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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
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nor need I stay to prove that this is, if not a demonstrative, yet a very probable argument of the distinct substantiality of the soul from the body, namely its operations when the body (with all its proper and peculiar faculties and powers) is a sleep, and contributes ⟨p. 287⟩nothing to those operations. For though it be granted that some irrational creatures (who have no immortal part, nor any thing substantial in them distinct from their bodies, though it be granted I say, that these) may have dreams; yet their dreams differ as much from those of men, as themselves do.
nor need I stay to prove that this is, if not a demonstrative, yet a very probable argument of the distinct substantiallity of the soul from the body, namely its operations when the body (with all its proper and peculiar faculties and powers) is a sleepe, and contributes ⟨p. 287⟩nothing to those operations. For though it be granted that some irrationall creatures (who have no immortall part, nor any thing substantiall in them distinct from their bodies, though it be granted I say, that these) may have dreames; yet their dreams differ as much from those of men, as themselves doe.
Secondly Note, The revelation of the mind of God by dreams and visions, was much, yea most used in those ancient times. When God had not so fully revealed his mind by Scripture or his mind in the Scripture, then he spake often in dreams and visions; and hence the old Prophets were called seers.