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which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n give_v thou_o 6._o thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v 7._o thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n 8._o thou_o shall_v not_o steal_v 9_o thou_o shall_v not_o bear_v false_a witness_n against_o thy_o neighbour_n 10._o thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v thy_o neighbour_n house_n thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v thy_o neighbour_n wife_n nor_o his_o manservant_n nor_o his_o maidservant_n nor_o his_o ox_n nor_o his_o ass_n nor_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v thy_o neighbour_n §_o 16._o the_o ten_o commandment_n be_v sum_v up_o by_o christ_n into_o these_o two_o thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n and_o soul_n and_o might_n and_o thou_o shall_v love_v thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o §_o 17._o these_o commandment_n be_v first_o deliver_v to_o the_o jew_n be_v continue_v by_o christ_n as_o the_o sum_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n only_o instead_o of_o deliverance_n of_o the_o jew_n from_o egypt_n he_o have_v make_v our_o redemption_n from_o 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who_o condescende_v to_o make_v perfect_a the_o elect_n of_o god_n do_v i_o deliver_v up_o this_o dark_a imperfect_a soul_n to_o be_v further_o renew_v confirm_v and_o perfect_v according_a to_o the_o holy_a covenant_n refuse_v not_o to_o bless_v it_o with_o thy_o indwel_n and_o operation_n quicken_v it_o with_o thy_o life_n irradiate_a it_o by_o thy_o light_n sanctify_v it_o by_o thy_o love_n actuate_v it_o pure_o powerful_o and_o constant_o by_o thy_o holy_a motion_n and_o though_o the_o way_n of_o this_o thy_o sacred_a influx_n be_v beyond_o the_o reach_n of_o humane_a apprehension_n yet_o let_v i_o know_v the_o reality_n and_o save_a power_n of_o it_o by_o the_o happy_a effect_n thou_o be_v more_o to_o foul_n than_o soul_n to_o body_n than_o light_n to_o eye_n o_o leave_v not_o my_o soul_n as_o a_o carrion_n destitute_a of_o thy_o life_n nor_o its_o eye_n as_o useless_a destitute_a of_o thy_o light_n nor_o leave_v it_o as_o a_o senseless_a block_n without_o thy_o motion_n the_o 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desire_n which_o flesh_n and_o blood_n can_v never_o give_v i_o suffer_v not_o my_o folly_n to_o quench_v these_o spark_n nor_o this_o brutish_a flesh_n to_o prevail_v against_o thou_o nor_o the_o power_n of_o hell_n to_o stifle_v and_o kill_v such_o a_o heavenly_a seed_n o_o pardon_v that_o folly_n and_o wilfulness_n which_o have_v too_o often_o too_o obdurate_o and_o too_o unthankful_o strive_v against_o thy_o grace_n and_o depart_v not_o from_o a_o unkind_a and_o sinful_a soul_n i_o remember_v with_o grief_n and_o shame_n how_o i_o wilful_o bear_v down_o thy_o motion_n punish_v it_o not_o with_o desertion_n and_o give_v i_o not_o over_o to_o myself_o be_v thou_o not_o in_o covenant_n with_o i_o as_o my_o sanctifier_n and_o confirmer_n and_o comforter_n i_o never_o undertake_v to_o do_v these_o thing_n for_o myself_o but_o i_o consent_v that_o thou_o shall_v work_v they_o on_o i_o as_o thou_o be_v the_o agent_n and_o advocate_n of_o jesus_n my_o lord_n o_o plead_v his_o cause_n 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in_o a_o continual_a life_n of_o love_n and_o teach_v i_o the_o work_n which_o i_o must_v do_v in_o heaven_n refresh_v my_o soul_n with_o the_o delight_n of_o holiness_n and_o the_o joy_n which_o arise_v from_o the_o believe_a hope_n of_o the_o everlasting_a joy_n exercise_v my_o