Chap.lX. QF MANS SOVLE. 8y 



Grayed. The truth oftheafTumptio^may be known two wa>e$ : 

 fifft, bccaule aJJ the contrarieties that are found within our cog - 

 nifance,do file out of thep r imary oppofition of^r/^and Dc- 

 /tftfrom which the foule being abiblutly freeze likew ife is fo, 

 rromall that grovveth out of that rout: and fecondly,wemay b; 

 iiire.that our (bule can receive no harme from contrariety; fince 

 all contraries are fo far from hurting her } a$ conra ry wife, the 

 one helpeth her in the contemplation ofthe other &as for con. 

 tradition in thought*, which at different times our fbufc is ca. 

 pablc of admitting^experience teacheth us, that fuch .thoughts 

 do change in her,withouc any prejudice to her fubttancc, they 

 b;ing accidents and having their contrariety only betwixt them 

 (elves within her 5 but no oppofition at aJl to her; which only is 

 the contrariety that may have power to harme her:and therefore , 

 whctherfbever of fuch contrary thoughts be in the fbule , pertai- 

 neth no more to her fubfiftence,then it doth to the fubfi'tence of 

 a body, whether it be here or there, on the right hand, or on the 

 left. 7 



And thus I conceive my taske is performed ; and that I am The fame h 

 difcharged of my undertaking to (hew the foules Immortality , j*o ved from 

 which importetho more, then to (hcvv, that the caufes ofother the end foe 



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things mortality. do not reach her. Yet being well perfwaded, w>l - ' 



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that my reader will not be otrenaea with the addition of any 



new lighr,in thisdatke fubjecl; I will rtrive to difcover (if it b 

 pofrib^lpmepoficiveproofe^rguefle^utofthc property and 

 nature of the foulc ic lelfe,vvhy fh: mu(t remaine,and enjoy ano- 

 ther life-after thi*, To this end let us ca(t our eye backe, upon 

 what hath beenealready faid^oncerning her nature. We f.und 

 tliM.trtb is thenarurall pcrfeilion of Mans foule; and that fhe 

 can not be aflared oftruth naturally, other wile then by evidence: 

 & therefore it is manifcft,tnat evidence oftruch,is the fill com- 

 pleat. perfCvfh'on^at v^hich the Soale dorh ayme. We found aKb, 

 that the foule is capable of an abfblure inanity oftruth or evi>- 

 denc'\ To thefe two^e will ad only oce thing morc.which otlt 

 felfeis part queftion.,and therefore needeth noproofe ana then 

 we will deJuceourconclufion^ndthisis^hatinaman his foule 

 is afarre nobler,.and per/eiler part of him,, then his body: and 

 thereforc,by th^ rules of nature and of wiledome, his body was 

 made for his fbule.and nor his foule finally for his body. 



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