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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
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V. And that this Active Power is a distinct thing from mere Passive Power, or mobility per aliud, Experience puts past doubt. There is in every living thing a Power, or Virtue of self-moving, else Life were not Life.
V. And that this Active Power is a distinct thing from meer Passive Power, or mobilitie per aliud, Experience puts past doubt. There is in every living thing a Power, or Virtue of self-moving, else Life were not Life.
VI. And that this is not a mere accident of the Soul, but its essential form, I have proved so fully in my Methodus Theologiae, in a peculiar Disputation, that I will not here repeat it. It's evident, That even in the igneous Substance, the Vis Motiva, Illuminativa, Calefactiva, is more than an accident, even its essential form: But were it otherwise, it would but follow, That if the very accidental Acts or qualities of a Soul be so noble, its essential must be greater.
VI. And that this is not a meer accident of the Soul, but its essential form, I have proved so fully in my Methodus Theologiae, in a peculiar Disputation, that I will not here repeat it. It's evident, That even in the igneous Substance, the Vis Motiva, Illuminativa, Calefactiva, is more than an accident, even its essential form: But were it otherwise, it would but follow, That if the very accidental Acts or qualities of a Soul be so noble, its essential must be greater.
VII. But it is certain, That neither Souls, nor any thing, have either Being, Power, or Action, but in constant receptive dependence on the continued emanation of the prime Cause; and so no Individuation is a total separation from him, or an Independence, or a self-sufficiency. Thus far natural light tells you what Souls are.