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eternity_n itself_o exo._n 3._o 13._o num._n 8._o what_o a_o judge_n judge_v to_o be_v indeliberate_a be_v impertinent_a and_o his_o assertion_n false_a num._n 35._o a_o man_n can_v predeliberate_v perfect_o of_o contingent_a event_n num._n 33._o num._n 8._o endeavour_n be_v not_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o liberty_n num._n 29._o there_o may_v be_v impediment_n before_o deliberation_n be_v do_v and_o liberty_n when_o it_o be_v end_v some_o undeliberate_v act_n may_v be_v punishable_a virtual_a deliberation_n child_n not_o punishable_a with_o death_n num._n 8._o he_o know_v no_o reason_n but_o imagination_n the_o faculty_n of_o willing_a be_v the_o will_n num._n 20._o of_o concupiscence_n jam._n 1._o 15._o of_o the_o intellectualâ—…_n and_o sensitive_a appetite_n not_o the_o same_o thing_n his_o deliberation_n be_v no_o deliberation_n his_o liberty_n no_o true_a liberty_n his_o definition_n of_o liberty_n analogical_a matter_n 〈◊〉_d 4._o d._n 7._o by_o his_o definition_n a_o stone_n be_v free_a to_o ascend_v begin_v of_o motion_n from_o the_o mover_n the_o same_o faculty_n will_v or_o nill_v other_o cause_n concur_v with_o the_o will_n necessary_a cause_n do_v not_o always_o act_v necessary_o two_o sorâ—…s_n of_o sufficiency_n luk._n 14._o 28._o 2_o cor._n 2._o 16._o isa._n 5._o 4._o our_o conception_n be_v not_o the_o touchstone_n of_o truth_n his_o gross_a mistake_n about_o eternity_n what_o be_v his_o deliberation_n man_n be_v free_a to_o will_n or_o he_o be_v not_o free_a to_o do_v he_o make_v a_o stone_n as_o free_a to_o ascend_v as_o descend_v a_o hawk_n say_v he_o be_v free_a to_o fly_v when_o her_o wing_n be_v pluck_v abegine_n of_o be_v &_o act_v his_o answer_n to_o some_o demand_n free_a to_o do_v if_o he_o will_v yet_o not_o free_a to_o will_v be_v against_o law_n and_o logic_n num._n 3._o num._n 3._o a_o necessary_a effect_n require_v all_o necessary_a cause_n math._n 10._o 29._o his_o instance_n of_o ambs_n ace_n num._n 31_o 32._o num._n 3._o num._n 11._o his_o other_o idstance_n of_o rain_v or_o not_o rain_v to_o morrow_n deut_n 11._o 14._o jer._n 5._o 24._o hos._n 6._o 3._o god_n decree_n consideredactual_o and_o passive_o num._n 11._o god_n know_v all_o future_a possibility_n math._n 11._o 21._o 1_o sam_n 23._o 11._o his_o argument_n to_o prove_v universal_a necessity_n answer_v possible_a and_o impossible_a all_o one_o with_o t._n h._n remote_a cause_n be_v not_o together_o with_o the_o effect_n nor_o do_v all_o time_n make_v one_o instant_n t._n h._n admit_v no_o absurdity_n but_o impossibility_n abuse_n do_v not_o flow_v essential_o from_o good_a doctrine_n as_o from_o universal_a necessity_n solid_n reason_n work_v soon_o upon_o solid_a judgement_n three_o sort_n of_o man_n the_o doctrine_n of_o liberty_n make_v no_o â—…man_n careless_a or_o thankless_a god_n have_v no_o faculty_n num._n 24._o q._n &_o 1_o levi._n c._n 38._o god_n be_v incomprehensible_a rom._n 1._o â—…0_n psal._n 119._o yet_o so_o far_o as_o we_o can_v we_o be_v oblige_v to_o search_v after_o he_o act._n 17._o 24._o to_o admit_v that_o god_n be_v infinite_a be_v enough_o to_o confute_v t._n h._n tophet_n true_a religion_n consist_v not_o in_o obedience_n to_o prince_n leu._n c._n 42._o leu._n c._n 17_o 18._o leu._n c._n 42._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 14._o num._n 14._o 1._o king_n 12._o 30._o 1_o king_n 22._o 52._o â—…ev_n c._n 22._o act._n 4._o 19_o de_fw-fr cive_z e._n 3._o num._n 29._o &_o 31._o leu._n c._n 29._o etc._n etc._n 26._o leviath_n c._n 34._o de_fw-fr cive_z c._n 15._o num._n 18._o c._n 31._o ibidem_fw-la de_fw-fr cive_z c._n 15._o dan._n 3._o 4._o dan._n 6._o 7._o math._n 10._o 33._o &_o 27._o hierome_n epist._n ad_fw-la chromat_n ezek._n 28._o 3._o rom._n 10._o 10._o de_fw-fr cive_z c._n 14._o active_a and_o passive_a obedience_n leu._n c._n 20._o universal_a practice_n against_o he_o the_o just_a power_n of_o prience_n 1_o king_n 21._o 9_o act_n 4._o 19_o he_o confess_v that_o ecclesiastical_a