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trust_v to_o and_o be_v more_o affect_v with_o humane_a prediction_n and_o presage_n than_o divine_a promise_n and_o providence_n 17._o in_o waver_v in_o a_o truth_n and_o doubt_v of_o a_o thing_n most_o certain_a and_o yet_o be_v peremptory_a in_o a_o falsehood_n and_o make_v themselves_o most_o certain_a in_o thing_n very_o doubtful_a 18._o in_o presume_v to_o have_v such_o a_o knowledge_n extraordinary_o infuse_v which_o be_v ordinary_o acquisite_a 19_o in_o place_v the_o deep_a knowledge_n and_o boast_v the_o high_a learning_n to_o be_v in_o the_o low_a and_o mean_a matter_n 20._o in_o neglect_v the_o acquisition_n of_o the_o great_a truth_n and_o gift_n through_o a_o studious_a inquisition_n after_o a_o less_o 21._o in_o pry_v or_o dive_v into_o profound_a sublime_a abstruse_a occult_a speculation_n without_o due_a application_n or_o true_a relation_n unto_o life_n practice_n state_n call_v manner_n virtue_n conscience_n religion_n the_o gospel_n or_o god_n himself_o 22._o in_o 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a_o search_n and_o examination_n of_o nature_n where_o nature_n have_v real_o neither_o be_v cause_n effect_n sign_n mean_n nor_o end_n 35._o in_o elevate_a and_o extol_v nature_n as_o a_o sovereign_a deity_n or_o else_o in_o press_v and_o torture_v she_o as_o a_o servile_a slave_n 36._o in_o abuse_v the_o creature_n to_o such_o end_n and_o use_n as_o god_n never_o ordain_v they_o their_o own_o nature_n never_o incline_v they_o neither_o be_v a_o power_n extraordinary_a work_n or_o consent_v to_o apply_v they_o 37._o in_o ask_v or_o require_v a_o singular_a sign_n without_o any_o singular_a inspiration_n or_o instinct_n or_o any_o just_a cause_n reason_n or_o necessity_n 38._o in_o set_v up_o their_o own_o sign_n and_o make_v they_o to_o signify_v according_a to_o their_o own_o imagination_n 39_o in_o attempt_v to_o prove_v approve_v purge_v clear_a ratify_v conform_v find_v and_o find_v out_o by_o inordinate_a and_o undue_a exploration_n and_o trial_n 40._o in_o labour_v long_o and_o 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contingent_a if_o it_o once_o be_v plain_o foresee_v or_o certain_o foretell_v because_o the_o nature_n and_o property_n of_o a_o mere_a contingent_a be_v to_o be_v so_o both_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o active_a and_o of_o the_o passive_a power_n viz._n unknown_a sudden_a indeterminate_a incogitate_v rare_a seldom_o alike_o potential_a not_o actual_a not_o necessary_a from_o no_o natural_a or_o necessary_a cause_n and_o all_o this_o yet_o more_o especial_o when_o the_o external_a contingent_a or_o accident_n depend_v upon_o the_o internal_a contingent_a the_o arbitrariness_n or_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n and_o action_n 28._o how_o can_v a_o contingent_a be_v foreknow_v or_o foresee_v that_o be_v see_v before_o it_o be_v see_v in_o as_o much_o as_o the_o knowledge_n of_o such_o a_o thing_n be_v primary_o and_o direct_o to_o the_o sense_n and_o but_o secondary_o and_o accidental_o to_o the_o understanding_n 29._o how_o the_o position_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o star_n can_v either_o 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moment_n to_o alter_v the_o constellation_n and_o the_o least_o alter_v of_o the_o constellation_n occasion_n a_o vast_a aberration_n to_o the_o calculator_n add_v to_o all_o these_o how_o hard_o it_o be_v to_o observe_v and_o compare_v the_o point_n and_o moment_n of_o the_o child_n birth_n what_o point_n of_o discretion_n be_v it_o then_o to_o make_v any_o matter_n of_o moment_n of_o a_o genethliack_n calculation_n 36._o what_o natural_a reason_n be_v to_o be_v render_v why_o the_o star_n shall_v be_v more_o notable_a for_o influential_o operate_a and_o efficacious_o incline_v at_o the_o point_n of_o the_o edition_n parturition_n or_o birth_n and_o not_o rather_o in_o the_o generation_n conception_n formation_n delineation_n animation_n beside_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o life_n and_o conservation_n since_o not_o in_o that_o but_o in_o these_o be_v the_o great_a operation_n of_o the_o vital_a spirit_n the_o disposition_n mixture_n and_o temper_n of_o the_o element_n the_o 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