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and_o consequent_o that_o god_n be_v before_o the_o world_n in_o nature_n but_o not_o in_o time_n or_o duration_n of_o any_o kind_a but_o as_o the_o sun_n be_v before_o its_o own_o light_n but_o against_o this_o opinion_n be_v the_o write_n of_o aristotle_n lib._n 8._o phys_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr caelum_fw-la and_o in_o the_o late_a part_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la gen_fw-la &_o corrupt_a &_o lib._n 12._o metaâ—h_o vid._n &_o pereri_fw-la lib._n 15._o de_fw-la moâ—u_fw-la &_o eternitate_fw-la mundi_fw-la however_o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o before_o his_o death_n he_o alter_v his_o opinion_n and_o write_v in_o contradicton_n to_o his_o former_a argument_n v._o gassend_v de_fw-fr phys_n §._o 1._o l._n 4_o c._n 5._o &_o loca_fw-la apud_fw-la eum_fw-la citata_fw-la quibus_fw-la add_v l._n 2._o de_fw-fr gen._n &_o cor_fw-la §._o 3.10_o de_fw-fr anima_fw-la etc._n etc._n manilius_n concern_v the_o order_n and_o exact_a motion_n of_o the_o star_n l._n 1._o astron_fw-la nec_fw-la quicquam_fw-la in_o tantâ_fw-la magis_fw-la est_fw-la mirabile_n mole_n quam_fw-la ratio_fw-la &_o certis_fw-la quod_fw-la lâ—gibus_fw-la omne_fw-la parent_n nusquam_fw-la turba_fw-la nocet_fw-la nihil_fw-la ullis_fw-la partibus_fw-la errat_fw-la laxius_fw-la aut_fw-la levius_fw-la mutatóve_fw-la ordine_fw-la fertur_fw-la quid_fw-la tam_fw-la confusum_fw-la spâ—cie_fw-la â—quid_fw-la tam_fw-la vice_fw-la certum_fw-la ac_fw-la mihi_fw-la tam_fw-la praesens_fw-la ratio_fw-la non_fw-la ulla_fw-la videtur_fw-la quâ_fw-la pateat_fw-la mundum_fw-la divino_fw-la numine_fw-la verti_fw-la atque_fw-la ipsum_fw-la esse_fw-la deum_fw-la nec_fw-la sort_n coïsse_fw-la magistrâ_fw-la ut_fw-la voluit_fw-la credi_fw-la qui_fw-la primus_fw-la maenia_fw-la mundi_fw-la seminibus_fw-la struxit_fw-la minimis_fw-la inque_fw-la illa_fw-la resoluit_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o nunquam_fw-la transversus_fw-la solemn_a decurrere_fw-la ad_fw-la arctos_n nec_fw-la mutare_fw-la vi_fw-la as_o &_o in_o ortum_fw-la vertere_fw-la cursus_fw-la auroâ—amque_fw-la novis_fw-la nascâ—nte_fw-la oftendere_fw-la terris_fw-la nec_fw-la lunam_fw-la certos_fw-la excedere_fw-la luminiais_fw-fr orb_n sed_fw-la seruare_fw-la modum_fw-la quo_fw-la cresc_fw-la at_o quove_n recedat_fw-la nec_fw-la cadere_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la pendentia_fw-la sidera_fw-la caelum_fw-la sed_fw-la dimensa_fw-la suis_fw-la consumere_fw-la tempora_fw-la signis_fw-la non_fw-la casûs_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la magni_fw-la sed_fw-la numinis_fw-la ordo_fw-la see_v cicero_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la nat_n deorum_fw-la n._n 88_o 89_o 90._o &_o sequentib_a philosophi_fw-la si_fw-la foâ—te_fw-la eos_fw-la primus_fw-la respectus_fw-la muâ—_n di_fw-fr conturbaverat_fw-la â—ostea_fw-la cum_fw-la vidissent_fw-la motus_fw-la ejus_fw-la finitos_fw-la &_o aequabiles_fw-la omniaque_fw-la tantis_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la moderata_fw-la immutabâ—lique_fw-la constantiâ_fw-la intelligere_fw-la debuerunt_fw-la inesse_fw-la aliquem_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la habitatorem_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la coelesti_fw-la &_o divind_v dâ—mo_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la rectorem_fw-la &_o moderatoâ—â—m_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la architectâ—um_fw-la taâ—ti_fw-la operis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n principio_fw-la terra_fw-la universa_fw-la
