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that_o be_v either_o for_o other_o good_a success_n if_o it_o be_v good_a or_o for_o his_o own_o escape_n if_o it_o be_v otherwise_o and_o thus_o all_o angry_a resentment_n be_v take_v off_o in_o point_n of_o interest_n and_o advantage_n for_o though_o we_o allow_v these_o thing_n to_o be_v what_o conduce_v to_o our_o happiness_n yet_o it_o be_v a_o much_o great_a happiness_n to_o aspire_v after_o a_o resemblance_n of_o the_o divine_a perfection_n which_o the_o miss_n of_o they_o gives_z man_n a_o opportunity_n to_o do_v and_o if_o they_o rather_o tend_v to_o make_v we_o miserable_a than_o the_o be_v without_o they_o be_v not_o so_o proper_o a_o want_n as_o a_o deliverance_n after_o this_o he_o proceed_v to_o two_o other_o topic_n the_o possibility_n of_o obtain_v they_o and_o the_o reasonableness_n of_o expect_v they_o from_o the_o former_a of_o these_o he_o argue_v that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o one_o who_o never_o make_v his_o court_n shall_v have_v the_o same_o 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too_o it_o argue_v a_o man_n greedy_a and_o insatiable_a when_o he_o expect_v his_o meal_n and_o yet_o will_v not_o consent_v to_o pay_v his_o ordinary_a it_o be_v desire_v to_o invade_v another_o right_n and_o engross_v to_o yourself_o what_o he_o have_v already_o buy_v and_o pay_v for_o for_o though_o he_o leave_v no_o money_n under_o his_o plate_n yet_o he_o give_v that_o purchase_n which_o you_o will_v have_v think_v much_o too_o dear_a and_o consequent_o as_o he_o show_v by_o that_o instance_n of_o the_o lettuce_n you_o that_o go_v without_o the_o dinner_n have_v as_o good_a a_o bargain_n at_o least_o as_o he_o that_o be_v admit_v to_o it_o he_o have_v the_o variety_n indeed_o but_o than_o you_o have_v your_o liberty_n you_o do_v not_o enslave_v yourself_o so_o far_o as_o to_o laugh_v at_o his_o dull_a jest_n nor_o to_o commend_v what_o your_o better_a sense_n can_v not_o like_v nor_o to_o bear_v the_o affect_a coldness_n of_o his_o welcome_n nor_o the_o tedious_a attendance_n in_o a_o antichamber_n in_o short_a you_o be_v not_o the_o subject_a of_o his_o haughty_a negligence_n and_o stiff_a formality_n nor_o the_o jest_n of_o his_o saucy_a servant_n all_o this_o you_o must_v have_v be_v content_a with_o to_o have_v dine_v with_o his_o greatness_n if_o you_o expect_v it_o upon_o easy_a term_n you_o be_v mistake_v for_o it_o will_v come_v no_o cheap_a and_o if_o you_o expect_v it_o without_o pay_v as_o other_o do_v it_o argue_v you_o greedy_a and_o a_o unfair_a chapman_n and_o this_o character_n be_v not_o consistent_a with_o that_o of_o a_o good_a man_n so_o that_o you_o must_v change_v your_o temper_n and_o be_v more_o moderate_a in_o your_o expectance_n of_o this_o kind_n chap._n xxxiii_o chapter_n xxxiii_o the_o condition_n of_o nature_n and_o our_o
they_o these_o argument_n have_v be_v in_o some_o measure_n insist_v on_o before_o and_o i_o take_v they_o to_o be_v abundant_o clear_a in_o this_o point_n that_o though_o our_o passion_n and_o appetite_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o moral_a evil_n yet_o they_o be_v extreme_o beneficial_a to_o the_o creature_n in_o which_o nature_n have_v implant_v they_o as_o be_v necessary_a to_o their_o constitution_n and_o give_v a_o relish_n to_o some_o of_o the_o most_o indispensible_a action_n of_o life_n upon_o all_o which_o account_n even_o these_o can_v with_o any_o justice_n be_v call_v evil_a nor_o god_n who_o infuse_v they_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o but_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o matter_n be_v this_o the_o soul_n be_v by_o nature_n superior_a to_o this_o body_n and_o animal_n life_n and_o have_v a_o command_a power_n over_o they_o put_v into_o her_o hand_n this_o dignity_n and_o power_n so_o long_o as_o she_o preserve_v keep_v her_o subject_n under_o and_o at_o their_o due_a distance_n while_o 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truth_n at_o large_a and_o that_o the_o soul_n only_o be_v concern_v and_o act_n pure_o upon_o the_o principle_n of_o her_o own_o native_a freedom_n in_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o worse_o no_o less_o than_o the_o better_a part_n thus_o much_o i_o apprehend_v to_o have_v be_v plain_o prove_v from_o the_o example_n of_o almighty_a god_n himself_o the_o determination_n of_o all_o wise_a law_n and_o well_o constitute_v government_n and_o the_o judgement_n of_o sober_a and_o know_v man_n who_o all_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o the_o merit_n of_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v measure_v by_o the_o fact_n itself_o or_o the_o event_n of_o thing_n but_o by_o the_o will_n and_o intention_n of_o the_o person_n and_o according_o their_o reward_n and_o punishment_n their_o censure_n and_o their_o commendation_n be_v all_o proportion_v to_o the_o intention_n because_o this_o alone_o be_v entire_o in_o a_o man_n be_v own_o power_n and_o consequent_o it_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n he_o can_v be_v 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