A TREATISE 



knowledge of one thing, and her knowledge ot an other 

 thing ; and fo her capacity, that of it fejfe is infinite,hecom- 

 ath confined to that imall multitude of objects, which the. 

 divihon and ftraigfitnefle of time giveth way unto. Now 

 tbar, whi:h length of time could in par* worke in the body, 

 the fame is entirely done fnamotrent, by the-changing of 

 her manner of being: for by taking .away the bondes, by 

 which flic was enthralled in the body,& was kept in,to appre- 

 hendfcut according to thcmeafure of the body^and wascon- 

 conftrainedto-bCjand to enjoy her fcJ&(as it were)but at the 

 bodies pefmilfion ;(he put in free pofleffion of her felfe, and 

 of alkbat is in her. And thi* is nothing elfe.but to have that, 

 -large knowledge, wee haveJpoken of, for her knowing all 

 that, is no other thing but her being her felfe perfectly. 

 Which will appeare evident, if we confer that her nature 

 is, tt bee * Knowcr, and that Knowledge is nothing cl/e but 

 a Bring of the objctt in the Knower for theneejt followeth, 

 that to know all things is naught elie then to bee all things-c 

 fince then, wee concluded by our former difcourfe, that all 

 things were to bee gathered out of any one ; it is cleare that 

 to be perfe#ly her felfe^and any one thing,is in truth to know 

 all thing;. 



-^nd thus wee fee, *hat for the fouks enjoying all tfeis 

 knowledge when fHee is out of the body, Ovee needeth no 

 objeSs without her, no phantafrnes, no inftrumenrs, no 

 helpes; but'that all that is requifitejs contained abroiutciy in 

 her being her felfe perfectly. And fo wee retort our A iver- 

 (aries OSj'edion on themfelves \ by representing to them, 

 that fince in their owne doclrine, they require no body nor 

 inftruments.for that precifea&ion which they call underftan- 

 ding : it is without all ground,fbr them to require bodies and 

 inftrumenn in the next Jife, that the foule may there be that, 

 which they acknowledge fhee is in her body without any 

 fuch helpes. 



And as for that jfxiome or experience, that the Soxti doth 

 not under ft and, ttnleffc (bee f peculate phatA,fmes : as on the 

 one fide I yeeld to it, and confefle the experience, after the 

 belt and feriou r efi tryall I could make of it ; fo on the other 



fide, 



