L. VIVES.
THe (a) soules] Origen in his first booke Periarchion, holds that GOD first created all things incorpore all, and that they were called by the names of heauen and earth, which afterward were giuen vnto bodies. Amongst which spirituals, or soules (Mentes) were crea∣ted, who declining (to vse Ruffinus his translation) from the state and dignity, became soules as their name 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 declareth, by waxing cold in their higher state of being mentes. The mind fryling of the diuine heate, takes the name and state of a soule, which if it arise and ascend vnto againe, it gaines the former state of a minde. Which were it true, I should thinke that the mindes of men, vnequally from God some more and some lesse, some should rather bee soules then other some: some retaining much of their mentall vigor and some little or none. But these soules (saith he) being for their soule fals to bee put into grosser bodies, the world was made, as a place large enough to exercise them all in, as was appointed: And from the diuersity, and in-equality of their fall from him did God collect the diuersity of things here created. This is Origens opinion. Hierom reciteth it ad auitum. (b) which good] We should haue beene Gods freely without any trouble. (c) Any ayry body] Of this here-after.