principle_n as_o may_v accommodate_v they_o for_o those_o work_n to_o which_o they_o be_v appoint_v and_o he_o govern_v all_o thing_n by_o such_o law_n as_o be_v suit_v to_o those_o several_a nature_n which_o he_o have_v at_o first_o implant_v in_o they_o the_o most_o universal_a principle_n belong_v to_o all_o kind_n of_o thing_n be_v self-preservation_n which_o in_o man_n be_v a_o rational_a agent_n be_v somewhat_o further_o advance_v to_o strong_a propension_n and_o desire_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o a_o state_n of_o happiness_n which_o have_v the_o predominancy_n over_o all_o other_o inclination_n as_o be_v the_o supreme_a and_o ultimate_a end_n to_o which_o all_o particular_a design_n and_o action_n must_v be_v subservient_fw-fr 2._o by_o moral_a duty_n i_o mean_v such_o habit_n or_o action_n as_o be_v the_o most_o proper_a mean_n for_o the_o attain_n of_o this_o end_n about_o these_o we_o have_v a_o liberty_n of_o act_v to_o which_o we_o be_v to_o be_v induce_v in_o a_o moral_a 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inducement_n or_o motive_n to_o persuade_v man_n to_o any_o thing_n be_v to_o represent_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o necessary_a to_o their_o happiness_n so_o that_o our_o obligation_n to_o duty_n be_v from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o the_o great_a motive_n to_o it_o be_v love_n to_o ourselves_o and_o a_o natural_a desire_n of_o happiness_n 2._o from_o the_o chief_a scope_n of_o all_o those_o promise_n and_o threat_n so_o frequent_a in_o scripture_n which_o be_v certain_o intend_v for_o this_o very_a purpose_n to_o excite_v and_o quicken_v we_o in_o our_o obedience_n now_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o it_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o make_v that_o the_o aim_n and_o end_n of_o our_o action_n which_o the_o scripture_n itself_o propose_v to_o be_v so_o namely_o to_o avoid_v the_o evil_a and_o obtain_v the_o good_a therein_o mention_v deut._n 30.19_o 20._o after_o that_o large_a catalogue_n of_o mercy_n and_o judgement_n before_o recite_v moses_n put_v they_o in_o mind_n that_o he_o 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2._o through_o the_o defect_n of_o old_a age_n when_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o moon_n and_o the_o star_n shall_v be_v darken_v chap._n 12._o the_o understanding_n and_o the_o other_o inferior_a faculty_n be_v deprive_v of_o their_o wont_a light_n and_o reason_n childhood_n return_v again_o to_o the_o mind_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o feeble_a member_n it_o be_v relate_v of_o a_o great_a scholar_n be_v some_o age_n since_o of_o this_o place_n by_o name_n swisset_n who_o for_o his_o manner_n of_o write_v by_o demonstration_n be_v afterward_o call_v the_o calculator_n that_o be_v grow_v old_a he_o often_o weep_v because_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o understand_v the_o book_n which_o he_o have_v write_v in_o his_o young_a day_n 3._o by_o death_n which_o shall_v put_v a_o period_n to_o our_o life_n and_o our_o learning_n at_o once_o now_o for_o man_n to_o think_v that_o though_o they_o run_v in_o never_o so_o hot_a a_o pursuit_n after_o knowledge_n yet_o they_o must_v short_o be_v lay_v 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that_o i_o shall_v be_v but_o brief_a in_o the_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v so_o and_o i_o shall_v mention_v only_o those_o two_o which_o be_v put_v together_o in_o the_o five_o ver_fw-la of_o this_o chapter_n 1._o the_o impotency_n of_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n that_o which_o be_v crooked_a can_v be_v make_v straight_o 2._o the_o imperfection_n of_o it_o that_o which_o be_v want_v can_v be_v number_v the_o vexation_n of_o every_o thing_n be_v proportionable_a to_o the_o disappointment_n of_o it_o which_o in_o these_o thing_n be_v so_o much_o the_o great_a by_o how_o much_o the_o hope_n and_o likelihood_n of_o contentment_n here_o be_v more_o promise_v and_o yet_o the_o trial_n and_o issue_n more_o remote_a and_o contrary_a now_o that_o these_o thing_n be_v so_o far_o from_o afford_v real_a happiness_n must_v needs_o be_v evident_a upon_o these_o two_o ground_n 1._o from_o their_o utter_a impotence_n and_o disability_n for_o that_o work_n wherein_o our_o happiness_n do_v proper_o consist_v the_o rectify_v of_o our_o crooked_a nature_n restore_v of_o we_o to_o a_o uprightness_n and_o conformity_n unto_o that_o image_n after_o which_o we_o be_v create_v now_o who_o know_v not_o that_o it_o be_v above_o the_o power_n of_o any_o natural_a wisdom_n or_o knowledge_n full_o to_o discover_v to_o we_o the_o deformity_n of_o our_o natural_a state_n much_o less_o than_o can_v they_o direct_v how_o to_o recover_v we_o out_o of_o it_o the_o devil_n be_v perhaps_o a_o great_a scholar_n than_o any_o man_n in_o the_o world_n and_o yet_o all_o his_o learning_n can_v find_v out_o a_o way_n how_o to_o reinstate_v himself_o in_o his_o former_a privilege_n of_o a_o glorify_a angel_n 2._o from_o the_o deficiency_n and_o imperfection_n of_o these_o thing_n in_o reference_n to_o their_o own_o proper_a faculty_n the_o understanding_n that_o which_o be_v want_v can_v be_v number_v that_o be_v there_o be_v innumerable_a particular_n in_o nature_n which_o the_o most_o inquisitive_a 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