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nothing_o else_o ficin_n and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v that_o they_o be_v instruct_v by_o their_o forefather_n that_o mind_n and_o a_o certain_a wonderful_a wisdom_n do_v at_o first_o frame_n and_o do_v now_o govern_v all_o thing_n his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o phileb_n p._n 28._o which_o sufficient_o show_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o incorporeal_a deity_n and_o the_o way_n also_o how_o they_o come_v by_o it_o of_o the_o same_o opinion_n also_o be_v socrates_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o plutarch_n and_o other_o lib._n de_fw-fr placit_fw-la philos._n 1._o c._n 3._o zeno_n and_o the_o stoic_n define_v the_o deity_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o intellectual_a and_o rational_a nature_n or_o as_o plutarch_n recite_v their_o opinion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o intelligent_a spirit_n devoid_a of_o all_o bodily_a shape_n ibid._n and_o sextus_n empericus_n tell_v we_o of_o aristotle_n that_o he_o constant_o assert_v god_n to_o be_v incorporeal_a and_o the_o utmost_a bound_n of_o the_o universe_n 155._o and_o aristotle_n conclude_v his_o book_n of_o physics_n with_o affirm_v 15._o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a the_o first_o mover_n or_o god_n can_v have_v any_o magnitude_n but_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v devoid_a of_o part_n and_o indivisible_a and_o plutarch_n give_v we_o this_o as_o the_o receive_a and_o common_a opinion_n of_o the_o stoic_n that_o god_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o spirit_n that_o be_v extend_v or_o do_v penetrate_v throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la philosoph_n lib._n 1._o c._n 3._o p._n 882._o now_o by_o these_o passage_n and_o many_o other_o that_o may_v easy_o be_v produce_v it_o appear_v very_o plain_a that_o the_o most_o ancient_a writer_n have_v a_o good_a clear_a notion_n of_o god_n and_o that_o they_o speak_v of_o he_o as_o of_o a_o mind_n perfect_o distinct_a from_o matter_n or_o as_o a_o immaterial_a 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for_o his_o nature_n be_v perfect_o incomprehensible_a that_o we_o do_v but_o dishonour_n god_n by_o pretend_v to_o understand_v and_o to_o talk_v about_o his_o attribute_n about_o which_o we_o can_v say_v nothing_o but_o only_a what_o serve_v to_o express_v our_o astonishment_n ignorance_n and_o rusticity_n and_o therefore_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n ought_v to_o determine_v what_o attribute_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o deity_n this_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o vaninus_n and_o be_v plain_o of_o mr._n hobbs_n and_o be_v before_o they_o of_o sextus_n empiricus_n which_o take_v in_o their_o own_o word_n non_fw-la deum_fw-la melius_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la ea_fw-la quoe_fw-la negamus_fw-la nos_fw-la intelligere_fw-la say_v vaninus_n 9_o again_o deum_fw-la nwis_fw-la tam_fw-la plenè_fw-la indicatum_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la vocibus_fw-la quam_fw-la iis_fw-la quoe_fw-la ignorantiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la proetendunt_fw-la we_o can_v have_v say_v mr._n hobbs_n no_o conception_n of_o the_o deity_n and_o consequent_o all_o his_o attribute_n signify_v only_o our_o inability_n and_o defect_n of_o power_n to_o conceive_v any_o thing_n concern_v he_o except_o only_o this_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n 69._o and_o in_o another_o place_n say_v he_o god_n attribute_n can_v signify_v what_o he_o be_v but_o aught_o to_o signify_v our_o desire_n to_o honour_v he_o but_o they_o that_o venture_v to_o reason_n of_o his_o nature_n from_o these_o attribute_n of_o honour_n lose_v their_o understanding_n in_o the_o very_a first_o attempt_n fall_v from_o one_o inconvenience_n to_o another_o without_o end_n and_o number_n and_o do_v only_o discover_v their_o astonishment_n and_o rusticity_n 374._o again_o when_o man_n say_v he_o out_o of_o principle_n of_o natural_a reason_n dispute_v about_o the_o attribute_n of_o god_n they_o do_v but_o dishonour_v he_o for_o in_o the_o attribute_n we_o give_v to_o god_n we_o be_v not_o to_o consider_v philosophical_a truth_n 191._o and_o therefore_o he_o conclude_v that_o those_o attribute_n which_o the_o sovereign_a power_n shall_v ordain_v in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n as_o sign_n of_o honour_n aught_o to_o be_v take_v and_o use_v for_o such_o by_o private_a man_n in_o their_o public_a worship_n 192._o in_o which_o he_o agree_v as_o he_o use_v to_o do_v exact_o with_o sextus_n empiricus_n who_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o sceptic_a be_v in_o the_o right_n for_o assert_v god_n according_a to_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o his_o country_n and_o in_o pay_v they_o that_o veneration_n and_o worship_n which_o on_o the_o same_o account_n become_v due_a to_o they_o will_v not_o venture_v to_o determine_v any_o thing_n philosophical_o about_o they_o 317._o now_o from_o these_o passage_n i_o think_v it_o appear_v plain_a enough_o that_o though_o these_o man_n do_v in_o word_n pretend_v to_o own_o and_o acknowledge_v a_o god_n yet_o in_o fact_n they_o be_v atheist_n and_o have_v no_o true_a belief_n of_o any_o such_o be_v