heart_n and_o tongue_n in_o the_o holy_a praise_n of_o my_o lord_n strengthen_v i_o in_o suffering_n and_o conquer_v the_o terror_n of_o death_n and_o hell_n make_v i_o the_o more_o heavenly_a by_o how_o much_o the_o fast_o i_o be_o hasten_v to_o heaven_n and_o let_v my_o last_o thought_n word_n and_o work_n on_o earth_n be_v like_a to_o those_o which_o shall_v be_v my_o first_o in_o the_o state_n of_o glorious_a immortality_n where_o the_o kingdom_n be_v deliver_v up_o to_o the_o father_n and_o god_n will_v for_o ever_o be_v all_o and_o in_o all_o of_o who_o and_o through_o who_o and_o to_o who_o be_v all_o thing_n to_o who_o be_v glory_n for_o ever_o amen_n chap._n xiii_o consectary_n eccles_n 1._o what_o party_n of_o christian_n shall_v we_o join_v with_o or_o be_v of_o see_v they_o be_v divide_v into_o so_o many_o sect_n 26._o i_o shall_v brief_o dispatch_v the_o answer_n of_o this_o question_n in_o these_o follow_a proposition_n §_o 1._o godliness_n and_o christianity_n be_v our_o only_a religion_n and_o if_o any_o party_n have_v any_o other_o we_o must_v renounce_v it_o 14._o §_o 2._o the_o church_n of_o christ_n be_v his_o body_n be_v but_o one_o and_o have_v many_o part_n but_o shall_v have_v no_o party_n but_o unity_n and_o concord_n without_o division_n 17._o §_o 3._o therefore_o no_o christian_a must_v be_v of_o a_o party_n or_o sect_n as_o such_o that_o be_v as_o
praesentia_fw-la dedit_fw-la corpori_fw-la ultimum_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la movendi_fw-la vestigium_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la propter_fw-la corporeum_fw-la contâ—bernium_fw-la conditionis_fw-la notam_fw-la subtit_fw-la mobilis_fw-la abunde_fw-la proclus_n de_fw-fr anim._n &_o daemon_n see_v in_o aristcas_n histor_n de_fw-fr 70._o p._n 879._o the_o king_n quest_n 19_o about_o dream_n with_o the_o answer_n how_o far_o dream_n be_v in_o our_o power_n read_v priscian_n theophra_v the_o anim_fw-la with_o ficinus_fw-la note_n which_o show_v how_o far_o the_o sense_n be_v active_a sensus_fw-la principium_fw-la mediaque_fw-la &_o finem_fw-la sentiendae_fw-la rei_fw-la individuae_fw-la comprehendit_fw-la &_o actio_fw-la est_fw-la judiciumque_fw-la perfectum_fw-la &_o in_o praesenti_fw-la momento_n simul_fw-la totus_fw-la existit_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la absque_fw-la passione_n aliqua_fw-la instrumenti_fw-la sensus_fw-la efficitur_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la passio_fw-la sensus_fw-la quo_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la patiamur_fw-la &_o vigilantes_fw-la &_o dormlentes_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la persentiamus_fw-la theophra_v de_fw-fr anim._n ut_fw-la supr_n lege_fw-la mars_n ficinum_n de_fw-fr volupt_n c._n 1._o &_o 2._o &_o 3_o etc._n etc._n platonis_fw-la dogma_fw-la defendentem_fw-la scil_n voluptatem_fw-la esse_fw-la actum_fw-la vel_fw-la motum_fw-la priscian_n in_o theophra_v de_fw-fr anim._n c._n 13._o say_v anima_fw-la quidem_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la forma_fw-la vivens_fw-la &_o sensualis_fw-la agit_fw-fr circa_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la sibi_fw-la offeruntur_fw-la vitaliter_fw-la atque_fw-la sensualiter_fw-la &_o quia_fw-la est_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la certum_fw-la spatium_fw-la operatur_fw-la operatur_fw-la see_v alcinous_n the_o doctr_n plat._n cap._n 18._o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n vid._n paul_n cartesium_fw-la in_o sent._n 1._o dis_n 1._o p._n 7._o &_o dis_n 2._o p._n 8._o that_o spiritual_a thing_n be_v better_o know_v than_o corporeal_a