fate_n consider_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o substance_n p._n 303._o 3._o and_o what_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o energy_n or_o act_n together_o with_o the_o etymological_a reason_n of_o those_o sundry_a appellation_n the_o stoic_n have_v impose_v upon_o it_o p._n 304._o sect_n ii_o artic_a 1._o the_o second_o classis_fw-la of_o philosopher_n who_o understand_v fate_n to_o be_v a_o constitution_n mere_o natural_a subdivide_v into_o 2_o distinct_a sect_n viz._n 1_o those_o who_o assert_v the_o immutability_n and_o inevitability_n of_o fate_n 2_o those_o who_o defend_v the_o possibility_n of_o its_o alteration_n and_o evasion_n p._n 305._o 2._o the_o leader_n of_o the_o first_o sect_n heraclitus_n empedocles_n leucippus_n paâ—menides_n and_o chief_o democritus_n p._n 306._o 3._o democritus_n just_o chaâ—ged_v with_o the_o patronage_n of_o inevitable_a fate_n and_o his_o doctrine_n concern_v it_o concise_o rehearse_v ibid._n sect_n iii_o artic_a 1._o the_o principal_n of_o the_o second_o sect_n aristotle_n and_o epicurus_n p._n 312._o 2._o the_o ground_n of_o the_o author_n in_o put_v the_o opinion_n both_o of_o fate_n identity_n with_o nature_n and_o the_o possibility_n of_o its_o mutation_n and_o declination_n by_o either_o fortuitous_a or_o arbitrary_a antagonist_n to_o aristotle_n ibid._n 3._o epicurus_n unanimous_a to_o aristotle_n in_o the_o point_n of_o physical_a and_o eluctable_a necessity_n p._n 314._o 4._o the_o scope_n of_o epicurus_n his_o figment_n of_o the_o declination_n of_o atom_n in_o the_o human_a soul_n and_o his_o accommodation_n thereof_o to_o the_o tuition_n of_o man_n liberty_n epitomise_v ibid._n 5._o a_o exception_n in_o the_o name_n of_o democritus_n against_o epicurus_n inference_n p._n 316._o 6._o the_o justification_n thereof_o by_o a_o respon_n conform_v to_o the_o physiology_n of_o epicurus_n p._n 317._o 7._o the_o most_o weighty_a rejoynder_n of_o the_o connexion_n of_o those_o cause_n which_o avert_v the_o mind_n from_o so_o well_o as_o of_o those_o which_o attract_v it_o to_o a_o object_n to_o the_o eternal_a series_n of_o fate_n find_v too_o light_a to_o overbalance_v epicurus_n his_o defence_n of_o man_n liberty_n p._n 319._o sect_n iv_o artic_a 1._o mathematical_a fate_n brief_o describe_v p._n 321._o 2._o the_o gross_a vanity_n thereof_o conceal_v from_o many_o philosopher_n only_o by_o the_o cloud_n of_o transcriptive_a adhaesion_n to_o antique_a tradition_n ibid._n 3._o the_o absurdity_n of_o sidereal_a necessity_n evict_v 1_o by_o a_o argument_n desume_v from_o the_o hypothetical_n necessity_n of_o the_o matter_n on_o which_o celestial_a impression_n be_v to_o operate_v 323_o 4._o 2_o by_o the_o common_a experiment_n of_o the_o unaequal_a fortune_n of_o twin_n p._n 324._o 5._o 3_o by_o the_o double_a impiety_n inseparable_a from_o the_o belief_n thereof_o p._n 325._o chap._n x._o the_o liberty_n of_o man_n will_n fortune_n and_o fate_n conciliate_v to_o providence_n divine_a page_n 328._o sect_n i._o artic_a 1._o the_o intent_n of_o the_o chapter_n p._n 328._o 2._o democritus_n fate_n inconsistent_a both_o to_o the_o fundamental_o of_o religion_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o man_n will_n and_o therefore_o detest_a ibid._n 3._o aristotle_n and_o epicurus_n their_o fate_n admit_v in_o that_o it_o be_v identical_a to_o nature_n but_o abominate_v in_o that_o it_o clash_v with_o the_o certitude_n of_o divine_a prescience_n p._n 329._o 4._o the_o platonic_a and_o stoic_a fate_n embrace_v so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v concede_v to_o be_v a_o constitution_n of_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n but_o abandon_v in_o that_o it_o detract_v from_o divine_a omnipotence_n ibid._n 5._o in_o what_o qualify_a sense_n christianisme_n may_v tolerate_v the_o use_n of_o the_o term_n fate_n ibid._n sect_n ii_o artic_a 1._o fate_n and_o fortune_n conciliate_v in_o the_o point_n of_o providence_n divine_a p._n 330._o 2._o plutarch_n ingenious_a assimilation_n of_o fate_n to_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o his_o design_n therein_o p._n 331._o scet._n iii_o artic_a 1._o fate_n concentrical_a to_o man_n elective_a liberty_n in_o the_o point_n of_o praedestination_n p._n 332._o 2._o the_o concord_n betwixt_o theology_n and_o philosophy_n in_o their_o admission_n of_o 2._o order_n of_o cause_n natural_a viz._n necessary_a and_o free_a the_o ground_n of_o the_o affinity_n both_o betwixt_o the_o difficulty_n and_o solution_n on_o either_o part_n as_o to_o the_o abolition_n of_o the_o seem_a repugnancy_n between_o fate_n and_o man_n freewill_n p._n 333._o 3._o the_o first_o capital_a difficulty_n desume_v from_o divine_a prescience_n as_o state_v by_o divine_n p._n 334._o 4._o the_o same_o as_o state_v by_o philosopher_n ibid._n 5._o the_o full_a solution_n of_o the_o same_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o divine_n discrimination_n of_o necessity_n into_o absolute_a and_o hypothetical_n p._n 335._o 6._o the_o solution_n of_o the_o same_o by_o the_o philosopher_n prove_v that_o the_o definite_a praenotion_n of_o future_a contingent_n be_v no_o cause_n of_o their_o definite_a contingency_n but_o è_fw-la contrà _fw-la the_o definity_n of_o their_o futurition_n the_o cause_n of_o their_o definite_a praenotion_n p._n 338._o 7._o the_o disparity_n betwixt_o divine_a and_o human_a praenotion_n p._n 339._o 8._o the_o same_o exemplify_v ibid._n sect_n iv_o artic_a 1._o the_o second_o capital_a difficulty_n erect_v upon_o a_o sophism_n call_v ignava_fw-la ratio_fw-la as_o it_o respect_v both_o theology_n and_o philosophy_n p._n 340._o 2._o two_o eminent_a opinion_n of_o divine_n touchant_a the_o solution_n of_o this_o difficulty_n recognize_v and_o their_o judicious_a model_o in_o due_o acknowledge_v the_o mystery_n of_o praedestination_n to_o be_v arcanum_n divini_fw-la imperii_fw-la commend_v p._n 34â—_n 3._o the_o first_o opinion_n find_v total_o uncapable_a of_o expedition_n from_o the_o sophism_n ignava_fw-la ratio_fw-la 343._o 4._o the_o second_o opinion_n to_o a_o great_a part_n extricate_v from_o the_o same_o labyrinth_n p._n 345._o 5._o the_o fatists_n subtersuge_n of_o the_o infallibility_n of_o divine_a praenotion_n praeclude_v p._n 346._o 6._o a_o second_o subtersuge_n of_o the_o fatist_n viz._n that_o the_o subsequence_n of_o the_o decree_n to_o praenotion_n do_v implicate_v the_o possibility_n of_o its_o elusion_n and_o mutability_n prevent_v ibid._n 7._o a_o three_o conclusion_n viz._n that_o the_o posteriority_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o election_n to_o god_n praevision_n of_o man_n future_a good_a action_n do_v make_v man_n the_o author_n of_o his_o own_o discretion_n detect_v and_o redargue_v p._n 347._o 8._o two_o extract_n from_o the_o praemise_n 1_o that_o the_o cooperation_n of_o man_n will_n to_o sufficient_a grace_n may_v be_v conceive_v a_o cause_n of_o his_o election_n 2_o that_o to_o render_v a_o reason_n why_o god_n do_v not_o constitute_v all_o man_n such_o as_o that_o all_o shall_v cooperate_v to_o sufficient_a grace_n and_o so_o be_v elect_a be_v a_o impossibility_n to_o man_n understanding_n other_o than_o this_o that_o such_o be_v his_o eternal_a will_n p._n 347._o 9_o the_o former_a sophism_n ignava_fw-la ratio_fw-la in_o part_n dissolve_v by_o plutarch_n distinction_n that_o though_o all_o effect_n be_v comprehend_v in_o yet_o all_o be_v not_o cause_v by_o fate_n p._n 348._o 10._o the_o insufficiency_n of_o that_o distinction_n to_o the_o total_a solution_n of_o the_o difficulty_n due_o acknowledge_v p._n 349._o 11._o the_o most_o promise_a response_n of_o some_o philosopher_n concise_o present_v viz._n of_o 1._o of_o plato_n ibid._n 2._o seneca_n p._n 350._o 3._o chrysippus_n p._n 351._o 4._o aquinas_n p._n 352._o 12._o these_o acute_a response_n aequitable_o audit_v and_o their_o import_n sound_a to_o be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o that_o man_n have_v a_o freedom_n of_o assent_n but_o not_o of_o dissent_n to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n p._n 352._o 13._o the_o dehortation_n from_o immoderate_a curiosity_n in_o divine_a mystery_n and_o concise_a adhortation_n to_o conform_v unto_o and_o calm_o acquiesce_v in_o the_o reveal_v will_n of_o god_n 353._o the_o existence_n of_o god_n demonstrate_v chap._n i._n sect_n i._o aristotle_n though_o a_o ethnic_a poison_a god_n section_n 1._o article_n 1._o aristotle_n the_o most_o know_a and_o curious_a ethnic_a do_v yet_o by_o his_o silence_n in_o the_o cardinal_a point_n of_o theology_n proclaim_v the_o impossibility_n of_o man_n full_a understanding_n the_o simple_a and_o perfect_a essence_n of_o god_n with_o the_o macedonian_a and_o grecian_a idolatry_n nay_o so_o give_v over_o to_o that_o sottish_a impiety_n polytheisme_n that_o he_o can_v be_v content_a to_o make_v a_o goddess_n of_o his_o wench_n and_o offer_v solemn_a sacrifice_n to_o she_o as_o a_o deity_n who_o his_o own_o obscene_a luxury_n have_v degrade_v from_o the_o native_a dignity_n of_o humanity_n to_o devote_v his_o orison_n to_o she_o for_o good_a who_o his_o own_o temptation_n have_v frequent_o subdue_v to_o evil_a as_o gassendus_fw-la exercitat_fw-la 3._o out_o of_o diogenes_n laert._n have_v accuse_v he_o have_v
gentle_a enforcement_n of_o a_o stable_n beleif_fw-mi the_o act_n of_o conservation_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o their_o originary_a station_n and_o the_o perpetual_a obedience_n of_o all_o second_o cause_n in_o their_o several_a prouldence_n article_n 2._o the_o definition_n and_o receive_v division_n of_o divine_a prouldence_n motion_n to_o the_o law_n of_o his_o will_n that_o elemented_a they_o have_v ever_o be_v call_v providence_n divine_a which_o derive_v high_a enough_o seem_v to_o import_v the_o constant_a operation_n of_o a_o infinite_a wisdom_n and_o infinite_a power_n combine_v in_o the_o effusion_n of_o a_o infinite_a goodness_n this_o providence_n for_o to_o that_o appellation_n as_o most_o ancient_a most_o common_a and_o therefore_o most_o familiar_a i_o shall_v adhere_v most_o clerk_n have_v branch_v into_o general_n whereby_o the_o government_n of_o the_o whole_a universe_n be_v administer_v and_o particular_a or_o special_a whereby_o god_n do_v take_v special_a care_n of_o mankind_n and_o regulate_v the_o affair_n of_o his_o masterpiece_n now_o according_a to_o this_o necessary_a division_n must_v i_o range_v my_o force_n into_o two_o file_n and_o draw_v up_o one_o to_o defeat_v those_o atheist_n who_o have_v proclaim_v open_a hostility_n against_o the_o first_o and_o the_o other_o to_o subdue_v those_o that_o have_v declare_v against_o the_o second_o the_o colonel_n to_o that_o black_a regiment_n that_o fight_v against_o the_o same_o article_n 3._o a_o short_a list_n of_o the_o principal_a ethnic_a physiologist_n who_o in_o order_n to_o theiâ—_n propagation_n of_o atheism_n have_v attempt_v the_o eradication_n of_o this_o magisterial_a verity_n of_o divine_a providence_n &_o a_o gentle_a cure_n of_o s._n hieroms_n wound_n cause_v by_o his_o venial_a lapse_n from_o the_o same_o opinion_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o world_n by_o the_o sceptre_n of_o divine_a monarchy_n be_v general_o account_v epicurus_n but_o in_o the_o authentic_a record_n of_o stobaeus_n ecl._n phys_n 25._o we_o may_v find_v he_o to_o have_v be_v no_o more_o then_o captain-lieutenant_a to_o leucippus_n who_o of_o all_o the_o grecian_a philosopher_n who_o doctrine_n have_v escape_v the_o sponge_n of_o oblivion_n be_v the_o first_o that_o appear_v in_o the_o field_n against_o universal_a providence_n and_o not_o long_o after_o surrender_v the_o staff_n to_o democritus_n the_o elder_a who_o immediate_a successor_n be_v heraclitus_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o nemesius_n de_n nat_n homin_v 13._o but_o whoever_o lead_v up_o the_o van_n be_v close_o follow_v by_o many_o both_o of_o the_o same_o and_o succeed_a age_n the_o most_o eminent_a whereof_o be_v dicaearchus_n cicero_n 4._o academic_n strato_n idem_fw-la de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la 2._o ennius_n idem_fw-la de_fw-fr nat._n deor._n 3._o lucretius_n libro_fw-la ejus_fw-la 2._o velleius_n cicero_n de_fw-fr nat._n deor._n 