_o any_o word_n of_o the_o doctor_n but_o from_o a_o siction_n of_o mr._n baxter_n for_o the_o doctor_n have_v nowhere_o write_v nor_o ever_o think_v that_o all_o spirit_n but_o only_o all_o create_a spirit_n may_v probable_o be_v soul_n that_o be_v to_o say_v actuate_v some_o matter_n or_o other_o and_o those_o word_n be_v in_o his_o preface_n to_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o psychopyrist_n as_o i_o note_v before_o i_o may_v reckon_v up_o several_a other_o disingenuity_n of_o mr._n baxter_n towards_o the_o doctor_n in_o this_o his_o placid_a collation_n but_o i_o have_v enumerate_v enough_o already_o to_o weary_a the_o reader_n and_o i_o must_v remember_v i_o be_o but_o in_o a_o digression_n i_o shall_v only_o name_v one_o disingenuity_n more_o which_o be_v antecedent_n to_o they_o all_o and_o give_v occasion_n both_o to_o mr._n baxters_n letter_n and_o to_o the_o doctor_n answer_v thereto_o and_o to_o this_o reply_n of_o mr._n baxter_n and_o that_o be_v that_o mr._n baxter_n in_o his_o methodus_fw-la theologiae_n as_o he_o have_v do_v also_o in_o a_o little_a pamphlet_n touch_v judge_n hale_v without_o give_v any_o reason_n which_o be_v the_o worst_a way_n of_o traduce_v any_o man_n or_o his_o sentiment_n slight_v and_o slur_v those_o two_o essential_a attribute_n of_o a_o spirit_n penetrability_n and_o indiscerpibility_n which_o for_o their_o certain_a truth_n and_o usefulness_n the_o doctor_n think_v fit_a to_o communicate_v to_o the_o world_n but_o forasmuch_o as_o mr._n baxter_n have_v in_o this_o his_o reply_n produce_v his_o reason_n against_o they_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o doctor_n will_v accept_v it_o for_o a_o amends_o and_o i_o as_o i_o must_v disallow_v of_o the_o disingenuity_n of_o the_o omission_n before_o yet_o to_o be_v just_a to_o mr._n baxter_n i_o must_v commend_v his_o discretion_n and_o judgement_n in_o be_v willing_a to_o omit_v they_o they_o appear_v to_o i_o now_o they_o be_v produce_v so_o weak_a and_o invalid_a but_o such_o as_o they_o be_v i_o shall_v gather_v they_o out_o of_o his_o reply_n and_o bring_v they_o into_o view_n first_o then_o pag._n 13._o it_o be_v allege_v that_o nothing_o have_v two_o form_n univocal_o so_o call_v but_o if_o penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n be_v add_v to_o the_o virtus_n vitalis_n to_o the_o vital_a power_n of_o a_o spirit_n it_o will_v have_v two_o form_n therefore_o penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n be_v to_o be_v omit_v in_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n see_v also_o p._n 22._o second_o pag._n 14._o penetrable_a and_o indiscerpible_a can_v be_v no_o otherwise_o a_o form_n to_o spirit_n than_o impenetrable_a and_o discerpible_a be_v a_o form_n to_o matter_n but_o impenetrable_a be_v only_o a_o modal_n conceptus_fw-la of_o matter_n and_o discerpible_a a_o relative_n notion_n thereof_o and_o neither_o one_o nor_o both_o contrary_n to_o virtus_fw-la vitalis_fw-la in_o a_o spirit_n three_o pag._n 14._o he_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o quantity_n and_o the_o trina_n dimensio_fw-la may_v not_o as_o well_o be_v part_n of_o the_o form_n of_o matter_n as_o discerpibilitie_n and_o impenetrabilitie_n four_o pag._n 15_o 16._o nothing_o be_v to_o be_v know_v without_o the_o mediation_n of_o sense_n except_o the_o immediate_a sensation_n itself_o and_o the_o act_n of_o intellection_n and_o volition_n or_o nolition_n and_o what_o the_o intellect_n infer_v of_o the_o like_a by_o the_o perception_n of_o these_o wherefore_o as_o to_o the_o modification_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o spirit_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o impenetrabilitie_n and_o divisibilitie_n i_o may_v grope_v say_v