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# Title: The True Intellectual System Of The Universe (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 137, Stück 1; Leibn. Marg. 137)
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AeCC Bbce eV vnd vecortes EicorV, o ) ny jevé Cd n aecl regcea  NenBV
eego Vuxtu ocpal, cos dconbru n aessoar aesoutis ovvesrioalo, That
Cod did not Mahe it, asser Body, and Junior 10 it; since it vas not fit
That ihe FIder Bould be Ruled or Governed by ihe Tonneer; but he made
Soul before Body. Older than it, and superiour to it, as well in respect of
rime as Dieniry. Wthich Norion is turcher pursued by him in his
Centh De Lesibus, oeds deg  ve oS NnDÉSala Z  Neco rala cien-
ubces av hprr, Juxlio pro reorcegr gugoverat ocduat inur. orda) debrce qu
i vcce qu VuZu5 à ex SonS àexucvoV :3 Dbo. Wherefore it mas riehtly
Properly, and most truly affirmed by us; that soul vas made First as
tbat which Kuleth, but Body astermard, as that which is to be Ruled and
Coverned thereby: From irhence also he drams chis Consectarr.
s ci n quin paeveln recoburieq ocpat. dou n ra  zuc  23 ocua0
LOITO ReCOBVZEBQ. TC9HoI n, i dn n, BSAH d5 n Nogiopeoi n AEaL a Andeis.
SIEKdeet TE H AVU_ XC GTEPG. pHHSE OCOIICETCOV H ANaTSE n, BaDSC, cu
rjovorae av, cirrce rs vu zn ocuat , That I the Soul be Older than the
Body, ihen must ihe Thines of the Soul also, beOlder thanthose of +be B0-
d andtherefore Cositation, and the several species of it, must be in or-
der os Nature, not only before Local Aotion; but also before Lonsitude
Lariinde. and Profundity of Bodies. From hence it is plain, tHaE
elatoS FrCt rveorE Or Production oF Souls by God, could nOt BC OUE
ol any Pre. Existins Body or Maccer, cher beins altirmed by him to bc
betore, noc omly chis and chat particular Body, buc all Body Whacso-
ever, Betore Consitude Lasitude and Profundity. Which may be Fur-
cher contirmed Erom hence, becaule in his Sophise, he plaiuly con-
demns chat Opinion OE POmE, Tli Juxlu avrin oudua H nEH Eucdat.
Ibat the Sonl it sels had somethine os Body in it 3 aud he olten else-
vhere declares the Soul eo be Incorporeal. Ie is certain al(o chac
oc ouls Plato; buc allchole ocher Pasan Philolophers too, Who a(
erced che incorporeity and immortality OE Flumane Souls, could nOL
poltibly conceire Souls, co have been madeout of Pre Existent Matter-
Buc cicher SE Su dircor, Out of Nothine, cherbeins noc éternal, buE
havins a Nemness of Beins, (a5 Plato himselE. Seemed to suppose) or else
chey vere conceired ro be erernat by chem Cwhich ias chie opini-
on OE mostoE che Junior Platonists, Vet) co hare Derired cheir Whole
substance From che Derty, and alvays eo Depend uponit; as eternat
reht, vould depend uxon an Eternal Sun. Plutareh aud tis Follou-
ers beins ouly here to be excepced, who ouldneicher have souls
nade ont os Nothine By Ood, nOx y et out oF Corporeal Matter Pre-
Existine, (cher beins chemselves Incorporeal;) buL OUE OE a AranBC
Commixture oE the Substance oF Ood him(elE, wich ehe Substance OF a
certain Disorderiys soul, Sels. Fxistent and 2 nereated; ot Wwhich ve
lave spotien already. Buc chiac etie Genuine Platonists, did univer.
allys suppole, chat One substance mighe be caused by another, and de-
cire icomhole Beins Crom ic, is undeniably Pvident fromhence, be-
eause cheir second Divine Hypostasis or Substance, (though ternal
vas according co them, Derived FrOm; or Besocren by cheir First.
and cheix Third Hypostasis or Substance Produced borh Erom che F irβ
ad second; and ocher Inferiour Orbs ot Beins, as che Parricular
ouls oE Demons and Men, Trom chat whole Frinity oF Divine Es
pottale