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a_o woe_n to_o those_o who_o make_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o righteous_a sad_a who_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o make_v sad_a and_o apply_v those_o word_n to_o those_o who_o oppose_v his_o opinion_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n and_o thereupon_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o case_n those_o who_o maintain_v a_o point_n of_o doctrine_n contrary_a to_o truth_n which_o may_v make_v the_o righteous_a sad_a the_o woe_n pronounce_v by_o this_o prophet_n pertain_v to_o that_o maintainer_n whence_o if_o the_o soul_n extinguishment_n at_o the_o death_n of_o the_o party_n be_v not_o true_a it_o may_v probable_o make_v the_o heart_n of_o some_o righteous_a people_n sad_a who_o god_n have_v not_o make_v sad_a and_o then_o our_o prophet_n woe_n may_v just_o be_v impose_v upon_o such_o maintainer_n but_o if_o otherwise_o it_o shall_v so_o fall_v out_o that_o this_o opinion_n be_v true_a and_o that_o of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n be_v a_o error_n then_o those_o who_o heart_n be_v make_v sad_a by_o 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assure_v my_o reader_n that_o if_o i_o do_v know_v or_o believe_v what_o he_o say_v in_o this_o place_n to_o be_v true_a i_o will_v ready_o submit_v to_o his_o dictatorship_n in_o it_o without_o any_o further_o proceed_v in_o a_o dispute_n of_o this_o nature_n but_o i_o do_v neither_o know_v nor_o believe_v the_o truth_n of_o what_o he_o say_v in_o this_o place_n conceive_v it_o still_o more_o probable_a that_o the_o soul_n extinguish_v at_o the_o death_n of_o the_o person_n and_o be_v neither_o immortal_a nor_o intelligent_a have_v no_o other_o place_n of_o subsistence_n but_o in_o the_o body_n chap._n ii_o page_n 8._o mr._n w._n say_v that_o he_o will_v inquire_v into_o the_o divers_a acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n soul_n in_o scripture_n or_o what_o be_v there_o usual_o intend_v by_o that_o term_n and_o say_v in_o scripture_n there_o be_v five_o signification_n thereof_o first_o he_o say_v the_o soul_n be_v there_o take_v for_o the_o whole_a person_n of_o man._n second_o soul_n be_v there_o take_v for_o the_o body_n of_o man_n only_o three_o soul_n be_v take_v for_o the_o life_n of_o the_o body_n four_o he_o say_v soul_n be_v take_v for_o the_o dead_a carcase_n of_o a_o man._n five_o the_o word_n soul_n be_v take_v for_o the_o rational_a soul_n of_o man_n whereby_o he_o stand_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o level_n with_o angel_n by_o which_o i_o suppose_v he_o intend_v the_o humane_a soul_n produce_v life_n and_o action_n in_o the_o person_n which_o he_o say_v be_v immortal_a and_o labour_n to_o prove_v it_o so_o and_o therefore_o bring_v instance_n out_o of_o scripture_n to_o show_v the_o truth_n and_o practice_n of_o these_o signification_n and_o hereupon_o i_o observe_v that_o his_o first_o acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n soul_n for_o the_o whole_a person_n of_o man_n constitute_v of_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v very_o common_a throughout_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o the_o scripture_n well_o prove_v by_o the_o instance_n which_o he_o give_v to_o which_o hundred_o more_o may_v be_v add_v if_o any_o need_n shall_v arise_v for_o the_o so_o do_v but_o the_o instance_n of_o his_o second_o signification_n seem_v not_o to_o prove_v what_o he_o intend_v by_o they_o for_o that_o the_o iron_n enter_v into_o joseph_n soul_n seem_v not_o to_o be_v intend_v only_o of_o his_o body_n but_o of_o his_o person_n for_o that_o his_o body_n without_o a_o soul_n can_v not_o be_v sensible_a or_o capable_a of_o suffer_v thereby_o his_o next_o instance_n be_v of_o send_v leanness_n into_o the_o soul_n of_o those_o that_o eat_v the_o quail_n it_o seem_v the_o word_n soul_n here_o do_v also_o intend_v the_o whole_a person_n of_o the_o eater_n for_o that_o body_n can_v eat_v or_o be_v nourish_v without_o their_o soul_n concern_v his_o three_o say_v that_o soul_n be_v take_v
