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A28525 Forty questions of the soul concerning its original, essence, substance, nature or quality and property, what it is from eternity to eternity : framed by a lover of the great mysteries, Doctor Balthasar Walter, and answered in the year 1620 / by Jacob Behme, called Teutonicus Philosophus ; Englished by John Sparrow ...; Viertzig Fragen von der Seele. English Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665? 1665 (1665) Wing B3407; ESTC R14533 160,272 442

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that_o in_o its_o eternity_n but_o sir_n smell_v and_o consider_v what_o the_o last_o judgement_n bring_v with_o it_o wherein_o all_o shall_v pass_v through_o the_o fire_n when_o the_o floar_n shall_v be_v purge_v 12._o and_o every_o one_o go_v into_o his_o own_o place_n at_o which_o the_o very_a devil_n do_v tremble_v the_o nineteen_o question_n how_o the_o soul_n be_v mortal_a or_o how_o it_o be_v immortal_a 1._o a_o thing_n which_o have_v a_o eternal_a beginning_n have_v also_o a_o eternal_a end_n as_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o soul_n have_v 2._o but_o as_o to_o what_o concern_v the_o image_n which_o god_n create_v which_o have_v a_o temporal_a beginning_n that_o be_v generate_v out_o of_o the_o eternal_a and_o will_v be_v set_v in_o the_o eternal_a substance_n without_o source_n quality_n or_o pain_n 3._o and_o where_o there_o be_v no_o source_n quality_n or_o pain_n there_o be_v no_o death_n and_o though_o there_o be_v source_n quality_n or_o pain_n as_o in_o heaven_n there_o 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