in_o his_o reason_n for_o his_o opinion_n 314._o that_o he_o that_o reflect_v on_o himself_o can_v but_o be_v satisfy_v that_o a_o free_a agent_n be_v he_o that_o can_v do_v if_o he_o will_v and_o forbear_v if_o he_o will_n and_o such_o a_o agent_n he_o allow_v man_n to_o be_v and_o say_v he_o have_v prove_v it_o too_o but_o how_o he_o will_v reconcile_v this_o with_o his_o assertion_n that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v free_a from_o necessitation_n and_o that_o all_o our_o action_n have_v necessary_a cause_n and_o therefore_o be_v necessitate_v i_o can_v imagine_v as_o to_o spinoza_n account_n of_o the_o deity_n in_o reference_n to_o this_o point_n i_o have_v give_v a_o hint_n or_o two_o of_o it_o already_o he_o make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o nature_n or_o the_o universe_n to_o be_v corporeal_a and_o a_o absolute_o necessary_a agent_n one_o who_o can_v possible_o help_v do_v as_o he_o do_v one_o who_o have_v no_o power_n of_o creation_n nor_o do_v act_n according_a to_o free_a will_n 18._o but_o be_v limit_v and_o restrain_v to_o one_o constant_a method_n of_o act_v by_o the_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o his_o nature_n or_o by_o his_o infinite_a power_n and_o lest_o any_o one_o shall_v misunderstand_v he_o so_o far_o as_o to_o imagine_v that_o he_o mean_v by_o this_o that_o god_n be_v by_o the_o excellency_n and_o perfection_n of_o his_o nature_n in_o all_o his_o operation_n exact_o conformable_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o justice_n goodness_n and_o right_a reason_n he_o plain_o exclude_v that_o notion_n in_o these_o word_n qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la deum_fw-la omne_fw-la sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la boni_fw-la agere_fw-la he_o aliquid_fw-la extra_fw-la deum_fw-la videntur_fw-la ponere_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la dependet_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ad_fw-la exemplar_n in_o operando_fw-la attendit_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ad_fw-la certum_fw-la scopum_fw-la collimat_fw-la quod_fw-la profectò_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la deum_fw-la fato_fw-la subjicere_fw-la 32._o now_o i_o think_v nothing_o can_v more_o show_v the_o wicked_a perverseness_n of_o this_o writer_n mind_n than_o this_o passage_n for_o he_o can_v not_o but_o know_v very_o well_o that_o when_o divine_n assert_v the_o deity_n to_o be_v essential_o and_o necessary_o good_a they_o do_v not_o mean_v that_o goodness_n be_v any_o thing_n extrinsical_a to_o the_o divine_a nature_n much_o less_o that_o it_o be_v something_o which_o have_v no_o dependence_n upon_o it_o but_o only_o that_o the_o excellency_n and_o perfection_n of_o his_o nature_n be_v such_o as_o that_o it_o be_v in_o every_o thing_n exact_o conformable_a to_o right_a reason_n and_o therefore_o this_o be_v certain_o a_o wilful_a perversion_n of_o their_o sense_n set_v up_o on_o purpose_n to_o overthrow_v the_o notion_n of_o moral_a goodness_n in_o the_o deity_n but_o how_o vain_a be_v it_o for_o he_o to_o tell_v we_o that_o for_o the_o deity_n to_o act_n sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la boni_fw-la be_v for_o he_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o fate_n when_o at_o the_o same_o time_n he_o himself_o assert_v that_o god_n be_v in_o every_o respect_n a_o necessary_a agent_n without_o any_o free_a will_n nay_o without_o any_o knowledge_n or_o understanding_n in_o his_o nature_n at_o all_o this_o be_v so_o plain_a a_o demonstration_n that_o it_o be_v his_o chief_a and_o primary_n design_n to_o banish_v out_o of_o man_n mind_n the_o notion_n of_o moral_a goodness_n that_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o and_o therefore_o though_o he_o be_v resolve_v to_o introduce_v absolute_a necessity_n into_o all_o action_n both_o divine_a and_o human_a yet_o it_o shall_v be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o shall_v leave_v no_o umbrage_n for_o any_o distinction_n between_o good_a and_o evil_a or_o any_o foundation_n for_o reward_n and_o punishment_n and_o in_o this_o notion_n