Aristotle [pseud.]

Aristotle's Masterpiece, or, The Secrets of Generation Displayed in all the Parts Thereof

London

Printed for W.B. and are to be sold by most booksellers in London and Westminster

1694

The soul is "a spark of the Divine Mind" and "a blast of Almighty Breath"

Now as the life of every other Creature, as it is testified in the 17 Chapter of Leviticus, is in the Blood, so the life of Man consisteth in the Soul; the which, although subject to Passion, by reason of the gross composture of the Body, in which it has a temporary confinement, yet it is immortal and cannot in it self corrupt or suffer change, it being a spark of the Divine Mind, and a blast of Almighty Breath, that distinguishes Man from other Creatures, and renders him Immortal; and that every Man has a peculiar Soul, it plainly appears by the vast difference between the Wit, Judgment, Opinion, Manners, Affections, &c. in Men. And this David observes, when he says, God hath in particular fashioned the Hearts and Minds of all Men, and has given to every one its own Being, and a Soul of its own Nature. Hence Solomon rejoyced, that God had given him a happy Soul, and Body agreeable and suitable to it.
(pp. 35-6)

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Aristotle's Masterpiece, or, The Secrets of Generation Displayed in all the Parts Thereof ... Very Necessary for all Midwives, Nurses, and Young Married Women (Printed for W.B. and are to be sold by most booksellers in London and Westminster, 1694).

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