▁committee ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁examine ▁Cow ard ' s ▁books . ▁Cow ard ▁was ▁called ▁to ▁the ▁bar ▁and ▁prof essed ▁his ▁read iness ▁to ▁rec ant ▁anything ▁contrary ▁to ▁religion ▁or ▁mor ality . ▁ ▁The ▁house ▁voted ▁that ▁the ▁books ▁contained ▁off ensive ▁do ctr ines , ▁and ▁ordered ▁them ▁to ▁be ▁bur nt ▁by ▁the ▁common ▁hang man . ▁The ▁proceed ing ▁increased ▁the ▁not or iety ▁of ▁Cow ard ' s ▁books ; ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁he ▁published ▁another ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁Th ought s . ▁In ▁ 1 7 0 6 ▁( app ar ently ) ▁appeared ▁The ▁Just ▁Sc rut iny ; ▁or ▁a ▁serious ▁enqu iry ▁into ▁the ▁modern ▁not ions ▁of ▁the ▁soul . ▁ ▁Henry ▁D od well ' s ▁Ep istol ary ▁Disc ourse , ▁& c . ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁natural ▁mort ality ▁of ▁the ▁soul , ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 6 , ▁and ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁controvers y ▁with ▁Samuel ▁Clar ke ▁and ▁Anthony ▁Collins . ▁Cow ard ▁distingu ishes ▁his ▁own ▁position ▁from ▁D od well ' s ▁and ▁attacks ▁Clar ke . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 0 6 ▁Cow ard ▁also ▁published ▁his ▁O ph th al mo iat ria , ▁chief ly ▁medical , ▁but ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁rid ic ules ▁the ▁Cart esian ▁notion ▁of ▁an ▁imm aterial ▁soul ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁p ine al ▁g land . ▁Sir ▁Hans ▁Slo ane ▁corrected ▁the ▁proofs , ▁and ▁that ▁in