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Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit. To which is added the history of the philosophical doctrine concerning the origin of the soul, and the nature of matter; with its influence on Christianity, especially with respect to the doctrine of the pre-existence of Christ / By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S.

  • Joseph Priestley
Date:
1782
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Credit: Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit. To which is added the history of the philosophical doctrine concerning the origin of the soul, and the nature of matter; with its influence on Christianity, especially with respect to the doctrine of the pre-existence of Christ / By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ fubjedt to natural and moral evils, more or lefs painful, in proportion to their “ original guilt; and through which they “ were doomed to transmigrate, under eigh- “ ty-nine different forms, the iaft into that • ‘ of man, when the powers of the animat- ff ing rebel fpirits are fuppofed to be enlarg- €( ed, equal to the ftate of their firft creation. ■c The rebel leaders had power given them tc of God to enter the eight regions of pu- <e nifhment and probation, and the faithful €< angelic fpirits had permiffion occafionally “ to defcend to thofe regions, to guard the “ delinquents againft the future attempts of ‘c their leaders. Confequently, the fouls, tc or fpirits, which animate every mortal f< form are delinquent angels, in a ftate of “ puaifhment, for a lapfe from innocence in “ a pre-exiftent ftate In this fummary the word creation is made ufe of by lyir. Holwell; but in the work from which the fummary is made, it is faid, that 16 the eternal One formed the angelic hoft, in ?f part, of his own eff'encef” It is alfo faid;]:, that the rebel angels were driven from hea- ven into the Onderah, or interfe darknefs, the origin of which, not being mentioned, may fe fuppofed to have been from all eternity; and it is no where faid in this account, that any thing was made from nothing. * Interefting Events, vol. ii. p, 6p, 8cc. + p. 35. % p- 44: