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we_o be_v subject_a to_o our_o deliberation_n examination_n and_o arbitrary_a election_n or_o rejection_n since_o every_o action_n be_v the_o conclusion_n of_o a_o practical_a syllogism_n and_o every_o conclusion_n praesuppose_v two_o praecedent_a proposition_n and_o these_o again_o praesuppose_v deliberation_n and_o consequent_o that_o who_o ever_o commit_v a_o evil_a action_n do_v yet_o say_v videóque_fw-la meliora_fw-la probóque_fw-la do_v in_o that_o confess_v his_o action_n to_o be_v deliberate_a and_o arbitrary_a which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v absolute_o in_o his_o own_o power_n not_o to_o have_v do_v it_o and_o as_o for_o that_o proverbial_a subterfuge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nemo_n mâ—lus_n ultro_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la beatus_fw-la non_fw-la volens_fw-la aristotle_n have_v long_o since_o subvert_v it_o by_o answer_v that_o though_o it_o be_v true_a in_o the_o late_a part_n insomuch_o as_o no_o man_n can_v be_v happy_a because_o not_o virtuous_a against_o his_o will_n yet_o it_o be_v false_a in_o the_o former_a insomuch_o as_o vice_n whereby_o man_n become_v evil_a be_v voluntary_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereupon_o m._n anton._n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la verò_fw-la svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la animi_fw-la motus_fw-la certa_fw-la ratione_fw-la consilióque_fw-la non_fw-la gubernat_fw-la necessariò_fw-la miser_n est_fw-la lib._n 2._o num_fw-la 5._o and_o therefore_o though_o many_o have_v think_v to_o palliate_v their_o vitiosity_n by_o affirm_v that_o no_o man_n do_v commit_v a_o sin_n voluntary_o but_o be_v compel_v thereunto_o by_o the_o impulse_n of_o some_o perturbation_n yet_o it_o be_v manifest_a since_o every_o delinquent_n give_v either_o occasion_n or_o way_n to_o that_o perturbation_n and_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v transport_v by_o the_o impulse_n thereof_o beyond_o the_o sphere_n of_o reason_n that_o no_o coaction_n can_v intevene_v to_o conclude_v we_o be_v ready_a to_o confess_v that_o among_o those_o many_o excuse_n which_o the_o sophistry_n of_o the_o advocate_n of_o vice_n have_v fear_n article_n 8._o necessity_n and_o fear_v concede_v to_o be_v in_o some_o measure_n excuse_n and_o what_o be_v the_o object_n of_o excuse_v fear_n allege_v for_o the_o extenuation_n of_o its_o culpability_n the_o most_o weighty_a and_o considerable_a be_v the_o violence_n of_o necessity_n and_o fear_n but_o all_o violence_n must_v proceed_v from_o a_o external_a principle_n and_o be_v not_o admit_v without_o some_o renitency_n in_o the_o thing_n that_o suffer_v it_o and_o that_o necessity_n whereby_o any_o man_n be_v co-act_a must_v proceed_v from_o a_o external_a and_o present_a cause_n and_o fear_n be_v a_o internal_a passion_n though_o excite_v by_o a_o external_a cause_n viz._n a_o future_a evil_n and_o differ_v from_o cupidity_n in_o this_o that_o this_o though_o it_o be_v excite_v by_o a_o external_a cause_n also_o viz._n a_o future_a good_a yet_o it_o be_v join_v always_o with_o a_o libency_n or_o willingness_n but_o fear_v with_o a_o renitency_n or_o vnwillingness_n upon_o which_o consideration_n be_v it_o that_o aristotle_n conclude_v he_o exceed_v stupid_a and_o ridiculous_a who_o have_v vitiate_v his_o friend_n wife_n shall_v for_o excuse_n pretend_v that_o he_o be_v constrain_v to_o that_o perfidious_a and_o immodest_a action_n by_o the_o violent_a temptation_n of_o pleasure_n burr_n hold_v he_o excusable_a who_o be_v compel_v to_o omit_v a_o office_n of_o friendship_n by_o the_o praevention_n of_o some_o more_o considerable_a incommodity_n impendent_a upon_o himself_o since_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o one_o be_v more_o violent_a and_o urgent_a than_o the_o obligation_n of_o the_o other_o for_o the_o more_o easy_a decision_n of_o all_o dispute_v concern_v the_o more_o or_o less_o pressure_n of_o these_o kind_n of_o necessity_n cicero_n put_v this_o case_n si_fw-mi constitueris_fw-la te_fw-la cuipiam_fw-la advocatum_fw-la in_o rem_fw-la praesentem_fw-la esse_fw-la venturum_fw-la atque_fw-la interim_n