person_n have_v a_o privilege_n above_o himself_o de_fw-fr cive_z c._n 17._o d_o r._n c._n p._n i._o s._n qu._n p._n 20._o ibid._n p._n 340._o qu._n p._n 20._o qu._n p._n 80._o leviathan_n a_o mere_a phantasm_n job_n 41._o 1._o psal._n 104._o 25._o t._n h._n the_o true_a leviathan_n job_n 41._o 34._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 27._o leviathan_n no_o sovereign_a of_o the_o sea_n nature_n dictate_v the_o existence_n and_o worship_n of_o god_n c._n c._n 15._o s._n 14._o t._n h._n no_o friend_n to_o religion_n cic._n har._n respon_n orat._n in_o p._n clod._n c._n c._n 3._o s._n 8._o le._n p._n 54._o ci._n c._n 16._o s._n 1._o excuse_v atheism_n ci._n c._n 14._o s._n 19_o ci._n c._n 15._o s._n 7._o qu._n p._n 137._o ci._n c._n 15._o s._n 19_o 1_o cor._n 9_o 7._o rev._n 4._o 11._o destroy_v god_n ubiquity_n ci._n c._n 15._o s._n 14._o le._n p._n 11._o his_o eternity_n qu._n p._n 266._o le._n p._n 374._o his_o simplâ—…city_n qu._n p._n 267._o ci._n c._n 15._o s._n 14._o qu._n p._n 266._o his_o existence_n le._n p._n 214._o qu._n p._n 160_o joh._n 4._o 24._o le._n p._n 208._o the_o trinity_n le._n p._n 268._o le._n p._n 21._o le._n p._n 271._o ci._n c._n 17._o s._n 5._o 6._o le._n p._n 248._o le._n p._n 261._o le._n p._n 36._o le._n p._n 169._o le._n p._n 232._o 1_o sam._n 15._o 1_o king_n 13._o 1_o king_n 18._o 2_o chr._n 18._o jer._n 38._o le._n p._n 250._o leu._n p._n 214._o leu._n p._n 227._o leu._n p._n 196._o leu._n p._n 361._o leu._n p._n 17._o leu._n p._n 169._o leu._n p._n 220._o de_fw-fr cive_z c._n 17._o s._n 22._o le._n p._n 206._o ci._n c._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 26._o ci._n c._n 17._o s._n 21._o ci._n c._n 18._o s._n 1._o le._n p._n 205._o le._n p._n 283._o le._n p._n 284._o ci._n c._n 17._o s._n 18._o
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all_o necessary_a mean_n be_v likewise_o suppose_v such_o a_o necessity_n upon_o supposition_n be_v very_o consistent_a with_o true_a libery_a but_o t._n h._n his_o necessity_n be_v of_o another_o nature_n a_o antecedent_n extrinsical_a necessitation_n and_o determination_n to_o one_o which_o be_v altogether_o inconsistent_a with_o election_n and_o true_a liberty_n according_a to_o my_o opinion_n we_o say_v that_o which_o may_v be_v may_v be_v but_o that_o which_o may_v be_v may_v not_o be_v according_a to_o his_o opinion_n we_o say_v that_o which_o must_v be_v must_v be_v but_o that_o which_o must_v be_v can_v be_v otherwise_o according_a to_o my_o opinion_n i_o be_o free_a either_o to_o walk_v abroad_o or_o to_o stay_v within_o door_n whethersoever_o i_o do_v this_o be_v true_a that_o which_o shall_v be_v shall_v be_v but_o if_o i_o walk_v abroad_o as_o i_o may_v do_v than_o my_o stay_n within_o door_n shall_v not_o be_v and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n if_o i_o stay_v within_o door_n 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away_o already_o and_o shall_v be_v surth_o refell_v if_o it_o be_v surth_o press_v but_o he_o willing_o decline_v the_o main_a scope_n of_o my_o argument_n which_o reflect_v more_o upon_o the_o unjustice_n than_o upon_o the_o superfluity_n of_o human_a law_n if_o his_o opinion_n be_v true_a those_o law_n be_v unjust_a which_o punish_v man_n for_o not_o do_v that_o which_o be_v antecedent_o impossible_a for_o they_o to_o do_v and_o for_o do_v that_o which_o be_v impossible_a for_o they_o to_o leave_v undo_v but_o upon_o supposition_n of_o t._n h._n his_o opinion_n of_o the_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o all_o event_n all_o humane_a law_n do_v punish_v man_n for_o not_o do_v that_o which_o be_v antecedent_o impossible_a for_o they_o to_o do_v and_o for_o do_v that_o which_o be_v antecedent_o impossible_a for_o they_o to_o leave_v undo_v here_o we_o have_v confitentem_fw-la reum_fw-la our_o adversary_n confession_n within_o a_o very_a few_o line_n it_o be_v true_a that_o shun_v see_v the_o name_n of_o punishment_n have_v relation_n to_o the_o name_n of_o crime_n there_o can_v be_v no_o punishment_n but_o for_o crime_n