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the_o rest_n which_o be_v as_o humoursome_o and_o foolish_o do_v as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v make_v a_o faction_n among_o the_o sense_n themselves_o and_o resolve_v to_o believe_v nothing_o to_o be_v but_o what_o he_o can_v see_v with_o his_o eye_n and_o so_o confident_o pronounce_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o the_o element_n of_o air_n nor_o wind_n nor_o music_n nor_o thunder_n and_o the_o reason_n forsooth_o must_v be_v because_o he_o can_v see_v none_o of_o these_o thing_n with_o his_o eye_n and_o that_o be_v the_o sole_a sense_n that_o he_o intend_v to_o believe_v chap._n ix_o the_o second_o argument_n from_o the_o idea_n of_o god_n as_o it_o be_v subject_v in_o our_o soul_n and_o be_v the_o fit_a natural_a mean_n imaginable_a to_o bring_v we_o to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o maker_n that_o bare_a possibility_n ought_v to_o have_v no_o power_n upon_o the_o mind_n to_o either_o hasten_v or_o hinder_v its_o assent_n in_o any_o thing_n we_o be_v deal_v with_o in_o all_o point_n as_o if_o there_o be_v a_o god_n that_o natural_o we_o be_v to_o conclude_v there_o be_v one_o and_o hitherto_o i_o have_v argue_v from_o the_o natural_a notion_n or_o idea_n of_o god_n as_o it_o respect_v that_o of_o which_o it_o be_v the_o idea_n or_o notion_n i_o shall_v now_o try_v what_o advantage_n may_v be_v make_v of_o it_o from_o the_o respect_n it_o bear_v unto_o our_o soul_n the_o subject_a thereof_o wherein_o it_o do_v reside_v i_o demand_v therefore_o who_o put_v this_o indelible_a character_n of_o god_n upon_o our_o soul_n why_o and_o to_o what_o purpose_n be_v it_o there_o nor_o do_v not_o think_v to_o shuffle_v i_o off_o by_o say_v we_o must_v take_v thing_n as_o we_o find_v they_o and_o not_o inquire_v of_o the_o final_a cause_n of_o any_o thing_n for_o thing_n be_v necessary_o as_o they_o be_v of_o themselves_o who_o guidance_n and_o contrivance_n be_v from_o no_o principle_n of_o wisdom_n or_o counsel_n but_o every_o substance_n be_v now_o and_o ever_o 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