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intimate_v the_o second_o be_v sophistical_a that_o say_v that_o the_o will_n be_v the_o necessary_a cause_n of_o voluntary_a action_n for_o by_o necessary_a may_v be_v understand_v either_o necessitate_v force_a and_o make_v to_o act_v whether_o it_o will_v or_o no_o or_o else_o it_o may_v signify_v that_o the_o will_n be_v a_o requisite_a cause_n of_o voluntary_a action_n so_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o voluntary_a action_n without_o it_o the_o latter_a whereof_o may_v be_v in_o some_o sense_n true_a but_o the_o former_a be_v utter_o false_a so_o the_o conclusion_n be_v infer_v from_o assertion_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v groundless_a the_o other_o sophistical_a the_o illation_n can_v but_o be_v ridiculous_o weak_a and_o despicable_a but_o if_o he_o have_v speak_v in_o the_o concrete_a in_o stead_n of_o the_o abstract_n the_o sophistry_n have_v be_v more_o gross_o discoverable_a or_o rather_o the_o train_n of_o his_o reason_n languid_a and_o contemptible_a omit_v therefore_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o will_v separately_z which_o of_o itself_o be_v but_o a_o blind_a power_n or_o operation_n let_v we_o speak_v of_o that_o essence_n which_o be_v endue_v with_o will_n sense_n reason_n and_o other_o faculty_n and_o see_v what_o face_n this_o argumentation_n of_o he_o will_v bear_v which_o will_v then_o run_v thus_o 10._o some_o external_a irresistible_a agent_n do_v ever_o necessary_o cause_v that_o essence_n call_v it_o soul_n or_o what_o you_o please_v which_o be_v endue_v with_o the_o faculty_n of_o will_n and_o understanding_n â—o_o will._n this_o essence_n endue_v with_o the_o power_n of_o exert_v itself_o into_o the_o act_n of_o willing_a be_v the_o necessary_a cause_n of_o voluntary_a action_n therefore_o all_o voluntary_a action_n be_v necessitate_v the_o first_o assertion_n now_o at_o first_o sight_n appear_v a_o gross_a falsehood_n the_o soul_n be_v endue_v with_o understanding_n as_o well_o as_o will_n and_o therefore_o she_o be_v not_o necessary_o determine_v to_o will_n by_o external_a impress_n but_o by_o the_o display_v of_o certain_a notion_n and_o perception_n she_o raise_v in_o herself_o that_o be_v pure_o intellectual_a and_o the_o second_o seem_v a_o very_a slim_fw-la and_o lank_a piece_n of_o sophistry_n both_o which_o my_o reason_n already_o allege_v do_v so_o easy_o and_o so_o plain_o reach_v that_o i_o need_v add_v nothing_o more_o but_o pass_v to_o his_o second_o argument_n the_o form_n whereof_o in_o brief_a be_v this_o 11._o every_o cause_n be_v a_o sufficient_a cause_n otherwise_o it_o can_v not_o produce_v its_o effect_n every_o sufficient_a cause_n be_v a_o necessary_a cause_n that_o be_v to_o say_v will_v be_v sure_a to_o produce_v the_o effect_n otherwise_o something_o be_v want_v thereto_o and_o it_o be_v no_o sufficient_a cause_n and_o therefore_o every_o cause_n be_v a_o necessary_a cause_n and_o consequent_o every_o effect_n or_o action_n even_o those_o that_o be_v term_v voluntary_a be_v necessitate_v 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notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n 1._o and_o thus_o we_o have_v fair_o well_o gratify_v the_o fancy_n of_o the_o curious_a concern_v the_o extension_n and_o indiscerpibility_n of_o a_o spirit_n but_o we_o shall_v advance_v yet_o high_o and_o demonstrate_v the_o possibility_n of_o this_o notion_n to_o the_o severe_a reason_n out_o of_o these_o follow_a principle_n axiom_n xi_o a_o globe_n touch_v a_o plain_a in_o something_o though_o in_o the_o least_o that_o be_v conceivable_a to_o be_v real_a  _fw-fr axiom_n xii_o the_o least_o that_o be_v conceivable_a be_v so_o little_a that_o it_o can_v be_v conceive_v to_o be_v discerpible_a into_o less_o  _fw-fr axiom_n xiii_o as_o little_a as_o this_o be_v the_o repetition_n of_o it_o will_v amount_v to_o considerable_a magnitude_n as_o for_o example_n if_o this_o globe_n