he_o but_o i_o can_v know_v it_o positive_o for_o want_v of_o sensation_n five_o pag._n 16_o 17._o if_o indiscerpibilitie_n be_v the_o essential_a character_n of_o a_o spirit_n than_o a_o atom_n of_o matter_n be_v a_o spirit_n it_o be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v indiscerpible_a wherefore_o indiscerpibilitie_n be_v a_o false_a character_n of_o a_o spirit_n six_o pag._n 17_o 18._o penetrable_a whether_o active_o or_o passive_o understand_v can_v be_v no_o proper_a character_n of_o a_o spirit_n forasmuch_o as_o matter_n can_v penetrate_v a_o spirit_n as_o well_o as_o a_o spirit_n matter_n it_o possess_v the_o same_o place_n see_v pag._n 23._o seven_o pag._n 40_o 41._o immaterialitie_n say_v he_o penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n in_o your_o own_o judgement_n i_o think_v be_v none_o of_o they_o proper_a to_o spirit_n for_o they_o be_v common_a to_o diverse_a accident_n in_o your_o account_n viz._n to_o light_n heatt_z cold._n and_o again_o in_o his_o own_o word_n eighthly_a pag._n 77._o if_o your_o penetrabilitie_n say_v he_o imply_v not_o that_o all_o the_o singular_a spirit_n can_v contract_v themselves_o into_o a_o punctum_fw-la yea_o that_o all_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o world_n may_v be_v so_o contract_v i_o find_v it_o not_o yet_o sufficient_o explain_v see_v also_o pag._n 52_o 78_o 89_o 90._o nine_o pag._n 50._o see_v say_v he_o you_o ascribe_v amplitude_n qâ—…antitie_n and_o dimension_n and_o logical_a materialitie_n to_o the_o substantialitie_n of_o spirit_n i_o see_v not_o but_o that_o you_o make_v they_o intellectual_o divisible_a that_o be_v that_o one_o may_v think_v of_o one_o part_n as_o here_o and_o another_o there_o and_o if_o so_o though_o man_n can_v separate_v and_o divide_v they_o if_o it_o be_v no_o contradiction_n god_n can_v ten_o and_o last_o pag._n 90._o the_o put_n of_o penetrability_n and_o indiscerpibility_n into_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n be_v needless_a and_o hazardous_a it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o hold_v that_o god_n have_v make_v spirit_n of_o no_o kind_n of_o part_n but_o what_o do_v natural_o abhor_v separation_n and_o so_o be_v inseparable_a unless_o god_n will_v separate_v they_o and_o so_o there_o be_v no_o fear_n of_o lose_v our_o personality_n in_o the_o other_o state_n but_o penetrability_n and_o indiscerpibility_n be_v hard_a and_o doubtful_a word_n they_o be_v better_o leave_v out_o lest_o they_o tempt_v all_o to_o believe_v that_o the_o very_o be_v of_o spirit_n be_v as_o doubtful_a as_o those_o word_n be_v thus_o have_v i_o faithful_o though_o brief_o bring_v into_o view_n all_o mr._n baxter_n argument_n against_o the_o penetrability_n and_o indiscerpibility_n of_o spirit_n which_o i_o shall_v answer_v in_o order_n as_o they_o have_v be_v recite_v to_o the_o first_o therefore_o i_o say_v that_o the_o doctor_n definition_n of_o
a_o spirit_n which_o be_v a_o substance_n immaterial_a intrinsical_o endue_v with_o life_n and_o a_o faculty_n of_o motion_n where_o substance_n be_v the_o genus_fw-la and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o term_n comprise_v the_o differentia_fw-la which_o mr._n baxter_n call_v conceptus_fw-la formalis_fw-la and_o forma_fw-la i_o say_v that_o this_o difference_n or_o form_n though_o it_o consist_v of_o many_o term_n yet_o these_o term_n be_v not_o heterogeneal_a as_o he_o will_v insinuate_v pag._n 22._o but_o congenerous_a and_o one_o in_o order_n to_o another_o and_o essential_o and_o inseparable_o unite_v in_o that_o one_o substance_n which_o be_v right_o and_o proper_o call_v spirit_n and_o in_o virtue_n of_o that_o one_o substance_n though_o their_o notion_n and_o operation_n differ_v they_o be_v real_o one_o