that_o may_v have_v be_v leave_v undo_v this_o be_v the_o first_o ingenuous_a confession_n we_o have_v have_v from_o t._n h._n i_o hope_v we_o shall_v have_v more_o from_o whence_o it_o follow_v first_o that_o there_o neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v any_o crime_n deserve_v punishment_n in_o the_o world_n that_o be_v to_o say_v no_o such_o criminal_a thing_n as_o sin_n for_o nothing_o by_o his_o doctrine_n be_v ever_o do_v that_o can_v have_v be_v leave_v undo_v second_o it_o follow_v hence_o that_o no_o punishment_n be_v just_a because_o nothing_o can_v be_v leave_v undo_v that_o be_v do_v and_o that_o all_o man_n be_v innocent_a and_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o delinquent_n in_o the_o world_n how_o say_v he_o then_o that_o the_o law_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o justice_n in_o many_o by_o punish_v one_o or_o a_o few_o unjust_a man_n upon_o his_o principle_n the_o law_n and_o judge_n themselves_o be_v unjust_a to_o punish_v any_o man_n if_o this_o be_v not_o a_o contradiction_n i_o have_v lose_v my_o aim_n and_o if_o punishment_n be_v not_o just_a then_o neither_o be_v â—…ewards_n just_a thus_o by_o his_o doctrine_n we_o have_v lose_v the_o two_o great_a pillar_n or_o preservative_n of_o all_o well-ordered_a society_n as_o lycurgus_n call_v they_o the_o two_o hinge_n whereupon_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v turn_v reward_n and_o punishment_n yet_o st._n peter_n do_v teach_v we_o that_o king_n and_o governor_n be_v send_v from_o god_n for_o the_o 14._o punishment_n of_o evil-doer_n and_o for_o the_o praise_n of_o they_o that_o do_v well_o the_o last_o inconvenience_n which_o he_o mention_n of_o those_o that_o be_v urge_v by_o i_o be_v this_o god_n in_o justice_n can_v punish_v a_o man_n with_o eternal_a torment_n for_o do_v that_o which_o never_o be_v in_o his_o power_n to_o leave_v undo_v to_o which_o admit_v as_o you_o have_v hear_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o punishment_n but_o for_o crime_n that_o may_v have_v be_v leave_v undo_v he_o give_v two_o answer_n the_o first_o be_v this_o instead_o of_o punishment_n if_o he_o have_v say_v affliction_n may_v not_o i_o say_v that_o god_n may_v afflict_v sin_n and_o not_o for_o sin_n do_v he_o not_o afflict_v those_o creature_n that_o can_v sin_v and_o sometime_o those_o that_o can_v â—…n_v yet_o not_o for_o sin_n as_o job_n and_o the_o blind_a man_n in_o the_o gospel_n this_o be_v still_o worser_o and_o worser_o he_o tell_v we_o even_o now_o that_o nothing_o which_o be_v dishonourable_a aught_o to_o be_v attribute_v to_o god_n and_o can_v there_o be_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n more_o dishonourable_a than_o to_o say_v that_o god_n do_v torment_v poor_a innocent_a creature_n in_o hell_n fire_n without_o any_o fault_n of_o they_o without_o any_o relation_n to_o sin_n mere_o to_o show_v his_o dominion_n over_o they_o the_o scripture_n teach_v we_o clear_a otherwise_o that_o a_o man_n complain_v for_o the_o punishment_n of_o his_o sin_n sin_n and_o punishment_n be_v 39_o knit_v together_o with_o adamantine_a bond_n he_o phrase_n it_o for_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o power_n if_o it_o be_v true_a it_o be_v the_o great_a manifestation_n of_o cruelty_n and_o tyranny_n that_o be_v imaginable_a i_o confess_v that_o chastisement_n ioflict_v after_o the_o sin_n be_v forgive_v be_v not_o proper_o punishment_n because_o they_o proceed_v a_o patre_fw-la castigantâ—…_n non_fw-la a_o judice_fw-la vindicante_fw-la from_o a_o father_n correct_v not_o from_o a_o judge_n revenge_v yet_o even_o these_o chastisement_n be_v ground_v upon_o sin_n the_o lord_n have_v put_v away_o thy_o sin_n thou_o shall_v not_o die_v howbeit_o because_o by_o this_o deed_n thou_o have_v give_v 14._o great_a occasion_n to_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o blaspheme_v the_o child_n that_o be_v bear_v unto_o thou_o shall_v sure_o die_v but_o what_o place_n 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