for_o the_o life_n of_o the_o body_n it_o seem_v the_o instance_n which_o he_o bring_v do_v all_o apply_v to_o the_o life_n of_o the_o person_n and_o not_o of_o the_o body_n only_o for_o all_o man_n know_v that_o the_o body_n can_v have_v no_o life_n without_o the_o soul_n and_o therefore_o these_o which_o he_o please_v to_o apply_v to_o the_o body_n only_o ought_v real_o to_o be_v intend_v of_o the_o whole_a humane_a person_n the_o instance_n which_o he_o bring_v to_o prove_v the_o four_o acceptation_n of_o the_o word_n soul_n to_o signify_v sometime_o a_o dead_a carcase_n he_o offer_v to_o prove_v by_o these_o word_n you_o shall_v not_o make_v any_o cut_n in_o your_o flesh_n for_o the_o soul_n here_o he_o pretend_v the_o word_n soul_n signify_v nothing_o but_o the_o dead_a carcase_n but_o i_o refuse_v to_o agree_v with_o he_o in_o it_o conceive_v as_o i_o do_v that_o the_o word_n soul_n here_o intend_v the_o dead_a person_n for_o i_o do_v nor_o believe_v man_n to_o have_v be_v so_o sottish_a as_o to_o have_v make_v cut_n in_o their_o flesh_n for_o the_o dead_a carcase_n of_o their_o friend_n as_o he_o suppose_v but_o that_o rather_o they_o make_v such_o cut_n in_o their_o flesh_n for_o grief_n and_o remembrance_n of_o their_o dead_a friend_n not_o for_o any_o of_o their_o part_n but_o for_o the_o whole_a person_n of_o they_o his_o 5_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n soul_n which_o he_o take_v to_o intend_v single_o the_o rational_a immortal_a soul_n of_o man_n he_o prove_v by_o instance_n psal_n 19.7_o the_o law_n be_v perfect_a convert_v the_o soul_n he_o pretend_v the_o word_n soul_n in_o this_o place_n signify_v man_n immortal_a soul_n single_o consider_v and_o without_o the_o body_n this_o i_o deny_v and_o say_v this_o convert_n of_o the_o soul_n inrend_n convert_v of_o the_o person_n or_o of_o the_o whole_a man_n as_o he_o be_v a_o compositum_fw-la of_o soul_n and_o body_n again_o he_o quote_v deut._n 11.18_o lay_v up_o these_o my_o word_n in_o your_o soul_n which_o i_o think_v somewhat_o plain_o to_o signify_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v lay_v up_o these_o my_o word_n in_o your_o heart_n or_o in_o yourselves_o constitute_v and_o compound_v of_o soul_n and_o body_n he_o quote_v again_o deut._n 13.3_o love_v the_o lord_n with_o all_o your_o soul_n to_o which_o he_o may_v have_v add_v with_o all_o your_o heart_n and_o all_o your_o strength_n which_o make_v this_o text_n clear_o appear_v to_o intend_v love_v the_o lord_n with_o all_o the_o eminent_a faculty_n of_o your_o person_n then_o he_o say_v there_o be_v more_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n soul_n in_o scripture_n beside_o those_o five_o which_o he_o have_v name_v and_o which_o by_o examination_n of_o his_o instance_n have_v be_v find_v to_o run_v all_o into_o one_o which_o intend_v the_o whole_a humane_a person_n as_o it_o be_v a_o compositum_fw-la of_o soul_n and_o body_n he_o instance_n as_o one_o of_o his_o other_o signification_n the_o word_n deliver_v i_o not_o up_o to_o the_o soul_n of_o my_o enemy_n which_o i_o think_v intend_v to_o be_v not_o deliver_v up_o to_o the_o person_n or_o power_n of_o his_o enemy_n he_o say_v again_o the_o word_n soul_n sometime_o signify_v some_o one_o power_n of_o the_o sensative_a soul_n as_o the_o breath_n of_o man_n or_o beast_n and_o sometime_o for_o some_o single_a power_n of_o the_o rational_a soul_n which_o i_o think_v he_o shall_v have_v term_v some_o single_a