inseparable_a specific_a disserence_n or_o form_n as_o much_o as_o mr._n baxter_n virtus_fw-la vitalis_fw-la una-trina_a be_v that_o be_v to_o say_v they_o be_v specific_a knowable_a term_n succedaneous_a to_o the_o true_a intimate_a specific_a form_n that_o be_v utter_o unknowable_a and_o therefore_o i_o say_v in_o this_o sense_n these_o knowable_a term_n be_v one_o inseparable_a specific_a difference_n or_o form_n whereby_o spirit_n be_v distinguish_v from_o body_n or_o matter_n in_o a_o physical_a acception_n which_o the_o universality_n of_o philosopher_n hold_v to_o consist_v in_o impenetrability_n and_o discerpibilitie_n and_o self-inactivitie_a which_o if_o mr._n baxter_n will_v have_v be_v please_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o viz._n that_o a_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o substance_n immaterial_a in_o opposition_n to_o matter_n physical_a he_o may_v have_v save_v himself_o the_o labour_n of_o a_o deal_n of_o tedious_a trifle_n in_o explication_n of_o word_n to_o no_o purpose_n but_o to_o show_v that_o this_o pretence_n of_o more_o form_n than_o one_o in_o one_o substance_n be_v but_o a_o cavil_v i_o will_v offer_v real_o the_o same_o definition_n in_o a_o more_o succinct_a way_n and_o more_o to_o mr._n baxters_n tooth_n and_o say_v as_o corpus_n be_v substantia_fw-la materialis_fw-la where_o materialis_fw-la be_v the_o specific_a difference_n of_o corpus_n comprise_v in_o one_o term_n so_o spiritus_fw-la be_v substantia_fw-la immaterialis_fw-la where_o immaterialis_fw-la the_o specific_a difference_n of_o spiritus_fw-la be_v likewise_o comprise_v in_o one_o term_n to_o please_v the_o humour_n of_o mr._n baxter_n but_o now_o as_o under_o that_o one_o term_v materialis_fw-la be_v comprise_v impenetrabilitie_n discerpibilitie_n and_o self-inactivity_a so_o also_o under_o that_o one_o term_v immaterialis_fw-la be_v comprise_v as_o under_o one_o head_n penetrability_n indiscerpibility_n and_o intrinsccal_a life_n and_o motion_n that_o be_v a_o essential_a faculty_n of_o life_n and_o motion_n which_o in_o one_o word_n may_v be_v call_v self-activity_n whence_o penetrability_n indiscerpibility_n and_o self-activity_n be_v as_o much_o one_o form_n of_o a_o spirit_n as_o mr._n baxter_n vita_fw-la perceptio_fw-la and_o appetitus_n be_v one_o form_n thereof_o for_o though_o in_o both_o place_n they_o be_v three_o distinct_a notion_n at_o least_o as_o mr._n baxter_n will_v have_v it_o yet_o they_o be_v the_o essential_a and_o inseparable_a attribute_n of_o one_o substance_n and_o the_o immediate_a fruit_n and_o result_v of_o the_o specific_a nature_n thereof_o they_o be_v inseparable_o one_o in_o their_o source_n and_o subject_a and_o this_o i_o think_v be_v more_o than_o enough_o to_o take_v off_o this_o first_o little_a cavil_v of_o mr._n baxter_n against_o the_o doctor_n include_v penetrability_n and_o inseparability_n in_o the_o form_n or_o specific_a difference_n of_o a_o spirit_n for_o all_o that_o same_o be_v to_o be_v call_v form_n by_o which_o a_o thing_n be_v that_o which_o it_o be_v as_o far_o as_o our_o cognitive_a faculty_n will_v reach_v and_o by_o which_o it_o be_v essential_o distinguish_v from_o other_o thing_n and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o for_o penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n spirit_n will_v be_v confound_v with_o body_n and_o matter_n and_o body_n or_o physical_a matter_n may_v be_v self-active_a sentient_a and_o intelligent_a to_o the_o second_o i_o answer_v that_o whosoever_o search_v thing_n to_o the_o bottom_n he_o will_v sin_v this_o a_o sound_a principle_n in_o philosophy_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o whole_a universe_n but_o what_o be_v either_o substantia_fw-la or_o modus_fw-la