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special_a faith_n settle_v by_o miraculous_a testimony_n from_o heaven_n we_o have_v the_o book_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n yea_o and_o of_o the_o apostle_n also_o and_o so_o as_o the_o author_n to_o the_o hebrew_n observe_v by_o faith_n we_o know_v that_o the_o world_n be_v frame_v of_o old_a by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n heb._n 11.12_o and_o therefore_o we_o at_o least_o that_o know_v it_o by_o faith_n be_v sure_a that_o we_o have_v reason_n to_o fear_v and_o worship_n god_n and_o as_o for_o other_o it_o be_v a_o say_n of_o st_n paul_n that_o in_o this_o time_n of_o unbelief_n can_v be_v unseasonable_a if_o the_o gospel_n be_v hide_v it_o be_v hide_v to_o those_o that_o be_v lose_v and_o so_o i_o say_v if_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o deity_n which_o be_v the_o first_o article_n of_o the_o christian_a as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o commun_n faith_n be_v hide_v it_o be_v hide_v to_o those_o that_o be_v lose_v but_o i_o hope_v safe_o and_o better_a thing_n of_o you_o my_o christian_a auditor_n and_o have_v only_o use_v this_o discourse_n to_o arm_v you_o against_o the_o spirit_n of_o atheism_n that_o be_v now_o go_v abroad_o in_o the_o world_n and_o now_o my_o brethren_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o draw_v some_o advice_n for_o you_o from_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o premise_n and_o the_o first_o be_v to_o those_o that_o be_v learned_a and_o best_a educate_v among_o we_o fin._n dicit_fw-la cicero_n epicurum_n non_fw-la graeciam_fw-la modo_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o asiam_fw-la inâ—ò_fw-la totum_fw-la terrarum_fw-la orbem_fw-la novitate_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la concussisse_fw-la de_fw-fr fin._n that_o we_o avoid_v pride_n and_o the_o ambition_n of_o broach_v new_a and_o curious_a learning_n it_o be_v this_o pride_n sure_o that_o betray_v both_o aristotle_n and_o epicurus_n to_o their_o error_n ib._n et_fw-la lucretius_n hinc_fw-la epicurum_n celebrat_fw-la quod_fw-la primus_fw-la exticit_fw-la religiom_n oppugnator_fw-la lib._n 1._o humana_fw-la ante_fw-la oculos_fw-la faede_fw-la cum_fw-la vita_fw-la jaceret_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la oppressa_fw-la gravi_fw-la sub_fw-la relligione_fw-la quae_fw-la caput_fw-la à _fw-la cocli_fw-la regionibus_fw-la ostendebat_fw-la horribili_fw-la super_fw-la aspectu_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la instans_fw-la primum_fw-la grajus_n homo_fw-la mortales_fw-la tollere_fw-la contra_fw-la est_fw-la ausus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n for_o it_o be_v in_o their_o time_n look_v upon_o as_o a_o excellence_n of_o wit_n and_o a_o great_a piece_n of_o mastery_n to_o be_v able_a to_o maintain_v a_o contradiction_n in_o any_o science_n against_o the_o commun_n and_o vulgar_o receive_v opinion_n it_o be_v record_v by_o st_n luke_n etc._n omnis_fw-la enim_fw-la numinis_fw-la religio_fw-la colentibus_fw-la vitio_fw-la vertebatur_fw-la presertim_fw-la ab_fw-la epicureis_n ceu_fw-la inutilis_fw-la &_o superstitiosa_fw-la nimis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o the_o athenian_n and_o stranger_n that_o live_v at_o athens_n 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it_o be_v true_a as_o seneca_n observe_v nemo_fw-la admiratur_fw-la lunam_fw-la nisi_fw-la
