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people_n with_o who_o he_o deal_v who_o hold_v that_o nothing_o can_v possible_o exist_v in_o nature_n without_o a_o body_n tertullian_n therefore_o in_o that_o only_a regard_n do_v purposely_o call_v the_o substance_n of_o spirit_n and_o devil_n by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o body_n lycanthropus_n yea_o 409._o but_o tertullian_n avouch_v further_a that_o god_n himself_o be_v also_o a_o body_n and_o therefore_o much_o more_o that_o spirit_n and_o devil_n they_o have_v their_o body_n his_o word_n be_v these_o who_o will_v deny_v god_n himself_o to_o be_v a_o body_n although_o god_n indeed_o be_v a_o spirit_n orthodoxus_n this_o be_v so_o far_o from_o confute_v as_o it_o rather_o confirm_v that_o qualification_n which_o the_o schoolman_n do_v make_v namely_o that_o by_o the_o word_n body_n tertullian_n understand_v nothing_o but_o the_o spiritual_a and_o simple_a substance_n of_o spirit_n and_o devil_n beside_o that_o 62_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o be_v a_o body_n and_o another_o to_o 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that_o whatsoever_o be_v create_v the_o same_o be_v a_o body_n yea_o he_o sharp_o reprehend_v and_o deride_v tertullian_n 25._o for_o avouch_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n to_o be_v corporal_a and_o in_o the_o end_n he_o think_v it_o too_o too_o absurd_a 179_o to_o hold_v that_o a_o reasonable_a soul_n shall_v be_v a_o body_n in_o any_o respect_n because_o the_o same_o be_v only_o and_o altogether_o incorporal_a and_o thus_o you_o may_v plain_o perceive_v by_o augustine_n how_o unfit_o tertullian_n do_v fit_v your_o turn_n exorcist_n but_o augustine_n himself_o elsewhere_o very_o flat_o affirm_v 1._o that_o all_o reasonable_a creature_n be_v corporal_a substance_n yea_o and_o that_o even_o the_o intellectual_a creature_n namely_o angel_n spirit_n and_o devil_n 30._o be_v every_o of_o they_o also_o corporal_a power_n howsoever_o they_o subsist_v not_o of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n orthodoxus_n how_o augustine_n agree_v with_o augustine_n yourself_o may_v plain_o perceive_v and_o therein_o 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