be_v draw_v upon_o a_o plain_a it_o constitute_v a_o line_n and_o a_o cylinder_n draw_v upon_o a_o plain_a or_o this_o same_o line_n describe_v by_o the_o globe_n multiply_v into_o itself_o constitute_v a_o superficies_n etc._n etc._n this_o a_o man_n can_v deny_v but_o the_o more_o he_o think_v of_o it_o the_o more_o certain_o true_a he_o will_v find_v it_o axiom_n fourteen_o magnitude_n can_v arise_v out_o of_o mere_a non-magnitudes_a for_o multiply_v nothing_o ten_o thousand_o million_o of_o time_n into_o nothing_o the_o product_n will_v be_v still_o nothing_o beside_o if_o that_o wherein_o the_o globe_n touch_v a_o plain_n be_v more_o than_o indiscerpible_a that_o be_v pure_o indivisible_a it_o be_v manifest_a that_o a_o line_n will_v consist_v of_o point_n mathematical_o so_o call_v that_o be_v pure_o indivisible_a which_o be_v the_o grande_v absurdity_n that_o can_v be_v admit_v in_o philosophy_n and_o the_o most_o contradiction_n thing_n imaginable_a axiom_n xv._n the_o same_o thing_n by_o reason_n of_o its_o extreme_a littleness_n may_v be_v utter_o indiscerpible_a though_o intellectual_o divisible_a this_o plain_o arise_v out_o of_o the_o forego_n 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shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o deny_v they_o axiom_n xvi_o a_o emanative_a cause_n be_v the_o notion_n of_o a_o thing_n possible_a by_o a_o emanative_a cause_n be_v understand_v such_o a_o cause_n as_o mere_o by_o be_v no_o other_o activity_n or_o causality_n interpose_v produce_v a_o effect_n that_o this_o be_v possible_a be_v manifest_a it_o be_v demonstrable_a that_o there_o be_v de_fw-fr facto_fw-la some_o such_o cause_n in_o the_o world_n because_o something_o must_v move_v itself_o now_o if_o there_o be_v no_o spirit_n matter_n must_v of_o necessity_n move_v itself_o where_o you_o can_v imagine_v any_o activity_n or_o causality_n but_o the_o bare_a essence_n of_o the_o matter_n from_o whence_o this_o motion_n come_v for_o if_o you_o will_v suppose_v some_o former_a motion_n that_o may_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o than_o we_o may_v with_o as_o good_a reason_n suppose_v some_o former_a to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o and_o so_o in_o infinitum_fw-la axiom_n xvii_o a_o emanative_a effect_n be_v coexistent_a with_o the_o very_a substance_n of_o that_o which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v true_a because_o that_o very_a substance_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n be_v the_o adequate_a &_o immediate_a cause_n and_o want_v nothing_o to_o be_v adjoin_v to_o its_o bare_a essence_n for_o the_o production_n of_o the_o effect_n and_o therefore_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n the_o effect_n be_v at_o any_o time_n it_o must_v be_v at_o all_o time_n or_o so_o long_a as_o that_o substance_n do_v exist_v axiom_n xviii_o no_o emanative_a effect_n that_o exceed_v not_o the_o virtue_n and_o power_n of_o a_o cause_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v produce_v by_o it_o this_o be_v so_o plain_a that_o nothing_o need_v be_v add_v for_o either_o explanation_n or_o proof_n axiom_n xix_o there_o may_v be_v a_o substance_n of_o that_o high_a virtue_n and_o excellency_n that_o it_o may_v produce_v another_o substance_n by_o emanative_a causality_n provide_v that_o substance_n produce_v be_v in_o due_a gradual_a proportion_n inferior_a to_o that_o which_o cause_v it_o this_o be_v plain_a out_o of_o the_o forego_n principle_n for_o there_o be_v no_o contradiction_n nor_o impossibility_n of_o a_o cause_n produce_v a_o effect_n less_o noble_a than_o itself_o for_o thereby_o we_o be_v the_o better_o assure_v that_o it_o do_v not_o exceed_v the_o capacity_n of_o its_o own_o power_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o incongruity_n that_o one_o substance_n shall_v cause_v something_o else_o which_o we_o may_v in_o some_o sense_n call_v substance_n though_o but_o secondary_a or_o emanatory_a