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for_o the_o academy_n that_o be_v hold_v there_o by_o the_o philosopher_n and_o i_o be_o of_o opinion_n that_o this_o text_n reflect_v on_o somewhat_o that_o happen_v to_o st_n paul_n at_o athens_n parabo_fw-la argumentum_fw-la l._n 5._o tuscul_fw-la quaestionum_fw-la illud_fw-la est_fw-la virtutem_fw-la ad_fw-la beatè_fw-la vivendun_v seipsâ_fw-la esse_fw-la contentam_fw-la ubi_fw-la sanctum_fw-la illud_fw-la augustúmque_fw-la ut_fw-la vocat_fw-la platonis_fw-la fontem_fw-la aperit_fw-la cui_fw-la viro_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la apta_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la beat_v vivendun_v ferunt_fw-la huic_fw-la optime_fw-la vivendi_fw-la ratio_fw-la comparata_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la laetabitur_fw-la unquam_fw-la aut_fw-la maerebit_fw-la nimis_fw-la quod_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o seipso_fw-la omnem_fw-la spem_fw-la reponet_fw-la svi_fw-la et_fw-la inter_fw-la paradoxa_fw-la defendit_fw-la cicero_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la non_fw-la esle_n beatissimus_fw-la inquit_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la totus_fw-la aptus_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la quique_fw-la in_o se_fw-la uno_fw-la sva_fw-la ponit_fw-la omne_fw-la contentus_fw-la sis_fw-la temet_fw-la ipso_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la te_fw-la nascentibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la sen._n epist._n 20._o stoicus_fw-la putat_fw-la deum_fw-la ad_fw-la sapienteum_fw-la sic_fw-la dicere_fw-la non_fw-la egere_fw-la felicitate_a felicitas_fw-la vestra_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quo_fw-la deum_fw-la antecedatis_fw-la ille_fw-la extra_fw-la patâ—entiam_fw-la malorum_fw-la est_fw-la vos_fw-la supra_fw-la patientiam_fw-la contemnite_fw-la mortem_fw-la quae_fw-la vos_fw-la aut_fw-la finit_a aut_fw-la transfert_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la cautum_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la vos_fw-la teneret_fw-la invitos_fw-la nihil_fw-la facilius_fw-la quam_fw-la mori_fw-la etc._n etc._n sen._n de_fw-fr providentia_fw-la cap._n 6._o solcbat_fw-la sextius_n dicere_fw-la jupiter_fw-la plus_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la quam_fw-la virum_fw-la bonum_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la vincis_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la felicitate_a etiamsi_fw-la vincit_fw-la aetate_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr virtus_fw-la major_a quae_fw-la longior_fw-la etc._n etc._n epist_n 73._o &_o epist_n 5.3_o est_fw-la aliquod_fw-la inquit_fw-la seneca_n quo_fw-la sapiens_fw-la antecedat_fw-la deum_fw-la ille_fw-la naturae_fw-la beneficio_fw-la non_fw-la svo_fw-la sapiens_fw-la est_fw-la ecce_fw-la res_fw-la magna_fw-la habere_fw-la imbecillitatem_fw-la hominis_fw-la securitatem_fw-la dei._n et_fw-la epist_n 31._o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la occupas_fw-la incipis_fw-la deorum_fw-la socius_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la supplex_fw-la vox_fw-la stoici_fw-la non_fw-la intercedam_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la ut_fw-la sapiens_fw-la plenus_fw-la gaudio_fw-la hilaris_fw-la inconcussus_fw-la sim_fw-la ita_fw-la horatius_n aequum_fw-la animum_fw-la mihi_fw-la ipse_fw-la parabo_fw-la for_o as_o he_o dispute_v against_o the_o superstition_n of_o that_o place_n and_o preach_v the_o christian_a doctrine_n certain_a philosopher_n of_o the_o epicurean_o and_o the_o stoic_n encounter_v he_o abuse_v he_o call_v he_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d babbler_n that_o be_v one_o that_o make_v a_o great_a noise_n and_o
