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the_o autumn_n &_o winter_n in_o like_a sort_n thing_n natural_a do_v grow_v and_o after_o decay_n or_o die_v still_o one_o thing_n beget_v another_o without_o cessation_n or_o end_n to_o the_o perpetuate_n of_o the_o same_o species_n or_o kind_n which_o be_v a_o sign_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o force_n of_o nature_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o high_a power_n than_o nature_n herself_o by_o the_o which_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v effect_v four_o we_o observe_v that_o man_n be_v first_o beget_v form_v in_o his_o mother_n womb_n bear_v increase_v come_v to_o his_o full_a growth_n or_o vigour_n grow_v old_a and_o die_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o other_o more_o perfect_a live_a creature_n do_v and_o that_o he_o consist_v of_o the_o say_a member_n and_o organ_n therefore_o there_o be_v the_o like_a end_n of_o man_n life_n as_o of_o other_o creature_n and_o as_o they_o do_v utter_o perish_v away_o after_o death_n s_o also_o do_v man_n last_o if_o there_o be_v any_o supreme_a spirit_n or_o divine_a nature_n it_o be_v credible_a that_o it_o do_v not_o intermeddle_v with_o man_n affair_n nor_o busy_v itself_o with_o thing_n do_v among_o us._n first_o because_o this_o seem_v unworthy_a the_o majesty_n of_o so_o great_a a_o deity_n for_o as_o a_o mighty_a monarch_n do_v not_o trouble_v himself_o with_o the_o particular_a action_n of_o his_o citizen_n workman_n or_o bondslave_n little_o regard_v what_o they_o say_v think_v or_o do_v as_o hold_v the_o care_n of_o such_o small_a matter_n to_o be_v a_o indignity_n to_o his_o regal_a state_n in_o like_a sort_n man_n scorn_v the_o labour_n &_o business_n of_o ant_n or_o flee_v as_o not_o regard_v their_o policy_n or_o course_n they_o hold_v but_o now_o in_o reference_n &_o comparison_n to_o that_o supreme_a power_n we_o man_n be_v far_o less_o inferior_a than_o the_o ants._n furthermore_n see_v that_o divinity_n be_v perfect_o bless_v contain_v all_o sufficiency_n within_o itself_o and_o seek_v nothing_o that_o be_v extrinsecall_v or_o external_a why_o then_o shall_v it_o be_v solicitous_a and_o careful_a of_o our_o action_n final_o the_o former_a point_n seem_v true_a in_o regard_n that_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o humane_a thing_n howsoever_o they_o happen_v there_o be_v neither_o any_o more_o near_a approach_n or_o further_a distance_n from_o the_o say_a deity_n other_o argument_n to_o prove_v the_o same_o than_o be_v here_o allege_v i_o find_v none_o and_o these_o former_a argument_n be_v answer_v &_o solue_v in_o the_o five_o last_o chapter_n of_o this_o first_o book_n that_o there_o be_v one_o supreme_a power_n by_o who_o providence_n all_o thing_n be_v govern_v be_v make_v evident_a by_o many_o reason_n chap._n ii_o but_o the_o contrary_a sentence_n of_o this_o point_n be_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v and_o set_v down_o as_o a_o inexpugnable_a verity_n to_o wit_n that_o there_o be_v a_o supreme_a divyne_a power_n by_o who_o providence_n and_o wisdom_n all_o thing_n 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