philosopher_n think_v the_o object_n be_v go_v that_o motion_n will_v quick_o cease_v nor_o can_v the_o same_o motion_n be_v connatural_o revive_v but_o by_o the_o same_o object_n which_o be_v seldom_o at_o hand_n to_o make_v it_o again_o as_o oft_o as_o we_o have_v occasion_n to_o remember_v as_o experience_n show_v we_o much_o less_o can_v the_o remembrance_n of_o sound_n or_o tune_n in_o man_n or_o bird_n be_v possible_o explicate_v unless_o those_o repel_v atom_n lie_v in_o order_n and_o strike_v afresh_o the_o auditory_a organ_n do_v repeat_v the_o same_o impression_n they_o have_v former_o for_o to_o put_v million_o of_o motion_n to_o continue_v perpetual_o play_v in_o the_o fancy_n and_o as_o they_o needs_o must_v interfere_v with_o one_o another_o will_v destroy_v all_o harmony_n and_o breed_v a_o strange_a jar_a confusion_n note_v that_o reminiscence_n be_v ofttimes_o make_v in_o we_o by_o use_v our_o reason_n gather_v or_o recollect_v former_a notion_n brutus_n by_o other_o that_o orderly_o succeed_v they_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o we_o investigate_v cause_n from_o their_o effect_n whereas_o in_o brute_n it_o be_v perform_v mere_o by_o a_o new_a appulse_n of_o the_o former_a atom_n to_o that_o part_n in_o which_o the_o imagination_n consist_v which_o be_v the_o most_o supreme_a in_o the_o animal_n have_v a_o power_n to_o agitate_v the_o animal_n spirit_n and_o move_v the_o body_n agreeable_o to_o those_o impression_n as_o be_v find_v also_o in_o man._n 29._o the_o same_o excitation_n of_o those_o particle_n thus_o imbue_v cause_v also_o reflex_n knowledge_n of_o our_o former_a operation_n make_v and_o indeed_o reflection_n on_o our_o past_a thought_n be_v the_o same_o as_o remembrance_n of_o they_o for_o we_o can_v neither_o reflect_v on_o a_o thing_n without_o remember_v it_o nor_o remember_v it_o without_o reflect_v on_o it_o but_o this_o reflection_n for_o the_o reason_n late_o give_v must_v proceed_v from_o some_o object_n or_o cause_n extraneous_a to_o the_o soul_n that_o be_v from_o effluvium_n in_o the_o memory_n thus_o reexcit_v for_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o as_o divine_v or_o rather_o christian_n faith_n tell_v we_o that_o christ_n have_v two_o distinct_a nature_n in_o the_o same_o suppositum_fw-la all_o his_o operation_n proper_a to_o he_o as_o such_o be_v therefore_o theanthropicae_fw-la or_o such_o as_o be_v agreeable_a and_o belong_v to_o both_o the_o divine_a and_o humane_a nature_n so_o man_n consist_v of_o both_o a_o corporeal_a and_o spiritual_a nature_n and_o thence_o be_v a_o corporeo-spiritual_a thing_n all_o his_o operation_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n must_v be_v corporeo-spiritual_a whence_o he_o have_v no_o act_n pure_o spiritual_a or_o uncompounded_a with_o the_o co-operation_n of_o that_o corporeal_a part_n which_o receive_v those_o effluvium_n call_v by_o we_o fancy_n or_o without_o its_o concurrence_n which_o give_v we_o far_o light_n to_o see_v how_o our_o soul_n can_v reflect_v on_o she_o own_o operation_n but_o the_o fancy_n must_v go_v along_o and_o by_o what_o be_v say_v it_o will_v be_v easy_a to_o conclude_v from_o which_o of_o those_o part_n the_o operation_n must_v begin_v anew_o viz._n from_o that_o part_n from_o which_o it_o do_v begin_v at_o first_o hence_o come_v that_o say_v of_o the_o school_n that_o the_o soul_n have_v notion_n or_o know_v speculando_fw-la phantasmata_fw-la which_o be_v pretty_a fanciful_a word_n and_o though_o they_o may_v perhaps_o have_v a_o good_a mean_v yet_o it_o be_v very_o unphilosophical_o express_v for_o it_o make_v the_o soul_n to_o speculate_v which_o if_o it_o have_v any_o sense_n at_o all_o signify_v to_o know_v the_o phantasm_n or_o idea_n in_o the_o imagination_n when_o as_o yet_o she_o have_v no_o knowledge_n in_o she_o at_o all_o all_o her_o notion_n which_o be_v the_o first_o element_n of_o knowledge_n be_v cause_v in_o she_o by_o those_o effluvium_n previous_o to_o she_o know_v either_o they_o or_o any_o thing_n else_o 13._o from_o what_o be_v say_v above_o it_o be_v see_v that_o those_o direct_v notion_n which_o be_v thus_o natural_o imprint_v be_v metaphorical_a common_a to_o all_o mankind_n in_o the_o main_a however_o they_o may_v in_o each_o man_n differ_v in_o some_o degree_n and_o consequent_o the_o word_n we_o agree_v on_o to_o express_v those_o natural_a notion_n be_v for_o the_o same_o reason_n proper_a word_n whereas_o those_o