of_o necessity_n these_o writer_n follow_v democritus_n heraclitus_n leucippus_n and_o that_o atheistical_a sect_n who_o maintain_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o all_o nature_n but_o matter_n and_o motion_n and_o therefore_o when_o these_o modern_a writer_n assert_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o universe_n but_o body_n as_o they_o do_v they_o run_v fate_n far_o than_o most_o of_o the_o old_a heathen_a patron_n of_o necessity_n do_v for_o there_o be_v none_o but_o the_o democritick_n sect_n that_o suppose_a fate_n to_o have_v a_o power_n over_o the_o will_n of_o man_n and_o in_o this_o particular_a even_o they_o be_v desert_v by_o epicurus_n as_o i_o observe_v below_o the_o pythagorean_n platonist_n and_o stoic_n agree_v that_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v free_a and_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o stoic_n do_v in_o this_o free_a power_n of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n find_v that_o arrogant_a assertion_n of_o they_o that_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v in_o one_o respect_n more_o excellent_a than_o the_o god_n for_o they_o be_v good_a by_o the_o necessity_n 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but_o seneca_n and_o some_o other_o understand_v in_o a_o soft_a sense_n than_o at_o first_o sight_n it_o appear_v to_o have_v so_o be_v it_o the_o doctrine_n of_o but_o a_o few_o for_o general_o the_o heathen_n do_v full_o believe_v that_o prayer_n and_o sacrifice_n will_v alter_v a_o man_n fortune_n and_o circumstance_n for_o the_o better_a that_o they_o will_v appease_v the_o anger_n and_o gain_v the_o favour_n and_o blessing_n of_o the_o god_n and_o that_o their_o nature_n be_v not_o so_o absolute_o fatal_a and_o necessary_a but_o that_o they_o can_v free_o deal_v with_o their_o creature_n according_a as_o they_o deserve_v at_o their_o hand_n for_o we_o find_v balbus_n the_o stoic_a mention_v by_o cicero_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n will_v not_o be_v most_o powerful_a and_o excellent_a if_o it_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o same_o necessity_n or_o nature_n quâ_fw-la coelum_fw-la maria_fw-la terraeque_fw-la reguntur_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la praestantius_fw-la deo_fw-la nulli_fw-la igitur_fw-la est_fw-la naturae_fw-la obediens_fw-la &_o subjectus_fw-la so_o that_o these_o writer_n tread_v in_o the_o step_v of_o the_o worst_a and_o most_o atheistical_a of_o the_o heathen_a philosopher_n and_o maintain_v a_o more_o rigid_a fate_n and_o a_o more_o irresistible_a necessity_n than_o most_o of_o they_o do_v but_o 2_o i_o come_v next_o to_o show_v the_o groundlesness_n of_o those_o reason_n and_o argument_n on_o which_o these_o man_n build_v their_o hypothesis_n of_o absolute_a necessity_n and_o first_o as_o to_o the_o reason_n of_o mr._n hobbs_n the_o chief_a that_o he_o bring_v against_o the_o freedom_n of_o human_a action_n be_v these_o say_v mr._n hobbs_n in_o all_o deliberation_n and_o alternate_a succession_n of_o contrary_a appetite_n it_o be_v the_o last_o only_o which_o we_o call_v will_n this_o be_v immediate_o before_o the_o do_n of_o any_o action_n or_o next_o before_o the_o do_v of_o it_o become_v impossible_a also_o nothing_o say_v he_o can_v take_v beginning_n from_o itself_o but_o must_v do_v it_o from_o the_o action_n of_o some_o other_o immediate_a agent_n without_o it_o if_o therefore_o a_o man_n have_v a_o will_n to_o something_o which_o he_o have_v not_o before_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o will_v 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 now_o 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 again_o also_o every_o sufficient_a cause_n say_v he_o be_v a_o necessary_a one_o for_o if_o it_o do_v not_o produce_v its_o effect_n necessary_o it_o be_v because_o something_o be_v want_v to_o its_o production_n and_o then_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a now_o from_o hence_o it_o follow_v that_o
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necessary_a to_o discourse_n particular_o but_o from_o thence_o take_v a_o occasion_n to_o remove_v two_o great_a bar_n to_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o of_o his_o attribute_n which_o sceptical_a and_o unbelieving_a man_n have_v raise_v in_o the_o way_n which_o be_v these_o i._o that_o there_o be_v in_o reality_n no_o such_o thing_n as_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_a but_o that_o all_o action_n be_v in_o their_o own_o nature_n indifferent_a ii_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v determine_v by_o absolute_a fatality_n and_o that_o god_n himself_o and_o all_o creature_n whatsoever_o be_v necessary_a agent_n without_o have_v any_o power_n