...pirft Letter, p. 71, 72, who them ; as the one dieth, Jo dietb the other; yea, thy have all one Spirit. Who knoweth the Spirit of a Man that goeth upward, and the Spirit of a Beaft that goeth down to the Earth, See Mr. Lock's Firft Letter., p. 71, To which I anfwer, i. How appears it that thefe...

...to thofe, that materially urge againft his Opinion. The firft is that of Ecclefiaftes, Who kpoweth the Spirit of a Man that goeth upward, and the Spirit of a Beaft that goeth downward? I have plainly prov'd that this A a Exp'ref354 A Vindication of the Expreflion of Solomons ought to...

...tranflate the Hebrew word rm, here, for fo I find it tranflated the very next Vcr. 2i. Verfe but one ; Who kno-weth the Spirit of a Man that goeth upward, and the Spirit of a Beaft that goeth down to the Earth. In which places it is plain that Solomon applies the word nn, and our Tranflators...

...All are of the Duft ; and All turn to Duft again. He then fubjoineth this very pertinent queftionj Who knoweth the Spirit of a MAN that goeth upward, and the Spirit of a BEAST that goeth downward to the Earth ? As much as to fay, Who knoweth the difference (as to this...

...matter. What do you say of char' nicrs and dealer* with familiar spirits ? or, where Solomon asks, who knoweth the spirit of a man that goeth upward, and the spirit of a beast that goetli downward to the earth ? But even more plain than all this, we read, Many of them...

...have a present participation of their nature: But, saith he, here lieth the difference, " Whoknoweth the spirit of a man that goeth upward, and the 'spirit of a beast that goeth downward, unto the earth ]" Unless we know this, unless we consider the dif. ferent...

...disembodietl souls. He saw those men living who had been beheaded as martyrs. Ecclcsiast. iii. 21, " Who knoweth the spirit of a. man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beasts that goeth downward ?" This simply relates to the different posture of the man and the beast....

...I translate the Hebrew word lm here, for so I find it translated the very next verse but one ; " f Who knoweth the spirit of a man that goeth upward, and the spirit of a beast that goeth down to the earth ?" In which places it is plain that Solomon applies the word fin,...

...all turn to dust again.' As far as I can see it is so, saith the man. But what saith the wise man? ' Who knoweth the spirit of a man that goeth upward, and the spirit of a beast that goeth downward to the earth ?' Alas ! you are mistaken, the difference doth not lie in this...

...allowed so to call him by an anticipation) thus deriding the notion of the soul's immortality, ver. 21. Who knoweth the spirit of a man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? As if he had said, As for the talk of man's soul being...