power_n of_o the_o mind_n or_o of_o the_o man_n and_o therein_o i_o be_o ready_a to_o agree_v with_o he_o that_o the_o world_n soul_n in_o scripture_n do_v divers_a time_n signify_v the_o vehement_a desire_n or_o affection_n of_o the_o person_n but_o i_o do_v not_o remember_v that_o the_o word_n soul_n be_v any_o where_o use_v in_o scripture_n to_o signify_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n by_o our_o author_n intend_v except_o only_o that_o text_n of_o st._n matthew_n which_o say_v man_n be_v not_o able_a to_o kill_v the_o soul_n p._n 11._o he_o say_v further_a he_o take_v the_o word_n soul_n to_o signify_v man_n intellectual_a soul_n because_o in_o no_o other_o sense_n can_v the_o soul_n be_v say_v to_o be_v immortal_a and_o i_o deny_v that_o in_o that_o sense_n it_o can_v true_o be_v say_v to_o be_v immortal_a then_o he_o say_v further_a that_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v now_o plain_o alive_a while_o in_o our_o body_n shall_v never_o cease_v to_o live_v or_o be_v annihilate_v and_o this_o i_o conceive_v to_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o he_o undertake_v to_o prove_v and_o when_o he_o have_v so_o do_v in_o a_o sufficient_a convince_a manner_n i_o do_v full_o intend_v to_o be_v his_o proselyte_n and_o to_o submit_v my_o belief_n to_o his_o direction_n in_o this_o point_n p._n 12._o he_o discourse_v of_o the_o soul_n annihilation_n by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n which_o as_o a_o thing_n not_o now_o question_v or_o controvert_v nor_o very_o material_a in_o this_o present_a disquisition_n i_o pass_v over_o without_o far_a observation_n thereupon_o chap._n iii_o page_n 13._o mr._n w._n say_v i_o shall_v now_o lay_v down_o five_o proposition_n which_o i_o conceive_v have_v a_o great_a tendency_n to_o clear_a up_o this_o great_a truth_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v this_o that_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n of_o man_n be_v not_o one_o and_o the_o same_o be_v but_o be_v being_n real_o distinct_a because_o say_v he_o they_o be_v create_v one_o after_o the_o other_o and_o not_o at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n and_o this_o he_o say_v be_v evident_a from_o gen._n 2_o the_o word_n whereof_o run_v thus_o in_o our_o translation_n the_o lord_n god_n form_v man_n of_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o breathe_v into_o his_o nostril_n the_o breath_n of_o life_n and_o man_n become_v a_o live_a soul_n he_o say_v it_o shall_v have_v be_v thus_o render_v god_n breathe_v into_o adam_n be_v nostril_n the_o breath_n of_o life_n or_o soul_n of_o life_n or_o live_a soul_n but_o i_o be_o more_o ready_a to_o rely_v upon_o the_o authority_n of_o our_o translator_n than_o upon_o the_o single_a credit_n of_o a_o person_n engage_v in_o controversy_n and_o to_o who_o cause_n this_o sort_n of_o translation_n may_v be_v helpful_a both_o of_o we_o have_v before_o conclude_v and_o agree_v that_o the_o word_n soul_n in_o scripture_n do_v often_o intend_v and_o signify_v the_o person_n and_o so_o i_o do_v full_o believe_v and_o conclude_v it_o do_v in_o this_o text_n and_o bear_v the_o same_o sense_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v say_v in_o proper_a word_n god_n form_v man_n of_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o breathe_v into_o his_o nostril_n the_o breath_n of_o life_n and_o man_n become_v a_o live_a person_n he_o say_v and_o pretend_v that_o these_o word_n in_o gen._n be_v a_o clear_a demonstration_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v be_v create_v by_o god_n after_o the_o body_n finish_v that_o he_o know_v not_o what_o to_o add_v to_o make_v it_o more_o clear_a and_o i_o be_o very_o apt_a to_o 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