notion_n make_v by_o mere_a reflection_n as_o be_v those_o of_o spiritual_a nature_n be_v therefore_o improper_a as_o have_v no_o proper_a phantasm_n to_o imprint_v they_o connatural_o on_o the_o mind_n whence_o also_o the_o word_n that_o express_v they_o be_v such_o as_o be_v take_v or_o translate_v from_o natural_a object_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v improper_a or_o metaphorical_a 31._o from_o this_o exact_a distinctness_n of_o our_o notion_n even_o to_o a_o indivisible_a or_o from_o this_o that_o one_o of_o they_o be_v not_o another_o notion_n our_o mind_n have_v a_o appendage_n of_o a_o negation_n tack_v to_o every_o notion_n so_o that_o it_o become_v very_o familiar_a to_o she_o whence_o she_o can_v have_v a_o negative_a notion_n of_o every_o thing_n she_o conceive_v while_o the_o consider_v it_o as_o limit_v or_o reach_v thus_o far_o and_o no_o far_o or_o be_v this_o and_o no_o other_o of_o which_o nature_n be_v all_o the_o mode_n of_o ens_fw-la they_o be_v limit_v conception_n of_o it_o no_o notion_n be_v perfect_o positive_a but_o that_o of_o ens_fw-la or_o be_v 32._o hence_o the_o soul_n can_v have_v also_o the_o notion_n of_o indivisibility_n immortality_n immensity_n and_o innumerable_a such_o subject_a like_a but_o it_o be_v very_o special_o to_o be_v remark_v that_o we_o can_v have_v no_o notion_n of_o those_o negative_n as_o take_a abstract_o from_o the_o thing_n or_o subject_n for_o otherwise_o non_fw-fr entity_n formal_o as_o such_o may_v be_v the_o object_n of_o the_o understanding_n which_o be_v impossible_a for_o nothing_o formal_o as_o such_o i_o add_v nor_o vacuum_n can_v have_v no_o effluvium_n send_v from_o it_o to_o the_o brain_n nor_o consequent_o any_o intelligibility_n nor_o can_v any_o possible_a notion_n be_v frame_v of_o it_o wherefore_o baldness_n signify_v the_o head_n quatenus_fw-la have_v no_o hair_n on_o it_o blindness_n the_o eye_n quatenus_fw-la have_v no_o sight_n immensity_n the_o thing_n quatenus_fw-la not_o capable_a to_o be_v measure_v etc._n etc._n hence_o 33._o the_o notion_n we_o have_v of_o nothing_n or_o non_fw-la ens_fw-la be_v only_o that_o of_o ens_fw-la in_o its_o whole_a latitude_n with_o a_o negation_n nothing_n annex_v to_o it_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o in_o particular_a entity_n incorporeal_a signify_v non_fw-la corpus_fw-la or_o as_o indivisible_a signify_v non-quantum_a etc._n etc._n 24._o hence_o it_o be_v that_o we_o come_v to_o conceive_v and_o sometime_o express_v non_fw-la ens_fw-la as_o a_o ens_fw-la as_o grammarian_n do_v when_o thing_n they_o define_v a_o noun_n to_o be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o thing_n and_o yet_o make_v nihil_fw-la which_o signify_v nothing_o a_o noun_n subjective_n and_o put_v adjective_n to_o it_o whence_o philosopher_n must_v take_v very_o great_a care_n lest_o seduce_v by_o our_o manner_n of_o conceive_v nonens_a as_o a_o thing_n they_o come_v to_o fancy_v or_o judge_v it_o to_o be_v formal_o something_o as_o do_v the_o asserter_n of_o vacuum_n and_o too_o many_o other_o in_o like_a occasion_n for_o then_o i_o beg_v their_o pardon_n for_o my_o plainness_n their_o discourse_n upon_o it_o can_v be_v no_o wise_a than_o be_v those_o ingenious_a verse_n make_v to_o show_v how_o rare_a a_o thing_n nothing_o be_v nor_o indeed_o so_o wise_a for_o those_o poet_n do_v this_o ludicrous_o to_o show_v their_o wit_n but_o these_o do_v it_o serious_o and_o make_v account_n that_o in_o do_v so_o they_o show_v their_o skill_n and_o wisdom_n which_o i_o must_v think_v be_v mere_a folly_n 35._o the_o notion_n of_o genus_fw-la species_n subject_a predicate_v and_o general_o of_o all_o term_n of_o art_n which_o be_v not_o fantastic_a one_o but_o wise_o conduce_v to_o clear_a and_o range_v our_o notion_n in_o order_n to_o gain_v science_n be_v nothing_o but_o several_a abstract_n notion_n of_o the_o thing_n precise_o consider_v according_a to_o some_o manner_n of_o be_v it_o have_v in_o our_o understanding_n for_o animal_n and_o homo_fw-la be_v evident_o abstract_a or_o inadequate_a notion_n of_o peter_n take_v he_o as_o he_o exist_v in_o nature_n but_o when_o we_o call_v animal_n a_o genus_fw-la or_o homo_fw-la a_o species_n or_o when_o in_o this_o proposition_n petrus_n est_fw-la homo_fw-la we_o say_v petrus_n be_v the_o subject_a and_o homo_fw-la the_o predicate_fw-la we_o speak_v of_o they_o precise_o as_o they_o exist_v in_o the_o understanding_n for_o in_o nature_n or_o out_o of_o the_o understanding_n there_o can_v be_v no_o universals_z but_o only_a individual_n none_o