1._o lucian_n in_o bis_fw-la accus_fw-la who_o like_o a_o facetious_a villain_n personate_v jupiter_n complain_v of_o the_o oppression_n of_o overmuch_a business_n nay_o the_o devout_a father_n s._n hieron_n in_o comment_n in_o abac._n seem_v to_o have_v espouse_v the_o quarrel_n though_o doubtless_o upon_o another_o interest_n his_o word_n i_o shall_v faithful_o transcribe_v for_o two_o important_a reason_n first_o because_o i_o will_v not_o appear_v to_o have_v fix_v a_o scandal_n upon_o so_o venerable_a a_o pillar_n of_o our_o church_n who_o otherwise_o have_v deserve_v so_o ample_o of_o the_o christian_a faith_n that_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o transcendent_a merit_n of_o his_o pious_a labour_n have_v once_o almost_o persuade_v i_o to_o believe_v the_o possibility_n of_o justification_n by_o work_n second_o to_o deliver_v his_o memory_n from_o the_o imputation_n of_o impiety_n for_o it_o may_v be_v natural_o collect_v from_o the_o syntax_n and_o scope_n of_o his_o discourse_n that_o it_o be_v a_o noble_a esteem_n which_o he_o have_v of_o the_o majesty_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n who_o he_o think_v too_o full_o take_v up_o with_o the_o blissful_a contemplation_n of_o his_o own_o perfection_n in_o truth_n the_o only_a felicity_n god_n can_v be_v capable_a of_o to_o be_v concern_v in_o order_v the_o trifle_a occurrence_n of_o the_o world_n and_o not_o any_o conceit_n of_o the_o insufficiency_n of_o omnipotence_n that_o cast_v he_o upon_o this_o rock_n caeterum_fw-la absurdum_fw-la est_fw-la say_v he_o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la dei_fw-la deducere_fw-la majestatem_fw-la ut_fw-la sciat_fw-la per_fw-la momenta_fw-la singula_fw-la quot_fw-la nascantur_fw-la culices_fw-la quotve_n moriantur_fw-la quot_fw-la cimicum_fw-la &_o pulicum_fw-la &_o muscarum_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la multitudo_fw-la quanti_fw-la pisces_fw-la in_o aqua_fw-la natent_fw-la &_o qui_fw-fr de_fw-fr minoribus_fw-la majorâ—m_fw-la praedae_fw-la cedere_fw-la debeant_fw-la non_fw-la simus_fw-la tam_fw-la fatui_fw-la adulatores_fw-la dei_fw-la ut_fw-la dum_fw-la potentiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la ad_fw-la ima_fw-la detrahimus_fw-la in_fw-la nosipsos_fw-la injuriosi_fw-la simus_fw-la eandem_fw-la rationabilium_fw-la quam_fw-la irationabilium_fw-la providentiam_fw-la esse_fw-la dicentes_fw-la so_o that_o his_o diminution_n of_o the_o universality_n of_o providence_n may_v seem_v the_o pardonable_a effect_n of_o immoderate_a devotion_n and_o but_o a_o high_a strain_a description_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o that_o essence_n which_o in_o strict_a truth_n can_v be_v concern_v in_o nothing_o but_o itself_o and_o must_v then_o appear_v to_o be_v undervalue_v when_o most_o magnify_v by_o the_o extension_n of_o its_o influence_n to_o petty_a and_o trivial_a mutation_n and_o conceive_v to_o act_v a_o part_n in_o the_o interlude_n of_o fly_n order_n the_o militia_n of_o pismire_n and_o decree_n what_o and_o how_o many_o gnat_n shall_v be_v devour_v by_o swallow_n in_o a_o summer_n day_n but_o as_o for_o epicurus_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o miscreant_n crew_n it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a that_o a_o quite_o different_a interest_n inveigle_v they_o into_o this_o dangerous_a error_n for_o first_o their_o own_o writing_n bare_a record_n that_o they_o make_v it_o the_o grand_a scope_n of_o their_o study_n to_o promote_v atheism_n by_o plot_v how_o to_o undermine_v the_o receive_a beleif_n of_o a_o omnipotent_a eternal_a be_v to_o murder_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o basis_n of_o all_o religion_n and_o deride_v the_o compensation_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a action_n after_o death_n in_o particular_a epicurus_n do_v not_o blush_v to_o profess_v that_o the_o chief_a end_n at_o which_o his_o physiology_n be_v collineat_v be_v this_o ut_fw-la mens_fw-la ex_fw-la perspectis_fw-la causis_fw-la conquiescat_fw-la neque_fw-la aliam_fw-la eamque_fw-la divinam_fw-la subesse_fw-la causam_fw-la suspicando_fw-la felicitatem_fw-la interturbet_fw-la and_o second_o the_o ground_n upon_o which_o they_o erect_v this_o detestable_a negation_n of_o universal_a 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the_o atheist_n first_o argument_n against_o universal_a providence_n with_o the_o absurd_a and_o malicious_a comment_n of_o lucretius_n thereupon_o disparity_n between_o the_o blissful_a condition_n or_o contemplative_a quiet_n of_o the_o supreme_a nature_n and_o the_o trouble_n or_o disturbance_n for_o so_o their_o ignorance_n unfit_o apprehend_v it_o that_o must_v arise_v from_o the_o oversight_n and_o managery_n of_o such_o infinite_a variety_n of_o action_n as_o be_v every_o minute_n perform_v within_o the_o immense_a amphitheatre_n of_o the_o world_n for_o epicurus_n indiscreet_o attempt_v to_o take_v the_o altitude_n of_o the_o divine_a intellect_n by_o the_o unequal_a jacobs-staffe_n of_o the_o humane_a rash_o infer_v that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v extend_v below_o the_o sphere_n of_o its_o own_o mansion_n and_o that_o no_o intelligence_n can_v be_v so_o large_a as_o not_o to_o be_v overwhelm_v by_o that_o ocean_n of_o care_n that_o must_v flow_v from_o the_o multitude_n and_o diversity_n of_o continual_a emergency_n here_o below_o this_o he_o contract_v into_o that_o sentence_n quod_fw-la est_fw-la beatum_fw-la &_o immortal_a neque_fw-la sibi_fw-la habet_fw-la neque_fw-la alteri_fw-la exhibet_fw-la negotium_fw-la which_o so_o please_v he_o that_o he_o repute_v it_o a_o cornerstone_n in_o the_o fabric_n of_o science_n and_o enact_v it_o
alteration_n be_v not_o only_o above_o the_o hope_n of_o man_n who_o virtuous_a endeavour_n piety_n and_o prayer_n must_v therefore_o prove_v as_o fruitless_a and_o ineffectual_a towards_o the_o aversion_n as_o vitiosity_n impiety_n and_o profaneness_n towards_o the_o attraction_n or_o acceleration_n of_o any_o misfortune_n predecreed_a but_o even_o of_o god_n himself_o who_o though_o they_o allow_v to_o have_v be_v the_o author_n of_o that_o sempiternal_a and_o irrepealable_a law_n of_o destiny_n yet_o they_o deny_v he_o to_o have_v reserve_v to_o himself_o the_o prerogative_n of_o exemption_n from_o the_o obligation_n thereof_o this_o be_v the_o creed_n of_o philetas_n when_o he_o say_v '_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mortales_fw-la superat_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la vi_o solida_fw-la quia_fw-la nec_fw-la superos_fw-la reveretur_fw-la in_fw-la almis_fw-la qui_fw-la coeli_fw-la spatiis_fw-la degunt_fw-la sine_fw-la luctibus_fw-la aevum_fw-la of_o that_o old_a poet_n quote_v by_o cicero_n de_fw-la fato_fw-la who_o say_v quod_fw-la fore_fw-la paratum_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la summum_fw-la exuperat_fw-la jupiter_fw-la and_o of_o that_o renown_a captain_n hector_n when_o be_v importune_v by_o his_o wife_n not_o to_o hazard_v himself_o in_o a_o sally_n upon_o the_o grecian_a trench_n he_o conjure_v her_o fond_a fear_n into_o a_o resolve_a confidenco_n that_o no_o sword_n can_v reach_v his_o heart_n but_o that_o of_o fate_n by_o this_o spell_n parce_fw-fr precor_fw-la nimio_fw-la miserable_fw-la indulgere_fw-la dolori_fw-la nam_fw-la quis_fw-la i_o fat_a be_v invitis_fw-la mittet_fw-la ad_fw-la orcum_fw-la nullum_fw-la equidem_fw-la vitasse_fw-la hominum_fw-la dico_fw-la ultima_fw-la fata_fw-la prithee_o forbear_v thy_o needless_a grief_n and_o know_v no_o hand_n can_v send_v i_o to_o the_o shade_n below_o without_o the_o fate_n assent_v i_o hold_v it_o true_a what_o fate_n have_v destine_v no_o man_n can_v eschew_v as_o also_o of_o those_o military_a man_n mention_v by_o p._n gregorius_n tholosanus_n lib._n 21._o the_o republ_n cap._n 8._o who_o mind_n be_v season_v with_o the_o same_o persuasion_n that_o the_o manner_n and_o moment_n of_o every_o man_n death_n be_v appoint_v by_o the_o immutable_a law_n of_o fate_n and_o his_o lot_n inscribe_v in_o invisible_a character_n on_o his_o forehead_n become_v of_o so_o hard_a a_o temper_n as_o to_o be_v whole_o insensible_a of_o the_o threat_n of_o that_o terrible_a giant_n danger_n nor_o do_v they_o account_v it_o other_o than_o a_o vanity_n result_v from_o the_o cowardice_n of_o ignorance_n to_o provide_v against_o the_o blow_n of_o war_n either_o by_o caution_n or_o defensive_a arm_n urge_v the_o example_n of_o many_o valiant_a soldier_n who_o have_v be_v observe_v to_o have_v confront_v whole_a shower_n of_o level_a bullet_n shoot_v from_o the_o near_a engine_n of_o the_o advancing_z foe_n without_o a_o wound_n and_o yet_o at_o last_o have_v fall_v by_o some_o petite_fw-fr and_o unexpected_a pebble_n throw_v from_o the_o sure_a sling_n of_o destiny_n even_o then_o when_o they_o seem_v immure_v in_o the_o secure_a citadel_n of_o peace_n and_o think_v their_o triumphant_a laurel_n armour_n of_o proof_n even_o against_o thunder_n occidis_fw-la argivae_fw-la quem_fw-la non_fw-la potuere_fw-la phalanges_fw-la sternere_fw-la nec_fw-la priami_fw-la regnorum_fw-la eversor_fw-la achilles_n hic_fw-la tibi_fw-la mortis_fw-la erant_fw-la metae_fw-la etc._n etc._n virg._n 12._o aeneid_n but_o alas_o it_o be_v not_o the_o academy_n of_o the_o stoic_n alone_o that_o afford_v patronage_n to_o this_o error_n of_o absolute_a fatality_n nor_o the_o camp_n that_o only_o contend_v for_o the_o propagation_n thereof_o nor_o the_o politic_a institution_n of_o that_o secretary_n of_o hell_n mahomet_n in_o his_o absurd_a alcoran_n cap._n 6._o that_o only_a countenance_n the_o diffusion_n thereof_o in_o these_o our_o day_n for_o even_o the_o school_n of_o christianity_n in_o some_o part_n have_v advance_v the_o reputation_n thereof_o to_o so_o unreasonable_a and_o dangerous_a a_o height_n as_o to_o make_v it_o a_o article_n of_o faith_n if_o not_o absolute_o necessary_a yet_o at_o least_o collateral_o conductive_a to_o salvation_n and_o this_o by_o authority_n of_o the_o council_n of_o dort_n which_o ratify_v the_o doctrine_n of_o their_o apostle_n calvir_n concern_v absolute_a predestination_n and_o enjoin_v the_o public_a assertion_n thereof_o to_o most_o of_o their_o divine_n of_o the_o last_o reformation_n i_o say_v the_o doctrine_n of_o calvin_n concern_v absolute_a predestination_n define_v article_n 11._o the_o stoical_a fate_n and_o the_o calvinist_n predestination_n full_o define_v thereby_o though_o tacit_o intimate_v my_o knowledge_n of_o the_o no_o small_a disparity_n between_o the_o fate_n of_o the_o stoic_n and_o that_o propugned_a by_o many_o christian_a divine_n the_o one_o be_v as_o chrysippus_n have_v define_v it_o sempiterna_fw-la &_o indeclinabilis_fw-la series_n rerum_fw-la &_o catena_fw-la quae_fw-la seipsam_fw-la velvit_fw-la &_o perpetuò_fw-la implicat_fw-la per_fw-la aeternos_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la ordines_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la connexa_fw-la est_fw-la a_o sempiternal_a and_o indeclinable_a series_n syntax_n or_o chain_n of_o cause_n who_o turn_n convolution_n and_o perpetual_a implication_n be_v dependent_a on_o itself_o by_o those_o eternal_a order_n of_o consequence_n of_o which_o it_o be_v make_v up_o and_o connect_v the_o other_o as_o the_o best_a of_o school_n man_n have_v define_v it_o pendens_fw-la à _fw-la divino_fw-la consilio_fw-la series_n ordoque_fw-la caussarum_fw-la a_o series_n or_o successive_a complexion_n and_o order_n of_o cause_n dependent_a on_o the_o will_n of_o god_n from_o the_o just_a collation_n of_o which_o two_o definition_n our_o first_o thought_n may_v collect_v that_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o stoical_a and_o theological_a fate_n may_v be_v thus_o state_v the_o former_a in_o some_o thing_n exclude_v divinity_n from_o that_o fate_n article_n 12._o a_o full_a and_o câ—â—ar_a discrimination_n of_o the_o stoical_a from_o the_o theological_a fate_n round_a or_o circle_n of_o cause_n reser_v all_o event_n as_o well_o general_a as_o particular_a to_o the_o mere_a subsequence_n of_o natural_a active_n operate_a upon_o capable_a passive_n subordinate_o connect_v unto_o and_o so_o by_o successive_a influx_n necessary_o dispose_v each_o