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in_o order_n to_o discover_v the_o propriety_n they_o include_v and_o thus_o to_o study_v nature_n instead_o of_o lose_v ourselves_o in_o chimera_n which_o only_o exist_v in_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o philosopher_n chap._n ix_o i._o the_o last_o general_n cause_n of_o our_o error_n ii_o that_o the_o idea_n of_o thing_n be_v not_o always_o present_a to_o the_o mind_n as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v desire_v iii_o that_o all_o finite_a mind_n be_v liable_a to_o error_n and_o why_o iv_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o judge_v that_o there_o be_v only_a body_n or_o spirit_n nor_o that_o god_n be_v a_o spirit_n as_o we_o conceive_v spirit_n we_o have_v hitherto_o speak_v of_o error_n error_n i._o the_o last_o general_n cause_n of_o our_o error_n for_o which_o we_o can_v assign_v some_o occasional_a cause_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o pure_a understanding_n or_o of_o the_o mind_n consider_v as_o act_v of_o itself_o and_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o idea_n that_o be_v in_o the_o manner_n how_o the_o 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i_o hate_v evil_n and_o pain_n i_o will_v be_v happy_a and_o i_o be_o not_o mistake_v in_o believe_v that_o man_n angel_n and_o even_a devil_n have_v these_o inclination_n i_o know_v moreover_o that_o god_n will_v never_o create_v any_o spirit_n but_o what_o will_v desire_v to_o be_v happy_a or_o that_o can_v ever_o desire_v to_o be_v unhappy_a but_o i_o know_v it_o with_o evidence_n and_o certainty_n because_o god_n tell_v i_o so_o for_o who_o but_o god_n can_v give_v a_o knowledge_n of_o the_o design_n and_o will_n of_o god_n but_o when_o the_o body_n have_v any_o share_n in_o what_o pass_v within_o i_o i_o be_o for_o the_o most_o part_n mistake_v in_o judge_v of_o other_o by_o myself_o i_o feel_v heat_n i_o see_v such_o a_o magnitude_n such_o a_o colour_n i_o relish_v such_o a_o taste_n at_o the_o approach_n of_o certain_a body_n i_o be_o deceive_v when_o i_o judge_v of_o other_o by_o myself_o i_o be_o subject_a to_o certain_a passion_n i_o have_v a_o kindness_n or_o aversion_n 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cause_n of_o all_o the_o irregular_a abstraction_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o of_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o chimera_n of_o common_a philosophy_n which_o hinder_v many_o philosopher_n from_o discover_v the_o solidity_n of_o the_o true_a principle_n of_o moral_a philosophy_n ii_o example_n concern_v the_o essence_n of_o matter_n the_o clear_a intimate_a necessary_a presence_n of_o god_n i_o mean_v the_o unlimited_a infinite_a and_o general_n be_v with_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n act_n with_o more_o force_n upon_o it_o than_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o finite_a object_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o it_o shall_v absolute_o lay_v aside_o that_o general_a idea_n of_o be_v because_o it_o can_v subsist_v out_o of_o god_n perhaps_o some_o may_v urge_v that_o it_o may_v wander_v from_o it_o because_o it_o may_v think_v on_o those_o particular_a being_n but_o they_o will_v be_v mistake_v for_o when_o the_o mind_n consider_v any_o be_v in_o particular_a it_o be_v not_o so_o far_o from_o 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