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be_v either_o man_n that_o be_v the_o first_o eternal_a be_v the_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n or_o some_o other_o be_v but_o though_o the_o atheist_n be_v not_o the_o great_a wit_n in_o the_o world_n yet_o we_o must_v not_o think_v they_o such_o very_a atheist_n neither_o as_o to_o make_v mere_a man_n to_o set_v up_o for_o a_o sovereign_a creator_n thus_o we_o have_v a_o idea_n or_o conception_n of_o a_o be_v infinite_o more_o perfect_a than_o ourselves_o and_o therefore_o we_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o own_o existence_n for_o if_o we_o have_v we_o shall_v then_o have_v give_v ourselves_o those_o perfection_n which_o we_o find_v want_v in_o we_o and_o conceive_v in_o another_o therefore_o we_o owe_v our_o existence_n to_o and_o dependence_n upon_o that_o be_v without_o we_o which_o enjoy_v all_o perfection_n but_o now_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o the_o idea_n be_v the_o cause_n or_o occasion_n
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knowledge_n of_o the_o be_v of_o god_n be_v clear_o and_o without_o difficulty_n to_o be_v read_v from_o the_o great_a book_n of_o the_o creation_n without_o any_o assistance_n from_o natural_a impression_n and_o he_o cite_v rom._n 1._o 19_o 20._o because_o that_o which_o be_v know_v of_o god_n be_v manifest_a in_o they_o for_o god_n have_v show_v it_o unto_o they_o for_o the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o he_o from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v clear_o see_v be_v understand_v by_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v even_o his_o eternal_a power_n and_o godhead_n where_o he_o say_v the_o apostle_n appeal_v to_o the_o common_a reason_n of_o mankind_n guide_v by_o thing_n without_o we_o for_o the_o proof_n of_o a_o deity_n but_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v from_o hence_o that_o he_o draw_v his_o argument_n mere_o from_o thing_n without_o we_o for_o the_o 19_o verse_n seem_v as_o clear_o to_o relate_v to_o those_o inward_a impression_n make_v upon_o our_o mind_n as_o the_o 20_o do_v to_o the_o outward_a creation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v manifest_a in_o they_o i_o know_v that_o preposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v sometime_o render_v inter_fw-la but_o when_o the_o proper_a and_o natural_a signification_n of_o word_n may_v be_v keep_v why_o shall_v we_o look_v for_o another_o for_o the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o he_o from_o the_o creation_n by_o creation_n here_o be_v neither_o mean_v the_o thing_n create_v nor_o the_o act_n of_o creation_n but_o only_o it_o relate_v to_o the_o time_n thereof_o from_o the_o creation_n that_o be_v ever_o since_o the_o creation_n by_o which_o say_v dr._n hammond_n it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o interpret_n god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o do_n or_o action_n here_o of_o the_o work_n of_o creation_n that_o be_v sole_o but_o of_o all_o thing_n that_o from_o time_n to_o time_n to_o this_o inclusive_o have_v be_v do_v in_o the_o world_n by_o he_o and_o so_o it_o will_v be_v extend_v to_o all_o the_o doctrine_n and_o miracle_n and_o action_n of_o christ_n the_o whole_a business_n of_o the_o gospel_n nay_o i_o may_v add_v that_o even_o those_o natural_a impression_n upon_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n may_v be_v mean_v by_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o mention_v even_o his_o eternal_a power_n and_o godhead_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o may_v refer_v to_o his_o omnipotence_n in_o create_v the_o material_a world_n the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o more_o divine_a constitution_n of_o spiritual_a and_o intellectual_a being_n chap._n v._o of_o the_o state_n of_o nature_n that_o it_o be_v neither_o a_o state_n of_o equality_n nor_o a_o state_n of_o war._n i_o shall_v here_o by_o way_n of_o introduction_n to_o this_o chapter_n brief_o take_v notice_n of_o what_o mr._n hobbs_n tell_v we_o in_o chap._n 4._o of_o his_o leviathan_n concern_v speech_n and_o the_o particular_a use_n of_o it_o viz._n that_o it_o be_v for_o the_o acquire_v of_o art_n and_o the_o improvement_n of_o knowledge_n to_o convey_v to_o other_o that_o skill_n which_o we_o have_v attain_v to_o ourselves_o and_o to_o communicate_v to_o they_o our_o counsel_n and_o resolution_n that_o so_o we_o may_v have_v the_o mutual_a help_n and_o advice_n of_o one_o another_o but_o now_o how_o can_v these_o use_v be_v apply_v to_o that_o