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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 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atheistical_a writer_n be_v very_o plain_a mr._n hobbs_n declare_v himself_o to_o be_v of_o the_o opinion_n 297._o that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v free_a from_o necessitation_n that_o nothing_o take_v beginning_n from_o itself_o but_o from_o the_o action_n of_o some_o other_o immediate_a agent_n without_o itself_o and_o that_o therefore_o when_o first_o a_o man_n have_v a_o appetite_n or_o will_n to_o something_o to_o which_o immediate_o before_o he_o have_v no_o appetite_n nor_o will_n the_o cause_n of_o his_o will_n 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 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 312._o 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 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liberty_n and_o necessity_n for_o he_o tell_v we_o