and_o when_o a_o mode_n or_o several_a modes_n put_v together_o be_v immediate_o and_o essential_o inseparable_a from_o a_o substance_n they_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o form_n or_o the_o only_a knowable_a specific_a difference_n of_o that_o substance_n so_o that_o impenetrability_n and_o discerpibility_n which_o be_v immediate_o essential_a to_o and_o inseparable_a from_o body_n or_o matter_n and_o self-inactivitie_a as_o irrational_a be_v make_v the_o specific_a difference_n of_o a_o brute_n may_v be_v add_v also_o these_o i_o say_v be_v as_o true_o the_o form_n or_o specific_a difference_n of_o body_n or_o matter_n as_o any_o thing_n knowable_a be_v of_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n and_o self-inactivity_a at_o least_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o virtus_fw-la vitalis_fw-la of_o a_o spirit_n though_o impenetrability_n and_o discerpibility_n be_v not_o so_o that_o according_a to_o this_o oeconomy_n you_o see_v how_o plain_o and_o exquisite_o body_n and_o spirit_n be_v make_v opposite_a species_n one_o to_o another_o and_o it_o be_v these_o modal_a difference_n of_o substance_n which_o we_o only_o know_v but_o the_o specific_a substance_n of_o any_o thing_n be_v utter_o unknown_a to_o we_o however_o mr._n baxter_n be_v please_v to_o swagger_v to_o the_o contrary_a p._n 44_o 62._o where_o he_o seem_v to_o mis-understand_a the_o doctor_n as_o if_o by_o essence_n he_o do_v not_o understand_v substance_n as_o both_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o essentia_fw-la usual_o signify_v especial_o with_o the_o ancient_n but_o any_o be_v at_o large_a but_o of_o substance_n it_o be_v most_o true_a we_o know_v it_o only_o by_o its_o essential_a modes_n but_o the_o modes_n be_v not_o the_o substance_n itself_o of_o which_o they_o be_v modes_n otherwise_o the_o substance_n will_v want_v modes_n or_o every_o substance_n will_v be_v more_o substance_n than_o one_o and_o mr._n baxter_n himself_o say_v pag._n 62._o to_o know_v a_o essential_a attribute_n and_o to_o know_v ipsam_fw-la essentiam_fw-la scientiâ_fw-la inadaequatâ_fw-la be_v all_o one_o which_o inadequate_a or_o partial_a knowledge_n say_v i_o be_v this_o the_o know_v of_o the_o essential_a mode_n of_o the_o substance_n and_o not_o know_v the_o substance_n itself_o otherwise_o if_o both_o the_o essential_a modes_n be_v know_v and_o also_o the_o specific_a substance_n to_o which_o the_o modes_n belong_v more_o than_o that_o those_o mode_n belong_v to_o that_o substance_n the_o knowledge_n will_v be_v full_a and_o adequate_a and_o stretch_v through_o the_o whole_a object_n so_o that_o mr._n baxters_fw-mi scientia_fw-la inadoequata_fw-la and_o the_o doctor_n deny_v the_o bare_a substance_n itself_o to_o be_v know_v may_v very_o well_o consist_v together_o and_o be_v judge_v a_o mere_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o exercise_n more_o grateful_a it_o be_v likely_a to_o mr._n baxter_n than_o to_o the_o doctor_n to_o the_o three_o i_o say_v any_o one_o that_o consider_v may_v find_v a_o necessary_a reason_n why_o quantity_n or_o trina_n dimensio_fw-la shall_v be_v leave_v out_o in_o the_o form_n of_o body_n or_o matter_n especial_o why_o the_o doctor_n shall_v leave_v it_o out_o because_o he_o do_v profess_o hold_v that_o whatever_o be_v have_v metaphysical_a quantity_n or_o metaphysical_a trina_n dimensio_fw-la which_o no_o man_n can_v deny_v that_o hold_v god_n be_v essential_o present_a everywhere_o and_o no_o man_n i_o think_v that_o do_v not_o dote_v can_v deny_v that_o wherefore_o allow_v matter_n to_o be_v substance_n in_o that_o generical_a nature_n trina_n dimensio_fw-la be_v comprise_v and_o need_v not_o be_v again_o repeat_v in_o the_o form_n but_o when_o in_o the_o