other_o to_o the_o production_n of_o those_o particular_a effect_n to_o the_o causation_n whereof_o their_o natural_a faculty_n be_v at_o first_o determinate_o accommodate_v and_o in_o other_o include_v divinity_n within_o it_o i._n e._n confine_n his_o power_n and_o will_n to_o that_o rigid_a and_o infringible_a law_n of_o necessity_n excogitated_a by_o his_o wisdom_n from_o all_o eternity_n and_o establish_v by_o his_o decrce_n at_o the_o inauguration_n of_o nature_n to_o existence_n the_o late_a make_v the_o will_n of_o god_n to_o be_v the_o first_o link_n in_o the_o chaâ—n_n of_o cause_n and_o so_o superior_a to_o the_o restriction_n of_o natural_a necessity_n dependent_a thereon_o the_o stoic_a be_v a_o declare_a enemy_n to_o the_o arbitrary_a prerogative_n of_o god_n adlige_v the_o energy_n of_o the_o first_o and_o infinite_a cause_n to_o the_o capacity_n of_o secondary_a and_o finite_a and_o upon_o consequence_n do_v acknowledge_v neither_o the_o liberty_n of_o his_o will_n nor_o the_o absoluteness_n of_o his_o power_n or_o omnipotency_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o christian_a look_n up_o to_o heaven_n as_o the_o council-house_n where_o the_o instrument_n opportunity_n place_n and_o success_n of_o every_o action_n receive_v their_o specification_n to_o this_o or_o that_o determinate_a purpose_n to_o the_o arbitrary_a resolve_v of_o god_n as_o the_o definite_a sentence_n or_o injunction_n and_o on_o all_o second_o cause_n but_o as_o subordinate_a and_o subalternal_o instrumental_a to_o the_o punctual_a execution_n and_o accomplishment_n of_o the_o same_o and_o upon_o legal_a consequence_n conclude_v that_o the_o divine_a will_n be_v absolute_o free_a know_v no_o circumscription_n but_o that_o of_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n that_o the_o mere_a fiat_n of_o that_o council_n be_v the_o director_n and_o spring_n in_o the_o engine_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n have_v reserve_v to_o himself_o the_o privilege_n of_o add_v unto_o detract_n from_o intend_v remit_v invert_v transcend_v or_o adnul_v the_o fundamental_a constitution_n of_o nature_n and_o so_o break_v that_o concatenation_n of_o causality_n or_o the_o chain_n of_o fate_n at_o pleasure_n the_o heathen_a absurd_o dream_v that_o all_o effect_n be_v inevitable_o produce_v by_o the_o conspiracy_n and_o coefficiency_n of_o natural_a cause_n respective_o qualify_v or_o that_o all_o accident_n spring_v up_o from_o the_o proper_a tendency_n of_o their_o particular_a efficient_n without_o the_o influence_n direction_n or_o moderation_n of_o any_o other_o virtue_n beside_o their_o own_o native_a and_o congenial_a faculty_n the_o more_o intelligent_a christian_a prove_v that_o all_o natural_a cause_n do_v not_o produce_v their_o respective_a effect_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ex_fw-la
truth_n god_n can_v foreknow_v the_o future_a action_n of_o man_n or_o the_o effect_n of_o remedy_n administer_v otherwise_o then_o because_o of_o their_o necessary_a futurity_n since_o if_o we_o take_v a_o way_n the_o futurition_n of_o event_n we_o necessary_o destroy_v the_o prenotion_n of_o god_n which_o abstrusity_n that_o we_o may_v the_o better_o comprehend_v let_v we_o beg_v the_o liberty_n to_o suppose_v some_o momenta_fw-la rationis_fw-la or_o successive_a minute_n in_o eternity_n which_o though_o in_o reality_n impossible_a eternity_n be_v one_o permanent_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o instance_n as_o uncapable_a of_o division_n as_o cessation_n may_v yet_o serve_v as_o a_o excellent_a perspective_n to_o our_o weak-sighted_a reason_n in_o its_o inspection_n of_o many_o sublime_a phaenomena_n in_o theology_n and_o humble_o conceive_v that_o in_o the_o first_o moment_n of_o eternity_n god_n see_v and_o only_o see_v without_o any_o relation_n at_o all_o to_o his_o future_a decree_n all_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o well_o '_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o such_o who_o futurity_n be_v necessary_a from_o the_o condition_n of_o their_o nature_n or_o impul_n of_o their_o proper_a cause_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o futura_fw-la contingentia_fw-la which_o hang_v suspend_v in_o aequilibrio_fw-la upon_o the_o free_a will_n of_o their_o efficient_n so_o that_o they_o may_v or_o may_v not_o succeed_v whether_o they_o be_v absolute_a or_o conditionate_n in_o which_o first_o moment_n have_v god_n acquiesce_v and_o proceed_v no_o far_o then_o only_o to_o foresee_v the_o necessity_n and_o possibility_n of_o their_o futurition_n then_o nothing_o shall_v have_v be_v to_o come_v that_o in_o the_o second_o moment_n god_n see_v and_o only_o see_v that_o this_o or_o that_o event_n be_v in_o possibility_n of_o futurition_n in_o the_o life_n of_o this_o or_o that_o particular_a man_n if_o such_o or_o such_o thing_n be_v do_v in_o this_o or_o that_o time_n with_o this_o or_o that_o temperament_n of_o body_n and_o other_o respective_a circumstance_n but_o yet_o do_v neither_o determine_v any_o thing_n to_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o futurition_n and_o therefore_o nothing_o can_v be_v say_v to_o depend_v upon_o the_o praeordination_n of_o god_n though_o all_o thing_n shall_v come_v to_o pass_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o he_o foresee_v they_o whensoever_o the_o fiat_n of_o his_o will_n shall_v bring_v they_o into_o actual_a existence_n or_o educe_v they_o extra_fw-la svas_fw-la causas_fw-la nor_o do_v he_o see_v that_o they_o will_v so_o and_o no_o otherwise_o come_v to_o pass_v from_o hence_o that_o he_o will_v they_o shall_v so_o and_o no_o otherwise_o come_v to_o pass_v since_o this_o praevision_n antece_v all_o volition_n that_o therefore_o in_o the_o three_o moment_n of_o eternity_n god_n decree_v that_o he_o will_v make_v future_a not_o all_o those_o possible_a effect_n whether_o absolute_a or_o conditionate_n but_o only_o some_o particular_n as_o for_o example_n that_o he_o will_v make_v alexander_n or_o plato_n of_o this_o or_o that_o individual_a temperament_n of_o body_n in_o this_o or_o that_o climate_n and_o country_n of_o this_o or_o that_o particular_a course_n of_o life_n with_o all_o conspire_a circumstance_n to_o who_o all_o thing_n shall_v happen_v according_a to_o the_o possibility_n of_o their_o futurition_n wherein_o god_n behold_v they_o before_o the_o conception_n or_o pronunciation_n of_o his_o decree_n so_o that_o by_o this_o influence_n of_o god_n definitive_a will_n those_o event_n be_v no_o more_o then_o deduce_v into_o actual_a existence_n which_o former_o be_v only_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o in_o the_o womb_n of_o their_o cause_n now_o upon_o this_o hypothesis_n our_o understanding_n be_v advance_v to_o this_o manifest_a conclusion_n that_o the_o prescience_n of_o god_n do_v nothing_o conduce_v adrem_fw-la existentem_fw-la nor_o to_o the_o action_n or_o passion_n thereof_o since_o it_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o inference_n nor_o do_v his_o decree_n that_o be_v subsequent_a unto_o and_o in_o a_o manner_n ground_v upon_o his_o prevision_n work_v any_o the_o least_o mutation_n at_o all_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o his_o creature_n or_o by_o violence_n pervert_v their_o virtue_n to_o the_o production_n of_o any_o effect_n to_o which_o by_o their_o primitive_a constitution_n and_o individuation_n they_o be_v not_o precise_o adapt_v and_o accommodate_v since_o in_o so_o do_v he_o must_v take_v away_o from_o his_o creature_n those_o peculiar_a faculty_n which_o he_o at_o their_o creation_n free_o confer_v upon_o their_o several_a nature_n and_o innovate_v the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o nature_n now_o this_o dark_a shadow_n of_o that_o dark_a mystery_n of_o predestination_n declare_v article_n 3._o the_o diametral_a disparlty_n between_o that_o divine_a praenotion_n which_o be_v antecedent_n to_o divine_a praeordination_n and_o that_o which_o be_v subsequent_a ample_o declare_v how_o obscure_o soever_o present_v do_v yet_o sufficient_o commonstrate_v how_o vast_a and_o diametral_a a_o disparity_n be_v between_o that_o divine_a prenotion_n which_o be_v antecedent_n and_o that_o which_o be_v subsequent_a to_o divine_a praeordination_n for_o that_o prescience_n which_o have_v for_o its_o object_n a_o thing_n to_o come_v without_o any_o praevious_a and_o praedeterminant_a decree_n suppose_v that_o particular_a thing_n to_o come_v together_o with_o the_o whole_a series_n or_o concatenation_n of_o its_o proper_a cause_n and_o method_n or_o manner_n of_o its_o futurition_n the_o modus_fw-la futuritionis_fw-la be_v as_o the_o schoolman_n well_o define_v id_fw-la quod_fw-la futurum_fw-la est_fw-la sive_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la rei_fw-la quae_fw-la futura_fw-la praescitur_fw-la futuritionem_fw-la quolibet_fw-la modo_fw-la pertinet_fw-la this_o that_o rabbin_z isac_n bar_v sesat_n quote_v by_o menass_v ben_n israel_n de_fw-la termino_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la pag._n 226._o seem_v well_o to_o have_v understand_v when_o he_o say_v deus_fw-la ab_fw-la aterno_fw-la disposuit_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la negotia_fw-la &_o divina_fw-la sva_fw-la sapientia_fw-la ac_fw-la perspicacia_fw-la vidit_fw-la omnes_fw-la effectus_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la futuri_fw-la essent_fw-la qui_fw-la licet_fw-la pendeant_fw-la loquor_fw-la enim_fw-la de_fw-la actionibus_fw-la humanis_fw-la a_fw-la libero_fw-la hominis_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la ut_fw-la fiant_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la siant_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la tamen_fw-la deus_fw-la certò_fw-la &_o infallibiliter_fw-la eos_fw-la praevidit_fw-la ac_fw-la praescivit_fw-la neque_fw-la tamen_fw-la ideoquicquam_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la facit_fw-la homo_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la ca_fw-mi facturum_fw-la praescivit_fw-la sed_fw-la è_fw-la contrà _fw-la quia_fw-la homo_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la hoc_fw-la vel_fw-la illud_fw-la facit_fw-la aut_fw-la operatur_fw-la ideo_fw-la deus_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la illud_fw-la scivit_fw-la but_o on_o the_o contrary_a that_o prescience_n which_o follow_v upon_o the_o praedetermination_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n have_v indeed_o for_o its_o object_n a_o thing_n to_o come_v and_o also_o presuppose_v it_o as_o full_o as_o the_o former_a but_o so_o that_o it_o comprehend_v the_o order_n and_o manner_n of_o its_o futurition_n as_o sixth_o and_o immutable_a be_v so_o constitute_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o antecedent_n praedestination_n for_o the_o further_a inculcation_n of_o this_o distinction_n let_v we_o make_v use_n of_o a_o example_n most_o familiar_a and_o pertinent_a to_o the_o difficulty_n in_o hand_n that_o divine_a prescience_n which_o have_v no_o dependence_n on_o a_o praedeterminant_a exemplification_n article_n 4._o a_o second_o illustration_n of_o the_o same_o difference_n by_o a_o pertinent_a instance_n or_o exemplification_n decree_n let_v we_o suppose_v it_o to_o be_v a_o prescience_n of_o the_o life_n and_o 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apparence_n that_o no_o man_n be_v vicious_a with_o his_o own_o consent_n nor_o happy_a against_o his_o will_n according_a to_o that_o proverb_n nemo_fw-la malus_fw-la ultrò_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la beatus_fw-la non_fw-la volens_fw-la and_o that_o he_o want_v a_o ability_n of_o jâ—udgement_n to_o do_v otherwise_o this_o we_o say_v can_v extenuate_v his_o guilt_n and_o consequent_o not_o avert_v the_o punishment_n due_a thereunto_o for_o that_o ignorance_n which_o excuse_v be_v of_o another_o nature_n such_o as_o we_o may_v more_o proper_o call_v inscientia_fw-la mera_fw-fr mere_a nescience_n ignorantia_fw-la pura_fw-la ac_fw-la invincibilis_fw-la pure_a and_o invincible_a ignorance_n such_o as_o that_o of_o shafalus_n when_o mistake_v she_o to_o have_v be_v a_o wild_a beast_n couchant_a in_o a_o brake_n he_o discharge_v his_o dart_n at_o his_o