acknowledge_v the_o primary_n substance_n to_o be_v the_o more_o adequate_a object_n of_o divine_a creation_n but_o the_o secondary_a to_o be_v referrible_a also_o to_o the_o primary_n or_o centrall_a substance_n by_o way_n of_o causal_n relation_n for_o suppose_v god_n create_v the_o matter_n with_o a_o immediate_a power_n of_o move_v itself_o god_n indeed_o be_v the_o prime_a cause_n as_o well_o of_o the_o motion_n as_o of_o the_o matter_n and_o yet_o nevertheless_o the_o matter_n be_v right_o say_v to_o move_v itself_o final_o this_o secondary_a or_o emanatory_a substance_n may_v be_v right_o call_v substance_n because_o it_o be_v a_o subject_a endue_v with_o certain_a power_n and_o activity_n and_o that_o it_o do_v not_o inhaere_fw-la as_o a_o accident_n in_o any_o other_o substance_n or_o matter_n but_o can_v maintain_v its_o place_n though_o all_o matter_n or_o what_o other_o substance_n soever_o be_v remove_v out_o of_o that_o space_n it_o be_v extend_v through_o provide_v its_o primary_n substance_n be_v but_o safe_a 3._o from_o these_o four_o principle_n i_o have_v here_o add_v we_o may_v have_v not_o a_o imaginative_a but_o rational_a apprehension_n of_o that_o part_n of_o a_o spirit_n which_o we_o call_v the_o secondary_a substance_n thereof_o who_o be_v extension_n arise_v by_o gradual_a emanation_n from_o the_o first_o and_o prime_a essence_n which_o we_o call_v the_o centre_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v no_o impossible_a supposition_n by_o the_o 16._o 18._o and_o 19_o axiom_n we_o be_v lead_v from_o hence_o to_o a_o necessary_a acknowledgement_n of_o perfect_a indiscerpibility_n of_o part_n though_o not_o intellectual_a indivisibility_n by_o axiom_n 17._o for_o it_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n that_o a_o emanative_a effect_n shall_v be_v disjoin_v from_o its_o original_n 4._o thus_o have_v i_o demonstrate_v how_o a_o spirit_n consider_v the_o lineament_n of_o it_o as_o i_o may_v so_o call_v they_o from_o the_o centre_n to_o the_o circumference_n be_v utter_o indiscerpible_a but_o now_o if_o any_o be_v so_o curious_a as_o to_o ask_v how_o the_o part_n thereof_o hold_v together_o in_o a_o line_n draw_v cross_n to_o these_o from_o the_o centre_n for_o imagination_n it_o may_v be_v will_v suggest_v they_o lie_v all_o loose_a i_o answer_v that_o the_o 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a_o immediate_a union_n of_o
too_o yea_o haply_o of_o reason_n and_o understanding_n for_o sense_n be_v nothing_o else_o as_o some_o conceit_n but_o motion_n or_o rather_o reaction_n of_o a_o body_n press_v upon_o by_o another_o body_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o all_o the_o matter_n in_o the_o world_n have_v in_o some_o manner_n or_o other_o the_o power_n of_o sensation_n 3._o let_v we_o see_v now_o what_o this_o position_n will_v amount_v to_o those_o that_o make_v motion_n and_o sensation_n thus_o real_o the_o same_o they_o must_v of_o necessity_n acknowledge_v that_o no_o long_a motion_n no_o long_o sensation_n as_o mr._n hobbs_n have_v ingenuous_o confess_v physic._n chap._n 25._o and_o that_o every_o motion_n or_o reaction_n must_v be_v a_o new_a sensation_n as_o well_o as_o every_o cease_n of_o reaction_n a_o cease_v of_o sensation_n 4._o now_o let_v we_o give_v these_o busy_a active_a particle_n of_o the_o matter_n that_o play_v up_o and_o down_o every_o where_o the_o advantage_n of_o sense_n and_o let_v we_o see_v if_o all_o their_o head_n lay_v together_o can_v contrive_v the_o anatomicall_a fabric_n of_o any_o creature_n that_o live_v assure_o when_o all_o be_v sum_v up_o that_o can_v be_v imagine_v they_o will_v fall_v short_a of_o their_o account_n for_o i_o demand_v have_v every_o one_o of_o these_o particle_n that_o must_v have_v a_o hand_n in_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o body_n of_o a_o animal_n the_o whole_a design_n of_o the_o work_n by_o the_o impress_n of_o some_o phantasm_n upon_o it_o or_o as_o they_o have_v several_a