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own_o mr._n lock_v there_o complain_v that_o his_o meaning_n be_v often_o mistake_v and_o that_o he_o have_v not_o always_o the_o good_a luck_n to_o be_v right_o understand_v this_o be_v a_o common_a complaint_n in_o such_o circumstance_n and_o i_o think_v i_o may_v also_o lay_v a_o just_a claim_n to_o a_o share_n therein_o but_o if_o i_o have_v mistake_v his_o meaning_n in_o any_o thing_n whatever_o the_o cause_n may_v otherwise_o be_v i_o do_v insist_v upon_o this_o in_o my_o own_o vindication_n that_o it_o be_v not_o out_o of_o any_o wilful_a design_n and_o i_o far_o assure_v that_o learned_a man_n that_o i_o never_o do_v think_v myself_o nor_o go_v about_o to_o insinuate_v to_o other_o that_o it_o be_v my_o opinion_n of_o he_o that_o he_o absolute_o hold_v no_o real_a difference_n or_o distinction_n betwixt_o vice_n and_o virtue_n i_o do_v only_o ask_v this_o question_n there_o whether_o if_o man_n shall_v place_v their_o commendation_n or_o blame_n on_o that_o sâ—ide_n which_o deserve_v it_o not_o whether_o that_o will_v alter_v the_o nature_n of_o thing_n this_o i_o conceive_v may_v either_o set_v the_o thing_n in_o a_o clear_a light_n in_o itself_o or_o give_v he_o occasion_n so_o to_o do_v i_o there_o also_o far_o appeal_v to_o himself_o pa._n 17._o of_o his_o 1_o sy_n edition_n where_o i_o suppose_v he_o do_v not_o only_o declare_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o heathen_a philosopher_n but_o his_o own_o too_o upon_o this_o subject_a when_o he_o ground_n the_o reason_n of_o man_n keep_v their_o word_n not_o upon_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o place_n man_n live_v in_o but_o upon_o the_o honesty_n and_o dignity_n of_o the_o thing_n it_o self_n i_o do_v also_o read_v and_o consider_v those_o other_o place_n where_o he_o do_v positive_o assert_v the_o unchangeable_a rule_n of_o right_a and_o wrong_n only_o i_o must_v confess_v i_o do_v much_o wonder_n how_o so_o learned_a a_o man_n shall_v go_v so_o near_o as_o i_o think_v to_o contradict_v himself_o in_o other_o place_n where_o his_o expression_n seem_v at_o least_o to_o i_o then_o to_o infer_v the_o the_o rule_n of_o vice_n and_o virtue_n to_o be_v of_o a_o more_o changeable_a nature_n particular_o in_o that_o place_n i_o quote_v pa._n 159._o virtue_n be_v every_o where_o that_o which_o be_v think_v praiseworthy_a and_o nothing_o else_o but_o that_o which_o have_v the_o allowance_n of_o public_a esteem_n be_v virtue_n but_o instead_o of_o be_v virtue_n in_o the_o 1_o st_z edition_n it_o be_v now_o be_v call_v virtue_n in_o the_o second_o therefore_o i_o suppose_v he_o say_v that_o the_o 2d_o edition_n will_v give_v i_o satisfaction_n in_o the_o point_n and_o that_o this_o matter_n be_v now_o so_o express_v as_o to_o show_v there_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o scruple_n it_o may_v be_v so_o express_v now_o perhaps_o that_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o scruple_n though_o that_o i_o much_o question_n but_o it_o will_v not_o sollow_v hence_o that_o â—here_o be_v none_o but_o rather_o the_o contrary_a because_o he_o have_v alter_v his_o expression_n in_o such_o a_o material_a point_n but_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o be_v there_o not_o lay_v down_o moral_a rule_n but_o show_v the_o original_a and_o nature_n of_o moral_a idea_n for_o my_o part_n i_o dare_v scarce_o trust_v my_o own_o eye_n against_o his_o word_n i_o shall_v here_o quote_v part_n of_o the_o paragraph_n which_o he_o here_o refer_v to_o p._n 157._o §_o 6._o of_o these_o moral_a rule_n or_o law_n to_o which_o man_n general_o refer_v and_o which_o they_o judge_v of_o the_o rectitude_n or_o pravity_n of_o their_o action_n there_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v three_o sort_n here_o he_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o call_v they_o moral_a rule_n but_o whether_o he_o mean_v the_o same_o thing_n by_o moral_a rule_n here_o that_o he_o mean_v in_o his_o epistle_n that_o
