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orat._n 135_o of_o perfection_n of_o that_o which_o be_v so_o i_o e._n the_o world_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 94._o world_n pag._n 94._o god_n not_o confine_v within_o the_o world_n lin_v 23._o and_o every_o thing_n be_v contain_v therein_o etc._n etc._n lin_v 25._o christian_n comprise_v not_o god_n within_o the_o circle_n of_o the_o universe_n or_o the_o university_n of_o create_a thing_n as_o do_v the_o stoique_n absolute_a nature_n say_v the_o same_o chrysippus_n but_o etc._n etc._n p._n 95._o 95._o pag._n 95._o l._n 4._o properly_z belong_v to_o be_v the_o propriety_n of_o the_o etc._n etc._n l._n 7._o virtue_n be_v effect_v by_o study_v and_o exercise_n be_v virtue_n acquire_v even_o by_o it_o etc._n etc._n l._n 9_o it_o be_v wise_a etc._n etc._n l._n 13._o tho'_o plato_n attribute_v the_o epithet_n wise_a only_o to_o god_n yet_o the_o presumptuous_a stoique_n absolute_o join_v the_o wise_a man_n and_o the_o deity_n together_o deity_n the_o stoique_n confound_v the_o wise_a man_n 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from_z lin_v 31._o of_o pag._n 98._o to_o lin_v 18._o of_o pag._n 99_o balbus_n propose_v the_o question_n intend_v to_o be_v discuss_v in_o this_o second_o branch_n book_n the_o content_n of_o each_o section_n of_o the_o second_o branch_n of_o the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o second_o book_n as_o also_o the_o difficulty_n thereof_o and_o reflect_v upon_o the_o epicurean_o by_o the_o way_n tho'_o he_o omit_v their_o error_n in_o that_o he_o have_v note_v it_o before_o then_o he_o make_v good_a his_o passage_n to_o the_o figure_n he_o mean_v to_o assign_v to_o his_o deity_n that_o be_v a_o round_a one_o persuant_n to_o the_o placit_fw-la of_o the_o stoique_n by_o conclude_v first_o that_o the_o world_n be_v animate_v and_o also_o a_o god_n thence_o to_o lin_v 5._o of_o pag._n 100_o he_o reprehend_v the_o scoff_n of_o epicurus_n and_o employ_v the_o tenet_n of_o
the_o epicurean_o and_o the_o stoique_n thence_o to_o lin_v 19_o of_o pag._n 122._o have_v thus_o from_o the_o placit_v of_o the_o stoique_n show_v what_o nature_n be_v he_o next_o make_v out_o that_o the_o several_a part_n of_o the_o world_n do_v exist_v be_v preserve_v and_o act_n by_o the_o benefit_n of_o this_o same_o nature_n i._n e._n providence_n cohere_v one_o with_o another_o and_o be_v join_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o common_a league_n and_o intercourse_n thence_o to_o lin_v 10._o of_o pag._n 123._o moreover_o from_o the_o conjunction_n of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n all_o which_o tend_v to_o the_o centre_n and_o continue_v themselves_o by_o mutual_a conversion_n into_o one_o another_o he_o conclude_v the_o whole_a universe_n to_o be_v administer_v by_o the_o nature_n above_o mention_v which_o be_v endue_v with_o art_n and_o advice_n thence_o to_o lin_v 31._o of_o the_o same_o page_n by_o a_o collation_n of_o the_o woâ—lâ—_n wiâ—h_v lesser_a thing_n he_o confirm_v it_o to_o 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