from_o dumb_a animal_n beside_o when_o a_o cat_n or_o dog_n be_v hungry_a and_o hunt_v about_o for_o meat_n how_o can_v mr._n l._n imagine_v they_o long_v only_o for_o one_o particular_a sort_n of_o meat_n and_o not_o any_o sort_n of_o meat_n in_o common_a that_o be_v agreeable_a to_o their_o nature_n i_o be_o sure_a their_o indifferency_n to_o any_o such_o food_n in_o case_n they_o know_v at_o all_o give_v we_o as_o good_a ground_n to_o think_v they_o have_v a_o general_n idea_n of_o such_o a_o sort_n kind_n or_o species_n of_o food_n as_o it_o do_v for_o any_o knowledge_n they_o have_v of_o particular_n hence_o be_v show_v that_o mr._n l_n criterion_n or_o distinctive_a mark_n to_o know_v they_o from_o man_n viz._n the_o have_v general_a idea_n quite_o fail_v we_o ought_v to_o esteem_v horse_n and_o other_o cattle_n to_o be_v fourfooted_a man_n or_o else_o man_n must_v be_v two-legged_a beast_n moreover_o since_o he_o grant_v here_o §_o 5._o they_o can_v compare_v those_o idea_n they_o have_v though_o imperfect_o and_o but_o in_o some_o circumstance_n and_o all_o judge_a and_o discourse_v must_v by_o his_o doctrine_n consist_v in_o the_o compare_v idea_n he_o must_v think_v there_o be_v some_o of_o they_o who_o be_v very_o judicious_a gentleman_n and_o use_v natural_a logic_n and_o though_o not_o very_o artificial_o make_v syllogism_n too_o in_o a_o word_n if_o we_o have_v no_o pecular_a faculty_n intrinsical_a to_o our_o nature_n nor_o any_o primary_n operation_n belong_v to_o it_o and_o it_o only_o to_o distinguish_v we_o from_o brute_n but_o extrinsecal_n shape_n only_o all_o beast_n may_v be_v man_n and_o man_n beast_n and_o then_o we_o ought_v in_o duty_n to_o consider_v how_o to_o correct_v our_o carriage_n towards_o our_o dear_a brethren_n in_o nature_n brute_n which_o will_v bring_v in_o the_o turkish_a charity_n to_o dog_n and_o twenty_o other_o foolery_n and_o it_o be_v a_o excellent_a argument_n to_o prove_v the_o identity_n of_o our_o nature_n that_o mr._n l._n bring_v of_o some_o gentleman_n he_o be_v acquaint_v with_o who_o deny_v themselves_o to_o be_v man_n and_o i_o wonder_v he_o will_v civil_o give_v they_o the_o lie_v by_o pass_v upon_o they_o the_o compliment_n that_o they_o be_v notwithstanding_o very_o rational_a man_n for_o be_v it_o possible_a any_o man_n can_v be_v a_o beast_n it_o be_v most_o certain_a these_o man_n be_v such_o but_o i_o wonder_v not_o all_o at_o such_o extravagant_a conceit_n for_o as_o reason_n ground_v on_o our_o natural_a notion_n of_o the_o thing_n be_v reduce_v if_o pursue_v home_o to_o first_o and_o self-evident_a principle_n so_o fancy_n if_o follow_v close_o advance_v at_o length_n to_o pure_a folly_n and_o end_n final_o in_o perfect_a madness_n 8._o as_o for_o we_o man_n we_o can_v certain_o affirm_v that_o we_o do_v true_o perceive_v or_o know_v because_o we_o know_v certain_o by_o experience_n know_v or_o rather_o by_o reflection_n that_o we_o do_v know_v but_o we_o do_v not_o thus_o know_v that_o brute_n know_v and_o whoever_o think_v he_o can_v gather_v it_o by_o reason_n aught_o i_o conceive_v ere_o he_o go_v about_o it_o to_o study_v exact_o two_o previous_a point_n first_o he_o ought_v to_o consider_v very_o attentive_o how_o or_o upon_o what_o ground_n he_o can_v imagine_v particle_n of_o matter_n though_o never_o so_o subtle_a and_o artificial_o lay_v together_o can_v be_v capable_a of_o perception_n or_o knowledge_n or_o how_o this_o suit_n with_o the_o nature_n of_o mere_a body_n we_o can_v only_o gather_v this_o from_o local_a motion_n proceed_v from_o brute_n with_o some_o kind_n of_o regularity_n now_o a_o exact_a watch_n in_o proportion_n to_o its_o few_o part_n do_v by_o virtue_n of_o a_o spring_n within_o which_o be_v part_n of_o its_o self_n afford_v the_o same_o argument_n to_o one_o that_o be_v not_o aware_a of_o its_o contrivance_n for_o it_o show_v we_o and_o regular_o too_o the_o minute_n quarter_n half-hour_n hour_n day_n of_o the_o month_n and_o tell_v we_o the_o time_n aloud_o by_o strike_v the_o bell_n nay_o a_o repeating-clock_n do_v without_o miss_v or_o mistake_v answer_v the_o question_n as_o it_o be_v which_o by_o pull_v the_o string_n you_o ask_v it_o and_o though_o you_o be_v never_o so_o importune_v in_o repeat_v your_o question_n often_o yet_o it_o still_o answer_v truth_n with_o more_o steady_a exactness_n than_o