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that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n oâ—_n man_n misery_n and_o what_o be_v more_o yet_o 2._o that_o he_o be_v most_o ready_a and_o willing_a to_o further_o and_o assist_v he_o in_o all_o his_o endeavour_n after_o happiness_n the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v apparent_a for_o if_o god_n be_v infinite_o good_a than_o every_o thing_n that_o come_v out_o of_o his_o hand_n must_v in_o the_o state_n of_o its_o creation_n have_v be_v exceed_o good_a the_o end_n of_o the_o creation_n must_v have_v be_v something_o extreme_o kind_a and_o gracious_a and_o the_o law_n he_o prescribe_v his_o creature_n for_o the_o attainment_n of_o that_o end_n must_v be_v as_o good_a as_o wise_a this_o must_v have_v be_v the_o glorious_a state_n of_o thing_n when_o god_n contrive_v this_o wonderful_a frame_n of_o nature_n when_o he_o erect_v this_o vast_a work_n the_o world_n and_o in_o all_o the_o continue_a progress_n of_o divine_a providence_n we_o be_v to_o expect_v no_o other_o act_n of_o government_n than_o 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which_o a_o good_a god_n design_v to_o bring_v he_o through_o virtue_n to_o glory_n and_o then_o at_o last_o a_o guilty_a conscience_n a_o distract_a mind_n and_o a_o most_o melancholy_a miserable_a death_n be_v the_o consequence_n and_o end_n of_o all_o this_o be_v the_o progress_n which_o our_o voluntary_a sin_n and_o folly_n make_v we_o can_v think_v that_o a_o good_a god_n can_v direct_v or_o necessitate_v we_o to_o these_o course_n they_o be_v as_o repugnant_a to_o his_o law_n as_o to_o our_o own_o interest_n and_o the_o same_o time_n we_o forfeit_v our_o happiness_n we_o disappoint_v his_o love_n and_o goodness_n all_o the_o way_n and_o method_n of_o god_n be_v kind_a and_o gracious_a and_o wise_a and_o rational_a inanimate_a body_n do_v not_o desert_v those_o office_n he_o have_v prescribe_v they_o animal_n move_v regular_o by_o those_o instinct_n he_o have_v implant_v in_o they_o and_o so_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o do_v necessary_o serve_v those_o excellent_a 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v not_o the_o will_n of_o the_o god_n 2._o idem_fw-la l._n 2._o but_o the_o luxury_n and_o riot_n of_o man_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o evil_n which_o infest_v the_o body_n etc._n etc._n hence_o that_o charitable_a piece_n of_o heathen_a devotion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o father_n jove_n from_o numerous_a evil_n free_a mankind_n or_o show_v they_o their_o ruin_n not_o from_o thou_o a_o gracious_a and_o benign_a deity_n but_o from_o themselves_o i_o will_v here_o add_v a_o testimony_n of_o apuleius_n as_o contain_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o platonic_a philosophy_n in_o this_o point_n of_o god_n government_n of_o mankind_n platonis_fw-la apul._n the_o dogmate_n platonis_fw-la omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la &_o propterea_fw-la rectè_fw-la feruntur_fw-la providentiae_fw-la custodiâ_fw-la gubernantur_fw-la nec_fw-la ullius_fw-la mali_fw-la causa_fw-la deo_fw-la 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