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these_o two_o be_v not_o a_o mere_a figment_n frame_v only_o to_o serve_v a_o hypothesis_n in_o divinity_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o man_n but_o be_v real_o under_o one_o before_o he_o be_v under_o the_o other_o i_o shall_v prove_v by_o show_v a_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v so_o or_o rather_o indeed_o why_o it_o can_v but_o be_v so_o and_o it_o be_v this_o because_o every_o man_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o life_n for_o several_a year_n be_v capable_a only_o of_o exercise_v his_o sensitive_a faculty_n and_o desire_n the_o use_n of_o reason_n not_o show_v itself_o till_o about_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o his_o age_n and_o then_o at_o length_n but_o as_o it_o be_v dawn_v in_o very_o imperfect_a essay_n and_o discovery_n now_o it_o be_v most_o undeniable_o evident_a that_o every_o faculty_n and_o power_n grow_v strong_a and_o strong_a by_o exercise_n be_v it_o any_o wonder_n at_o all_o when_o a_o man_n for_o the_o space_n of_o his_o first_o six_o year_n and_o those_o the_o year_n of_o ductility_n and_o impression_n have_v be_v whole_o rule_v by_o the_o propension_n of_o sense_n at_o that_o age_n very_o eager_a and_o impetuous_a that_o then_o after_o all_o his_o reason_n beginning_n to_o exert_v and_o put_v forth_o itself_o find_v the_o man_n prepossess_v and_o under_o another_o power_n so_o that_o it_o have_v much_o ado_n by_o many_o little_a step_n and_o gradual_a conquest_n to_o recover_v its_o prerogative_n from_o the_o usurpation_n of_o appetite_n and_o so_o to_o subject_v the_o whole_a man_n to_o its_o dictate_v the_o difficulty_n of_o which_o be_v not_o conquer_v by_o some_o man_n all_o their_o day_n and_o this_o be_v one_o true_a ground_n of_o the_o difference_n between_o a_o state_n of_o nature_n and_o a_o state_n of_o grace_n which_o some_o be_v please_v to_o scoff_n at_o in_o divinity_n who_o think_v that_o they_o confute_v all_o that_o they_o laugh_v at_o not_o know_v that_o it_o may_v be_v solid_o evince_v by_o mere_a reason_n and_o philosophy_n these_o two_o consideration_n be_v premise_v namely_o that_o pleasure_n imply_v a_o proportion_n and_o agreement_n to_o the_o respective_a state_n and_o condition_n of_o man_n and_o that_o the_o state_n of_o man_n by_o nature_n be_v vast_o different_a from_o the_o estate_n into_o which_o grace_n or_o virtue_n transplant_v they_o all_o that_o objection_n level_v against_o the_o forego_n assertion_n be_v very_o easy_o resolvable_a for_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o a_o man_n while_o he_o resign_v himself_o up_o to_o the_o brutish_a guidance_n of_o sense_n and_o appetite_n have_v no_o relish_n at_o all_o for_o the_o spiritual_a refine_a delight_n of_o a_o soul_n clarify_v by_o grace_n and_o virtue_n the_o pleasure_n of_o a_o angel_n can_v never_o be_v the_o pleasure_n of_o a_o hog_n but_o this_o be_v the_o thing_n that_o we_o contend_v for_o that_o a_o man_n have_v once_o advance_v