malis_fw-la vitam_fw-la constitutam_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la pudeat_fw-la beatam_fw-la vocare_fw-la when_o he_o be_v blind_a and_o deaf_a and_o dumb_a and_o cripple_v in_o his_o limb_n and_o leprous_a in_o his_o flesh_n and_o torture_v with_o the_o colic_n stone_n and_o gout_n and_o in_o a_o word_n be_v afflict_v which_o such_o calamity_n that_o they_o all_o agree_v aught_o to_o persuade_v their_o sapiens_fw-la or_o wiseman_n fair_o to_o kill_v himself_o that_o he_o may_v avoid_v those_o accident_n i_o do_v not_o say_v evil_n for_o fear_v of_o offend_v the_o tender_a ear_n of_o a_o stoic_a and_o so_o to_o make_v a_o way_n for_o himself_o out_o of_o this_o life_n oh_o the_o happiness_n of_o this_o life_n when_o their_o sapiens_fw-la be_v force_v fair_o to_o die_v etc._n o_o vitam_fw-la beatam_fw-la quae_fw-la ut_fw-la finiatur_fw-la mortis_fw-la quaerit_fw-la auxili_fw-la they_o si_fw-mi beata_fw-la est_fw-la maneaturin_fw-mi eâ_fw-la si_fw-la verò_fw-la propter_fw-la mala_fw-la ista_fw-la fugitur_fw-la ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la quomodo_fw-la est_fw-la beata_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o he_o may_v be_v rid_v on_o it_o if_o it_o be_v so_o calamitous_a that_o their_o wiseman_n choose_v death_n rather_o than_o such_o a_o life_n how_o be_v he_o then_o possess_v it_o at_o the_o same_o time_n of_o the_o great_a happiness_n let_v i_o interrogate_v with_o st_n augustine_n do_v cato_n the_o great_a example_n of_o the_o stoic_n kill_v himself_o out_o of_o patience_n or_o out_o of_o impatience_n he_o will_v never_o have_v do_v it_o unless_o he_o have_v bear_v the_o victory_n of_o caesar_n most_o impatient_o where_o then_o be_v his_o fortitude_n when_o he_o run_v away_o from_o that_o happy_a life_n wherein_o he_o boast_v and_o why_o may_v not_o those_o thing_n be_v account_v evil_a that_o render_v a_o man_n life_n so_o miserable_a as_o that_o he_o must_v avoid_v it_o by_o his_o own_o murder_n and_o therefore_o the_o peripatetic_n and_o ancient_a academic_n who_o opinion_n varro_n defend_v injuria_fw-la utrum_fw-la obsecro_fw-la cato_n ille_fw-la patientiâ_fw-la a_o potius_fw-la impatientiâ_fw-la se_fw-la peremit_fw-la non_fw-la hoc_fw-la fecisset_fw-la nisi_fw-la victoriam_fw-la caesaris_fw-la impatienter_fw-la tulisset_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la fortitudo_fw-la nempe_fw-la cessit_fw-la succubuit_fw-la usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la superata_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsam_fw-la beatam_fw-la derelinqueret_fw-la desereret_fw-la fugeret_fw-la etc._n etc._n seneca_n de_fw-fr m._n catone_n sic_fw-la megnis_fw-la aetatum_fw-la intervallis_fw-la sapiens_fw-la invenitur_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la magna_fw-la &_o exce_fw-la dentia_fw-la solitum_fw-la &_o vulgarem_fw-la modum_fw-la crebro_fw-la gignuntur_fw-la caeterum_fw-la m._n cato_n vereor_fw-la ne_fw-la supra_fw-la nostrum_fw-la exemplar_n sit_fw-la lib._n quod_fw-la in_o sapientem_fw-la non_fw-la cadit_fw-la injuria_fw-la speak_v more_o tolerable_o when_o they_o allow_v these_o calamity_n of_o life_n to_o be_v evil_n and_o the_o great_a evil_n the_o long_o they_o continue_v but_o still_o they_o hold_v the_o erroneous_a conclusion_n that_o their_o sapiens_fw-la may_v be_v happy_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o those_o evil_n which_o that_o they_o may_v no_o long_o continue_v they_o confess_v reasonable_a that_o he_o shall_v kill_v himself_o but_o let_v i_o speak_v again_o with_o st_n augustine_n do_v they_o