office_n so_o have_v they_o several_a part_n of_o the_o design_n if_o the_o first_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a even_o according_a to_o their_o opinion_n who_o we_o oppose_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o knowledge_n nor_o perception_n in_o the_o matter_n but_o what_o arise_v out_o of_o the_o reaction_n of_o one_o part_n against_o another_o how_o be_v it_o conceivable_a that_o any_o one_o particle_n of_o matter_n or_o many_o together_o there_o not_o exist_v yet_o in_o nature_n any_o animal_n can_v have_v the_o idea_n impress_v of_o that_o creature_n they_o be_v to_o frame_v or_o if_o one_o or_o some_o few_o particle_n have_v the_o sense_n of_o one_o part_n of_o the_o animal_n they_o seem_v more_o capable_a of_o this_o the_o part_n be_v far_o more_o simple_a than_o the_o whole_a compage_n and_o contrivement_n and_o other_o some_o few_o of_o other_o part_n how_o can_v they_o confer_v note_n by_o what_o language_n or_o speech_n can_v they_o communicate_v their_o counsel_n one_o to_o another_o wherefore_o that_o they_o shall_v mutual_o serve_v one_o another_o in_o such_o a_o design_n be_v more_o impossible_a then_o that_o so_o many_o man_n blind_a and_o dumb_a from_o their_o nativity_n shall_v join_v their_o force_n and_o wit_n together_o to_o build_v a_o castle_n or_o carve_v a_o statue_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n as_o none_o of_o they_o know_v any_o more_o of_o in_o several_a than_o some_o one_o of_o the_o small_a part_n thereof_o but_o not_o the_o relation_n it_o bear_v to_o the_o whole_a 5._o beside_o this_o sense_n be_v real_o the_o same_o with_o corporeal_a motion_n it_o must_v change_v upon_o new_a impress_n of_o motion_n so_o that_o if_o a_o particle_n by_o sense_n be_v carry_v in_o this_o line_n it_o meet_v with_o a_o counterbuff_n in_o the_o way_n must_v have_v quite_o another_o impress_n and_o sense_n and_o so_o forget_v what_o it_o be_v go_v about_o and_o divert_v its_o course_n another_o way_n nay_o though_o it_o escape_v free_a sense_n be_v reaction_n when_o that_o which_o it_o bear_v against_o be_v remove_v sense_n must_v needs_o cease_v and_o perfect_a oblivion_n succeed_v for_o it_o be_v not_o with_o these_o particle_n as_o with_o the_o spring_n of_o a_o watch_n or_o a_o bend_a crossbow_n that_o they_o shall_v for_o a_o considerable_a time_n retain_v the_o same_o reaction_n and_o so_o consequent_o the_o same_o sense_n and_o last_o if_o they_o can_v it_o be_v still_o nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n for_o let_v their_o sense_n be_v what_o it_o will_v their_o motion_n be_v necessary_a it_o be_v mere_o corporeal_a and_o therefore_o the_o result_n of_o their_o motion_n can_v be_v from_o any_o kind_n of_o knowledge_n for_o the_o corporeal_a motion_n be_v first_o and_o be_v only_o feel_v not_o direct_v by_o feeling_n and_o therefore_o whether_o the_o matter_n have_v any_o sense_n or_o no_o what_o be_v make_v out_o of_o it_o be_v nothing_o but_o what_o result_v from_o the_o wild_a jumbling_n and_o knock_v be_v of_o one_o part_n thereof_o against_o another_o without_o any_o purpose_n counsel_n or_o direction_n wherefore_o the_o ordinary_a phaenomena_n of_o nature_n be_v guide_v according_a to_o the_o most_o exquisite_a wisdom_n imaginable_a it_o be_v plain_a that_o they_o be_v not_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o mere_a motion_n of_o matter_n but_o of_o some_o immaterial_a principle_n by_o axiom_n 10._o 6._o and_o therefore_o the_o ignorance_n of_o second_o cause_n be_v not_o so_o right_o say_v to_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o religion_n as_o mr._n hobbs_n will_v have_v it_o as_o of_o irreligion_n and_o atheism_n for_o if_o we_o do_v more_o punctual_o and_o particular_o search_v into_o their_o nature_n we_o shall_v clear_o discern_v their_o insufficiency_n for_o such_o effect_n as_o we_o discover_v to_o be_v in_o the_o world_n but_o when_o we_o have_v look_v so_o close_o and_o careful_o into_o the_o