forma_fw-la or_o differentia_fw-la discerpible_a and_o impenetrable_a be_v add_v this_o be_v that_o which_o make_v the_o trina_n dimensio_fw-la include_v in_o the_o genus_fw-la substantia_fw-la of_o a_o corporeal_a kind_n and_o do_v constitute_v that_o species_n of_o thing_n which_o we_o call_v corpora_fw-la this_o be_v so_o plain_a a_o business_n that_o we_o need_v insist_v no_o long_o upon_o it_o now_o to_o the_o four_o i_o answer_v brief_o that_o from_o what_o knowledge_n we_o have_v by_o the_o mediation_n of_o the_o sense_n and_o inference_n of_o the_o intellect_n we_o arrive_v not_o only_o to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o like_a thing_n but_o of_o unlike_a or_o rather_o contrary_a as_o in_o this_o very_a example_n we_o be_v competent_o well_o instruct_v indeed_o assure_v by_o our_o sense_n that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o kind_n of_o thing_n as_o body_n who_o nature_n be_v to_o be_v impenetrable_a and_o discerpible_a
yet_o hard_a and_o if_o god_n have_v make_v a_o creature_n so_o stong_o incline_v to_o the_o unity_n of_o all_o the_o part_n that_o no_o creature_n can_v separate_v they_o but_o god_n only_o as_o if_o a_o soul_n be_v such_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o such_o a_o be_v need_v not_o fear_v a_o dissolution_n by_o separation_n of_o part_n ans._n this_o be_v well_o say_v for_o a_o heedless_a and_o credulous_a multitude_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o philosophize_v but_o to_o tell_v we_o that_o god_n work_v a_o perpetual_a miracle_n in_o hold_v the_o small_a tenuious_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n together_o more_o pure_a and_o fine_a than_o those_o of_o fire_n or_o aether_n but_o here_o be_v no_o natural_a cause_n from_o the_o thing_n itself_o offer_v unless_o it_o be_v that_o in_o every_o substance_n or_o rather_o matter_n the_o part_n according_a to_o the_o tenuitie_n and_o purity_n of_o the_o substance_n incline_v to_o a_o close_a contact_n and_o inseparable_a union_n one_o with_o another_o which_o be_v a_o conceit_n repugnant_a to_o experience_n and_o easy_o confute_v by_o that_o ordinary_a accident_n of_o a_o spinner_n hang_v by_o its_o weak_a thread_n from_o the_o brim_n of_o one_o hat_n which_o seeble_a line_n yet_o be_v of_o force_n enough_o to_o divide_v the_o air_n and_o for_o that_o very_a reason_n because_o it_o consist_v of_o thin_a part_n than_o water_n or_o earth_n as_o also_o we_o can_v more_o easy_o run_v in_o the_o air_n than_o wade_v in_o the_o water_n for_o the_o very_a same_o reason_n these_o thing_n be_v so_o plain_a that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v dwell_v upon_o but_o mr._n baxter_n be_v thus_o please_v to_o show_v his_o wit_n in_o maintain_v a_o weak_a cause_n which_o i_o be_o persuade_v he_o have_v not_o so_o little_a judgement_n as_o that_o he_o can_v have_v any_o great_a confidence_n in_o and_o therefore_o in_o sundry_a place_n he_o intimate_v that_o he_o do_v allow_v or_o at_o least_o not_o deny_v but_o that_o penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n but_o not_o as_o part_v of_o the_o conceptus_fw-la formalis_fw-la but_o as_o dispositio_fw-la or_o modus_fw-la substantiae_fw-la but_o yet_o withal_o such_o a_o dispositio_fw-la as_o be_v essential_a to_o the_o substance_n that_o with_o the_o conceptus_fw-la formalis_fw-la add_v make_v up_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n see_v pag._n 30_o 32_o 61_o 85._o and_o true_o if_o mr._n baxter_n be_v in_o good_a earnest_n and_o sincere_a in_o this_o agreement_n without_o all_o equivocation_n that_o penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n be_v essential_a to_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n only_o they_o be_v to_o be_v admit_v