therefore_o call_v such_o a_o life_n happy_a because_o by_o a_o voluntary_a death_n they_o may_v withdraw_v themselves_o from_o it_o what_o if_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n they_o shall_v be_v continue_v in_o this_o life_n and_o not_o permit_v to_o die_v nor_o ever_o suffer_v to_o be_v without_o these_o evil_n in_o these_o circumstance_n at_o least_o they_o will_v confess_v their_o life_n to_o be_v miserable_a and_o this_o we_o assume_v that_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o not_o miserable_a because_o it_o may_v be_v relinquish_v because_o it_o be_v a_o short_a misery_n it_o ought_v not_o therefore_o to_o seem_v none_o at_o all_o or_o which_o be_v more_o absurd_a because_o it_o be_v a_o short_a misery_n it_o ought_v not_o therefore_o to_o be_v call_v happiness_n 4._o an_fw-mi ideo_fw-la beatam_fw-la vitam_fw-la dicis_fw-la quia_fw-la licet_fw-la tibi_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la malis_fw-la morte_fw-la discede_fw-la re_fw-mi quâ—d_fw-la si_fw-la ergo_fw-la in_o eye_n aliquo_fw-la judicio_fw-la divino_fw-la tenereris_fw-la nec_fw-la unquam_fw-la sine_fw-la illis_fw-la esse_fw-la sinereris_fw-la nempe_fw-la tum_fw-la saltem_fw-la miseram_fw-la talem_fw-la diceres_fw-la vitam_fw-la non_fw-la igitur_fw-la propterea_fw-la miserable_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la cito_fw-la relinquitut_v quandoquidem_fw-la si_fw-la sempiterna_fw-la sit_fw-la etiam_fw-la abs_fw-la teipso_fw-la miserable_fw-la judicatur_fw-la non_fw-la igitur_fw-la propterea_fw-la quoiam_fw-la brevis_fw-la est_fw-la nulla_fw-la miseria_fw-la debetvideri_fw-la aut_fw-la quod_fw-la absurdius_fw-la quia_fw-la brevis_fw-la miseria_fw-la est_fw-la ideo_fw-la etiam_fw-la beatitudo_fw-la appellari_fw-la magna_fw-la vis_fw-la est_fw-la in_o eye_n malis_fw-la quae_fw-la cogunt_fw-la hominem_fw-la secundum_fw-la ipsos_fw-la etiam_fw-la sapientem_fw-la sibimet_fw-la auferre_fw-la quod_fw-la homo_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la dicant_fw-la &_o vetum_fw-la dicant_fw-la hanc_fw-la esse_fw-la naturae_fw-la primam_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la &_o maximam_fw-la vocem_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la concilietur_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o propterea_fw-la mo_z tem_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la fugiat_fw-la etc._n etc._n vita_fw-la igitur_fw-la quaestorum_fw-la tam_fw-la tamque_fw-la gravium_fw-la malorum_fw-la aut_fw-la premitur_fw-la oneribus_fw-la aut_fw-la subjacet_fw-la casibus_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la beata_fw-la diceretur_fw-la si_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la victi_fw-la malis_fw-la ingravescentibus_fw-la cum_fw-la sibi_fw-la ingerint_fw-la mortem_fw-la cedunt_fw-la infelicitati_fw-la ita_fw-la victi_fw-la certis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la cum_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la beatam_fw-la vitam_fw-la dignarentur_fw-la cedere_fw-la veritati_fw-la &_o non_fw-la putarent_fw-la in_o ista_fw-la mortalitate_fw-la sine_fw-la summi_fw-la boni_fw-la esse_fw-la gaudendum_fw-la ubi_fw-la virtutes_fw-la ipsae_fw-la cymbus_n hic_fw-la certe_fw-la nihil_fw-la melius_fw-la atque_fw-la utilius_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la reperitur_fw-la quanto_fw-la majora_fw-la sunt_fw-la adjutoria_fw-la contra_fw-la vim_fw-la peticulor_fw-la laborum_fw-la dolorum_fw-la tanto_fw-la fidelioria_n testimonia_fw-la miseriarum_fw-la spe_fw-la salui_fw-la spe_fw-la beati_fw-la facti_fw-la sumus_fw-la sicut_fw-la salutem_fw-la