of_o choice_n or_o any_o real_a liberty_n in_o their_o nature_n at_o all_o the_o former_a of_o these_o i_o do_v then_o dispatch_v plain_o prove_v the_o existence_n of_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a and_o answer_v the_o objection_n against_o it_o i_o proceed_v now_o to_o speak_v to_o the_o latter_a which_o be_v a_o objection_n that_o our_o adversary_n be_v very_o fond_a of_o and_o do_v all_o of_o they_o upon_o occasion_n have_v recourse_n to_o and_o it_o be_v indeed_o a_o great_a point_n gain_v if_o they_o can_v make_v it_o out_o and_o will_v effectual_o destroy_v all_o manner_n of_o religious_a obligation_n and_o all_o dread_n of_o punishment_n for_o do_v amiss_o system_n for_o as_o one_o observe_v on_o these_o three_o thing_n all_o religion_n be_v found_v 1._o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n who_o make_v preside_v over_o and_o govern_v all_o thing_n 2._o that_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o their_o own_o nature_n good_a and_o just_a 3._o that_o there_o be_v also_o something_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d something_o in_o our_o own_o power_n to_o do_v whereby_o we_o be_v accountable_a for_o our_o action_n and_o become_v guilty_a when_o we_o do_v amiss_o but_o there_o can_v certain_o be_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a in_o any_o man_n action_n and_o no_o reward_n or_o punishment_n can_v be_v the_o consequent_n of_o they_o if_o nothing_o at_o all_o be_v in_o our_o own_o power_n if_o whatever_o we_o act_n or_o commit_v it_o be_v absolute_o impossible_a for_o we_o to_o avoid_v act_v or_o commit_v which_o yet_o must_v be_v the_o case_n if_o as_o they_o assert_v thing_n be_v determine_v by_o absolute_a fatality_n and_o that_o god_n himself_o and_o all_o creature_n whatsoever_o be_v necessary_a agent_n without_o have_v any_o power_n of_o choice_n or_o any_o real_a liberty_n in_o their_o nature_n at_o all_o i_o shall_v therefore_o at_o this_o time_n 1._o show_v you_o that_o this_o be_v plain_o their_o assertion_n from_o their_o own_o word_n 2._o i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o show_v the_o groundlesness_n of_o of_o those_o reason_n on_o which_o they_o build_v their_o hypothesis_n and_o 3._o from_o some_o argument_n establish_v the_o contrary_a position_n of_o the_o freedom_n and_o liberty_n of_o human_a nature_n 1._o and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o assertion_n of_o the_o two_o great_a 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this_o say_v he_o also_o be_v a_o certain_a truth_n that_o there_o be_v certain_a and_o necessary_a cause_n which_o make_v every_o man_n to_o will_v what_o he_o will_v ib._n p._n 306._o and_o then_o as_o to_o the_o deity_n i_o have_v already_o more_o than_o once_o take_v notice_n that_o hobbs_n deny_v he_o any_o understanding_n sense_n or_o knowledge_n 5._o and_o assert_n he_o to_o be_v without_o any_o end_n or_o design_n in_o his_o action_n and_o operation_n which_o plain_o make_v he_o a_o agent_n absolute_o and_o physical_o necessary_a as_o indeed_o follow_v also_o from_o the_o notion_n of_o his_o be_v corporeal_a which_o the_o same_o writer_n every_o where_o maintain_v 49._o spinoza_n also_o be_v very_o express_v in_o this_o matter_n as_o i_o have_v already_o show_v 51._o in_o some_o measure_n in_o ment_fw-la say_v he_o nulla_fw-la est_fw-la absoluta_fw-la sive_fw-la libera_fw-la voluntas_fw-la sed_fw-la mens_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la vel_fw-la illud_fw-la volendum_fw-la determinatur_fw-la à _fw-la causâ_fw-la quae_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la aliâ_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la iterùm_fw-la ab_fw-la aliâ_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la in_o infinitum_fw-la 85._o and_o in_o another_o place_n voluntas_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la vocari_fw-la causa_fw-la libera_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_n necessaria_fw-la 28._o and_o yet_o on_o another_o occasion_n and_o in_o another_o book_n he_o have_v these_o word_n clarè_v &_o distinctè_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la nostram_fw-la naturam_fw-la attendamus_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la actionibus_fw-la esse_fw-la liberos_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr multis_fw-la deliberare_fw-la propter_fw-la id_fw-la solum_fw-la quod_fw-la volumus_fw-la 103._o which_o be_v as_o plain_a and_o palpable_a a_o contradiction_n to_o what_o he_o with_o the_o same_o air_n of_o assurance_n deliver_v in_o other_o place_n as_o can_v possible_o be_v mr._n hobbs_n also_o can_v be_v acquit_v from_o express_o contradict_v himself_o as_o to_o this_o point_n of_o liberty_n and_o necessity_n for_o he_o tell_v we_o