belove_a wife_n procris_n and_o unfortunate_o slay_v she_o and_o that_o of_o the_o constant_a deianira_n when_o she_o poison_a hercules_n with_o a_o shirt_n dip_v in_o nessus_n the_o centaur_n gore_n which_o she_o intend_v for_o a_o philtre_n to_o revoke_v his_o affection_n from_o jole_n and_o that_o also_o of_o the_o fatal_a hand_a gentleman_n who_o shoot_v at_o a_o deer_n in_o new-forest_n kill_v william_n rufus_n but_o that_o ignorance_n of_o which_o we_o here_o discourse_v be_v in_o proper_a truth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d incuria_fw-la vel_fw-la negligentia_fw-la mera_fw-fr mere_a negligence_n inadvertency_n or_o heedlessness_n and_o be_v therefore_o for_o distinction_n sake_n denominate_v ignorantia_fw-la crassa_fw-la affectata_fw-la supina_fw-la gross_a affect_v supine_n ignorance_n to_o understand_v the_o nature_n of_o this_o non-excusing_a ignorance_n the_o more_o distinct_o let_v we_o observe_v that_o every_o delinquent_n must_v in_o justice_n charge_v the_o ignorance_n he_o praetend_v upon_o one_o of_o these_o two_o cause_n either_o that_o himself_o be_v to_o himself_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o ignorance_n or_o that_o he_o neglect_v the_o mean_n and_o advantage_n of_o acquire_a knowledge_n i._n e._n that_o he_o do_v not_o employ_v his_o cognoscent_fw-la faculty_n on_o the_o examination_n and_o consideration_n of_o the_o real_a good_a or_o evil_n of_o his_o action_n with_o that_o care_n seriousness_n and_o sedulity_n which_o be_v requisite_a to_o the_o first_o of_o these_o cause_n belong_v the_o ignorance_n of_o a_o drunkard_n for_o in_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o ebriety_n he_o be_v also_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o ignorance_n and_o it_o be_v in_o his_o power_n to_o have_v prevent_v this_o by_o the_o precaution_n of_o that_o and_o therefore_o his_o ignorance_n be_v so_o far_o short_a of_o extenuate_a that_o it_o natural_o aggravate_v his_o culpability_n and_o he_o if_o aristotle_n may_v be_v judge_n deserve_v a_o double_a punishment_n one_o for_o make_v himself_o drink_v another_o for_o the_o crime_n commit_v in_o his_o drunkenness_n hither_o also_o we_o be_v to_o refer_v his_o ignorance_n who_o resist_v not_o the_o force_n of_o a_o passion_n or_o perturbation_n of_o his_o mind_n in_o the_o first_o motion_n or_o beginning_n thereof_o while_o it_o be_v yet_o but_o weak_a and_o to_o be_v suppress_v by_o a_o small_a opposition_n of_o reason_n but_o permit_v it_o to_o acquire_v more_o violence_n and_o gain_v upon_o he_o by_o degree_n till_o its_o impulse_n grow_v impetuous_a and_o more_o inoppugnable_a as_o also_o he_o who_o suffer_v a_o vicious_a inclination_n which_o he_o may_v without_o any_o considerable_a difficulty_n have_v at_o first_o refract_v and_o total_o extinguish_v to_o grow_v into_o a_o settle_a habit_n which_o plead_v praescription_n and_o possession_n be_v hardly_o eject_v but_o play_v the_o obsolute_a tyrant_n over_o the_o mind_n and_o hold_v the_o sceptre_n of_o both_o understanding_n and_o will_n by_o the_o ineluctable_a title_n of_o conquest_n thus_o if_o a_o man_n who_o have_v a_o rare_a bird_n in_o his_o hand_n willing_o let_v it_o sly_a shall_v complain_v that_o he_o can_v recover_v it_o again_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v expect_v that_o any_o rational_a person_n shall_v pity_v he_o for_o his_o loss_n but_o rather_o deride_v his_o folly_n in_o that_o he_o manumit_v it_o when_o it_o be_v in_o his_o power_n to_o have_v keep_v it_o and_o if_o a_o man_n contract_v some_o dangerous_a disease_n by_o intemperance_n who_o can_v afford_v he_o half_o so_o much_o compassion_n since_o it_o be_v in_o his_o power_n not_o to_o have_v be_v intemperate_a as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v invade_v by_o some_o impartial_a epidemic_a contagion_n against_o which_o none_n the_o great_a temperance_n be_v a_o infallible_a preservative_n to_o this_o purpose_n be_v these_o word_n of_o aristotle_n intend_v nemo_fw-la enim_fw-la caecitatem_fw-la quam_fw-la natura_fw-la morbus_fw-la ictus_fw-la fecerit_fw-la exprobret_fw-la sed_fw-la caeci_fw-la potius_fw-la misereatur_fw-la at_o si_fw-la illam_fw-la aut_fw-la ebriositas_fw-la aut_fw-la intemperantia_fw-la alia_fw-la fecerit_fw-la non_fw-la id_fw-la opprobrio_fw-la ducat_n in_o 3._o ethic._n cap._n 7._o to_o the_o other_o belong_v his_o
disposition_n of_o atom_n from_o the_o frequent_a actual_a production_n of_o a_o jusect_n by_o the_o same_o mean_n or_o principle_n countermine_v by_o a_o inversion_n or_o argument_n à _fw-la majori_fw-la ad_fw-la minus_fw-la p._n 65._o 7._o a_o exception_n against_o the_o seem_a disparity_n betwixt_o their_o inserence_n and_o we_o prevent_v and_o the_o invalidity_n of_o they_o though_o their_o own_o hypothesis_n be_v concede_v in_o terminis_fw-la declare_v by_o a_o adequate_a similitude_n p._n 67._o 8._o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o section_n or_o the_o aequipondium_fw-la of_o the_o praecedent_a reason_n if_o perpend_v in_o the_o mass_n and_o conjunctive_o to_o the_o most_o perfect_a demonstration_n p._n 68_o sect_n iv_o artic_a 1._o that_o antique_a absurd_a expostulation_n whoâ—_n instrument_n auxiliants_n material_n predisposed_a god_n make_v use_v of_o in_o his_o act_n of_o fabrication_n of_o the_o universe_n copious_o satisfy_v and_o the_o energy_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n commonstrate_v superior_a to_o the_o indigence_n of_o either_o p._n 69._o 2._o a_o second_o immodest_a interrogation_n wherefore_o god_n so_o long_o defer_v the_o creation_n resolve_v with_o a_o detection_n of_o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o undecent_a curiosity_n p._n 73._o chap._n iii_o why_o god_n create_v the_o world_n page_n 77._o sect_n i._o artic_a 1._o the_o improbability_n of_o the_o world_n creation_n by_o god_n insinuate_v by_o the_o atheist_n from_o his_o defect_n of_o any_o possible_a motive_n scope_n or_o final_a cause_n p._n 71._o 2._o their_o first_o argument_n that_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v above_o the_o capacity_n of_o either_o emolument_fw-fr or_o delectation_n from_o the_o universe_n p_o 78._o 3._o the_o satisfactory_a resutation_n thereof_o and_o god_n glory_v manifest_v to_o have_v be_v his_o prime_n and_o principal_a end_n p._n 79._o sect_n ii_o artic_a 1._o their_o second_o argument_n that_o god_n have_v no_o especial_a regard_n to_o the_o benefit_n of_o man_n and_o the_o fortification_n thereof_o by_o 8_o reason_n p._n 82._o 2._o the_o total_a redargution_n thereof_o by_o a_o commonstrance_n that_o the_o benefit_n and_o felicity_n of_o man_n be_v god_n secondary_a end_n and_o the_o impossibility_n of_o satisfaction_n to_o the_o first_o end_n by_o any_o creature_n but_o man_n conclude_v from_o his_o 1._o rationality_n p._n 86._o 2._o sermocination_n p._n 88_o 3._o lucretius_n his_o 8._o reason_n subvert_v particular_o p._n 90._o chap._n iu._n the_o general_a providence_n of_o god_n demonstrate_v page_n 94._o sect_n i._o artic_a 1._o the_o author_n reason_n for_o his_o present_a adherence_n to_o the_o common_a discrimination_n of_o providence_n from_o creation_n p._n 94._o 2._o the_o definition_n and_o receive_v division_n of_o divine_a providence_n p._n 95._o 3._o a_o short_a list_n of_o the_o principal_a ethnic_a physiologist_n who_o in_o order_n to_o their_o propagation_n of_o atheism_n have_v attempt_v the_o eradication_n of_o this_o magisterial_a verity_n of_o divine_a providence_n and_o a_o gentle_a cure_n of_o s._n hieroms_n wound_n cause_v by_o his_o venial_a lapse_n from_o the_o same_o ibid._n 4._o the_o atheist_n first_o argument_n against_o universal_a providence_n with_o the_o absurd_a and_o malicious_a comment_n of_o lucretius_n thereupon_o p._n 97._o 5._o their_o second_o argument_n and_o its_o convenient_a dissection_n into_o two_o part_n viz._n 1._o the_o irregularity_n of_o contingency_n p._n 99_o 2._o the_o unequal_a or_o unjust_a distribution_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n p._n 101._o sect_n ii_o artic_a 1._o that_o the_o notion_n of_o general_n providence_n be_v proleptical_a infer_v from_o the_o umversality_n of_o its_o recepeption_n p._n 102._o 2._o from_o the_o misplace_a devotion_n of_o idolater_n ibid._n 3._o from_o the_o confession_n of_o most_o philosopher_n of_o the_o high_a form_n as_o of_o 1._o ecphantus_n p._n 103_o 2._o plato_n ibid._n 3._o aristotle_n ibid._n 4._o the_o stoic_n p._n 104._o 5._o the_o academic_n and_o sceptic_n ibid._n 4._o a_o review_n of_o the_o induction_n and_o the_o argument_n find_v to_o be_v apodictical_a on_o one_o side_n and_o on_o the_o other_o only_o persuasive_a p._n 105._o sect_n iii_o artic_a 1._o god_n general_a providence_n demonstrate_v by_o the_o idea_n of_o his_o nature_n reflect_v on_o our_o thought_n p._n 107._o 2._o the_o same_o particular_o support_v by_o that_o trinity_n of_o attribute_n viz._n his_o 1._o infinite_a wisdom_n p._n 109._o 2._o infinite_a power_n ibid._n 3._o infinite_a goodness_n p._n 110._o 3._o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o world_n gubernation_n by_o the_o indefinent_a influence_n of_o god_n general_a providence_n demonstrate_v from_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o absolute_a and_o total_a dependence_n of_o all_o second_o cause_n upon_o the_o first_o p._n 111._o 4._o the_o vastity_n of_o the_o world_n the_o infinite_a variety_n of_o its_o part_n and_o the_o irreconcilable_a discord_n of_o many_o nature_n demonstrate_v as_o much_o p._n 113._o 5._o under_o what_o restriction_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v that_o tropology_n of_o some_o hermetical_a philosopher_n deum_fw-la esse_fw-la animam_fw-la mundi_fw-la p._n 114._o 6._o the_o atheist_n subterfuge_n of_o nature_n and_o fortune_n praeclude_v p._n 116._o sect_n iv_o artic_a 1._o the_o atheist_n first_o antiprovidential_n argument_n refute_v by_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o their_o absurdity_n in_o commensurate_v the_o excellency_n of_o god_n by_o the_o infinite_o inferior_a faculty_n of_o man_n detect_v ibid._n 2._o divinity_n demonstrate_v superior_a to_o the_o circumscription_n both_o of_o time_n and_o place_n p._n 118._o 3._o that_o the_o procuration_n of_o all_o the_o infinite_o various_a action_n of_o second_o cause_n in_o the_o world_n can_v be_v any_o interturbation_n of_o god_n serene_a felicity_n prove_v by_o a_o argument_n à _fw-fr minori_fw-la p._n 119._o 4._o the_o same_o illustrate_v by_o a_o second_o comparison_n p._n 120._o 5._o that_o the_o administration_n of_o petty_a occurrence_n can_v be_v no_o indignity_n or_o disparagement_n to_o the_o sacred_a majesty_n of_o god_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a absolute_o essential_a to_o he_o firm_o evict_v from_o the_o universality_n of_o his_o cognition_n and_o presence_n p._n 121._o sect_n v._o artic_a 1._o the_o first_o division_n of_o the_o atheist_n second_o objection_n viz._n that_o the_o apparent_a irregularity_n of_o event_n do_v justisie_n their_o non-praedestination_a or_o mere_a contingency_n strong_o convel_v and_o that_o to_o the_o praeordination_n of_o divinity_n nothing_o can_v be_v casual_a clear_o commonstrate_v p._n 124._o 2._o the_o author_n antithesis_fw-la that_o all_o natural_a agent_n be_v under_o the_o strict_a law_n of_o their_o distinct_a species_n p._n 129._o 3._o a_o second_o counterposition_n that_o those_o law_n be_v institute_v and_o sancit_v by_o a_o infinite_a wisdom_n ibid._n 4._o a_o three_o that_o the_o legislator_n have_v reserve_v to_o himself_o a_o prerogative_n power_n to_o alter_v transcend_v invert_v or_o repeal_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n ibid._n 5._o the_o verity_n of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o position_n ample_o demonstrate_v p._n 130._o 6._o the_o verity_n of_o the_o three_o position_n demonstrate_v p._n 136._o 7._o a_o far_a confirmation_n of_o the_o same_o by_o a_o argument_n from_o the_o miraculous_a operation_n of_o god_n in_o praeterito_fw-la p._n 137._o 8._o that_o there_o be_v a_o universal_a deluge_n p._n 138._o 9_o the_o cessation_n of_o satan_n oracle_n after_o the_o advent_n of_o the_o word_n of_o truth_n prove_v authentique_o ibid._n 10._o that_o there_o be_v a_o prodigious_a eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n at_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o saviour_n p._n 140._o 11._o a_o demonstration_n of_o the_o impossibility_n of_o the_o catholic_a deluge_n proceed_v from_o cause_n natural_a p._n 141._o 12._o that_o the_o cessation_n of_o pagan_a oracle_n upon_o the_o incarnation_n of_o god_n be_v a_o effect_n mere_o fupernatural_a comprobate_v uncontrollable_o p._n 146._o 13._o that_o the_o eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n at_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n be_v pure_o metaphysical_a irrefutable_o demonstrate_v p._n 149._o 14._o the_o adaequatien_n of_o all_o to_o the_o verification_n of_o the_o author_n three_o position_n p._n 152._o sect_n vi_o artic_a 1._o lucretius_n his_o blasphemy_n that_o man_n ignorance_n of_o the_o energy_n of_o natural_a cause_n be_v the_o sole_a basis_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o universal_a providence_n p._n 152._o 2._o the_o redargution_n thereof_o p._n 153._o 3._o magnanimity_n the_o proper_a effect_n of_o religion_n p._n 154._o 4._o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o general_n providence_n consistent_a with_o physiology_n p._n 155._o 5._o lucretius_n his_o scruple_n concern_v the_o seem_o temerarious_a effect_n of_o the_o thunderbolt_n singular_o resolve_v ibid._n chap._n v._o the_o especial_a providence_n of_o god_n demonstrate_v page_n 157._o sect_n i._n artic_a 1._o the_o introduction_n intimate_v the_o near_a cognation_n betwixt_o this_o present_a and_o the_o precedent_a theme_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o author_n
