278 7 he soul necessarily living,

present constitution do. Therefore, in theseseveral particulars, we may substitute the sup-position of a fate of union 'with such bodies,when it (hall please our infinitely wise Cre-ator, that our immaterial part (hall againcommence union with matter, instead ofthe supposition of a state of separation fromall matter.

XI. This was all I designed to have saidconcerning re-uniting our souls to systemsof matter, by the power of an almightyBeing. But some have objected, that th?account 1 have before given oj matter diredttyimpugns the truth I seem here to assert ; for ifmatter be what J have represented it, it masbe an inhabile subjeB, utterly improper evesio bere-united with thesoul, after it hath beet 1once separated from it, in any other sate ofbeing, where the soul’s happiness is to be it 1 'creased, and rife to a much higher pitch thit enjoys at present •, because matter in fuo^circumsances can be good for nothing but 1°impede the operations of the mind, obflrufla51 ion, and consequently lessen its pleasurefatisfaElions. On account of this difficulty?I beg leave to be a little more explicite, ac-cording to the principles before laid doW^