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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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4. Hath he not imprinted his Perfections in some measure, in his Works? Do they not show his glory? Judg of his Greatness by the Sun, Stars, and Heavens; and of his Wisdom, by the wonderful Order, Contexture, and Government of all things. Even the Fabric of a Fly, or any Animal, poseth us. And do you think, that his love and goodness hath no answerable effect?
4. Hath he not imprinted his Perfections in some measure, in his Works? Do they not shew his glory? Judg of his Greatness by the Sun, Stars, and Heavens; and of his Wisdom, by the wonderful Order, Contexture, and Goverument of all things. Even the Fabrick of a Fly, or any Animal, poseth us. And do you think, that his love and goodness hath no answerable effect?
5. Do you think, that passive matter doth as much manifest Gods Perfection, and honour the Efficient, as vital and Intellectual ⟨p. 55⟩Spirits? If it be a far nobler Work for God to make a free, vital, mental Spirit, to act under him freely, mentally, and vitally, than to make mere atoms, why should you think that God will not do it?
5. Do you think, that passive matter doth as much manifest Gods Perfection, and honour the Efficient, as vital and Intellectual ⟨p. 55⟩Spirits? If it be a far nobler Work for God to make a free, vital, mental Spirit, to act under him freely, mentally, and vitally, than to make meer atomes, why should you think that God will not do it?
6. And do you not dishonour, or blaspheme the prime Cause, by such dishonouring of his Work, as to say, he never made any thing more noble than Atoms, and Compositions of them.