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plain_a manner_n thou_o may_v by_o thy_o elegant_a stile_n make_v more_o polite_a and_o welcome_a to_o the_o reader_n orat._n i_o have_v no_o desire_n but_o to_o bear_v what_o i_o have_v hear_v which_o thou_o have_v plain_o declare_v and_o that_o will_v be_v to_o they_o that_o seek_v the_o truth_n elegance_n enough_o phil._n i_o pray_v thou_o declare_v further_o how_o the_o mind_n reach_v indeterminate_a possibility_n which_o we_o call_v matter_n id._n by_o a_o certain_a counterfeit_a way_n and_o a_o contrary_a manner_n whereby_o it_o pass_v from_o a_o necessity_n of_o complexion_n to_o a_o absolute_a necessity_n for_o see_v how_o all_o body_n have_v to_o be_v form_v by_o corporiety_n take_v that_o away_o it_o see_v all_o it_o law_n before_o it_o as_o a_o certain_a indeterminate_a possibility_n and_o those_o thing_n which_o before_o it_o see_v in_o corporiety_n distinct_a and_o determinate_a as_o be_v in_o act_n now_o it_o see_v confuse_v and_o indeterminate_a inpossibility_n and_o this_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o universality_n by_o which_o all_o thing_n be_v see_v in_o possibility_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o the_o manner_n of_o be_v because_o it_o be_v not_o power-being_a or_o posse_fw-la esse_fw-la chap._n viii_o how_o it_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n to_o the_o mind_n to_o conceive_v to_o understand_v notion_n and_o to_o make_v assimilation_n and_o how_o sensation_n be_v make_v according_a to_o the_o naturalist_n phil._n enough_o of_o this_o lest_o we_o exceed_v our_o purpose_n now_o tell_v i_o if_o in_o or_o to_o the_o mind_n to_o conceive_v be_v to_o understand_v id._n i_o have_v say_v that_o the_o mind_n be_v the_o power_n of_o conceive_v so_o that_o be_v stir_v up_o it_o move_v itself_o by_o conceive_v till_o it_o understand_v wherefore_o understanding_n be_v the_o perfect_a motion_n of_o the_o mind_n phil._n when_o be_v it_o say_v to_o conceive_v id._n when_o it_o make_v the_o similitude_n of_o thing_n or_o if_o thou_o have_v rather_o say_v notion_n or_o kind_n 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it_o be_v move_v and_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o motion_n be_v rather_o call_v passion_n the_o perfection_n of_o it_o understanding_n but_o as_o a_o disposition_n and_o habit_n be_v the_o same_o consider_v a_o disposition_n tend_v to_o perfection_n and_o after_o perfection_n be_v a_o habit_n so_o the_o passion_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o understanding_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n phil._n yet_o the_o understanding_n do_v not_o seem_v to_o say_v or_o imply_v perfection_n id._n thou_o say_v well_o proper_o the_o mind_n be_v say_v to_o understand_v when_o it_o be_v move_v although_o it_o be_v not_o call_v unstanding_n but_o after_o perfection_n phil._n be_v therefore_o all_o these_o one_o and_o the_o same_o to_o wit_n the_o power_n of_o conceive_v conception_n similitude_n notion_n passion_n and_o understanding_n id._n they_o be_v so_o the_o same_o that_o the_o power_n of_o conceive_v be_v not_o any_o of_o they_o because_o it_o be_v call_v a_o power_n from_o a_o aptitude_n which_o it_o have_v from_o its_o creation_n a_o conception_n from_o the_o imitation_n because_o it_o imitate_v the_o matter_n or_o form_n namely_o in_o that_o it_o comprehend_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o matter_n or_o form_n of_o the_o compound_n and_o in_o what_o respect_v it_o be_v call_v conception_n in_o the_o same_o also_o it_o be_v call_v the_o similitude_n or_o notion_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o these_o name_n be_v true_o predicate_v one_o of_o another_o and_o every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v call_v understanding_n phil._n i_o wonder_v how_o conception_n can_v be_v call_v understanding_n id._n although_o the_o conception_n be_v call_v from_o imitation_n and_o understanding_n from_o perfection_n yet_o it_o be_v perfection_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o understanding_n be_v call_v conception_n for_o than_o do_v the_o mind_n conceive_v when_o the_o understanding_n