bank_n his_o horse_n can_v by_o see_v the_o motion_n of_o his_o master_n eye_n yet_o if_o any_o man_n have_v draw_v thence_o a_o conclusion_n that_o those_o engine_n have_v percieve_v or_o know_v we_o be_v satisfy_v that_o he_o have_v be_v perfect_o mistake_v a_o italian_a here_o have_v a_o engine_n which_o will_v both_o a_o wake_v one_o at_o the_o hour_n he_o design_v to_o rise_v and_o also_o strike_v fire_n and_o light_v his_o candle_n for_o he_o which_o i_o believe_v be_v more_o than_o the_o most_o docil_n brute_n can_v ever_o be_v teach_v to_o perform_v the_o case_n have_v be_v still_o more_o difficult_a have_v this_o watch_n or_o engine_n which_o seem_v self_n move_v be_v put_v into_o all_o these_o motion_n by_o subtle_a and_o indiscernible_a agent_n as_o iron_n be_v by_o the_o efflwium_n of_o a_o loadstone_n or_o as_o memnon_n musical_a statue_n be_v by_o the_o ray_n of_o the_o sun_n for_o in_o that_o case_n the_o vulgar_a discern_v no_o material_a cause_n that_o set_v it_o on_o work_n will_v present_o have_v have_v recourse_n to_o some_o know_v power_n in_o the_o engine_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o when_o they_o hear_v noise_n in_o a_o house_n and_o can_v find_v out_o what_o cause_v they_o they_o immediate_o conclude_v it_o be_v a_o spirit_n whence_o result_v this_o plain_a rule_n that_o ere_o we_o can_v with_o reason_n conclude_v or_o think_v any_o thing_n except_o ourselves_o have_v perception_n or_o knowledge_n by_o our_o see_v it_o perform_v any_o outward_a action_n we_o ought_v first_o to_o be_v certain_a that_o we_o can_v comprehend_v all_o the_o operation_n of_o body_n and_o all_o the_o several_a combination_n and_o contrivance_n of_o they_o and_o that_o we_o see_v that_o those_o action_n be_v impossible_a to_o be_v perform_v by_o bodily_a part_n lay_v together_o by_o a_o infinite_o wise_a artificer_n before_o we_o fall_v to_o imagine_v that_o any_o mere_o animal_n body_n be_v more_o than_o a_o natural_a engine_n or_o that_o it_o do_v any_o more_o perceive_v think_v or_o know_v than_o do_v a_o watch_n or_o clock_n 9_o the_o second_o thing_n necessary_a to_o be_v do_v ere_o we_o ought_v to_o think_v brute_n have_v any_o knowledge_n be_v to_o consider_v prerequire_v exact_o the_o incredible_a variety_n of_o the_o several_a organical_a part_n find_v in_o the_o body_n of_o animal_n which_o with_o the_o peculiar_a uses_n of_o each_o and_o the_o contexture_n of_o they_o with_o the_o other_o part_n do_v swell_v so_o many_o book_n of_o anatomy_n already_o without_o any_o hope_n or_o prospect_n of_o reach_v they_o all_o and_o beside_o it_o be_v necessary_a also_o to_o weigh_v attentive_o the_o chemical_a part_n if_o i_o may_v be_v allow_v to_o call_v they_o so_o of_o a_o animal_n consist_v of_o blood_n the_o humour_n in_o it_o and_o especial_o the_o spirit_n which_o last_o be_v apt_a to_o be_v move_v upon_o every_o occasion_n by_o the_o least_o touch_n of_o all_o the_o body_n about_o it_o nay_o by_o the_o most_o minute_n particle_n of_o they_o lodge_v in_o the_o brain_n and_o excite_v there_o a_o fresh_a and_o be_v withal_o apt_a to_o be_v carry_v thence_o in_o convenient_a vehicles_n throughout_o the_o whole_a to_o set_v on_o motion_n those_o part_n which_o be_v more_o solid_a when_o he_o have_v do_v this_o let_v he_o consider_v all_o these_o diverse-natured_n part_v lay_v together_o by_o the_o alwise_a contriver_n of_o nature_n in_o order_n to_o the_o animal_n pursue_v what_o be_v agreeable_a to_o its_o nature_n and_o avoid_v what_o be_v disagreeable_a to_o it_o when_o i_o say_v all_o these_o particular_n be_v well_o weigh_v and_o due_o reflect_v on_o i_o believe_v we_o shall_v be_v at_o a_o loss_n to_o pitch_v upon_o any_o outward_a notion_n with_o such_o wise_a contexture_n and_o the_o complexion_n of_o such_o innumerable_a material_a cause_n may_v not_o natural_o produce_v 10._o to_o give_v some_o ease_n to_o our_o fancy_n startle_v at_o the_o strangeness_n of_o many_o action_n we_o see_v do_v by_o brute_n let_v we_o reflect_v do_v on_o what_o happen_v to_o man_n walk_v in_o their_o sleep_n when_o the_o passage_n to_o our_o know_a power_n be_v intercept_v and_o our_o wonderment_n will_v to_o a_o great_a degree_n cease_v how_o regular_o do_v the_o phantasm_n at_o that_o time_n move_v our_o brutal_a part_n the_o body_n many_o authentic_a example_n of_o which_o i_o can_v recount_v worthy_a our_o high_a admiration_n they_o