nature_n of_o corporeal_a being_n and_o can_v find_v no_o causality_n in_o they_o proportionable_a to_o these_o effect_n we_o speak_v of_o still_o to_o implead_v ourselves_o rather_o of_o ignorance_n than_o the_o matter_n and_o corporeal_a motion_n of_o insufficiency_n be_v to_o hold_v a_o opinion_n upon_o humour_n and_o to_o transgress_v against_o our_o first_o and_o second_o axiom_n chap._n xiii_o 1._o the_o last_o proof_n of_o incorporeal_a substance_n from_o apparition_n 2._o the_o first_o evasion_n of_o the_o force_n of_o such_o arguing_n 3._o a_o answer_n to_o that_o evasion_n 4._o the_o second_o evasion_n 5._o the_o first_o kind_n of_o the_o second_o evasion_n 6._o a_o description_n out_o of_o virgil_n of_o that_o genius_n that_o suggest_v the_o dictate_v of_o the_o epicurean_a philosophy_n 7._o the_o more_o full_a and_o refine_a sense_n of_o that_o philosophy_n now_o a_o day_n 8._o the_o great_a efficacy_n of_o the_o star_n which_o they_o suppose_v to_o consist_v of_o nothing_o but_o motion_n and_o matter_n for_o production_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o creature_n in_o the_o world_n 1._o the_o three_o and_o last_o ground_n which_o i_o will_v make_v use_n of_o for_o evince_v the_o existence_n of_o incorporeal_a substance_n be_v such_o extraordinary_a effect_n as_o we_o can_v well_o imagine_v any_o natural_a but_o must_v needs_o conceive_v some_o free_a or_o spontaneous_a agent_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o when_o as_o yet_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o they_o be_v from_o neither_o man_n nor_o beast_n such_o be_v speaking_n knock_v be_v open_n of_o door_n when_o they_o be_v fast_o shut_v sudden_a light_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o room_n float_v in_o the_o air_n and_o then_o pass_v and_o vanish_v nay_o shape_n of_o man_n and_o several_a sort_n of_o brute_n that_o after_o speech_n and_o converse_n have_v sudden_o disappear_v these_o and_o many_o such_o like_a extraordinary_a effect_n which_o if_o you_o please_v you_o may_v call_v by_o one_o general_a term_n of_o apparition_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v a_o undeniable_a argument_n that_o there_o be_v such_o thing_n as_o spirit_n or_o incorporeal_a substance_n in_o the_o world_n and_o i_o have_v demonstrate_v the_o sequel_n to_o be_v necessary_a in_o the_o last_o chapter_n of_o the_o appendix_n to_o my_o treatise_n against_o atheism_n and_o in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o that_o treatise_n have_v produce_v so_o many_o and_o so_o unexceptionable_a story_n concern_v apparition_n that_o i_o hold_v it_o superfluous_a to_o add_v any_o thing_n here_o of_o that_o kind_n take_v far_o more_o pleasure_n in_o exercise_v of_o my_o reason_n then_o in_o register_n of_o history_n beside_o that_o i_o have_v make_v so_o careful_a choice_n there_o already_o that_o i_o can_v hope_v to_o cull_v out_o any_o that_o may_v prove_v more_o pertinent_a or_o convictive_a i_o have_v pen_v down_o none_o but_o such_o as_o i_o have_v compare_v with_o those_o severe_a law_n i_o set_v myself_o in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o that_o three_o book_n to_o prevent_v all_o tergiversation_n and_o evasion_n of_o gainsayers_a 2._o but_o partly_o out_o of_o my_o own_o observation_n and_o partly_o by_o information_n from_o other_o i_o be_o well_o assure_v there_o be_v but_o two_o way_n whereby_o they_o escape_v the_o force_n of_o such_o evident_a narration_n the_o first_o be_v a_o firm_a persuasion_n that_o the_o very_a notion_n of_o a_o spirit_n or_o immaterial_a substance_n be_v a_o impossibility_n