graviter_fw-la aegrotare_fw-la filius_fw-la coeperit_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la contra_fw-la officium_fw-la non_fw-la facere_fw-la quod_fw-la dixeris_fw-la magisque_fw-la ille_fw-la cvi_fw-la promissum_fw-la sit_fw-la ab_fw-la officio_fw-la discedat_fw-la si_fw-la se_fw-la destitutum_fw-la queratur_fw-la this_o praemised_a we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o a_o small_a and_o light_a fear_n be_v not_o to_o be_v account_v sufficient_a to_o excuse_v a_o malefaction_n because_o it_o can_v usurp_v upon_o and_o countermand_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o mind_n nay_o nor_o a_o great_a and_o strong_a fear_n which_o be_v therefore_o allow_v by_o some_o great_a clerk_n for_o a_o excuse_n because_o it_o may_v sometime_o invade_v and_o stagger_v a_o mind_n in_o other_o thing_n constant_a and_o generous_a since_o it_o can_v so_o oppose_v the_o liberty_n elective_a as_o not_o to_o leave_v the_o mind_n possess_v with_o some_o libency_n and_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v not_o in_o respect_n to_o that_o evil_a which_o be_v sustain_v or_o undergo_v in_o the_o present_a but_o to_o that_o far_o great_a one_o which_o be_v avoid_v and_o in_o comparison_n of_o which_o the_o less_o evil_a have_v indeed_o the_o reason_n of_o good_a because_o it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o mean_n whereby_o the_o great_a evil_n be_v avert_v or_o prevent_v as_o when_o merchant_n throw_v their_o treasure_n overboard_o for_o fear_v of_o drown_v and_o a_o traveller_n deliver_v his_o purse_n to_o robber_n for_o fear_n of_o have_v his_o throat_n cut_v now_o how_o far_o this_o kind_n of_o fear_n which_o seem_v to_o necessitate_v the_o commission_n of_o a_o small_a evil_n for_o the_o probable_a praevention_n of_o a_o great_a may_v be_v extend_v by_o way_n of_o excusation_n as_o also_o of_o what_o sort_v those_o evil_n must_v be_v which_o justify_v this_o fear_n the_o exact_a and_o profound_a of_o moralist_n have_v find_v it_o no_o easy_a matter_n praecise_o to_o determine_v chief_o because_o according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o man_n temperament_n age_n sex_n education_n habit_n etc._n etc._n what_o be_v but_o a_o weak_a and_o light_a fear_n to_o one_o may_v be_v great_a and_o potent_a to_o another_o but_o all_o consent_n that_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v it_o to_o be_v a_o fear_n of_o no_o less_o than_o death_n mutilation_n torment_n servitude_n long_a exile_n tedious_a imprisonment_n aeternal_a dishonour_n or_o ignominy_n privation_n of_o all_o or_o the_o great_a part_n of_o one_o estate_n or_o livelihood_n and_o in_o this_o particular_a not_o in_o respect_n of_o a_o man_n self_n only_o but_o also_o for_o those_o who_o depend_v upon_o he_o for_o temporal_a subsistence_n as_o wife_n child_n parent_n &c._n &c._n as_o also_o that_o kind_n of_o fear_n which_o be_v a_o species_n of_o reverence_n and_o such_o as_o may_v be_v in_o a_o subject_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o prince_n in_o a_o child_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o father_n in_o a_o wife_n in_o respect_n of_o her_o husband_n etc._n etc._n we_o say_v that_o fear_n which_o seem_v to_o necessitate_v the_o commission_n of_o a_o small_a evil_a etc._n etc._n thereby_o insinuate_v that_o it_o only_o seem_v so_o to_o do_v for_o truth_n its_o self_n have_v teach_v we_o that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o do_v evil_a though_o never_o so_o small_a for_o prevention_n of_o another_o evil_n though_o never_o so_o great_a and_o every_o man_n know_v that_o fear_n unless_o of_o do_v evil_a be_v whole_o exclude_v the_o society_n of_o virtue_n which_o our_o late_a solomon_n who_o we_o can_v hardly_o think_v upon_o without_o a_o devout_a adoration_n of_o his_o deify_v part_n reflect_v upon_o when_o he_o affirm_v for_o a_o maxim_n of_o general_a truth_n that_o a_o coward_n can_v hardly_o be_v a_o honest_a man_n and_o this_o we_o desire_v our_o reader_n candid_o to_o accept_v as_o a_o sufficient_a enquiry_n into_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n freewill_n chap._n viii_o of_o fortune_n that_o this_o phantsme_n though_o of_o no_o great_a antiquity_n