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betwixt_o which_o nature_n there_o be_v perpetual_o more_o or_o less_o strife_n and_o contest_v both_o inward_o and_o outward_o but_o if_o theopompus_n his_o prophecy_n be_v true_a in_o plutarch_n who_o be_v initiate_v into_o these_o arcana_fw-la the_o power_n of_o the_o benign_a principle_n will_v get_v the_o upper_a hand_n at_o last_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n at_o length_n hades_n or_o arimanius_n will_v be_v leave_v in_o the_o lurch_n who_o so_o strong_o hold_v we_o captive_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o man_n shall_v then_o be_v perfect_o happy_a need_v no_o food_n nor_o cast_v any_o shadow_n for_o what_o shadow_n can_v that_o body_n cast_v that_o be_v a_o pure_a and_o transparent_a light_n such_o as_o the_o aethereal_a vehicle_n be_v and_o therefore_o that_o oracle_n be_v then_o fulfil_v when_o the_o soul_n have_v ascend_v into_o that_o condition_n we_o have_v already_o describe_v in_o which_o alone_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o fate_n and_o mortality_n 10._o this_o be_v the_o true_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o persian_a language_n with_o who_o empty_a title_n emperor_n and_o great_a potentate_n of_o the_o earth_n have_v be_v ambitious_a to_o adorn_v their_o memory_n after_o death_n but_o be_v so_o high_a a_o privilege_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n that_o mere_a political_a virtue_n as_o plotinus_n call_v they_o can_v never_o advance_v she_o to_o that_o pitch_n of_o happiness_n either_o philosophy_n or_o something_o more_o sacred_a than_o philosophy_n must_v be_v her_o guide_n to_o so_o transcendent_a a_o condition_n and_o not_o be_v curious_a to_o dispute_v whether_o the_o pythagorean_n ever_o arrive_v to_o it_o by_o live_v according_a to_o the_o precept_n of_o their_o master_n i_o shall_v notwithstanding_o with_o confidence_n aver_v that_o what_o they_o aim_v at_o be_v the_o sublimest_n felicity_n our_o nature_n be_v capable_a of_o and_o be_v the_o utmost_a discovery_n this_o treatise_n can_v pretend_v to_o i_o shall_v conclude_v all_o with_o a_o distich_n of_o they_o which_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o take_v notice_n of_o upon_o like_a occasion_n it_o comprehend_v the_o further_a scope_n not_o only_o of_o their_o philosophy_n but_o of_o this_o present_a discourse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o this_o sense_n who_o after_o death_n once_o reach_v the_o aetherial_a plain_n be_v straight_o make_v god_n and_o never_o die_v again_o the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n contain_v in_o this_o treatise_n book_n i._n chap._n 1._o 1._o the_o usefulness_n of_o the_o present_a speculation_n for_o the_o understanding_n of_o providence_n and_o the_o management_n of_o our_o life_n for_o our_o great_a happiness_n 2._o for_o the_o moderate_a bear_v the_o death_n and_o disaster_n of_o our_o friend_n 3._o for_o the_o beget_n true_a magnanimity_n in_o we_o 4._o and_o peace_n and_o tranquillity_n of_o mind_n 5._o that_o so_o weighty_a a_o theory_n be_v not_o to_o be_v handle_v perfunctory_o pag._n 1_o chap._n 2._o 1._o that_o the_o soul_n immortality_n be_v demonstrable_a by_o the_o author_n method_n to_o all_o but_o mere_a sceptic_n 2._o a_o illustration_n of_o his_o first_o axiom_n 3._o a_o confirmation_n and_o example_n of_o the_o second_o 4._o a_o explication_n of_o the_o three_o 5._o a_o explication_n and_o proof_n of_o the_o four_o 6._o a_o proof_n of_o the_o five_o 7._o of_o the_o six_o 8._o a_o example_n of_o the_o seven_o 9_o a_o confirmation_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o eight_o 10._o a_o demonstration_n and_o example_n of_o the_o nine_o 11._o penetrability_n the_o immediate_a property_n of_o incorporeal_a substance_n 12._o as_o also_o indiscerpibility_n 13._o a_o proof_n and_o illustration_n of_o the_o ten_o axiom_n 4_o chap._n 3._o 1._o the_o general_a notion_n of_o body_n and_o spirit_n 2._o that_o the_o notion_n of_o spirit_n be_v altogether_o as_o intelligible_a as_o that_o of_o body_n 3._o whether_o there_o be_v any_o substance_n of_o a_o mix_a nature_n betwixt_o body_n and_o spirit_n 16_o chap._n 4._o 1._o that_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o immaterial_a being_n have_v no_o inconsistency_n nor_o incongruity_n in_o they_o 2._o that_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n be_v as_o intelligible_a as_o the_o nature_n of_o any_o be_v whatsoever_o 3._o the_o true_a notion_n of_o his_o ubiquity_n and_o how_o intelligible_a it_o be_v 4._o of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n 5._o of_o his_o power_n of_o creation_n 20_o chap._n 5._o 1._o the_o definition_n belong_v to_o all_o finite_a and_o create_v spirit_n 2._o of_o indiscerpibility_n a_o symbolical_a representation_n thereof_o 3._o a_o objection_n answer_v against_o that_o representation_n 24_o chap._n 6._o 1._o axiom_n that_o tend_v to_o the_o demonstrate_v how_o the_o centre_n or_o first_o point_n of_o the_o primary_n substance_n of_o a_o spirit_n may_v be_v indiscerpible_a 2._o several_a other_o that_o demonstrate_v how_o the_o secondary_a substance_n of_o a_o spirit_n may_v be_v indiscerpible_a 3._o a_o application_n of_o these_o principle_n 4._o of_o the_o union_n of_o the_o secondary_a substance_n consider_v transvers_o 5._o that_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n have_v less_o difficulty_n then_o that_o of_o matter_n 6._o a_o answer_n to_o a_o objection_n from_o the_o rational_a faculty_n 7._o answer_n to_o objection_n suggest_v from_o fancy_n 8._o a_o more_o compendious_a satisfaction_n concern_v the_o notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n 29_o chap._n 7._o 1._o of_o the_o self-motion_n of_o a_o spirit_n 2._o of_o self-penetration_a 3._o of_o self-contraction_n and_o dilatation_n 4._o the_o power_n of_o penetrate_v of_o matter_n 5._o the_o power_n of_o move_v 6._o and_o of_o alter_v the_o matter_n 42_o chap._n 8._o 1._o four_o main_a species_n of_o spirit_n 2._o how_o they_o be_v to_o be_v define_v 3._o