of_o humane_a nature_n which_o abhor_v contradiction_n reclaim_v vehement_o against_o such_o a_o unnatural_a depravation_n of_o common_a sense_n as_o to_o take_v be_v while_o thus_o express_v for_o be_v not_o yet_o take_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n existence_n as_o it_o be_v disguise_v by_o another_o word_n which_o be_v by_o consequence_n equivalent_a to_o it_o those_o deserter_n of_o humane_a nature_n the_o sceptic_n do_v take_v occasion_n from_o the_o alter_v the_o expression_n to_o misapprehend_v even_o what_o be_v self-evident_a for_o it_o be_v the_o same_o sense_n when_o we_o speak_v affirmative_o to_o say_v a_o thing_n be_v true_a or_o certain_a as_o to_o say_v it_o be_v since_o nothing_o can_v be_v true_a or_o certain_a that_o be_v not_o and_o therefore_o when_o these_o man_n talk_v of_o moral_a and_o probable_a truth_n and_o probable_a or_o moral_a certainty_n which_o mince_v expression_n mean_v possible_a not_o to_o be_v so_o they_o in_o effect_n say_v that_o what_o be_v may_v whilst_o it_o be_v possible_o not_o be_v which_o manner_n of_o expression_n though_o they_o may_v seem_v to_o some_o but_o a_o mere_a unconcern_v school-speculation_n and_o unreflect_v man_n may_v think_v it_o deserve_v no_o other_o note_n but_o that_o of_o be_v ridiculous_a yet_o i_o judge_v myself_o oblige_v to_o declare_v that_o it_o be_v moreover_o most_o enormous_o mischievous_a and_o that_o it_o quite_o pervert_v and_o destroy_v by_o a_o very_a immediate_a consequence_n the_o nature_n and_o notion_n of_o all_o certainty_n and_o truth_n whatsoever_o and_o of_o be_v too_o and_o quite_o overthrow_v all_o possibility_n of_o know_v any_o thing_n at_o all_o have_v they_o say_v i_o think_v it_o true_a or_o certain_a none_o will_v blame_v they_o rather_o it_o be_v a_o credit_n for_o such_o man_n even_o to_o think_v hearty_o there_o be_v any_o truth_n or_o certainty_n at_o all_o in_o philosophy_n but_o to_o join_v as_o they_o do_v moral_a or_o probable_a to_o truth_n and_o certainty_n as_o a_o kind_n of_o mode_n affect_v they_o be_v to_o clap_v these_o most_o unconsociable_a thing_n light_n and_o darkness_n into_o one_o dusky_n compound_v to_o abet_v nonsense_n and_o palliate_v ignorance_n 4._o the_o notion_n immediate_o next_o in_o order_n to_o existence_n as_o that_o which_o have_v the_o very_a lest_o potentiality_n that_o can_v be_v thing_n in_o the_o line_n of_o be_v be_v that_o of_o ens_fw-la or_o thing_n wherefore_o the_o meaning_n of_o that_o word_n can_v be_v no_o other_o but_o that_o of_o capable_a to_o be_v for_o no_o create_a thing_n have_v actual_a be_v or_o existence_n in_o its_o essential-notion_n but_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n may_v be_v or_o not_o be_v as_o beside_o what_o be_v prove_v in_o my_o 7._o method_n be_v see_v in_o the_o very_a notion_n of_o creature_n which_o signify_v that_o which_o have_v its_o be_v from_o another_o which_o therefore_o can_v of_o its_o self_n be_v only_o capable_a of_o be_v that_o the_o notion_n of_o ens_fw-la be_v distinct_a from_o that_o of_o existence_n be_v demonstrate_v ibid._n elsewhere_o and_o be_v far_a evident_a hence_o that_o the_o notion_n of_o what_o have_v existence_n must_v be_v different_a from_o what_o be_v have_v by_o it_o or_o from_o existence_n itself_o all_o mankind_n have_v this_o notion_n of_o thing_n in_o they_o for_o they_o experience_n that_o every_o thing_n can_v exist_v by_o see_v it_o do_v so_o and_o they_o know_v also_o they_o be_v not_o of_o themselves_o whether_o they_o hold_v a_o first_o be_v or_o no_o because_o they_o do_v general_o see_v that_o cause_n produce_v they_o wherefore_o all_o that_o can_v be_v say_v or_o think_v of_o the_o word_n ens_fw-la be_v that_o it_o signify_v the_o thing_n precise_o as_o it_o be_v capable_a of_o be_v 5._o whence_o follow_v that_o the_o abstract_a term_n entity_n or_o essence_n do_v proper_o signify_v a_o capacity_n of_o be_v essence_n which_o be_v the_o abstract_a term_n of_o capable_a of_o be_v though_o entity_n be_v often_o use_v as_o a_o concrete_a for_o the_o thing_n itself_o moreover_o essence_n be_v the_o total_a form_n of_o ens_fw-la it_o suppositum_fw-la or_o subject_a which_o adequate_o and_o entire_o constitute_v it_o such_o as_o humanitas_fw-la be_v the_o total_a form_n of_o homo_fw-la i_o call_v it_o the_o total_a form_n to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o the_o partial_a form_n of_o body_n which_o with_o the_o matter_n its_o compart_n do_v compound_v the_o entire_a notion_n or_o total_a