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Of the immortality of mans soul, and the nature of it and other spirits.…
Of the immortality of mans soul, and the nature of it and other spirits. Two discourses, one in a letter to an unknown doubter, the other in a reply to Dr. Henry Moore's Animadversions on a private letter to him, which he published in his second edition of Mr. Joseph Glanvil's Sadducismus triumphatus, or, History of apparitions by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for B. Simons, 1682
OF THE NATURE OF SPIRITS: › Section 14-16: Ad SECT. XIV, XV, XVI.
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2. Dr. Henry Moore in his Metaph. would ask me, how I know that a Helmet may not be made of Paper; and he and I would agree that Paper is not materia disposita, and yet we would not call it Galeae formam.
§ 2. Your denial of Substantiality to be ex traduce, I answered before; telling you that I think it is both ex emanatione creativa, & ex traduce, but not by either alone; nor all Souls that ever will be, created in Indiscerptible Individuality at once, and transmuted from Body to Body.
§ 2. Your denial of Substantiality to be ex traduce, I answered before; telling you that I think it is both ex emanatione creativa, & ex traduce, but not by either alone; nor all Souls that ever will be, created in Indisce•pible Individuality at once, and transmuted from Body to Body.
§ 3. When I say, the Negative Immaterial notifieth not the form, you say that Immaterial implieth Positiveness. Ans. Therefore give us the positive notion, or you give us no definition, nor any notifying word.