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# Title: A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 3; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 3)
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Dut il it must be notlins wrhen it is not
in action, W hac then can the Soul be, but a
certain Pover actine in the Body; When the
Body is prepar d for the exercise of it, and
ceasino 10 Be When the Body is indispos de
But (tO retort che Remarkers Words)
Whether that be a Superiour Divine Pover di-
stinit from Mlatier, as a vis mOVeNS, Or a
Porror fastned L tenor not hom to the Body,
or nnon such and such Systems of Matter
whether TCay of these tro Suppositions better
acrees with this Doctrine, Lcannot certainly
tell; but either of them descroys the Immor-
tality os the Soul, upon the Dissolution of the
Body. Llezic the Reader 1o judse whieh
is mosc concernd in this conseguence,
Mr. Lock, Wh0. (2YO that it is notnecessar
totheEristence oErhe Soul chatit Mou d
De alrors in action; hichroud DC ab-
TUrd tO CaY, iE it De not a distinet permanent
Substance: Or the Remarkeer, hothinks
the Soul cannor Fxist, when it is nOL IM
aetion; vrhich chereisno groundto thintu
it it Dc areal permanent Substance.
Jhe Vanier ot Mon seciris to DC tho
Sreat Rcason irhy ches have so readily
Tupposd, nithout ans proot, thacthesoul
does alirars think; For havins no ldca ot
IE, DuE Dy its operacions, e arcunilline
to perccire our oren ignorance, and loach
to part ith the onlr Idea me hare ot
thac deur chins rrhich we call selt; on
this Acconnt che Remarker sccms oftended
WitHMT. Lock. Why (TaYS HC) do vor af-
firm or introdnce a nem and nnintellisiole ? R. P. 16.
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