form_n of_o corporeity_n 6._o to_o understand_v which_o more_o clear_o we_o be_v to_o note_n that_o the_o notion_n and_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n matter_n act._n signify_v the_o thing_n or_o body_n precise_o as_o it_o be_v a_o power_n to_o be_v a_o thing_n and_o form_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n according_a to_o that_o in_o it_o which_o determin_n it_o to_o be_v a_o thing_n actual_o we_o be_v to_o reflect_v too_o that_o power_n and_o act_n consider_v in_o the_o line_n of_o be_v be_v the_o same_o as_o matter_n and_o form_n only_o the_o former_a word_n be_v pure_o metaphysical_a because_o they_o express_v the_o part_n of_o ens_fw-la as_o ens_fw-la in_o regard_n no_o other_o conception_n in_o the_o line_n of_o be_v can_v possible_o be_v frame_v of_o a_o body_n but_o as_o it_o be_v determinable_a or_o determinative_a which_o be_v the_o very_a notion_n of_o power_n and_o act_n whereas_o matter_n and_o form_n though_o in_o body_n they_o signify_v the_o same_o as_o the_o former_a seem_v rather_o to_o incline_v to_o the_o part_n of_o such_o a_o ens_fw-la or_o body_n physical_o consider_v 7._o to_o show_v literal_o what_o be_v meant_a by_o this_o say_n that_o matter_n and_o form_n constitute_v the_o complete_a ens_fw-la or_o make_v body_n the_o subject_a capable_a of_o exist_v i_o discourse_v thus_o nothing_o as_o it_o be_v indeterminate_a or_o common_a to_o more_o can_v be_v ultimate_o capable_a to_o be_v v._n g_o neither_o a_o man_n in_o common_a nor_o a_o horse_n in_o common_a can_v possible_o exist_v but_o this_o man_n or_o this_o horse_n whatever_o therefore_o do_v determine_v the_o potentiality_n or_o indifferency_n of_o the_o subject_a as_o it_o be_v matter_n or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o a_o power_n to_o be_v of_o such_o or_o such_o a_o nature_n which_o be_v what_o we_o call_v to_o have_v such_o a_o form_n in_o it_o do_v make_v it_o this_o or_o that_o and_o consequent_o dispose_v it_o for_o existence_n wherefore_o since_o the_o particular_a complexion_n of_o the_o several_a mode_n and_o accident_n do_v determine_v the_o power_n or_o matter_n so_o as_o to_o make_v it_o distinct_a from_o all_o other_o it_o do_v by_o consequence_n determine_v it_o to_o be_v this_o and_o so_o make_v it_o capable_a of_o exist_v that_o be_v a_o ens_fw-la or_o thing_n i_o enlarge_v not_o upon_o this_o point_n because_o i_o have_v treat_v it_o so_o ample_o in_o the_o appendix_n to_o my_o method_n to_o science_n 8._o hence_o be_v see_v what_o be_v or_o can_v with_o good_a sense_n be_v mean_v by_o that_o metaphysical_a or_o entitative_a part_n call_v form_n by_o the_o school_n the_o substantial_a or_o essential_a form_n which_o they_o say_v do_v with_o the_o matter_n make_v up_o that_o compound_n ens_fw-la call_v body_n and_o that_o in_o literal_a truth_n it_o can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o that_o complexion_n of_o the_o mode_n or_o accident_n which_o conspire_v to_o make_v that_o peculiar_a or_o primigenial_a constitution_n of_o every_o body_n at_o the_o first_o instant_a of_o its_o be_v thus_o ultimate_o determine_v to_o be_v this._n for_o this_o original_a temperature_n of_o the_o mix_v or_o animal_n be_v once_o settle_v by_o the_o steady_a concurrence_n of_o its_o cause_n whatever_o particle_n or_o effluvium_n or_o how_o many_o soever_o which_o be_v agreeable_a to_o it_o do_v afterward_o accrue_v to_o it_o be_v so_o digest_v into_o or_o assimilate_v to_o its_o nature_n that_o they_o conserve_v nourish_v and_o dilate_v and_o not_o destroy_v it_o whereas_o if_o they_o be_v of_o a_o opposite_a nature_n they_o alter_v it_o from_o its_o own_o temperature_n and_o in_o time_n quite_o destroy_v and_o corrupt_v it_o to_o explicate_v which_o more_o full_o let_v we_o consider_v how_o the_o cause_n in_o nature_n which_o be_v many_o time_n of_o a_o different_a sometime_o of_o a_o contrary_a temper_n to_o the_o compound_v do_v work_n upon_o a_o body_n and_o how_o they_o make_v as_o they_o needs_o must_v preternatural_a disposition_n in_o it_o till_o when_o those_o disagreeable_a alteration_n arrive_v to_o such_o a_o pitch_n as_o quite_o to_o pervert_v the_o former_a complexion_n of_o accident_n which_o we_o call_v its_o form_n a_o new_a form_n or_o new_a complexion_n succeed_v determine_v the_o matter_n to_o be_v another_o thing_n till_o itself_o also_o wrought_v upon_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n come_v to_o be_v corrupt_v and_o so_o make_v
