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not_o let_v he_o confess_v it_o and_o i_o will_v prove_v he_o not_o to_o be_v a_o man_n but_o a_o beast_n and_o fit_a to_o be_v use_v as_o a_o beast_n yea_o worse_o than_o a_o beast_n to_o be_v like_o a_o stone_n which_o natural_o descend_v or_o water_n which_o necessary_o run_v down_o its_o channel_n and_o so_o ought_v to_o be_v use_v like_o it_o for_o indeed_o there_o be_v no_o one_o thing_n more_o peculiar_a to_o man_n then_o this_o liberty_n sect_n ix_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o reason_n of_o the_o former_a assertion_n invalid_a of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o cause_n man_n active_o other_o creature_n passive_o capable_a of_o command_n fool_n and_o madman_n incapable_a of_o command_n but_o he_o give_v a_o reason_n for_o what_o he_o speak_v and_o yet_o because_o every_o act_n of_o man_n will_n and_o every_o desire_n
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