sense_n or_o common_a notion_n find_v in_o all_o man_n that_o have_v not_o do_v violence_n to_o their_o own_o nature_n unless_o by_o some_o other_o approve_a faculty_n he_o can_v discover_v the_o contrary_a my_o conclusion_n must_v stand_v for_o a_o undoubted_a truth_n by_o axiom_n 5._o he_o pretend_v therefore_o some_o demonstration_n of_o reason_n which_o he_o will_v oppose_v against_o the_o dictate_v of_o this_o inward_a sense_n which_o it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o examine_v that_o we_o may_v discover_v his_o sophistry_n chap._n iii_o 1._o mr._n hobbs_n his_o argument_n whereby_o he_o will_v prove_v all_o our_o action_n necessitate_v his_o first_o argument_n 2._o his_o second_o argument_n 3._o his_o three_o argument_n 4._o his_o four_o argument_n 5._o what_o must_v be_v the_o meaning_n of_o these_o word_n nothing_o take_v beginning_n from_o itself_o in_o the_o first_o argument_n of_o mr._n hobbs_n 6._o a_o full_a and_o more_o determinate_a explication_n of_o the_o forego_n word_n who_o sense_n be_v evident_o convince_v to_o be_v that_o no_o essence_n of_o itself_o can_v vary_v its_o modification_n 7._o that_o this_o be_v only_o say_v by_o mr._n hobbs_n not_o prove_v and_o a_o full_a confutation_n of_o his_o assertion_n 8._o mr._n hobbs_n impose_v upon_o by_o his_o own_o sophistry_n 9_o that_o one_o part_n of_o this_o first_o argument_n of_o he_o be_v groundless_a the_o other_o sophistical_a 10._o the_o plain_a proposal_n of_o his_o argument_n whence_o appear_v more_o full_o the_o weakness_n and_o sophistry_n thereof_o 11._o a_o answer_n to_o his_o second_o argument_n 12._o a_o answer_n to_o the_o three_o 13._o a_o answer_n to_o a_o difficulty_n concern_v the_o truth_n and_o falsehood_n of_o future_a proposition_n 14._o a_o answer_n to_o mr._n hobbs_n his_o four_o argument_n which_o though_o slight_v by_o himself_o be_v the_o strong_a of_o they_o all_o 15._o the_o difficulty_n of_o reconcile_a freewill_n with_o divine_a prescience_n and_o prophecy_n 16._o that_o the_o faculty_n of_o freewill_n be_v seldom_o put_v in_o use_n 17._o that_o the_o use_n of_o it_o be_v proper_o in_o moral_a conflict_n 18._o that_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o invincible_a there_o neither_o 19_o that_o divine_a decree_n either_o find_v fit_a instrument_n or_o make_v they_o 20._o that_o the_o more_o exact_a we_o make_v divine_a prescience_n even_o to_o the_o comprehension_n of_o any_o thing_n that_o imply_v no_o contradiction_n in_o itself_o to_o be_v comprehend_v the_o more_o clear_a it_o be_v that_o man_n will_n may_v be_v sometime_o free_a 21._o which_o be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v good_a my_o last_o argument_n against_o mr._n hobbs_n 1._o his_o first_o argument_n run_v thus_o i_o will_v repeat_v it_o in_o his_o own_o word_n as_o also_o the_o rest_n of_o they_o as_o they_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o his_o treatise_n of_o liberty_n and_o necessity_n i_o conceive_v say_v he_o that_o nothing_o take_v beginning_n from_o itself_o but_o from_o the_o action_n of_o some_o other_o immediate_a agent_n without_o itself_o and_o that_o therefore_o when_o first_o a_o man_n have_v a_o appetite_n or_o will_n to_o something_o to_o which_o immediate_o before_o he_o have_v no_o appetite_n nor_o will_n the_o cause_n of_o his_o will_n be_v not_o the_o will_n itself_o but_o something_o else_o not_o in_o his_o own_o dispose_n so_o that_o whereas_o it_o be_v out_o of_o controversy_n that_o of_o voluntary_a action_n the_o will_n be_v the_o necessary_a cause_n and_o by_o this_o which_o be_v say_v the_o will_n be_v also_o cause_v by_o other_o thing_n whereof_o it_o dispose_v not_o it_o follow_v that_o voluntary_a action_n have_v all_o of_o they_o necessary_a cause_n and_o therefore_o be_v necessitate_v 2._o his_o second_o thus_o i_o hold_v say_v he_o that_o to_o be_v a_o sufficient_a cause_n to_o which_o nothing_o be_v want_v that_o be_v needful_a to_o the_o produce_v of_o the_o effect_n the_o same_o also_o be_v a_o necessary_a cause_n for_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o a_o sufficient_a cause_n shall_v not_o bring_v forth_o the_o effect_n than_o there_o want_v somewhat_o which_o be_v needful_a for_o the_o produce_v of_o it_o and_o so_o the_o cause_n be_v not_o sufficient_a but_o if_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o