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the_o turk_n and_o persian_n have_v be_v and_o be_v deceive_v and_o have_v do_v unjust_o in_o persecute_v and_o put_v christian_n to_o death_n because_o they_o will_v not_o submit_v to_o the_o religion_n of_o mahomet_n and_o yet_o we_o account_v it_o no_o absurdity_n or_o injustice_n to_o pass_v that_o censure_n upon_o they_o and_o do_v not_o the_o idolater_n in_o all_o those_o large_a empire_n and_o kingdom_n of_o tartary_n china_n the_o mogul_n country_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o those_o country_n in_o the_o east_n of_o asia_n persecute_v and_o put_v many_o to_o death_n for_o not_o worship_v their_o idol_n or_o embrace_v their_o religion_n and_o do_v we_o think_v it_o absurd_a to_o censure_v and_o condemn_v they_o of_o injustice_n though_o in_o their_o own_o country_n they_o be_v account_v grave_n and_o wise_a judge_n sure_o we_o do_v not_o and_o there_o be_v the_o parity_n of_o reason_n in_o both_o the_o argument_n for_o all_o be_v but_o man_n and_o so_o may_v err_v 2._o but_o as_o 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these_o particular_n 1._o he_o do_v not_o at_o all_o deny_v the_o existence_n or_o being_n of_o spirit_n neither_o that_o spirit_n do_v not_o or_o can_v make_v visible_a apparition_n but_o do_v grant_n both_o 2._o but_o he_o restrain_v these_o apparition_n to_o those_o inseparable_a property_n that_o belong_v to_o body_n and_o spirit_n that_o be_v a_o body_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o humane_a body_n have_v flesh_n and_o bone_n but_o a_o spirit_n have_v neither_o as_o christ_n or_o humane_a body_n have_v and_o therefore_o say_v a_o learned_a person_n upon_o the_o place_n docet_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la supr_n spiritum_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la spiritus_fw-la inquit_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la carnem_fw-la &_o ossa_fw-la ego_fw-la verò_fw-la ut_fw-la conspicitis_fw-la habeo_fw-la carnem_fw-la &_o ossa_fw-la ergo_fw-la ego_fw-la non_fw-la sum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la vide_fw-la igitur_fw-la ex_fw-la sensu_fw-la &_o sensibilibus_fw-la sensu_fw-la nimirum_fw-la visus_fw-la 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soever_o have_v not_o nor_o can_v have_v otherwise_o our_o saviour_n argument_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n and_o prove_v nothing_o 3._o he_o confirm_v this_o by_o the_o disciple_n own_o proof_n of_o feeling_n and_o touch_v the_o print_n or_o scar_n of_o the_o nail_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o print_n of_o the_o wound_n in_o his_o side_n and_o thereby_o manifest_v that_o it_o be_v he_o himself_o and_o the_o very_a same_o individual_a body_n in_o which_o he_o suffer_v by_o which_o thomas_n his_o great_a unbelief_n and_o doubt_v be_v unanswerable_o satisfy_v by_o put_v his_o finger_n into_o or_o upon_o the_o very_a print_n of_o the_o nail_n and_o by_o put_v his_o hand_n into_o or_o upon_o the_o wound_n or_o scar_n upon_o his_o side_n and_o therefore_o though_o the_o same_o power_n that_o raise_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a and_o roll_v the_o seal_a stone_n from_o the_o sepulchre_n can_v have_v perfect_v his_o body_n to_o be_v without_o print_n or_o scar_n of_o the_o wound_n yet_o do_v 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in_o their_o apparition_n be_v not_o nor_o can_v be_v so_o for_o as_o we_o deny_v not_o but_o there_o be_v and_o may_v be_v apparition_n in_o any_o figure_n or_o shape_n yet_o they_o can_v but_o be_v as_o the_o figure_n and_o shape_n in_o the_o cloud_n which_o be_v often_o see_v and_o cause_v much_o wonder_n though_o we_o suppose_v many_o of_o they_o may_v be_v rather_o attribute_v to_o the_o assimilation_n make_v in_o man_n fancy_n than_o to_o their_o real_a existence_n in_o those_o form_n or_o shape_n so_o they_o may_v be_v as_o shadow_n or_o the_o species_n of_o body_n that_o we_o see_v near_o or_o afar_o off_o or_o as_o the_o image_n that_o we_o behold_v of_o ourselves_o and_o other_o thing_n in_o mirror_n or_o looking-glass_n which_o though_o without_o doubt_n they_o be_v not_o nonentities_a for_o nullius_fw-la entis_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la operatio_fw-la but_o these_o affect_v the_o sense_n which_o be_v a_o operation_n or_o action_n yet_o do_v they_o all_o easy_o yield_v to_o 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