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to_o who_o be_v glory_n etc._n etc._n epist._n iii_o wherein_o the_o author_n set_v down_o some_o further_a ground_n and_o reason_n of_o his_o opinion_n of_o the_o mortality_n or_o utter_a annihilation_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o brute_n upon_o their_o death_n and_o therein_o endeavour_v to_o clear_v himself_o of_o all_o seed_n and_o principle_n of_o atheism_n wherewith_o that_o opinion_n seem_v tax_v in_o a_o certain_a book_n present_v he_o by_o the_o say_a dean_n that_o soul_n which_o pry_v into_o thing_n even_o below_o and_o inferior_a to_o its_o self_n do_v they_o seem_v at_o first_o never_o so_o ordinary_a mean_a and_o obvious_a and_o be_v it_o clear-sighted_a as_o may_v be_v and_o perhaps_o from_o the_o clear_a sight_n the_o soon_a will_v at_o length_n if_o it_o dwell_v long_o on_o any_o subject_n begin_v to_o stagger_v and_o suspect_v itself_o of_o dimness_n and_o weakness_n and_o that_o there_o be_v something_o more_o in_o every_o creature_n than_o it_o be_v able_a to_o discern_v 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