a_o sufficient_a cause_n shall_v not_o produce_v the_o effect_n then_o be_v a_o sufficient_a cause_n a_o necessary_a cause_n for_o that_o be_v say_v to_o produce_v a_o effect_n necessary_o that_o can_v but_o produce_v it_o hence_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o whatsoever_o be_v produce_v be_v produce_v necessary_o for_o whatsoever_o be_v produce_v have_v have_v a_o sufficient_a cause_n to_o produce_v it_o or_o else_o it_o have_v not_o be_v what_o follow_v be_v either_o the_o same_o or_o so_o close_o depend_v on_o this_o that_o i_o need_v not_o add_v it_o 3._o his_o three_o argument_n therefore_o shall_v be_v that_o which_o he_o urge_v from_o future_a disjunction_n for_o example_n let_v the_o case_n be_v put_v of_o the_o wether_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o to_o morrow_n it_o shall_v rain_v or_o not_o rain_v if_o therefore_o say_v he_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a it_o shall_v rain_v it_o be_v necessary_a it_o shall_v not_o rain_v otherwise_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n that_o the_o proposition_n it_o shall_v rain_v or_o not_o rain_n shall_v be_v true_a 4._o his_o four_o be_v this_o that_o the_o deny_v of_o necessity_n destroy_v both_o the_o decree_n and_o the_o prescience_n of_o god_n almighty_n for_o whatsoever_o god_n have_v purpose_v to_o bring_v to_o pass_v by_o man_n as_o a_o instrument_n or_o forsee_v shall_v come_v to_o pass_v a_o man_n if_o he_o have_v liberty_n from_o necessitation_n may_v frustrate_v and_o make_v not_o to_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o god_n shall_v either_o not_o foreknow_v it_o and_o not_o decree_v it_o or_o he_o shall_v foreknow_v such_o thing_n shall_v be_v as_o shall_v never_o be_v and_o decree_n that_o which_o shall_v never_o come_v to_o pass_v 5._o the_o entrance_n into_o his_o first_o argument_n be_v something_o obscure_a and_o ambiguous_a nothing_o take_v beginning_n from_o itself_o but_o i_o shall_v be_v as_o candid_a and_o faithful_a a_o interpreter_n as_o i_o may_v if_o he_o mean_v by_o beginning_n begin_v of_o existence_n it_o be_v undoubted_o true_a that_o no_o substance_n nor_o modification_n of_o substance_n take_v beginning_n from_o itself_o but_o this_o will_v not_o infer_v the_o conclusion_n he_o drive_v at_o but_o if_o he_o mean_v that_o nothing_o take_v beginning_n from_o itself_o of_o be_v otherwise_o affect_v or_o modify_v then_o before_o he_o must_v either_o understand_v by_o nothing_o no_o essence_n neither_o spirit_n nor_o body_n or_o no_o modification_n of_o essence_n he_o can_v mean_v spirit_n as_o admit_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o the_o whole_a comprehension_n of_o nature_n if_o body_n it_o will_v not_o infer_v what_o he_o aim_v at_o unless_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o body_n in_o the_o universe_n which_o be_v a_o mere_a precarious_a principle_n of_o he_o which_o he_o beseech_v his_o credulous_a follower_n to_o admit_v but_o he_o prove_v it_o no_o where_o as_o i_o have_v already_o note_v if_o by_o modification_n he_o mean_v the_o modification_n of_o matter_n or_o body_n that_o run_v still_o upon_o the_o former_a principle_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o body_n in_o the_o world_n and_o therefore_o he_o prove_v nothing_o but_o upon_o a_o beg_v hypothesis_n and_o that_o a_o false_a one_o as_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o demonstrate_v wherefore_o the_o most_o favourable_a interpretation_n i_o can_v make_v be_v that_o he_o mean_v by_o no_o thing_n no_o essence_n nor_o modification_n of_o essence_n be_v willing_a to_o hide_v that_o dearly-huged_a hypothesis_n of_o his_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o body_n in_o the_o world_n under_o so_o general_a and_o uncertain_a term_n 6._o the_o word_n therefore_o in_o the_o other_o sense_n have_v no_o pretence_n to_o conclude_v any_o thing_n let_v we_o see_v 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