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They believe that every thing that hath Life hath a 
Soul, but efpecially Man 5 and they accordingly affirm, 
that as thefe Souls behaved themfelves in their pre^ex- 
iftent ftate, fo are their Adions in this World either 
good or bad, by a fort of fatal Neceflity, which is ve- 
ry hard to conquer, or to overcome. Hence it is^ fay 
they , that there are fo many different Humours 
and Difpofitions of men, for their Souls, before their 
entrance into their Bodies, being tainted vt^ith dif- 
ferent Affeftions, caufes the hke Differences in the par* 
ties, whofe Bodies are their Vehicles. So that if a man 
happen to have a fudden or unfortunate Death, tiiey 
immediately afcribe the fame to the party s own wick- 
ednefs^ or the bad life that his Soul led before chat it 
enter'd into his Body. For, fay they, the atore-acted 
Evil chat his Soul did in its other Life, brought thefe 
accidents upon him, by getting the upper hand of him, 
and by being too powertol and ftrong. A.nd thofe that 
dye thus, they believe that their Souls turn immediately 
into Devils. They maintain P;f/^^^i7r^/ s Tranfmigrati- 
on, or Metempfycojis^ but in a grollerfenfe than he did. 
For they believe that mens Souls, that have not lived 
fo well as they ought, go as foon as the Body dyes 
not only into Birds and Beafls, but even into thebafeft 
Reptiles, Infeds and Plants^ where they fuffer a flrong 
fort of purgation, to expiate their former Crimes : But 
as for the Souls of the Jogees^ or Fuches^ that is, of 
Pveligious Men and Saints, they fancy that they go and 
inhabit with the good Devptasy or Angels, amongftthe 
Stars. 
As for the Spirits, or Inferiour Angels, they believe 
that they are very evil, and have a hand in all Wick- 
ednefles. Murders, Wars, Storms, and Tempefts ^ fo 
that when they folemnize the Funerals of thofe that 
are dead, they always prefent Diflies of Meat, as Offer- 
ings unto thofe Spirits, and fometimes Sacrifice unto 
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