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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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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.
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 Inviduation is a total separation from him, or an Independence, or a self-sufficiency. Thus far natural light tells you what Souls are.
§. 7. You add you self, That those attainments which you were made capable of, you were designed to. Very right. God maketh not such noble Faculties or Capacities in vain; much less to engage all men to a life of duty, which shall prove deceit and misery. But you have Faculties capable of thinking of God, as your Beginning, Guide, and End, as your Maker, Ruler, and Benefactor; ⟨p. 30⟩and of studying your duty to him, in hope of Reward, and of thinking what will become of you after Death, and of hoping for future Blessedness, and fearing future Misery: all which no Brute was ever capable of. Therefore God designed you to such ends which you are thus capable of.
§. 7. You add you self, That those attainments which you were made capable of, you were designed to. Very right. God maketh not such noble Faculties or Capacities in vain; much less to engage all men to a life of duty, which shall prove deceit and misery. But you have Faculties capable of thinking of God, as your Beginning, Guide, and End, as your Maker, Ruler, and Benefactor; ⟨p. 30⟩and of studying your duty to him, in hope of Reward, and of thinking what will become of you after Death, and of hoping for future Blessedness, and fearing future Misery: all which no Bruit was ever capable of. Therefore God designed you to such ends which you are thus capable of.