nature_n precede_v the_o intelligence_n but_o degenerate_v into_o intelligence_n when_o it_o go_v back_o from_o the_o divine_a simplicity_n in_o which_o all_o thing_n be_v one_o and_o will_v behold_v all_o thing_n in_o itself_o as_o every_o thing_n have_v a_o proper_a be_v distinct_a from_o another_o afterward_o the_o mind_n do_v more_o degenerate_a when_o by_o the_o motion_n of_o reafon_n it_o comprehend_v thing_n not_o in_o itself_o but_o as_o the_o form_n be_v invariable_a matter_n where_o it_o can_v hold_v the_o truth_n but_o decline_v into_o a_o image_n now_o aristototle_n who_o consider_v all_o thing_n as_o they_o fall_v under_o name_n impose_v by_o the_o motion_n of_o reason_n make_v reason_n the_o elenment_n or_o beginning_n and_o peradventure_o he_o say_v that_o reason_n by_o discipline_n which_o be_v do_v by_o name_n ascend_v unto_o intelligence_n &_o afterward_o high_a unto_o intelletibility_n and_o therefore_o he_o make_v reason_n the_o element_n to_o the_o ascent_n of_o 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ot_fw-mi the_o first_o matter_n be_v a_o certain_a bend_n from_o that_o which_o be_v have_v of_o a_o body_n for_o if_o thou_o understand_v abody_o un-body_o that_o be_v without_o all_o corporeal_a form_n thou_o understand_v the_o same_o thing_n which_o signify_v a_o body_n but_o after_o another_o man_n because_o un-body_o which_o be_v without_o doubt_n the_o understanding_n of_o the_o matter_n phil._n do_v think_v that_o the_o celestial_a mind_n be_v create_v according_a to_o their_o intellectual_a dgree_n have_v also_o indelible_a notion_n id._n i_o think_v some_o angel_n intellectible_a as_o those_o of_o the_o high_a order_n some_o intelligentiall_a as_o of_o the_o second_o some_o rational_a as_o of_o the_o three_o and_o that_o in_o every_o order_n there_o be_v likewise_o so_o many_o degree_n that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o whole_a nine_o degree_n or_o quire_n and_o that_o our_o mind_n be_v so_o beneath_o the_o low_a degree_n of_o such_o spirit_n and_o above_o every_o degree_n of_o corporal_a nature_n that_o they_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o connexion_n of_o the_o university_n of_o thing_n the_o term_n of_o perfection_n of_o the_o low_a nature_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o high_a for_o i_o think_v that_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o bless_a spirit_n that_o be_v without_o body_n do_v in_o rest_n possess_v invariable_a notion_n and_o such_o as_o be_v not_o by_o any_o oblivion_n to_o be_v deface_v because_o of_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o truth_n which_o incessant_o offer_v itself_o by_o way_n of_o object_n and_o this_o be_v the_o happiness_n of_o those_o spirit_n that_o have_v attain_v the_o fruition_n of_o the_o sampler_n of_o thing_n but_o our_o mind_n because_o of_o their_o informitie_n do_v often_o forget_v the_o thing_n they_o know_v though_o there_o remain_v the_o concreated_a aptitude_n to_o know_v they_o again_o for_o although_o they_o can_v without_o a_o body_n be_v stir_v up_o to_o a_o intellectual_a progress_n yet_o because_o of_o their_o carelessness_n aversion_n from_o the_o object_n and_o distraction_n to_o divers_a and_o sundry_a thing_n and_o because_o of_o the_o bodily_a trouble_n they_o lose_v their_o notion_n for_o the_o notion_n that_o we_o get_v here_o in_o this_o variable_a and_o unstable_a world_n according_a to_o the_o condition_n thereof_o be_v not_o confirm_v for_o they_o be_v as_o the_o notion_n of_o scholar_n and_o learner_n that_o begin_v to_o profit_n but_o be_v not_o yet_o bring_v to_o the_o mastery_n but_o the_o notion_n here_o acquire_v when_o the_o mind_n proceed_v from_o the_o variable_a world_n to_o the_o unyariable_a be_v likewise_o translate_v to_o the_o invariable_a mastery_n for_o when_o particular_a notion_n pass_v into_o the_o perfect_a mastery_n they_o cease_v to_o be_v variable_a in_o the_o universal_a mastery_n which_o before_o be_v particular_o fluid_a and_o unfrable_a so_o we_o be_v in_o this_o world_n docible_a or_o to_o betaught_a in_o the_o other_o we_o be_v master_n chap._n xv._o how_o our_o mind_n be_v immortal_o and_o imorruptible_a phil._n it_o now_o remain_v that_o thou_o speak_v what_o thou_o think_v of_o the_o immortality_n of_o our_o mind_n that_o be_v instruct_v concern_v it_o asmuch_o as_n may_v be_v in_o one_o day_n i_o may_v rejoice_v that_o i_o have_v profit_v in_o so_o many_o thing_n id._n they_o that_o make_v the_o intellectabilitie_n the_o element_n or_o beginning_n of_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o understanding_n do_v not_o think_v that_o the_o mind_n depend_v of_o the_o body_n and_o they_o that_o make_v reason_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o ascent_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o intellectability_n the_o end_n do_v not_o admit_v that_o the_o mind_n die_v with_o the_o body_n but_o i_o can_v imagine_v that_o they_o who_o have_v any_o taste_n of_o wisdom_n will_v ever_o deny_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o mind_n as_o i_o have_v already_o as_o thing_n come_v then_o into_o my_o mind_n make_v it_o plain_a to_o the_o orator_n so_o he_o which_o 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