cross-grained_a state_n of_o nature_n which_o he_o have_v describe_v to_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o state_n of_o fraud_n and_o violence_n what_o place_n be_v there_o for_o art_n and_o science_n what_o room_n for_o friendly_a counsel_n and_o kind_a advice_n in_o a_o state_n where_o all_o be_v enemy_n to_o one_o another_o where_o what_o counsel_n we_o give_v to_o other_o ought_v rather_o in_o reason_n to_o be_v suspect_v see_v therein_o we_o design_v nothing_o but_o our_o own_o advantage_n why_o shall_v we_o desire_v or_o hope_v for_o the_o assistance_n of_o other_o see_v there_o we_o design_v nothing_o but_o by_o force_n or_o fraud_n to_o supplant_v all_o we_o deal_v with_o and_o by_o degree_n to_o draw_v they_o into_o their_o own_o ruin_n now_o speech_n must_v be_v suppose_v in_o the_o state_n of_o nature_n for_o without_o it_o he_o tell_v we_o there_o can_v be_v no_o enter_v into_o society_n no_o compact_n no_o transfer_v of_o right_n per_fw-la verba_fw-la in_o praesenti_fw-la in_o the_o same_o chapter_n also_o he_o tell_v we_o how_o necessary_a it_o be_v for_o those_o who_o aspire_v to_o knowledge_n to_o be_v strict_a in_o fix_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o word_n and_o frame_v true_a definition_n in_o examine_v those_o of_o former_a author_n and_o either_o to_o correct_v they_o when_o deficient_a or_o to_o make_v new_a one_o themselves_o therefore_o he_o say_v in_o geometry_n which_o be_v the_o most_o accurate_a science_n man_n begin_v with_o settle_v the_o signification_n of_o their_o word_n which_o settle_v of_o signification_n they_o call_v definition_n and_o place_v they_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o their_o work_n now_o it_o have_v be_v well_o if_o mr._n hobbs_n have_v practise_v his_o own_o rule_n and_o that_o in_o one_o of_o the_o most_o considerable_a instance_n of_o his_o moral_a philosophy_n that_o be_v if_o he_o have_v at_o first_o give_v we_o a_o perfect_a definition_n of_o that_o word_n so_o oft_o make_v use_n of_o in_o his_o write_n nature_n and_o have_v fix_v the_o signification_n of_o those_o expression_n naturally_n and_o by_o nature_n which_o he_o can_v not_o well_o have_v do_v without_o distinguish_v it_o into_o pure_a and_o primitive_a and_o into_o corrupt_a and_o deprave_a nature_n which_o he_o have_v no_o where_o do_v it_o have_v occasion_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o obscurity_n and_o uncertainty_n in_o all_o his_o discourse_n relate_v thereunto_o which_o if_o he_o have_v do_v in_o all_o probability_n it_o will_v have_v put_v a_o end_n to_o many_o of_o those_o controversy_n which_o be_v perhaps_o at_o first_o begin_v and_o afterward_o continue_v by_o the_o want_n of_o it_o it_o be_v true_a he_o have_v give_v we_o several_a sense_n and_o acceptation_n of_o these_o word_n but_o yet_o have_v be_v so_o far_o from_o settle_v and_o fix_v their_o signification_n as_o he_o call_v it_o that_o he_o have_v rather_o leave_v they_o still_o in_o great_a uncertainty_n especial_o in_o those_o other_o place_n where_o they_o be_v mention_v single_o without_o any_o intimation_n at_o all_o in_o what_o sense_n they_o be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o his_o preface_n to_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr cive_z where_o it_o be_v object_v that_o from_o his_o principle_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o man_n be_v wicked_a by_o nature_n this_o he_o say_v do_v not_o follow_v for_o though_o man_n by_o nature_n that_o be_v from_o their_o first_o birth_n as_o they_o be_v mere_a sensible_a creature_n etc._n etc._n here_o nature_n must_v signify_v man_n as_o he_o come_v first_o into_o the_o world_n with_o respect_n mere_o to_o his_o animal_n qualisication_n which_o he_o have_v in_o common_a with_o other_o creature_n in_o the_o same_o preface_n forasmuch_o as_o god_n overrule_v all_o ruler_n by_o nature_n that_o be_v by_o the_o dictate_v of_o natural_a reason_n here_o nature_n seem_v to_o refer_v rather_o to_o the_o high_a than_o the_o low_a faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n chap._n 1._o paragraph_n 2._o if_o by_o nature_n one_o man_n shall_v love_v another_o that_o be_v as_o man_n here_o nature_n seem_v to_o refer_v to_o man_n in_o his_o large_a extent_n the_o law_n of_o nature_n he_o thus_o define_v that_o it_o be_v the_o dictate_v of_o natural_a reason_n conversant_a about_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v either_o to_o be_v do_v or_o omit_v for_o the_o constant_a preservation_n of_o our_o life_n and_o member_n as_o much_o as_o in_o we_o lie_v here_o he_o make_v natural_a reason_n to_o truckle_n