and_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n porphyr_n de_fw-fr occas_fw-la inq_fw-fr anima_fw-la est_fw-la essentia_fw-la inextensa_fw-la immaterialis_fw-la immortalis_fw-la in_fw-la vita_fw-la habente_fw-la à _fw-la seipsa_fw-la vivere_fw-la atque_fw-la esse_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la possidente_fw-la possidente_fw-la the_o platonist_n method_n of_o progression_n be_v thus_o sum_v up_o in_o plotinus_n ennead_n 4._o l._n 3._o p._n 384._o and_o out_o of_o he_o by_o ficinus_fw-la sicut_fw-la aëris_fw-la summum_fw-la primum_fw-la omnium_fw-la ignitur_fw-la ab_fw-la infimo_fw-la ignis_fw-la sic_fw-la coelum_fw-la summum_fw-la corpus_fw-la primo_fw-la animatur_fw-la ab_fw-la anima_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la ultimum_fw-la divinorum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la centrum_fw-la mens_fw-la lumen_fw-la inde_fw-la emicans_fw-la &_o permanens_fw-la anima_fw-la lumen_fw-la de_fw-la lumine_fw-la se_fw-la movent_n corpus_n per_fw-la se_fw-la opacum_fw-la illuminatur_fw-la ab_fw-la anima_fw-la sed_fw-la animae_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la securae_fw-la illuminant_fw-la sub_fw-la coelo_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la curâ_fw-la est_fw-la utique_fw-la aliquid_fw-la velut_fw-la centrum_fw-la penes_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la circulus_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la micans_fw-la praeter_fw-la haec_fw-la &_o alius_fw-la circulus_fw-la lumen_fw-la de_fw-la lumine_fw-la ultra_fw-la haec_fw-la insuper_fw-la non_fw-la amalius_fw-la luminis_fw-la circulus_fw-la sed_fw-la jam_fw-la luminis_fw-la indigus_fw-la alieni_fw-la propriae_fw-la lucis_fw-la inopia_fw-la inqu_n plot._n ibid._n nemesius_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la which_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o greg._n nyssen_n while_o he_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v the_o pre-existence_n of_o soul_n do_v thus_o peremptory_o conclude_v si_fw-la animae_fw-la ex_fw-la ortu_fw-la fiunt_fw-la mutuo_fw-la ratione_fw-la providentiae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la &_o caducae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la cetera_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la propagatione_fw-la generis_fw-la oriuntur_fw-la si_fw-la sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la nihilo_fw-la creatio_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la cessavit_fw-la deus_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la operibus_fw-la suis_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la nunc_fw-la animae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la but_o there_o be_v no_o appearance_n of_o a_o just_a proof_n in_o any_o thing_n that_o he_o say_v against_o either_o of_o the_o opinion_n which_o he_o oppose_v will_v you_o see_v physical_a argument_n for_o the_o soul_n incorporeity_n and_o immortality_n among_o a_o multitude_n that_o have_v do_v it_o i_o desire_v you_o to_o read_v plotinus_n en._n 4._o l._n 7._o of_o the_o immort_a of_o the_o soul_n who_o argument_n i_o pretermit_v because_o i_o will_v not_o be_v tedious_a in_o transcribe_v that_o which_o be_v already_o so_o well_o write_v abate_v their_o peculiar_a conceit_n vid._n &_o savonarol_n l._n 1._o c._n ult_n ult_n the_o sum_n of_o their_o reason_n who_o think_v that_o body_n at_o the_o resurrection_n be_v identify_v only_o by_o the_o soul_n identity_n you_o may_v see_v in_o thom._n whites_n theolog._n institut_n to._n 2._o li._n 3._o lect._n 4._o p._n 239.340_o read_v plotinus_n in_o