ita_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la non_fw-la jam_fw-la tenemus_fw-la presentem_fw-la sed_fw-la expectamus_fw-la futuram_fw-la talis_fw-la salus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o futuro_fw-la erit_fw-la saeculo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la erit_fw-la etiam_fw-la finalis_fw-la beatitude_n quam_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la isti_fw-la philosophi_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la videntes_fw-la nolunt_fw-la credere_fw-la hic_fw-la sibi_fw-la conantur_fw-la falsissimam_fw-la fabricare_fw-la quan_fw-mi co_fw-la superbiore_fw-la tanto_fw-la mendaciore_fw-la virtute_fw-la augustinus_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n thirty_o cap._n 4._o there_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o great_a power_n in_o those_o evil_n that_o make_v a_o man_n valour_n guilty_a of_o his_o own_o murder_n especial_o see_v that_o nothing_o be_v more_o natural_a then_o for_o a_o man_n to_o love_v himself_o to_o avoid_v death_n and_o to_o desire_v to_o live_v in_o this_o very_a conjunction_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n st_n augustin_n conclusion_n therefore_o be_v and_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o all_o good_a christian_n that_o in_o this_o life_n which_o be_v oppress_v it_o with_o so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a evil_n and_o be_v subject_a to_o so_o many_o casualty_n perfect_a happiness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v expect_v and_o therefore_o that_o if_o the_o philosopher_n have_v be_v true_o wise_a they_o will_v have_v leave_v off_o to_o project_n to_o themselves_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o the_o chief_a good_a in_o this_o state_n of_o mortality_n that_o the_o moral_a virtue_n themselves_o than_o which_o nothing_o be_v more_o excellent_a or_o profitable_a in_o human_a life_n be_v great_a testimony_n of_o the_o misery_n we_o be_v here_o subject_a to_o than_o assistance_n against_o they_o that_o they_o can_v give_v the_o happiness_n design_v by_o they_o and_o therefore_o that_o by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o these_o virtue_n be_v proud_o boast_v of_o by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o they_o be_v vain_o belie_v but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o that_o may_v be_v speak_v against_o philosophy_n as_o the_o wisdom_n of_o it_o be_v oppose_v to_o and_o compare_v with_o that_o of_o christianity_n that_o it_o attain_v not_o its_o end_n nor_o make_v any_o one_o happy_a but_o it_o may_v be_v add_v that_o the_o happiness_n by_o they_o design_v be_v but_o poor_a and_o mean_n they_o win_v not_o at_o their_o game_n but_o if_o they_o do_v 17._o si_fw-mi ergo_fw-la virtus_fw-la per_fw-la seipsam_fw-la beata_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quoniam_fw-la in_o perferendis_fw-la malis_fw-la tota_fw-la vis_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la bonis_fw-la concupiscuntur_fw-la negligit_fw-la si_fw-la summus_fw-la ejus_fw-la gradus_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la patet_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la vitam_fw-la quae_fw-la optatur_fw-la à _fw-la caeteris_fw-la saepe_fw-la respuit_fw-la mortemque_fw-la quam_fw-la caeteri_fw-la timent_fw-la fortiter_fw-la suscipit_fw-la si_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la a_o se_fw-la magni_fw-la boni_fw-la pariat_fw-la quia_fw-la suscepti_fw-la &_o superati_fw-la labores_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la usque_fw-la sine_fw-la praemio_fw-la