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ftanec of (he fculc. And thus we Tee, that her nature is out of the reach 

 of time : that fhee can comprehend time, and, fee it limits, and tnat 

 fiiec cap thinke of things beyond it, and caft about for them. All 

 which aie cicare testimonies, that fee is free and fccure from the.al- 

 dcvouring and dcftroying tyranny of that Saturniall Conquer- 

 out ef the whole w orW of matter and of bodks, whofc fcrvant is 

 death. 



10 . After all thefe proofes drawn from the nature of the fbule it fclfe. 



LtftlyJt Is every one of them offeree to convince her immortality,! rnuft crave 

 'h f C ^ fr m f leave to a4dc one confidcration more, though it feererh to belong 

 MorSicT'tir UIKO an ot ^ er$ h* 1 * 6 ^ **iKely to the fcience of Moralls : and it is 

 mnciples l "if tne portion of Mortality in the SouJc, take th away all moral i- 

 vhcrcof wouU ty. and changeth men into hearts ; by taking away the ground of all 

 >e deftroicd if difTcrence in thofc things, which arc to governc our actions. For 

 W " C fu PP^ fin g 0"hc foule dyeth with the body ; and feeing that man 

 hath a comprchcnfion or notion of time without end ; it is e vUenr, 

 that the fpanne of this life, muft needs appearc contemptible u*to 

 him that well cou/idcicch and wcigheth it againft the other infini:e 

 duration * and by confequcncc, all the goods, andcvills which are 

 parts of this Jifc, nauft needs become as defpicable and inconfidera- 

 ble : fo that better or worfc in this life, hath not any appearance of 

 difference betweene them ; at the lea ft, not enough to make him la. 

 hour with pane to compafle the one, and efche w the other, and for 

 chat end . to erode his prefent inclination in any thing, aid engage 

 himfclfe in any the leaft difficult taske : and fo it would cnfue, that 

 if to an underftanding man, fome courfe or aiSioa were prepofed 

 unto him, as better then that he were going about, or for the inftanc 

 had am'mde unto, he would re lift it, as a great raarchant, or a Bin- 

 quier would cfoe, who dealing for Milions, oneniouldpreflchirn 

 with earncftncfle, to. make him change his refolved courfc. for the 

 gaine of a farthing mote this way then the. other; which being in- 

 cdnfiderable he would not trouble his head witb.ir,nor ftopat what 

 he was in hand with. In like manner, whoibcveriiperfwaded,that 

 for an infinite of time he fnal! (KG nothing, and without fcnfe of all 

 things, hee fcorneth for this jittle twinckling of his life, to talte any 

 jjrefent paincs. to be in the next monient wcll^or to avpyd being ill ; 

 'Hnce in this ft dying is a fecure remedy to any prefen: evAl ; and 

 bre iiasreadytoclyen^w, as a hundred yeares hence ; nor can he 

 tftcemc the Lfle pf a hundred yeare$ ;i to bee a matter of moracnt : 



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