as_o dispositio_fw-la substantiae_fw-la not_o as_o pars_fw-la formae_fw-la i_o confess_v as_o he_o declare_v pag._n 94._o that_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o doctor_n lie_v in_o a_o much_o small_a matter_n than_o be_v think_v and_o the_o doctor_n i_o believe_v will_v easy_o allow_v he_o to_o please_v his_o own_o fancy_n in_o that_o but_o then_o he_o must_v understand_v the_o term_n of_o penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n in_o the_o doctor_n sense_n viz_o of_o a_o spirit_n penetrate_v not_o inter_v part_n but_o per_fw-la part_n materiae_fw-la and_o possess_v the_o same_o space_n with_o they_o and_o of_o a_o indiscerpibleness_n not_o arise_v from_o thin_a and_o thin_a part_n of_o matter_n as_o he_o imagine_v air_n to_o be_v more_o hardly_o discerpible_a than_o earth_n or_o water_n forasmuch_o as_o by_o reason_n of_o its_o thinness_n its_o part_n lie_v close_o together_o as_o be_v above_o note_v but_o from_o the_o immediate_a essential_a oneness_n of_o substance_n in_o a_o spirit_n according_a to_o the_o true_a idea_n of_o a_o indiscerpible_a be_v in_o the_o divine_a intellect_n which_o whether_o in_o idea_n or_o in_o actual_a existence_n it_o will_v cease_v to_o be_v or_o rather_o never_o be_v such_o if_o it_o be_v discerpible_a and_o therefore_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n it_o shall_v be_v so_o but_o if_o a_o spirit_n be_v not_o penetrable_a in_o the_o doctor_n sense_n it_o be_v real_o impenetrable_a and_o if_o not_o indiscerpible_a in_o his_o sense_n it_o be_v real_o discerpible_a and_o consequent_o divisible_a into_o physical_a monad_n or_o atom_n and_o therefore_o constitute_v of_o they_o and_o the_o last_o inference_n will_v be_v that_o of_o the_o epigrammatist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v and_o thus_o the_o sair_a and_o firm_a structure_n of_o philosophical_a theorem_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n the_o existence_n of_o spirit_n and_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n will_v become_v a_o castle_n of_o come-down_a and_o fall_v quite_o to_o the_o ground_n whence_o it_o be_v rightful_o do_v of_o the_o doctor_n to_o lay_v such_o stress_n upon_o these_o two_o term_n penetrabilitie_n and_o indiscerpibilitie_n they_o be_v the_o essential_a characteristic_n of_o what_o be_v true_o a_o spirit_n and_o which_o if_o they_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o world_n all_o will_v necessary_o be_v matter_n i_o mean_v physical_a matter_n to_o prevent_v all_o quibbling_n and_o fiddle_n about_o word_n and_o phrase_n and_o this_o physical_a matter_n will_v be_v the_o subject_a and_o source_n of_o all_o life_n whatever_o intellective_a sensitive_a and_o vegetative_a and_o mr._n baxter_n do_v ill_a in_o not_o only_o omit_v these_o term_n himself_o in_o his_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n but_o in_o public_o slight_v and_o disgrace_v of_o the_o doctor_n use_v of_o they_o and_o afterward_o in_o so_o stomach_n his_o vindication_n of_o the_o same_o in_o public_a whenas_o we_o see_v that_o without_o they_o there_o can_v be_v nothing_o but_o physical_a matter_n in_o the_o world_n and_o god_n and_o angel_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n must_v be_v such_o matter_n if_o they_o be_v any_o thing_n at_o all_o and_o therefore_o in_o such_o a_o error_n as_o this_o mr._n baxter_n with_o christian_a patience_n may_v well_o have_v bear_v with_o the_o doctor_n call_v it_o not_o only_o a_o mistake_n but_o a_o mischief_n and_o i_o hope_v by_o this_o time_n he_o be_v such_o a_o proficient_a in_o that_o virtue_n that_o he_o will_v cheerful_o bear_v the_o publication_n of_o this_o my_o answer_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o doctor_n to_o all_o