i_o shall_v have_v give_v unto_o myself_o also_o all_o those_o perfection_n whereof_o i_o have_v the_o idea_n in_o my_o mind_n and_o so_o i_o myself_o shall_v have_v be_v god_n nor_o be_o i_o bind_v to_o conceive_v that_o those_o excellency_n want_v to_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o my_o nature_n can_v be_v more_o difficult_a to_o acquire_v than_o those_o gradual_a ability_n of_o which_o i_o be_o already_o master_n for_o on_o the_o contrary_a it_o be_v manifest_a that_o it_o must_v import_v infinite_o more_o of_o difficulty_n for_o i_o to_o have_v have_v a_o be_v i._n e._n for_o a_o cogitant_fw-la something_o to_o be_v deduce_v from_o nothing_o then_o for_o i_o be_v once_o constitute_v in_o a_o capacity_n to_o attain_v to_o the_o cognition_n of_o many_o thing_n whereof_o i_o be_o now_o actual_o ignorant_a which_o can_v be_v esteem_v no_o more_o but_o the_o accident_n of_o that_o substance_n and_o assure_o have_v i_o borrow_v the_o great_a my_o substantiality_n from_o my_o own_o stock_n of_o power_n i_o shall_v not_o have_v deny_v unto_o myself_o the_o less_o those_o accumulation_n or_o accidental_a addition_n nor_o any_o other_o of_o those_o divine_a accomplishment_n which_o i_o understand_v to_o be_v include_v in_o the_o idea_n of_o god_n why_o because_o no_o one_o of_o those_o seem_v more_o difficult_a to_o be_v acquire_v and_o if_o any_o be_v more_o difficult_a for_o i_o to_o aspire_v unto_o it_o be_v more_o than_o probable_a i_o shall_v understand_v that_o difficulty_n if_o i_o have_v those_o faculty_n of_o which_o my_o nature_n stand_v possess_v from_o my_o own_o donation_n in_o respect_n i_o shall_v find_v my_o power_n to_o be_v terminate_v in_o they_o nor_o do_v i_o evade_v the_o convictive_a rigour_n of_o these_o reason_n if_o i_o adventure_v on_o this_o supposition_n that_o i_o have_v be_v ever_o heretofore_o as_o i_o now_o be_o as_o if_o the_o induction_n of_o this_o hypothesis_n will_v be_v that_o therefore_o i_o be_o to_o trace_v the_o genealogy_n of_o my_o essence_n no_o high_o than_o myself_o or_o seek_v out_o no_o other_o cause_n of_o my_o existence_n for_o in_o respect_n that_o all_o time_n may_v be_v divide_v into_o innumerable_a part_n each_z whereof_z have_v no_o necessary_a dependence_n on_o the_o rest_n either_o precedent_n or_o subsequent_a from_o hence_o that_o i_o have_v former_o be_v be_v no_o valid_a consequence_n that_o therefore_o i_o must_v now_o be_v unless_o some_o other_o cause_n be_v admit_v which_o dothfresh_o create_v i_o in_o each_o of_o those_o particle_n or_o atom_n of_o time_n and_o particular_o in_o this_o instant_a moment_n i._n e._n do_v constant_o conserve_v i_o in_o be_v for_o manifest_v it_o must_v be_v to_o any_o that_o look_v attentive_o into_o the_o nature_n of_o duration_n that_o to_o the_o conservation_n of_o any_o thing_n through_o all_o those_o several_a minute_n in_o which_o its_o existence_n endure_v be_v require_v no_o less_o than_o the_o same_o power_n and_o act_n which_o be_v necessary_a 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it_o no_o wide_o range_v than_o what_o the_o line_n of_o fate_n afford_v while_o the_o sublime_a christian_a scorn_v to_o stoop_v to_o the_o lure_n of_o any_o necessity_n beside_o the_o special_a decree_n of_o the_o divine_a council_n not_o conceive_v his_o will_n subject_n to_o the_o inclination_n much_o less_o the_o compulsion_n of_o any_o force_n below_o that_o of_o he_o who_o confer_v that_o infinite_a liberty_n upon_o it_o for_o he_o indeed_o hold_v the_o rain_v of_o our_o will_n and_o can_v bend_v they_o yet_o non_fw-la coactione_n violenta_fw-la sed_fw-la leni_fw-la suavique_fw-la influxu_fw-la not_o by_o violent_a coaction_n but_o gentle_a and_o sweet_a invitation_n as_o the_o schoolman_n distinguish_v now_o if_o we_o consider_v fate_n in_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o stoic_n it_o will_v it_o article_n 13._o a_o list_n of_o the_o execrable_a absurdity_n impendent_a on_o the_o opinion_n of_o ablute_a fatality_n so_o accept_v as_o the_o stoic_a propose_v it_o be_v no_o easy_a 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genuine_a and_o familiar_a solution_n to_o explain_v and_o justify_v this_o by_o instance_n the_o hercules_n or_o detect_v article_n 2._o the_o great_a
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different_a nay_o contrary_a to_o say_v that_o he_o do_v speak_v anthropopathical_o and_o conform_v to_o our_o unequal_a capacity_n when_o he_o promise_v those_o thing_n which_o do_v not_o only_o not_o transcend_v our_o faculty_n of_o comprehension_n but_o be_v familiar_a to_o our_o knowledge_n nay_o such_o as_o the_o near_a concernment_n of_o our_o nature_n require_v we_o full_o and_o perspicuous_o to_o know_v and_o such_o be_v the_o quality_n of_o those_o blessing_n which_o the_o bounty_n of_o providence_n have_v by_o promise_n assure_v unto_o the_o virtuous_a in_o order_n to_o the_o demulsion_n and_o dulcification_n of_o the_o sharp_a condition_n of_o this_o life_n and_o particular_o that_o of_o longevous_a subsistence_n upon_o earth_n to_o conclude_v the_o spirit_n or_o form_n of_o a_o promise_n do_v consist_v in_o this_o that_o they_o to_o who_o the_o promise_n be_v make_v do_v understand_v the_o good_a therein_o specify_v to_o be_v real_o bona_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o in_o 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nisi_fw-la seria_fw-la poenitudine_fw-la te_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la convertas_fw-la unless_o by_o serious_a and_o profound_a repentance_n thou_o shall_v mortify_v the_o old_a man_n of_o sin_n and_o apply_v thyself_o whole_o to_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n against_o this_o mistake_a plea_n our_o defence_n shall_v be_v that_o it_o want_v the_o principal_a inducement_n to_o beleif_n and_o so_o can_v afford_v no_o satisfaction_n at_o all_o for_o beside_o this_o that_o it_o quadrate_v neither_o to_o their_o first_o exception_n nor_o their_o thesis_n concern_v the_o immobility_n of_o destiny_n what_o logic_n can_v tolerate_v the_o induction_n of_o a_o hypothetical_n upon_o a_o categorical_a proposition_n or_o more_o express_o how_o can_v any_o condition_n be_v comprehend_v under_o that_o message_n which_o by_o a_o definitive_a and_o peremptory_a decree_n and_o such_o as_o carry_v no_o respect_n to_o the_o performance_n or_o non-performance_n of_o any_o condition_n whatever_o tell_v the_o 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our_o right_a use_n or_o abuse_v of_o the_o liberty_n of_o our_o will._n though_o i_o confess_v with_o the_o great_a mersennus_n that_o the_o apparent_a discord_n betwixt_o the_o infallibility_n of_o god_n prenotion_n and_o the_o indetermination_n of_o man_n free_a will_n to_o the_o actual_a election_n of_o good_a or_o evil_n have_v be_v the_o rock_n against_o which_o many_o the_o great_a wit_n of_o all_o age_n and_o religion_n have_v be_v shipwrack_v in_o their_o persuasion_n of_o the_o irresistible_a enforcement_n of_o destiny_n to_o extricate_v our_o judgement_n out_o of_o this_o maze_n let_v we_o remember_v and_o adhaere_fw-la unto_o that_o excellent_a axiom_n of_o the_o most_o and_o most_o learned_a of_o the_o schoolman_n praevisionem_fw-la dei_fw-la nihil_fw-la influere_fw-la iâ—_n nostras_fw-la actiones_fw-la that_o the_o praevision_n of_o god_n have_v no_o influence_n upon_o the_o action_n of_o man_n nor_o upon_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o remedy_n apply_v by_o the_o physician_n to_o the_o cure_n of_o disease_n but_o presuppose_v both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o for_o in_o
gather_v the_o first_o flower_n of_o its_o triumphant_a wreath_n in_o nase_n by_o field_n and_o supine_o give_v coloquyntida_n or_o scammony_n in_o a_o dysentery_n antimony_n in_o the_o iliaca_fw-la passio_fw-la opium_n in_o a_o crisis_n aqua_fw-la fortis_fw-la for_o a_o julep_n etc._n etc._n since_o no_o art_n can_v supersede_n nor_o poison_n accelerate_v his_o departure_n who_o time_n of_o transition_n to_o the_o invisible_a world_n destiny_n have_v limit_v to_o a_o moment_n et_fw-la cum_fw-la fata_fw-la volunt_fw-la bina_fw-la venena_fw-la juvant_n nor_o can_v it_o be_v right_o esteem_v a_o virtue_n in_o the_o physician_n to_o be_v studious_a and_o solicitous_a or_o a_o vice_n to_o be_v debauch_a ignorant_a and_o negligent_a of_o the_o safety_n of_o his_o client_n if_o it_o be_v only_o the_o irresistible_a impulse_n of_o fate_n which_o force_v his_o will_n to_o the_o election_n of_o either_o in_o order_n to_o the_o precise_a accomplishment_n of_o its_o decree_n or_o more_o plain_o if_o the_o care_n or_o negligence_n of_o the_o physician_n be_v but_o the_o medium_fw-la whereby_o fate_n bring_v about_o its_o end_n concern_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o patient_n and_o if_o so_o what_o moral_a obligation_n remain_v upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o physician_n assure_o none_o at_o all_o which_o every_o moderate_a judgement_n will_v soon_o detect_v to_o import_v so_o manifest_a dangerous_a and_o detestable_a a_o absurdity_n that_o of_o itself_o it_o be_v able_a not_o only_o to_o discredit_v the_o opinion_n of_o fatality_n but_o also_o to_o accuse_v and_o convict_v the_o abettor_n thereof_o of_o unpardonable_a inconsideration_n stupidity_n and_o irreligion_n the_o second_o inconvenience_n or_o rather_o absurdity_n inseparable_o same_o article_n 7._o a_o second_o absurdity_n connect_v to_o the_o same_o conjoin_v to_o this_o opinion_n of_o a_o decretory_a prescience_n in_o god_n be_v this_o whoever_o shall_v grant_v that_o all_o the_o mean_n or_o remedy_n and_o so_o the_o sedulity_n or_o negligence_n as_o well_o of_o the_o sick_a as_o the_o physician_n be_v subordinate_o predetermine_v by_o the_o decree_n of_o fate_n must_v also_o by_o the_o necessity_n of_o natural_a consequence_n be_v compel_v to_o grant_v that_o to_o allow_v the_o merit_n of_o praise_n or_o dispraise_v commendation_n or_o reprehension_n unto_o either_o be_v open_a injustice_n for_o by_o what_o pretext_n of_o equity_n can_v a_o sick_a man_n challenge_v to_o himself_o the_o honour_n of_o have_v do_v a_o praiseworthy_a action_n in_o endeavour_v to_o preserve_v himself_o both_o by_o observe_v a_o course_n of_o diet_n contrary_n to_o his_o disease_n and_o seasonable_a consult_v with_o and_o strict_o conform_v unto_o the_o advice_n of_o a_o learned_a and_o judicious_a physician_n or_o the_o physician_n for_o the_o full_a discharge_n of_o his_o duty_n in_o regulate_v the_o sick_a according_a to_o the_o most_o profound_a and_o salutiferous_a maxim_n of_o his_o art_n