exercise_n oâ—_n reason_n yet_o by_o assistance_n from_o the_o outward_a sente_v â—_z &c._n &c._n here_o i_o can_v but_o take_v notice_n how_o industrious_o he_o endeavous_a to_o fix_v his_o own_o seâ—se_n upon_o my_o word_n though_o '_o indeed_o they_o will_v not_o bear_v it_o but_o certain_o here_o must_v be_v some_o mistake_n either_o in_o he_o or_o i_o as_o to_o this_o particular_a for_o in_o the_o state_v of_o the_o question_n i_o sâ—id_v that_o the_o truth_n and_o knowledge_n of_o these_o proposition_n do_v no_o way_n depend_v upon_o the_o evidence_n of_o senâ—e_n or_o observation_n therefore_o methinks_v i_o shall_v not_o present_o say_v that_o by_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o outward_a sense_n wâ—_n afterward_o come_v to_o the_o certain_a knowledge_n of_o they_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n wherein_o he_o seem_v to_o intimate_v it_o but_o what_o if_o i_o never_o sâ—â—d_v any_o such_o thing_n at_o all_o or_o what_o i_o say_v will_v not_o amount_v to_o any_o such_o sense_n as_o he_o put_v there_o upon_o it_o he_o may_v have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v quote_v the_o place_n than_o may_v we_o better_o have_v examine_v the_o sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o it_o but_o i_o think_v those_o expression_n nor_o any_o thing_n like_o they_o do_v no_o where_o occur_v in_o my_o book_n what_o comâ—s_v the_o near_a be_v p._n 52._o i_o shall_v transcribe_v the_o word_n and_o let_v the_o reader_n judge_n these_o natural_a notion_n be_v not_o so_o imprint_v upon_o the_o soul_n as_o that_o they_o natural_o and_o necessary_o exert_v themselves_o even_o in_o child_n and_o idiot_n without_o any_o assistance_n from_o the_o outward_a sense_n or_o without_o the_o help_n of_o some_o previous_a cultivation_n for_o thus_o reason_n it_o self_n which_o yet_o we_o say_v be_v natural_a to_o a_o man_n be_v not_o so_o bear_v with_o he_o but_o that_o it_o require_v etc._n etc._n i_o do_v not_o understand_v that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n assert_v in_o this_o place_n as_o that_o which_o he_o seem_v to_o make_v my_o meaning_n in_o the_o former_a but_o i_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o examine_v this_o place_n again_o upon_o the_o like_a account_n but_o he_o seem_v not_o to_o like_v that_o expression_n of_o the_o soul_n exert_v of_o notion_n as_o be_v a_o very_a unintelligible_a and_o unfit_a one_o in_o this_o case_n mislead_v man_n thought_n by_o a_o insinuation_n as_o if_o those_o notion_n be_v in_o the_o mind_n before_o the_o soul_n exert_v '_o they_o but_o i_o have_v already_o tell_v he_o that_o i_o do_v not_o say_v that_o these_o notion_n be_v in_o the_o mind_n from_o the_o beginning_n any_o other_o way_n than_o reason_n itself_o be_v and_o if_o i_o do_v as_o mr._n norris_n very_o pertinent_o ask_v the_o question_n how_o do_v the_o author_n know_v but_o that_o these_o natural_a impression_n may_v be_v so_o order_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o become_v legible_a beâ—ore_o such_o a_o period_n of_o time_n i_o know_v not_o how_o he_o will_v confute_v it_o 2_o d._n i_o be_v there_o defend_v innate_a notion_n and_o he_o oppose_v they_o it_o be_v his_o part_n therefore_o to_o prove_v my_o assertion_n â—alse_a but_o when_o he_o bare_o â—inds_v fault_n with_o this_o expression_n of_o the_o soul_n exert_v of_o notion_n as_o if_o it_o miâ—ted_v man_n thought_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v only_o to_o suppose_v it_o false_a but_o not_o to_o prove_v it_o so_o he_o further_o seem_v to_o charge_v i_o with_o some_o contrariety_n or_o inconsistency_n of_o expression_n p._n 52._o there_o he_o charge_v i_o with_o say_v that_o theâ—e_n natural_a noâ—ions_n exâ—rt_v themselves_o as_o p._n 78._o that_o the_o soul_n exert_v '_o they_o as_o to_o the_o 1_o st_z p._n 52._o that_o these_o notion_n exert_v themsâ—luâ—s_o truly_n in_o that_o place_n i_o say_v no_o such_o thing_n but_o â—â—â—her_o the_o contrary_a my_o word_n be_v these_o â—hese_n natural_a notion_n be_v not_o so_o imprint_v upon_o the_o soul_n as_o that_o they_o natural_o and_o necessary_o exert_v themselves_o 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