will_n and_o consequent_o of_o its_o act_n of_o love_n be_v a_o appear_v good_a and_o the_o lively_a appearance_n of_o that_o good_a be_v that_o which_o make_v the_o will_v prompt_v to_o act_v effectual_o whence_o since_o that_o which_o breed_v pleasure_n in_o we_o must_v needs_o appear_v lively_a to_o be_v a_o good_a to_o we_o there_o need_v no_o more_o but_o to_o choose_v wise_o what_o be_v most_o pleasant_a or_o most_o agreeable_a to_o our_o true_a nature_n reason_n such_o as_o the_o best_a spiritual_a good_n be_v and_o we_o may_v be_v sure_a by_o such_o a_o well-made_a choice_n to_o arrive_v at_o that_o best_a great_a and_o pure_a pleasure_n eternal_a glory_n reflection_n twelve_o on_o the_o 21th_o chapter_n 1._o in_o this_o chapter_n of_o power_n i_o find_v more_o to_o admire_v than_o confute_v the_o author_n always_o ingenious_a even_o when_o he_o err_v have_v here_o much_o out_o do_v his_o former_a power_n self_n particular_o his_o explication_n of_o freewill_n be_v general_o speak_v both_o solid_a and_o acute_a and_o his_o doctrine_n that_o liberty_n be_v consistent_a with_o a_o perfect_a determination_n to_o goodness_n and_o virtue_n be_v both_o learned_a and_o pious_a yet_o i_o be_o force_v to_o disagree_v with_o he_o in_o some_o particular_n in_o give_v my_o thought_n of_o which_o i_o will_v imitate_v mr._n locke_n laudable_a method_n in_o make_v my_o discourse_n subservient_fw-fr and_o in_o show_v they_o to_o be_v agreeable_a to_o christian_a principle_n 2._o it_o be_v a_o excellent_a thought_n that_o the_o clear_a idea_n of_o active_a power_n be_v have_v from_o spirit_n for_o body_n can_v act_v no_o otherwise_o body_n than_o as_o they_o be_v act_v on_o themselves_o nor_o can_v the_o first_o move_v body_n that_o move_v the_o rest_n push_v other_o forward_o far_a than_o itself_o be_v move_v by_o something_o that_o be_v not_o body_n or_o by_o some_o spiritual_a agent_n which_o therefore_o have_v the_o true_a notion_n of_o agency_n in_o it_o without_o any_o mixture_n of_o patiency_n because_o the_o body_n move_v can_v react_v upon_o it_o though_o therefore_o we_o may_v have_v by_o our_o sense_n the_o idea_n of_o action_n and_o passion_n from_o the_o effect_n we_o see_v daily_o wrought_v by_o natural_a cause_n on_o fit_a subject_n yet_o the_o clear_a idea_n of_o action_n be_v give_v we_o by_o our_o reason_n find_v out_o that_o the_o beginner_n of_o corporeal_a action_n be_v a_o separate_a spirit_n or_o pure_a act_n and_o therefore_o not_o at_o all_o passive_a from_o any_o other_o creature_n nor_o from_o the_o body_n it_o operate_v on_o by_o reaction_n as_o be_v find_v in_o corporeal_a agent_n and_o our_o reason_n give_v we_o this_o idea_n as_o it_o do_v many_o other_o reflex_n one_o by_o see_v clear_o that_o neither_o can_v there_o possible_o be_v processus_n in_o infinitum_fw-la among_o corporeal_a agent_n nor_o can_v they_o of_o themselves_o alone_o begin_v to_o move_v themselves_o nor_o move_v one_o another_o circular_o and_o therefore_o the_o first_o corporeal_a motion_n must_v necessary_o be_v originize_v from_o some_o pure_a spirit_n or_o angel_n now_o mr._n locke_n conceive_v that_o the_o soul_n according_a body_n to_o her_o faculty_n call_v will_n move_v the_o body_n give_v he_o this_o clear_a idea_n of_o active_a power_n which_o tenet_n i_o have_v in_o diverse_a place_n disprove_v 1._o former_o and_o show_v that_o the_o soul_n by_o reason_n of_o her_o potential_a state_n here_o can_v principiate_v any_o bodily_a action_n nor_o the_o man_n neither_o unless_o wrought_v upon_o by_o some_o external_n or_o internal_a agent_n which_o be_v in_o act_n itself_o 3._o he_o judges_z with_o good_a reason_n that_o the_o vulgar_a mistake_n of_o philosopher_n in_o make_v every_o faculty_n or_o power_n a_o distinct_a power_n entity_n have_v cause_v much_o obscurity_n and_o uncertainty_n in_o philosophy_n which_o humour_n of_o multiply_v entity_n i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o abet_v that_o perhaps_o he_o will_v think_v i_o to_o err_v on_o the_o other_o hand_n in_o make_v the_o understanding_n and_o will_n to_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o power_n and_o affirm_v that_o they_o only_o differ_v formal_o in_o degree_n he_o show_v clear_o how_o in_o proper_a speech_n the_o will_n be_v not_o free_a but_o the_o man_n unless_o it_o be_v signify_v with_o a_o reduplication_n that_o by_o the_o word_n will_n be_v mean_v man_n according_a to_o that_o