if_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o one_o and_o the_o care_n of_o the_o other_o be_v not_o arbitrary_a but_o co-act_a or_o necessitate_v by_o the_o force_n of_o the_o complex_fw-la decree_n of_o fate_n as_o instrumental_a to_o the_o subsistence_n of_o the_o sick_a man_n till_o the_o predestine_v term_n of_o his_o life_n vbi_fw-la mera_fw-fr necessitas_fw-la locum_fw-la habet_fw-la ibi_fw-la laudem_fw-la exulare_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la where_o mere_a necessity_n be_v admit_v thence_o all_o laudation_n be_v exclude_v and_o with_o what_o justice_n can_v we_o reprehend_v the_o sick_a man_n for_o be_v incurious_a in_o the_o disquisition_n or_o irregular_a in_o and_o averse_a from_o the_o use_n of_o the_o mean_v prescribe_v for_o his_o restauration_n if_o that_o his_o supinity_n irregularity_n and_o aversion_n be_v impose_v upon_o his_o will_n by_o the_o impul_n of_o destiny_n and_o predetermine_v as_o a_o necessary_a medium_fw-la to_o accomplish_v the_o decree_n of_o his_o immature_n death_n or_o the_o physician_n either_o for_o his_o neglect_n or_o ignorant_a and_o inartificial_a tractation_n of_o his_o client_n if_o it_o be_v decree_v he_o shall_v be_v so_o to_o the_o end_n the_o client_n may_v expire_v according_a to_o the_o decree_n persuasum_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la say_v menasseh_n ben_n israel_n de_fw-fr termino_fw-la vitæ_fw-la pag._n 205._o nec_fw-la laudandum_fw-la nec_fw-la arguendum_fw-la quemquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la &_o consulto_fw-la benè_fw-la agit_fw-fr aut_fw-la delinquit_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la suasioni_fw-la consiliis_fw-la redargutioni_fw-la praemio_fw-la aut_fw-la poenae_fw-la locus_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la homo_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la libre_fw-la in_o actionibus_fw-la suis_fw-la preclude_v article_n 8._o two_o subterfuge_n of_o the_o fatist_n preclude_v from_o this_o distress_n our_o opponent_n have_v promise_v themselves_o a_o easy_a evasion_n by_o reply_v that_o both_o patient_n and_o physician_n be_v whole_o ignorant_a of_o the_o decree_n the_o optic_n of_o mortality_n be_v too_o weak_a and_o remote_a to_o read_v the_o line_n in_o the_o book_n of_o fate_n without_o the_o perspicil_n of_o divine_a revelation_n but_o this_o way_n of_o subterfuge_n may_v be_v block_v up_o by_o rejoyn_v that_o though_o the_o decree_n be_v know_v to_o neither_o yet_o it_o be_v sufficient_o manifest_a to_o both_o from_o the_o hypothesis_n of_o this_o opinion_n that_o not_o only_o their_o action_n but_o also_o the_o success_n thereof_o be_v the_o prescript_n and_o consignation_n of_o fate_n and_o so_o can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o what_o be_v include_v in_o and_o necessitate_v by_o the_o decree_n and_o consequent_o that_o there_o can_v remain_v no_o just_a cause_n of_o reprehension_n on_o either_o side_n shall_v they_o insist_v yet_o further_o upon_o the_o same_o plea_n and_o urge_v that_o it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o decree_n that_o either_o the_o physician_n or_o patient_n or_o both_o shall_v be_v negligent_a and_o so_o become_v culpable_a we_o may_v soon_o exp_v this_o obstruction_n only_o by_o demand_v what_o reason_n or_o equity_n can_v be_v find_v to_o justify_v such_o a_o accusation_n and_o respective_a punition_n where_o the_o will_n of_o the_o delinquent_n be_v control_v inflect_v nay_o impel_v upon_o the_o commission_n of_o a_o crime_n or_o omission_n of_o a_o duty_n by_o a_o power_n infinite_o superior_a to_o his_o reluctancy_n and_o not_o only_o the_o act_n but_o time_n place_n instrument_n mean_n etc._n etc._n conspire_v circumstance_n precise_o preordain_v by_o a_o decree_n of_o that_o will_n which_o be_v omnipotence_n reprehension_n import_v not_o only_o a_o act_n of_o the_o reprehendent_a but_o also_o the_o gild_n or_o culpability_n of_o the_o reprehend_v otherwise_o it_o can_v be_v just_a to_o the_o legality_n therefore_o of_o a_o reprehension_n it_o be_v undeniable_o necessary_a that_o the_o ground_n or_o cause_n thereof_o be_v a_o real_a and_o proper_a gild_n in_o the_o person_n reprehend_v now_o gild_n can_v have_v no_o place_n where_o that_o which_o be_v impeach_v can_v be_v a_o voluntary_a agent_n but_o a_o medium_fw-la or_o instrument_n ordain_v and_o actuate_v by_o a_o irresistible_a power_n to_o the_o execution_n of_o a_o infallible_a decree_n the_o three_o and_o last_o absurdity_n import_v no_o less_o than_o the_o subversion_n divine_a article_n 9_o a_o three_o absuidity_n inseparable_a from_o the_o hypothesis_n of_o a_o decretory_a prescience_n divine_a of_o the_o very_a fundamental_a principle_n or_o basis_n of_o all_o moral_a virtue_n and_o christian_a grace_n by_o infer_v a_o denial_n of_o justice_n in_o the_o reward_n of_o good_a and_o punishment_n of_o evil_a either_o before_o or_o after_o death_n for_o it_o be_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_v only_o that_o support_v the_o equity_n of_o compensation_n and_o therefore_o he_o who_o do_v a_o good_a action_n when_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o election_n of_o his_o will_n to_o have_v omit_v that_o good_a action_n or_o to_o have_v do_v it_o otherwise_o then_o he_o do_v have_v but_o a_o weak_a claim_n to_o a_o reward_n nor_o have_v he_o who_o commit_v a_o sin_n which_o be_v not_o in_o his_o power_n to_o leave_v uncommit_v more_o reason_n to_o fear_v a_o punishment_n from_o the_o even_a hand_n of_o divine_a justice_n to_o conclude_v therefore_o since_o these_o be_v the_o absurdity_n which_o every_o man_n logic_n may_v perceive_v necessary_o and_o immediate_o to_o slow_a from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o decretory_a prescience_n or_o such_o as_o be_v subsequent_a to_o divine_a predetermination_n and_o since_o the_o same_o nor_o any_o other_o of_o equal_a danger_n to_o the_o principle_n of_o our_o knowledge_n and_o article_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n can_v ever_o be_v deduce_v from_o the_o hypothesis_n of_o that_o simple_a prevision_n or_o unactive_a prescience_n which_o we_o have_v allow_v of_o as_o consistent_a to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n because_o consistent_a to_o the_o arbitrary_a freedom_n of_o man_n will_n it_o be_v no_o hard_a task_n to_o determine_v in_o which_o opinion_n our_o judgement_n may_v with_o more_o safety_n and_o permanent_a
self_n i._n e._n in_o the_o simplicity_n of_o its_o nature_n be_v either_o more_o good_a or_o absolute_o good_a adhaere_fw-la to_o a_o second_o judgement_n which_o of_o its_o self_n be_v either_o less_o good_a or_o absolute_o evil_a but_o yet_o notwithstanding_o that_o in_o the_o object_n which_o affect_v and_o incline_v the_o intellect_n be_v always_o ipsa_fw-la very_fw-la species_n the_o appearance_n of_o truth_n which_o it_o observe_v and_o be_v attentive_a to_o and_o because_o that_o species_n of_o truth_n may_v be_v either_o real_a or_o counterfeit_a therefore_o may_v that_o which_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n real_o true_a be_v present_v under_o the_o disguise_n of_o a_o absolute_a falsehood_n or_o less_o truth_n and_o that_o which_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n real_o false_a be_v present_v likewise_o under_o the_o disguise_n of_o a_o absolute_a truth_n or_o less_o falsehood_n and_o so_o the_o intellect_n become_v subject_a to_o deception_n in_o the_o point_n of_o judicature_n may_v be_v allect_v to_o the_o prosecution_n of_o a_o absolute_a falsehood_n or_o less_o truth_n while_o the_o object_n remain_v obvelate_v under_o the_o delusive_a vizard_n of_o a_o absolute_a truth_n or_o a_o less_o falsehood_n &_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la this_o serious_o consider_v support_n three_o excellent_a consequence_n 1_o that_o as_o often_o as_o the_o intellect_n have_v adhaer_v to_o a_o true_a judgement_n praemise_n article_n 16._o three_o considerable_a inference_n from_o the_o praemise_n quit_v and_o pursue_v a_o false_a one_o so_o often_o of_o necessity_n do_v something_o intervene_v which_o detract_v the_o genuine_a or_o natural_a appearance_n from_o the_o good_a object_n and_o impose_v a_o counterfeit_a appearance_n upon_o the_o evil_a one_o and_o by_o that_o mean_n cause_v a_o mutation_n of_o the_o intellect_n assent_v or_o judgement_n and_o therefore_o 2_o that_o the_o commutation_n of_o the_o species_n or_o appearance_n of_o the_o object_n be_v the_o sole_a immediate_a cause_n of_o the_o commutation_n of_o the_o intellect_n judgement_n and_o assent_n and_o therefore_o 3_o that_o since_o the_o will_n be_v oblige_v by_o that_o necessity_n former_o declare_v to_o conform_v to_o the_o conduct_n and_o direction_n of_o its_o guide_n the_o intellect_n it_o be_v in_o vain_a therefore_o to_o hope_v or_o attempt_v that_o the_o will_n shall_v change_v its_o appetition_n unless_o care_v be_v first_o take_v that_o the_o intellect_n change_v its_o judgement_n or_o that_o the_o will_n shall_v be_v constant_a to_o its_o appetition_n unless_o we_o provide_v that_o the_o intellect_n be_v constant_a to_o its_o judgement_n and_o therefore_o that_o mind_n which_o have_v discover_v the_o incomparable_a beauty_n of_o virtue_n be_v become_v enamour_v on_o she_o and_o stand_v resolve_v to_o court_v no_o other_o mistress_n but_o she_o aught_o to_o be_v exceed_o circumspect_a and_o cautious_a in_o this_o particular_a that_o it_o submit_v to_o the_o allurement_n of_o no_o object_n until_o it_o have_v profound_o examine_v whether_o that_o species_n of_o good_a therein_o present_v be_v real_o true_a or_o only_o superficial_a and_o counterfeit_a that_o so_o it_o may_v render_v its_o self_n superior_a to_o the_o delusion_n of_o paint_a vice_n the_o admirable_a des_n cartes_n in_o 3._o part_n passion_n artic_a 22._o praesent_v a_o general_a preservative_n against_o all_o the_o excess_n and_o passion_n article_n 17._o cartesius_n his_o general_a preservative_n against_o the_o excess_n of_o passion_n exorbitancy_n of_o our_o passion_n give_v we_o this_o excellent_a advice_n that_o have_v learn_v first_o to_o distinguish_v betwixt_o those_o motion_n or_o affection_n which_o be_v terminate_v in_o the_o soul_n and_o those_o which_o be_v terminate_v only_o in_o the_o body_n we_o shall_v when_o we_o feel_v our_o blood_n and_o spirit_n agitate_a by_o any_o affection_n which_o concern_v only_o the_o body_n reflect_v upon_o this_o as_o a_o general_a maxim_n that_o all_o thing_n which_o offer_v themselves_o to_o the_o imagination_n do_v tend_v to_o no_o other_o purpose_n but_o to_o the_o deception_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o to_o persuade_v the_o rational_a and_o judicative_a faculty_n that_o those_o reason_n inservient_fw-la to_o the_o commendation_n of_o the_o object_n of_o that_o passion_n be_v far_o more_o solid_a sirme_a and_o worthy_a our_o assent_n then_o real_o they_o be_v and_z on_o the_o contrary_a that_o those_o reason_n inservient_fw-la to_o the_o improbation_n or_o disallowance_n of_o the_o object_n be_v far_o more_o trivial_a infirm_a and_o less_o worthy_a our_o assent_n then_o real_o they_o be_v that_o when_o the_o passion_n persuade_v to_o those_o thing_n who_o execution_n may_v admit_v suspension_n or_o delay_n we_o abstain_v from_o pass_v our_o verdict_n too_o hasty_o upon_o they_o and_o divert_v our_o cogitation_n to_o the_o serious_a examen_fw-la of_o the_o inconvenience_n impendent_a on_o their_o pursuit_n and_o execution_n or_o at_o least_o to_o some_o other_o object_n till_o time_n and_o sleep_n shall_v have_v calm_v the_o impetuous_a commotion_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o spirit_n which_o the_o seem_a good_a of_o the_o object_n have_v excite_v and_o that_o when_o the_o passion_n incite_v to_o those_o action_n who_o fleet_n occasion_n give_v the_o soul_n little_a or_o no_o time_n to_o consult_v and_o deliberate_v we_o always_o endeavour_v to_o convert_v our_o understanding_n to_o the_o perpension_n and_o our_o will_n to_o the_o prosecution_n of_o those_o reason_n which_o be_v conttary_a to_o those_o infer_v and_o urge_v by_o that_o passion_n notwithstanding_o they_o shall_v at_o the_o first_o view_n appearless_a valid_a and_o ponderous_a