IN DTE X.

Soul, 9. Objections against the immateriality of the foul ex*amined, and (hewn to be fallacious,

1. By laying down this principle, wix. That it is impos-sible that the effect should be more perfect than its cause,either in kind or in degree, i. 355,1 to 5. The contra-dictions Atheists, Epicureans, and present Sceptics fall into,shewn from this principle, ibid, and notes ibid.

Follow the objections.

—— 10. First, That we cannot conceive, how, or whenimmaterial substance could be joined to matter in the bo-dies of men, &c. i. 371, 5.

—— 11. Secondly, That it is generated with the body, andat last decays with it, i. 374, 6 to 9.

-- ,2. thirdly, That in some distempers of the body it

is delirious, and that medicines cure it again,!. 382, 9,1, t, ibid.

- — . 13. Fourthly, That the perfection of rational thinkingdepends on the mechanism of the body, else why should anaccident or indisposition of the body disorder our reason,i. 385, to, to 14. notes ibid.

- 14. Fifthly, That because the appearance of drunk-enness greatly disorders the foul, it must therefore be no-thing but matter, or the result of a disposition of mat-ter, i. 407, 14, 15.

—— 15. Sixthly , That in fainting and other kinds of fits,all signs of life forsake the body, which yet afterwards re-turn ! which shews, fay the Sceptics, that life and per-ception are only the effects of mechanical motions of thebody, such as circulation and respiration, because uponthe ceasing of these motions, life and perceptivity cease,and whenever they are recovered, life and perceptivityreturn again, i, 413, 16.

- 16. Seventhly, If the soul were a distinct being, it

would not stay in a body as good as dead, but would ratherfly away immediately, i. 421, 18. Lutrethts his objection,because it doth not leave all the parts of the body at once,shewn to be childish and trifling, i. 422,19.

-- 17. The reasons for the immateriality of the soul set

in a clear, new, and different light, i. 417, i y,f, ibid.And some observations on the above objections in general,i. 425, 20. Several appearances, besides life, sponta-neous action, thought, and reason, which evidently fheWthis part of our composition to be immaterial, i, 427, 2 1,22, notes ibid.

Soul, 18. The immateriality of the soul, further plainly ap-

pears