power_n in_o he_o call_v the_o will._n for_o power_n as_o he_o discourse_v well_o belong_v only_o to_o agent_n and_o be_v attribute_n only_o of_o substance_n and_o not_o of_o the_o power_n themselves_o perhaps_o this_o reason_n of_o he_o will_v abet_v my_o position_n that_o the_o understanding_n and_o will_n be_v the_o same_o power_n those_o who_o make_v they_o two_o do_v this_o because_o they_o find_v in_o the_o notion_n of_o will_n only_a a_o power_n of_o act_v and_o not_o of_o know_v and_o in_o the_o notion_n of_o understanding_n only_o a_o power_n of_o know_v and_o not_o of_o act_v but_o the_o same_o man_n make_v the_o understanding_n direct_v the_o will_n which_o they_o call_v a_o blind_a power_n by_o which_o they_o make_v one_o of_o those_o power_n formal_o as_o such_o to_o work_v upon_o the_o other_o as_o if_o the_o former_a be_v a_o agent_n and_o the_o latter_a a_o patient_n i_o add_v moreover_o that_o they_o do_v this_o with_o the_o worst_a grace_n that_o be_v possible_a for_o what_o avail_v it_o the_o will_n to_o be_v direct_v by_o the_o understanding_n if_o it_o do_v not_o know_v how_o the_o understanding_n direct_v it_o and_o to_o make_v the_o will_v to_o know_v be_v to_o make_v it_o a_o know_a power_n which_o be_v to_o make_v the_o will_v though_o they_o never_o mean_v it_o to_o be_v the_o understanding_n not_o reflect_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n when_o our_o understanding_n be_v full_a of_o any_o apparent_a good_a the_o man_n pursue_v it_o and_o so_o become_v or_o have_v in_o he_o a_o principle_n or_o power_n of_o act_v which_o be_v what_o we_o call_v will._n 4._o perhaps_o a_o philosophical_a discourse_n begin_v from_o the_o principle_n in_o this_o affair_n if_o express_v literal_o and_o pursue_v principle_n home_o by_o immediate_a consequence_n may_v set_v this_o whole_a business_n in_o a_o clear_a light_n and_o show_v we_o very_o evident_o how_o man_n determin_n himself_o to_o action_n and_o therefore_o be_v free_a as_o also_o how_o he_o be_v predetermine_v to_o determine_v himself_o than_o any_o particular_a reflection_n on_o our_o own_o interior_a which_o though_o they_o may_v oftentimes_o have_v some_o truth_n in_o they_o yet_o not_o begin_v from_o the_o bottom-truths_n that_o concern_v the_o point_n in_o hand_n they_o can_v never_o be_v steady_a but_o be_v now_o and_o then_o liable_a to_o some_o error_n 5._o begin_v then_o with_o the_o animal_n part_n in_o man_n and_o consider_v he_o bare_o as_o a_o animal_n and_o wrought_v upon_o as_o action_n other_o animal_n be_v i_o discourse_v thus_o particle_n agreeable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o animal_n be_v by_o the_o sense_n convey_v into_o the_o brain_n do_v if_o they_o be_v but_o few_o light_o affect_v it_o and_o work_v no_o other_o effect_n but_o a_o kind_n of_o small_a like_n of_o it_o if_o more_o they_o make_v it_o as_o we_o say_v begin_v to_o fancy_n it_o but_o if_o they_o be_v very_o many_o and_o send_v from_o a_o object_n very_o agreeable_a or_o good_a to_o such_o a_o nature_n they_o will_v in_o proportion_n to_o their_o multitude_n and_o strength_n cause_n natural_o a_o tendency_n towards_o it_o and_o powerful_o excite_v the_o spirit_n so_o as_o to_o make_v the_o animal_n pursue_v it_o that_o be_v they_o will_v become_v such_o a_o principle_n of_o action_n which_o in_o mere_a animal_n we_o call_v appetite_n to_o which_o action_n that_o mere_a animal_n be_v not_o carry_v through_o choice_n or_o free_o but_o be_v natural_o and_o necessary_o determine_v to_o act_n for_o the_o attainment_n of_o that_o good_a in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o iron_n follow_v the_o loadstone_n but_o if_o we_o consider_v this_o animal_n as_o have_v now_o a_o rational_a and_o know_a compart_n join_v to_o it_o thing_n will_v be_v order_v after_o another_o manner_n for_o those_o impression_n be_v carry_v far_o than_o the_o region_n of_o the_o brain_n even_o into_o the_o soul_n itself_o which_o be_v endow_v with_o a_o faculty_n of_o reflect_v upon_o those_o her_o notion_n whence_o she_o gain_v exacter_n knowledge_n of_o those_o body_n that_o imprint_v they_o nor_o only_o so_o but_o she_o can_v reflect_v upon_o she_o own_o operation_n too_o and_o know_v that_o she_o know_v they_o by_o which_o mean_n she_o come_v acquaint_v with_o her_o own_o nature_n and_o come_v to_o see_v that_o knowledge_n and_o reason_n be_v that_o nature_n of_o she_o which_o she_o find_v be_v a_o noble_a part_n of_o the_o