for_o thereby_o we_o shall_v main_o refract_v and_o abate_v the_o violence_n of_o the_o passion_n now_o this_o may_v be_v our_o exemplar_n in_o order_v our_o advice_n how_o good_n article_n 18._o general_n rule_v praescribe_v by_o the_o author_n how_o to_o prevent_v the_o delusion_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o dependent_a seduction_n of_o the_o will_n by_o evil_n disguife_v under_o the_o similitude_n of_o good_n to_o prevent_v the_o delusion_n of_o our_o understanding_n and_o the_o seduction_n of_o our_o will_n by_o evil_n disguise_v under_o the_o similitude_n of_o good_n first_o we_o ought_v to_o learn_v the_o discrimination_n of_o the_o good_n of_o the_o mind_n from_o those_o pertinent_a only_a to_o the_o body_n and_o then_o when_o we_o meet_v with_o any_o object_n apparent_o good_a abstract_o to_o examine_v whether_o that_o good_a concern_v either_o the_o body_n alone_o or_o the_o mind_n alone_o or_o both_o body_n and_o mind_n equal_o or_o more_o the_o body_n then_o the_o mind_n or_o more_o the_o mind_n then_o the_o body_n if_o only_o the_o body_n we_o be_v to_o convert_v our_o cogitation_n upon_o the_o reason_n which_o dissuade_v more_o intent_o then_o upon_o the_o reason_n which_o persuade_v the_o election_n of_o and_o adhaerence_n to_o it_o that_o so_o we_o may_v if_o there_o be_v any_o detect_v the_o evil_n couch_v under_o that_o varnish_n of_o good_a and_o also_o conquer_v the_o mind_n impatience_n which_o too_o often_o bear_v a_o large_a share_n in_o our_o deception_n if_o only_o the_o mind_n in_o that_o case_n we_o be_v to_o bring_v it_o to_o the_o touchstone_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n i._n e._n examine_v whether_o those_o reason_n whereby_o it_o persuade_v our_o intellect_n to_o a_o approbation_n and_o consequent_o our_o will_n to_o a_o affectation_n and_o prosecution_n of_o it_o be_v correspondent_a to_o that_o inseparable_a or_o proper_a sign_n or_o mark_v of_o true_a good_a conformity_n to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n or_o not_o for_o the_o very_a soul_n or_o quintessence_n of_o virtue_n do_v radical_o consist_v â—n_v this_o that_o man_n without_o all_o haesitancy_n murmur_n diffidence_n and_o reluctancy_n conform_v his_o will_n to_o the_o indeceptible_a divine_a will_n as_o be_v 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or_o rather_o libent_fw-la election_n of_o object_n be_v all_o link_n in_o the_o chain_n of_o fate_n and_o so_o comprehend_v under_o this_o natural_a necessity_n propugn_v by_o democritus_n the_o stoic_n intercept_v your_o wonder_n by_o obtrude_a another_o as_o strange_a viz._n that_o it_o depend_v on_o the_o same_o concatenation_n of_o thing_n that_o you_o now_o read_v this_o our_o discourse_n of_o fate_n as_o manilius_n lib._n 2._o hoc_fw-la quoque_fw-la fatale_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la ipsum_fw-la expendere_fw-la fatum_fw-la and_o this_o because_o whatever_o action_n of_o any_o man_n you_o shall_v suppose_v it_o can_v be_v no_o difficulty_n according_a to_o this_o hypothesis_n to_o find_v out_o the_o proxime_fw-la cause_v exciting_a he_o thereunto_o and_o to_o refer_v that_o cause_n to_o the_o permotion_n of_o another_o remote_a one_o and_o that_o three_o to_o the_o permotion_n of_o a_o four_o that_o four_o to_o the_o induction_n of_o a_o five_o etc._n etc._n unravel_v the_o series_n of_o cause_n so_o that_o it_o must_v at_o length_n be_v infer_v
that_o that_o suppose_a action_n can_v not_o but_o follow_v upon_o those_o other_o action_n subalternate_o praecedent_a and_o consequent_o that_o it_o must_v be_v as_o democritus_n will_v have_v it_o fatal_a or_o necessary_a which_o opinion_n aristotle_n ardent_o impugn_v in_o lib._n de_fw-fr interpre_fw-fr cap._n 8._o when_o discuss_v the_o verity_n and_o necessity_n of_o proposition_n he_o contend_v to_o evince_v that_o though_o of_o two_o opposite_a singular_a proposition_n which_o concern_v a_o thing_n either_o praeterite_fw-la or_o present_v one_o must_v be_v true_a the_o other_o false_a yet_o the_o canon_n hold_v not_o in_o two_o contrary_a singular_a proposition_n which_o concern_v a_o thing_n future_a the_o verity_n of_o the_o one_o not_o necessitate_v the_o falsity_n of_o the_o other_o for_o as_o he_o there_o argue_v if_o every_o affirmation_n or_o negation_n concern_v a_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v true_a or_o false_a ex_fw-la necessitate_v then_o will_v the_o futurity_n of_o any_o thing_n include_v a_o necessity_n of_o its_o futurition_n i._n e._n whatever_o be_v future_a will_v be_v necessary_a and_o on_o the_o contrary_a whatever_o be_v not_o future_a will_v be_v not-necessary_a and_o upon_o just_a inference_n nothing_o can_v remain_v either_o fortuitous_a or_o arbitrary_a which_o to_o admit_v be_v a_o incongruity_n so_o manifest_a that_o the_o repugnancy_n of_o every_o man_n experience_n detect_v it_o a_o incommodity_n so_o intolerable_a that_o it_o not_o only_o disparage_v but_o confute_v itself_o and_o this_o if_o there_o be_v any_o fidelity_n in_o the_o record_n of_o our_o memory_n be_v the_o summary_n of_o their_o theory_n who_o have_v apprehend_v and_o assert_v fate_n to_o be_v a_o mere_a natural_a constitution_n of_o cause_n subalternate_o connect_v as_o not_o dependent_a on_o any_o thing_n divine_a nor_o any_o eternal_a decree_n so_o not_o capable_a of_o any_o mutation_n or_o interruption_n by_o the_o intervention_n of_o any_o impediment_n pure_o fortuitous_a or_o counter-activity_n of_o any_o arbitrary_a agent_n sect_n iii_o epicurus_n article_n 1._o the_o principal_a of_o the_o second_o sect_n aristotle_n and_o epicurus_n in_o the_o other_o division_n of_o philosopher_n who_o also_o concede_v fate_n to_o be_v a_o mere_a natural_a constitution_n of_o cause_n subalternate_o dependent_a etc._n etc._n but_o yet_o deny_v the_o inevitable_a or_o necessary_a insecution_n of_o all_o effect_n upon_o that_o concatenation_n allow_v the_o possibility_n of_o its_o mutation_n or_o interruption_n by_o either_o chance_n or_o man_n free_a will_n the_o principal_a be_v aristotle_n and_o aristotle_n article_n 2._o the_o ground_n of_o the_o author_n impute_v the_o opinion_n both_o of_o fate_n identity_n with_o nature_n and_o the_o possibility_n of_o its_o mutation_n &_o declination_n by_o either_o fortuitous_a or_o arbitrary_a antagonist_n to_o aristotle_n epicurus_n first_o as_o for_o aristotle_n that_o he_o hold_v fate_n or_o fatal_a necessity_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o very_a nature_n or_o if_o you_o like_v it_o better_o every_o particular_a cause_n act_v secundum_fw-la svam_fw-la naturam_fw-la naturalémve_fw-la ductum_fw-la according_a to_o its_o proper_a or_o natural_a virtue_n be_v manifest_a from_o his_o own_o word_n in_o sundry_a place_n of_o his_o write_n to_o particular_a 1_o he_o say_v in_o 2._o phy_n cap._n 6._o eas_fw-la generationes_fw-la acoretiones_fw-la &_o alterationes_fw-la quae_fw-la violentae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la dum_fw-la ex_fw-la arte_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la delicias_fw-la cogimus_fw-la plantas_fw-la aliquas_fw-la praematurè_fw-la pubescere_fw-la adolesceréque_fw-la esse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la fatales_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la naturales_fw-la make_v fatal_a effect_n to_o be_v meeâ—ly_o natural_a and_o 2_o he_o say_v 1_o meteorol_n cap._n ultim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fatalibus_fw-la temporibus_fw-la magnas_fw-la quasdam_fw-la hyeme_v imbriúmque_fw-la excessus_fw-la quibus_fw-la creentur_fw-la diluvia_fw-la contingere_fw-la eo_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o contingit_fw-la hyems_fw-la statis_fw-la anni_fw-la temporibus_fw-la which_o right_o paraphrase_a import_v thus_o much_o that_o as_o winter_n the_o sun_n recede_v from_o our_o climate_n at_o some_o certain_a period_n of_o the_o year_n according_a to_o the_o ecliptic_a progress_n consign_v unto_o it_o by_o nature_n be_v the_o regular_a effect_n of_o the_o sun_n remove_v to_o large_a distance_n even_o so_o be_v hard_a winter_n and_o immoderate_a rain_n the_o regular_a effect_n of_o some_o periodal_a conjunction_n of_o the_o planet_n proceed_v in_o their_o motion_n according_a to_o the_o settle_a constitution_n of_o nature_n from_o whence_o we_o have_v a_o advantage_n to_o observe_v that_o though_o stobaeus_n ecl._n phys_n tell_v we_o aristotelem_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la existimasse_n fatum_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la quà m_fw-la modum_fw-la causae_fw-la advenientem_fw-la rebus_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v statutis_fw-la that_o arist_n conceive_v not_o fate_n to_o be_v so_o much_o a_o cause_n as_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o cause_n advenient_a to_o thing_n determine_v by_o necessity_n yet_o nevertheless_o be_v we_o so_o to_o comment_v upon_o this_o his_o nice_a descant_n as_o that_o we_o understand_v fate_n not_o to_o be_v any_o new_a kind_n of_o cause_n but_o nature_n herself_o which_o in_o respect_n to_o her_o agency_n be_v call_v a_o cause_n and_o in_o respect_n to_o the_o certain_a proper_a and_o necessary_a manner_n or_o way_n of_o her_o act_n be_v call_v fate_n and_o that_o he_o impugn_a the_o former_a error_n viz._n that_o all_o agent_n include_v in_o this_o universal_a subalternation_n act_n ex_fw-la inevitabili_fw-la necessitate_v or_o can_v but_o do_v what_o they_o do_v be_v not_o obscure_o intimate_v in_o this_o that_o he_o define_v fate_n to_o be_v pure_a nature_n since_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n be_v not_o effect_v of_o inoppugnable_a necessity_n as_o may_v be_v bold_o conclude_v from_o the_o frequent_a experiment_n not_o only_o in_o generation_n which_o be_v common_o impede_v by_o the_o intervention_n of_o any_o indisposition_n or_o impatibility_n of_o matter_n and_o other_o resist_a accident_n but_o also_o in_o generous_a and_o virtuous_a mind_n which_o easy_o subdue_v and_o countermand_v those_o strong_a inclination_n or_o propensity_n to_o avarice_n luxury_n audacity_n incontinency_n etc._n etc._n which_o may_v not_o unjust_o be_v esteem_v the_o genuine_a effect_n of_o their_o very_a constitutive_a principle_n and_o branch_n that_o shoot_v up_o from_o the_o root_n of_o their_o corporeal_a temperament_n upon_o which_o reason_n we_o may_v conjecture_v that_o arist_n reflect_v when_o he_o say_v of_o socrates_n praeter_fw-la naturam_fw-la ac_fw-la fatum_fw-la suum_fw-la continens_fw-la evasit_fw-la he_o acquire_v a_o habit_n of_o continency_n even_o in_o spite_n of_o the_o contrary_a solicitation_n of_o his_o individual_a nature_n and_o particular_a fate_n second_o as_o for_o epicurus_n that_o his_o thought_n make_v a_o unison_n necessity_n article_n 3._o epicurus_n unanimous_a to_o arist_n in_o the_o point_n of_o physical_a and_o eluctable_a necessity_n with_o those_o of_o aristotle_n in_o the_o key_n of_o a_o non-ineluctable_a fate_n be_v sufficient_o constant_a from_o hence_o that_o have_v admit_v a_o certain_a necessity_n natural_a in_o this_o sentence_n naturam_fw-la à _fw-la rebus_fw-la ipsarúmve_fw-la serie_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d doceri_fw-la cogique_fw-la sive_fw-la necessitate_v agi_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la herodotum_fw-la he_o yet_o deny_v the_o inevitability_n or_o absoluteness_n thereof_o in_o another_o fragment_n of_o his_o revive_a by_o stobaetis_n in_o ecl._n phys_n where_o he_o deliver_v as_o a_o general_a canon_n omnia_fw-la sieri_fw-la trium_fw-la modorum_fw-la aliquo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d necessitate_v consilio_fw-la fortuna_fw-la for_o in_o that_o he_o make_v fortune_n and_o consultation_n or_o man_n free_a will_n equal_a competitor_n in_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o world_n with_o necessity_n natural_a he_o manifest_o exclude_v it_o from_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sole_a despot_n or_o monarch_n and_o reserve_v to_o the_o two_o other_o a_o equal_a dominion_n which_o assurance_n may_v due_o be_v augment_v by_o the_o superaddition_n of_o this_o also_o that_o cicero_n de_fw-la fato_fw-la introduce_v epicurus_n dispute_v about_o the_o verity_n of_o future_a event_n make_v he_o deny_v with_o aristotle_n that_o of_o two_o contrary_a singular_a enunciation_n about_o a_o thing_n to_o come_v the_o one_o must_v be_v true_a and_o the_o other_o false_a subnect_v this_o reason_n nulla_fw-la est_fw-la in_o natura_fw-la talis_fw-la necessitas_fw-la and_o certain_o as_o he_o stand_v equal_a with_o aristotle_n in_o the_o denial_n so_o have_v he_o outdo_v he_o by_o many_o degree_n in_o his_o endeavour_n epitomise_v article_n 4._o the_o scope_n of_o epicurus_n his_o figment_n of_o the_o declination_n of_o atom_n in_o the_o human_a soul_n and_o his_o accommodation_n thereof_o to_o the_o tuition_n of_o man_n liberty_n epitomise_v for_o the_o refutation_n of_o this_o unsound_a opinion_n of_o a_o absolute_a necessity_n insomuch_o as_o he_o excogitated_a his_o hypothesis_n of_o the_o declination_n of_o atom_n illustrate_v