his_o objection_n against_o these_o two_o essential_a and_o necessary_a character_n of_o a_o spirit_n and_o not_o be_v offend_v if_o i_o brief_o run_v over_o his_o small_a criticism_n upon_o the_o doctor_n definition_n of_o the_o same_o which_o do_v occur_v pag._n 80_o 81._o and_o elsewhere_o as_o i_o shall_v advertise_v the_o doctor_n definition_n of_o a_o spirit_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o that_o subject_a sect._n 29._o be_v this_o a_o spirit_n be_v a_o substance_n immaterial_a intrinsical_o endue_v with_o life_n and_o the_o faculty_n of_o motion_n where_o he_o note_v that_o immaterial_a contain_v virtual_o in_o it_o penetrability_n and_o indiscerpibility_n now_o let_v we_o hear_v how_o mr._n baxter_n criticize_v on_o this_o definition_n first_o say_v he_o pag._n 80._o your_o definition_n be_v common_a good_a and_o true_a allow_v for_o its_o little_a imperfection_n and_o the_o common_a imperfection_n of_o man_n knowledge_n of_o spirit_n if_o by_o immaterial_a you_o mean_v not_o without_o substance_n it_o signify_v truth_n but_o a_o negation_n speak_v not_o a_o formal_a essence_n ans._n how_o very_o little_a these_o imperfection_n be_v i_o shall_v note_v by_o pass_v through_o they_o all_o and_o for_o the_o common_a imperfection_n of_o man_n knowledge_n of_o spirit_n what_o a_o unskilful_a or_o hypocritical_a pretence_n that_o be_v the_o doctor_n have_v so_o clear_o show_v in_o his_o discourse_n of_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n sect._n 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o that_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o send_v the_o reader_n thither_o for_o satisfaction_n but_o as_o for_o immaterial_a how_o can_v any_o one_o think_v that_o thereby_o be_v mean_v without_o substance_n but_o those_o that_o think_v there_o be_v nothing_o but_o matter_n in_o the_o physical_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n in_o the_o world_n as_o if_o substance_n immaterial_a be_v intend_a to_o signify_v substance_n without_o substance_n and_o last_o the_o doctor_n will_v deny_v that_o in_o in_o immaterial_a signify_v negative_o hear_v more_o than_o in_o immortal_a incorruptible_a or_o infinite_a but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o indication_n of_o opposite_a property_n to_o those_o of_o physical_a matter_n viz._n impenetrability_n and_o discerpibility_n and_o that_o therefore_o immaterial_a here_o include_v indiscerpibility_n and_o penetrability_n second_o pag._n 81._o spirit_n itself_o say_v he_o be_v but_o a_o metaphor_n ans._n though_o the_o word_n first_o signify_v other_o thing_n before_o it_o be_v use_v in_o the_o sense_n it_o be_v here_o define_v yet_o use_n have_v make_v it_o as_o good_a
sufficient_o enable_v they_o to_o be_v guide_n to_o the_o people_n especial_o by_o adhere_v in_o matter_n of_o moment_n to_o the_o ancient_a apostolic_a and_o unapostatize_v church_n and_o presume_v nothing_o upon_o their_o private_a spirit_n against_o the_o same_o such_o questionless_a will_v prove_v able_a and_o safe_a pastor_n and_o will_v not_o fail_v of_o be_v approve_v of_o by_o our_o lord_n jesus_n the_o great_a shepherd_n and_o bishop_n of_o our_o soul_n but_o if_o any_o such_o as_o i_o note_v above_o for_o that_o they_o conceit_n themselves_o also_o dapper_a fellow_n at_o cudgil_n or_o quarter-stafs_a shall_v leave_v their_o flock_n solitary_a in_o the_o field_n out_o of_o a_o itch_n after_o applause_n from_o the_o country-fry_n gad_n to_o wake_n and_o fair_n to_o give_v a_o proof_n of_o their_o dexterity_n at_o those_o rural_a exercise_n if_o they_o shall_v i_o say_v for_o their_o pain_n return_v with_o a_o bruise_a knuckle_n or_o break_a pate_n who_o can_v help_v it_o it_o 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