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soul_n use_v a_o kind_n of_o geometry_n etc._n etc._n this_o allude_v to_o that_o pretty_a conceit_n of_o des_n cartes_n in_o his_o dioptric_n the_o solidity_n of_o which_o i_o must_v confess_v i_o never_o understand_v for_o i_o understand_v not_o but_o that_o if_o my_o soul_n shall_v use_v any_o such_o geometry_n i_o shall_v be_v conscious_a thereof_o which_o i_o do_v not_o find_v myself_o and_o therefore_o i_o think_v those_o thing_n be_v better_o understand_v out_o of_o that_o chapter_n of_o the_o book_n even_o now_o mention_v pag._n 17._o and_o be_v the_o soul_n quite_o void_a of_o all_o such_o implicit_a notion_n it_o will_v remain_v as_o senseless_a etc._n etc._n there_o be_v no_o sensitive_a perception_n indeed_o without_o reflection_n but_o the_o reflection_n be_v a_o immediate_a attention_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o that_o which_o affect_v she_o without_o any_o circumstance_n of_o notion_n intervening_a for_o enable_v she_o for_o sensitive_a operation_n but_o these_o be_v witty_a and_o ingenious_a conjecture_n which_o the_o author_n by_o read_v des_n cartes_n or_o otherhow_v may_v be_v encourage_v to_o entertain_v to_o all_o sensitive_a object_n the_o soul_n be_v a_o abrasa_fw-la tabula_fw-la but_o for_o moral_a and_o intellectual_a principle_n their_o idea_n or_o notion_n be_v essential_a to_o the_o soul_n pag._n 18._o for_o sense_n teach_v no_o general_a proposition_n etc._n etc._n nor_o need_v it_o do_v any_o thing_n else_o but_o exhibit_v some_o particular_a object_n which_o our_o understanding_n be_v a_o ectypon_n of_o the_o divine_a intellect_n necessary_o when_o it_o have_v thorough_o sift_v it_o conclude_v it_o to_o answer_v such_o a_o determinate_a idea_n eternal_o and_o unalterable_o one_o and_o the_o same_o as_o it_o stand_v in_o the_o divine_a intellect_n which_o can_v change_v and_o therefore_o that_o idea_n must_v have_v the_o same_o property_n and_o respect_n for_o ever_o but_o of_o this_o enough_o here_o it_o will_v be_v better_o understand_v by_o read_v the_o discourse_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o annotation_n thereon_o pag._n 18._o but_o from_o something_o more_o sublime_a and_o excellent_a from_o the_o divine_a or_o archetypal_a intellect_n of_o which_o our_o understanding_n be_v the_o ectypon_n as_o be_v say_v before_o pag._n 21._o and_o so_o can_v only_o transmit_v their_o natural_a quality_n they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o transmit_v their_o moral_a pravity_n that_o they_o transmit_v from_o themselves_o no_o quality_n at_o all_o for_o to_o create_v a_o soul_n be_v to_o concreate_v the_o quality_n or_o property_n of_o it_o not_o out_o of_o the_o creator_n but_o out_o of_o nothing_o so_o that_o the_o substance_n and_o all_o the_o property_n of_o it_o be_v out_o of_o nothing_o pag._n 22._o against_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o immaterial_a be_v a_o chief_a property_n of_o which_o be_v to_o be_v indiscerpible_a the_o evasion_n to_o the_o force_n of_o this_o argument_n by_o some_o anti-pre-existentiaries_a be_v that_o it_o be_v to_o philosophise_v at_o too_o high_a a_o rate_n of_o confidence_n to_o presume_v to_o know_v what_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o soul_n or_o spirit_n be_v but_o for_o brevity_n sake_n i_o will_v refer_v such_o answerer_n as_o these_o to_o dr._n h._n moor_n be_v brief_a discourse_n of_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n print_v late_o with_o saducismus_n triumphatus_n and_o i_o think_v he_o may_v be_v thence_o as_o sure_o that_o indiscerpibility_n be_v a_o essential_a property_n of_o a_o spirit_n as_o that_o there_o be_v any_o spirit_n in_o the_o universe_n and_o this_o methinks_v shall_v suffice_v any_o ingenuous_a and_o modest_a opposer_n but_o to_o think_v there_o be_v no_o knowledge_n but_o what_o come_v in_o at_o our_o sense_n be_v a_o poor_a beggarly_a and_o precarious_a principle_n and_o more_o become_v the_o dotage_n of_o hobbianism_n than_o man_n of_o clear_a part_n and_o more_o serene_a judgement_n pag._n 22._o by_o separable_a emission_n that_o pass_v from_o the_o flame_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o set_v the_o wick_n and_o tallow_n on_o motion_n but_o these_o separable_a emission_n that_o pass_v from_o the_o flame_n of_o the_o light_a candle_n pass_v quite_o away_o and_o so_o be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o flame_n enkindle_v so_o weak_a a_o illustration_n be_v this_o of_o what_o these_o traducter_n will_v have_v chap._n 4._o pag._n 32._o which_o the_o divine_a piety_n and_o compassion_n have_v set_v up_o again_o that_o so_o so_o many_o of_o his_o excellent_a creature_n may_v not_o be_v lose_v and_o undo_v irrecoverable_o but_o may_v act_v anew_o etc._n etc._n to_o this_o a_o more_o elegant_a pen_n and_o refine_a wit_n object_n thus_o now_o be_v it_o not_o high_o derogatory_n to_o the_o infinite_a and_o unbounded_a wisdom_n of_o god_n that_o he_o shall_v detrude_v those_o soul_n which_o he_o so_o serious_o design_v to_o make_v happy_a into_o a_o state_n so_o hazardous_a wherein_o he_o see_v it_o to_o be_v ten_o thousand_o to_o one_o but_o that_o they_o will_v 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