this_o by_o mediation_n of_o the_o spirit_n discurrent_fw-la or_o rather_o transmit_v through_o all_o part_n of_o the_o body_n all_o which_o lucretius_n full_o express_v in_o these_o verse_n declinamus_n item_n motus_fw-la nec_fw-la tempore_fw-la certo_fw-la necregione_fw-la loci_fw-la certa_fw-la sed_fw-la ubi_fw-la ipsa_fw-la tulit_fw-la mens_fw-la no_o dubio-procul_a his_o rebus_fw-la sva_fw-la quoique_fw-fr voluntas_fw-la principium_fw-la that_fw-mi &_o hinc_fw-la motus_fw-la per_fw-la membra_fw-la vagantur_fw-la 2._o lib._n 2._o again_o perhaps_o epicurus_n will_v not_o gainsay_v but_o that_o the_o motion_n of_o declination_n be_v as_o much_o natural_a as_o the_o motion_n of_o gravity_n but_o yet_o will_v he_o by_o no_o persuasion_n yield_v that_o the_o mind_n be_v contemperate_a of_o declinatory_a atom_n be_v so_o affect_a and_o attract_v by_o necessity_n towards_o one_o object_n that_o it_o can_v instant_o be_v deflect_v to_o another_o for_o as_o a_o mix_a nature_n be_v make_v so_o be_v the_o mobility_n of_o its_o insensible_a part_n vary_v and_o from_o various_a natural_a motion_n retuse_v or_o refract_v arise_v a_o three_o nature_n according_a to_o which_o its_o motion_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v voluntary_a and_o natural_a both_o insomuch_o as_o they_o proceed_v à _fw-fr natura_fw-la libera_fw-la from_o nature_n free_a and_o uncoacted_a nor_o will_v he_o deny_v suppose_v the_o occursation_n and_o arietation_n of_o atom_n that_o it_o be_v pure_a necessity_n that_o percussion_n repulse_n and_o either_o reflection_n or_o cohaesion_n shall_v succeed_v among_o they_o but_o yet_o may_v he_o refuse_v to_o allow_v a_o necessity_n of_o such_o occursation_n as_o if_o they_o can_v not_o be_v impede_v nor_o their_o consequent_n be_v divert_v hence_o concern_v that_o eternal_a series_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o apple_n and_o the_o mind_n epicurus_n will_v grant_v that_o when_o thing_n be_v already_o effect_v a_o kind_n of_o necessity_n may_v be_v attribute_v thereunto_o such_o in_o respect_n whereof_o those_o thing_n can_v be_v uneffected_a since_o non_fw-la datur_fw-la jus_o in_fw-la praeterita_fw-la there_o be_v no_o countermand_a thing_n praeterite_fw-la but_o before_o those_o thing_n be_v peracted_a there_o be_v no_o such_o necessity_n since_o both_o fortune_n or_o contingency_n and_o the_o oppose_a liberty_n of_o man_n will_n may_v have_v interrupt_v invert_v and_o change_v it_o for_o few_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o wide_a disparity_n between_o these_o two_o assirmation_n viz._n what_o be_v once_o do_v can_v be_v not_o do_v and_o what_o be_v do_v may_v not_o have_v be_v do_v since_o in_o the_o former_a a_o thing_n be_v consider_v as_o already_o past_a and_o in_o the_o late_a as_o yet_o to_o come_v and_o as_o according_a to_o the_o former_a it_o be_v necessary_a so_o according_a to_o the_o late_a it_o may_v be_v or_o contingent_a or_o voluntary_a by_o which_o reason_n be_v it_o possible_a that_o the_o apple_n may_v not_o have_v be_v present_v to_o the_o eye_n possible_a that_o the_o tree_n which_o bear_v it_o may_v first_o have_v wither_v that_o the_o seed_n of_o which_o that_o tree_n be_v generate_v may_v either_o have_v prove_v abortive_a and_o sterile_a or_o else_o have_v be_v sow_v in_o some_o other_o place_n that_o other_o of_o its_o cause_n may_v have_v be_v divers_a way_n praepede_v which_o also_o may_v be_v affirm_v of_o the_o mind_n and_o its_o cause_n and_o consequent_o none_o of_o the_o many_o cause_n which_o do_v antecede_v the_o appetition_n of_o the_o apple_n can_v be_v conceive_v to_o have_v be_v necessary_a as_o they_o may_v if_o the_o cause_n be_v of_o themselves_o uncapable_a of_o impediment_n or_o if_o there_o be_v one_o cause_n paramont_n to_o all_o other_o in_o the_o concatenation_n which_o by_o a_o absolute_a sovereignty_n or_o despotique_a power_n have_v direct_v and_o co-act_a they_o allbeit_n we_o concede_fw-la that_o the_o appetition_n of_o the_o apple_n by_o the_o mind_n be_v the_o consequent_a of_o the_o mind_n cognition_n thereof_o and_o that_o cognition_n the_o consequent_a of_o its_o occursation_n to_o the_o eye_n and_o that_o the_o consequent_a of_o its_o position_n in_o a_o place_n convenient_a for_o sight_n and_o that_o the_o consequent_a of_o its_o existence_n and_o so_o from_o link_n to_o link_v retrograde_a up_o to_o eternity_n yet_o notwithstanding_o can_v no_o man_n justify_v this_o inference_n that_o therefore_o the_o mind_n be_v necessitate_v to_o that_o appetition_n because_o still_o there_o remain_v a_o posse_n to_o the_o mind_n of_o be_v avert_v from_o the_o affectation_n and_o prosecution_n thereof_o in_o case_n either_o the_o species_n of_o a_o better_a object_n or_o a_o suspicion_n of_o poison_n therein_o conceal_v shall_v intervene_v or_o a_o refrigeration_n of_o the_o stomach_n by_o the_o dyspeptical_a and_o slatulent_a juice_n thereof_o be_v fear_v or_o any_o other_o cause_n of_o moment_n sufficient_a to_o persuade_v the_o mind_n to_o abstain_v from_o the_o use_n thereof_o shall_v be_v interpose_v nor_o be_v this_o rejoynder_n dissuasive_a that_o when_o the_o mind_n be_v avert_v light_a article_n 7._o the_o most_o weighty_a rejoynder_n of_o the_o oonnexion_n of_o those_o cause_n which_o avert_v the_o mind_n from_o so_o find_v too_o light_a from_o the_o appetition_n of_o the_o apple_n the_o cause_n antecedent_n be_v not_o such_o as_o may_v induce_v the_o mind_n to_o a_o appetition_n but_o such_o as_o induce_v it_o to_o a_o aversation_n and_o that_o these_o avert_n not_o those_o attract_v cause_n be_v so_o connect_v to_o the_o series_n of_o fate_n that_o the_o mind_n can_v not_o but_o be_v avert_v from_o it_o well_o as_o of_o those_o which_o attract_v it_o to_o a_o object_n to_o the_o eternal_a series_n of_o fate_n to_o overbalance_v epicurus_n his_o defence_n of_o man_n liberty_n for_o though_o the_o mind_n be_v contemperate_a of_o such_o a_o contexture_n of_o atom_n as_o that_o it_o may_v be_v commove_v by_o the_o irruent_fw-la species_n of_o external_a object_n yet_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o its_o contexture_n such_o also_o as_o that_o it_o can_v derive_v from_o itself_o some_o motion_n distinct_a from_o nay_o contrary_a to_o those_o motion_n excite_v by_o extradvenient_a image_n which_o motion_n be_v institute_v by_o no_o other_o principle_n but_o itself_o be_v manifest_o spontaneous_a and_o voluntary_a and_o by_o which_o it_o be_v empower_v to_o resist_v external_n motion_n and_o therefore_o may_v not_o so_o be_v carry_v to_o one_o object_n as_o not_o to_o be_v upon_o advantage_n deflect_v to_o another_o and_o hence_o we_o may_v conclude_v that_o the_o mind_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o a_o necessity_n of_o any_o one_o object_n but_o stand_v free_a to_o refuse_v that_o and_o elect_v another_o and_o that_o the_o reason_n of_o a_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v not_o a_o little_a different_a from_o that_o of_o a_o thing_n already_o past_a since_o in_o respect_n to_o a_o thing_n future_a there_o remain_v a_o indifferency_n to_o the_o mind_n of_o elect_v either_o of_o two_o object_n but_o in_o respect_n to_o a_o thing_n praeterite_fw-la there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o its_o election_n of_o one_o if_o this_o solution_n be_v think_v too_o light_a we_o can_v superadd_a another_o of_o weight_n sufficient_a to_o counterpoise_v the_o doubt_n viz._n that_o which_o carneades_n in_o cicero_n insinuate_v when_o he_o teach_v that_o the_o epicurean_o may_v have_v defend_v the_o liberty_n of_o man_n mind_n without_o their_o commentitious_a declination_n of_o atom_n for_o have_v once_o declare_v that_o the_o mind_n have_v voluntary_a motion_n of_o its_o own_o institution_n they_o need_v no_o other_o argument_n to_o confute_v chrysippus_n to_o who_o when_o they_o have_v concede_v that_o no_o motion_n can_v be_v without_o a_o cause_n movent_fw-la there_o remain_v no_o reason_n why_o they_o shall_v have_v grant_v that_o all_o effect_n have_v their_o antecedent_n cause_n since_o to_o the_o will_n of_o 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mathematician_n and_o astrologer_n fate_n be_v a_o certain_a imaginary_a necessity_n natural_a impose_v upon_o
to_o the_o virtue_n of_o their_o cause_n shall_v come_v to_o be_v effect_v manifest_v it_o be_v that_o that_o particular_a event_n who_o ambiguity_n be_v determine_v to_o certainty_n of_o futurition_n and_o be_v actual_o bring_v to_o pass_v be_v fatal_a or_o necessary_a i._n e._n can_v not_o but_o come_v to_o pass_v for_o otherwise_o the_o god_n must_v be_v confess_v subject_n to_o mendacity_n one_o of_o the_o two_o therefore_o must_v be_v grant_v viz._n that_o all_o thing_n come_v to_o pass_v necessary_o as_o they_o be_v foreknow_v and_o praedict_v by_o the_o god_n and_o so_o that_o the_o word_n contingens_fw-la be_v exclude_v as_o import_v no_o reality_n but_o a_o mere_a chimaera_n or_o that_o the_o affair_n or_o occurrence_n of_o man_n be_v neither_o praecognite_n nor_o procure_v by_o the_o god_n the_o impossibility_n of_o which_o assertion_n do_v also_o full_o exclude_v all_o contingency_n to_o the_o solution_n of_o this_o difficulty_n it_o be_v well_o know_v the_o divine_n 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be_v omniscient_a he_o can_v but_o foresee_v that_o peter_n will_v deny_v yet_o that_o divine_a praenotion_n of_o peter_n abnegation_n be_v subsequent_a to_o the_o divine_a praevision_n of_o peter_n free_a determination_n and_o therefore_o god_n foresee_v that_o peter_n will_v deny_v only_o because_o he_o foresee_v that_o peter_n abuse_v his_o liberty_n will_v free_o determine_v himself_o to_o a_o denial_n and_o hence_o come_v it_o to_o be_v embrace_v among_o the_o most_o judicious_a schoolman_n as_o a_o truth_n indisputable_a that_o peter_n will_v deny_v not_o because_o god_n have_v praevise_v and_o praedict_v that_o he_o will_v deny_v but_o that_o because_o peter_n will_v deny_v when_o he_o shall_v be_v examine_v therefore_o and_o for_o no_o other_o reason_n do_v god_n foresee_v and_o foretell_v that_o he_o will_v deny_v for_o uti_fw-la scientia_fw-la praeteritam_fw-la rem_fw-la pro_fw-la objecto_fw-la habens_fw-la nullam_fw-la rei_fw-la praeteritae_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o 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its_o nature_n this_o we_o say_v be_v a_o verity_n which_o demonstrate_v itself_o and_o which_o we_o have_v more_o praecise_o insist_v upon_o in_o the_o 4._o articl_n 4._o sect._n of_o our_o discourse_n of_o the_o mobility_n of_o the_o term_n of_o man_n lifè_n and_o that_o all_o cognition_n be_v a_o thing_n real_o distinct_a from_o and_o extraneous_a to_o its_o object_n and_o that_o a_o thing_n come_v to_o be_v actual_o what_o it_o be_v not_o from_o the_o cognition_n thereof_o by_o a_o idea_n in_o all_o point_n consimilar_v but_o from_o itself_o or_o its_o efficient_a cause_n needs_o no_o other_o probation_n but_o the_o conviction_n of_o this_o instance_n that_o snow_n be_v white_a not_o because_o it_o be_v know_v to_o be_v white_a but_o contrary_a that_o it_o be_v know_v to_o be_v white_a because_o real_o it_o be_v so_o to_o speak_v a_o profound_a truth_n plain_o in_o few_o word_n herein_o consist_v the_o disparity_n between_o divine_a and_o human_a cognition_n viz._n that_o human_n 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