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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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§. 8. You say (p. 3.) Many have defended the Souls Immortality; but none have proved a Subject capable of a life of Retribution. It's a Contradiction to be immortal, or rewarded, and not to be a Subject capable. For nothing hath no accidents. Nothing hath that which it is not capable of having.
§. 8. You say (p. 3.) Many have defended the Souls Immortality; but none have proved a Subject capable of a life of Retribution. It's a Contradiction to be immortal, or rewarded, and not to be a Subject capable. For nothing hath no accidents. Nothing hath that which it is not capable of haing.
§. 9. You say, None tell us what it is. How many Score Volumes have told it us? I have now briefly told you what it is. You say, [To say it is that by which I reason, is not satisfactory. I look for a Definition]. But on Condition you look not to see or feel it, as you do Trees or Stones, you may be satisfied. I have given you a Definition. The Genus is Substantia purissima; the Differentia is Virtus Vitalis, Activa, Intellectiva, Volitiva (trinum a Imago Creatoris). What's here wanting to a Definition?
I have told you, That there is an antecedent more certain Perception, than by Definition; by which I know that I see, hear, taste, am, and by which the Soul, in act, is conscious of it self.