ennead_n 4._o pag._n 374â—_n ed._n basil_n de_fw-la individuatione_fw-la animarum_fw-la as_o also_o the_o follow_a page_n provinâ—_n that_o our_o soul_n be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o animâ—_n mundi_fw-la et_fw-fr sect_n 8â—_n pag._n 377._o quomodâ—_fw-la animae_fw-la differant_fw-la &_o quomodo_fw-la sint_fw-la immortales_fw-la in_o formâ—_n propria_fw-la restantes_fw-la read_v the_o note_n in_o the_o margin_n of_o the_o last_o leaf_n plotinus_n his_o ennâ—_n 4._o de_fw-fr anima_fw-la have_v great_a deal_n of_o do_v in_o it_o much_o wise_a wholesome_a than_o the_o epicurus_n and_o the_o tomist_n see_v plotin_n ennead_n 4._o l._n 3._o p_o 185._o show_v that_o in_o separate_a soul_n reason_n be_v so_o powerful_a that_o it_o ex_fw-la tempore_fw-la conceive_v all_o thing_n propound_v by_o the_o intellect_n and_o that_o soul_n in_o heaven_n converse_v without_o voice_n but_o daemon_n and_o soul_n that_o be_v in_o the_o air_n converse_v by_o voice_n vid._n porphyr_n de_fw-fr occasion_n de_fw-fr passionibus_fw-la animae_fw-la &_o corp_n plotin_n ubi_fw-la supr_n p._n 391._o sect_n 26._o show_v that_o memory_n be_v more_o pertinent_a to_o the_o soul_n than_o the_o body_n and_o oft_o without_o the_o body_n et_fw-fr sect_n 29_o etc._n etc._n et_fw-la c._n 31_o 32._o the_o difference_n between_o the_o sensitive_a and_o rational_a memory_n et_fw-fr l._n 2_o he_o show_v that_o the_o soul_n in_o heaven_n forget_v these_o trifle_n not_o through_o ignorance_n but_o contempt_n sic_fw-la ille_fw-la strato_n deum_fw-la opere_fw-la magno_fw-la liberat_fw-la &_o my_o timore_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la potest_fw-la cum_fw-la existimet_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la se_fw-la curari_fw-la non_fw-la &_o dies_fw-la &_o noctes_fw-la divinum_fw-la numen_fw-la hoâ—rere_fw-la &_o siquid_fw-la adversi_fw-la acciderit_fw-la quod_fw-la cui_fw-la non_fw-la accidit_fw-la extimescere_fw-la ne_fw-la id_fw-la jure_fw-la evenerit_fw-la cic._n acad._n quast_o l._n 4._o p._n 44._o 〈…〉_z vid._n paul_n cartes_n in_o a_o scent_n d._n 1._o p._n 30_o 31._o some_o think_v because_o they_o read_v much_o in_o plato_n of_o the_o make_n of_o the_o world_n that_o his_o opinion_n be_v not_o for_o its_o eternity_n but_o i_o doubt_v they_o be_v quite_o mistake_v alcinous_n in_o li._n de_fw-fr doct_n plat._n say_v too_o true_o cum_fw-la vero_fw-la mundum_fw-la plato_n genitum_fw-la inquit_fw-la haudquaquam_fw-la sic_fw-la eum_fw-la sensisse_fw-la credendum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquod_fw-la olim_fw-la tempt_v ante_fw-la mundum_fw-la praecesserit_fw-la verum_fw-la quia_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o generatione_n perdurat_fw-la indicatque_fw-la substantiae_fw-la suae_fw-la causam_fw-la praestantiorem_fw-la animam_fw-la praeterea_fw-la mundi_fw-la quae_fw-la semper_fw-la extitit_fw-la haud_fw-la officit_fw-la deus_fw-la sed_fw-la ornat_fw-la eâque_fw-la ratione_fw-la eam_fw-la facere_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la asseritur_fw-la quod_fw-la excitat_fw-la eam_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la seipsum_fw-la ejus_fw-la mentem_fw-la velut_fw-la ex_fw-la profundo_fw-la quodam_fw-la somno_fw-la convertit_fw-la etc._n etc._n lumine_fw-la naturae_fw-la non_fw-la constat_fw-la quod_fw-la angeli_fw-la facti_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la &_o non_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la nam_fw-la imprimis_fw-la per_fw-la lumen_fw-la naturae_fw-la cognoscimus_fw-la exemplo_fw-la solis_fw-la &_o luminis_fw-la effectum_fw-la posse_fw-la coaevum_fw-la esse_fw-la suae_fw-la causae_fw-la unde_fw-la nulla_fw-la repugnantia_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la creaturae_fw-la ut_fw-la haec_fw-la sit_fw-la deo_fw-la coaeva_fw-la schibler_n met._n de_fw-fr angel_n see_v also_o durandus_fw-la ariminensis_fw-la aquinas_n pererius_n suarez_n etc._n etc._n read_v in_o bib._n pat._n the_o dispute_n of_o zachary_n mitilene_n with_o ammonius_n and_o a_o physician_n about_o the_o world_n eternity_n how_o near_o the_o manichee_n opinion_n agree_v with_o the_o platonist_n see_v in_o nemesius_n de_fw-fr anim._n pag._n 487_o 488_o etc._n etc._n nor_o do_v i_o here_o press_v you_o with_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o hermes_n zoroaster_n or_o orpheus_n as_o know_v how_o little_a proof_n be_v give_v we_o that_o the_o write_n be_v they_o which_o be_v father_v on_o they_o and_o give_v some_o credit_n to_o porphyry_n himself_o who_o in_o the_o life_n of_o plotinus_n tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v then_o exit_fw-la antiqua_fw-la philosophia_fw-la egressi_fw-la haeretici_fw-la adelphii_n acylinique_n sectatores_fw-la qui_fw-la alexandri_fw-la lybici_fw-la philocomi_n demostrati_n &_o lydi_fw-la plurimos_fw-la libros_fw-la circumferebant_fw-la &_o revelationes_fw-la quasdam_fw-la zoroastris_n zostriani_n nichotei_n allogenis_n mesi_n aliorumque_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la palam_fw-la ostendentes_fw-la &_o deceperunt_fw-la multos_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la decepti_fw-la jam_fw-la fuerant_fw-la ego_fw-la vero_fw-la porphyrius_n argumentationibus_fw-la multis_fw-la ostendi_fw-la librum_fw-la zoroastri_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la inscriptum_fw-la adulterinum_fw-la novumque_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la eye_v confictum_fw-la qui_fw-la struebant_fw-la haeresin_fw-la ut_fw-la institutiones_fw-la suae_fw-la esse_fw-la zoroastris_n voteris_fw-la crederentur_fw-la and_o hereupon_o plotinus_n write_v his_o book_n against_o the_o gnostic_n ☞_o whether_o god_n or_o ourselves_o virtue_n or_o pleasure_n be_v chief_o to_o be_v love_v ☞_o even_o in_o friendship_n with_o man_n it_o be_v common_o say_v that_o we_o must_v have_v more_o respect_n to_o our_o friend_n than_o to_o ourselves_o and_o therefore_o cicero_n plead_v that_o epicurus_n opinion_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o true_a friendship_n however_o that_o stand_v i_o be_o sure_a in_o our_o love_n to_o god_n we_o must_v love_v he_o more_o for_o himself_o than_o for_o our_o own_o end_n and_o benefit_n therefore_o it_o be_v that_o i_o distinguish_v love_n before_o from_o obedience_n as_o such_o as_o be_v somewhat_o more_o excellent_a and_o the_o final_a grace_n and_o proclus_n de_fw-la anim._n &_o daemone_n discern_v this_o distinction_n when_o he_o say_v belli_n finis_fw-la est_fw-la justitia_fw-la pacis_fw-la autem_fw-la aliud_fw-la quiddam_fw-la excellentius_fw-la bonum_fw-la pater_fw-la scil_n atque_fw-la unio_fw-la finis_fw-la enim_fw-la universae_fw-la virtutis_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la tradunt_fw-la pythagorici_n aristotelesque_fw-la confirmat_fw-la â—t_a omnibus_fw-la jam_fw-la factis_fw-la amiciss_fw-la justitia_fw-la non_fw-la ulterius_fw-la egeamus_fw-la quando_fw-la viz._n sublatum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la mâ—um_fw-la &_o non-meum_a and_o if_o this_o be_v true_a of_o the_o love_n of_o man_n much_o more_o of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n which_o they_o also_o may_v do_v well_o to_o consider_v of_o who_o 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