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take_v away_o by_o that_o injury_n and_o by_o so_o much_o a_o high_a rate_n be_v those_o good_n prize_v at_o by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o weak_a abject_a and_o ignoble_a the_o mind_n of_o he_o be_v that_o aestimate_n they_o because_o in_o truth_n they_o be_v dependent_a upon_o other_o pleasure_n nor_o do_v a_o well_o order_v mind_n lose_v any_o part_n of_o its_o happiness_n by_o be_v deprive_v of_o they_o now_o have_v due_o praeconsider_v all_o thing_n occurrent_a in_o this_o pregnant_a example_n we_o may_v not_o only_o without_o difficulty_n understand_v what_o those_o first_o motion_n or_o incitement_n be_v which_o object_n exciting_a in_o the_o mind_n thereby_o obtrude_v themselves_o upon_o the_o intellect_n or_o rather_o compel_v the_o intellect_n to_o apprehend_v they_o under_o that_o species_n in_o which_o they_o present_a themselves_o but_o also_o that_o though_o those_o motion_n be_v not_o in_o our_o power_n yet_o the_o consequent_n or_o action_n to_o which_o they_o provoke_v 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
immovable_o fix_v by_o the_o special_a providence_n of_o god_n that_o it_o can_v be_v neither_o by_o any_o negligence_n immoderate_a and_o inordinate_a use_n of_o those_o thing_n physician_n call_v the_o six_o nonnaturals_n or_o sudden_a casualty_n anticipate_v or_o abbreviate_v nor_o by_o prudence_n temperance_n convenient_a medicament_n or_o caution_n prolate_v or_o prolong_v for_o the_o first_o viz._n that_o god_n be_v the_o sole_a moderator_n though_o not_o the_o author_n of_o part_n article_n 2._o the_o reason_n of_o the_o author_n concise_a tractation_n of_o the_o first_o part_n death_n for_o reason_n will_v not_o endure_v that_o we_o conceive_v he_o to_o have_v create_v a_o privation_n or_o more_o plain_o that_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o providence_n guide_v the_o dart_n of_o that_o inevitable_a and_o victorious_a enemy_n to_o life_n this_o be_v a_o position_n so_o frequent_o and_o ample_o illustrate_v by_o the_o pen_n of_o many_o the_o most_o learned_a and_o judicious_a man_n of_o all_o age_n religion_n and_o profession_n and_o so_o genuine_o and_o direct_o inferrible_a from_o the_o context_n and_o importance_n of_o those_o argument_n former_o introduce_v in_o order_n to_o the_o demonstration_n of_o the_o interest_n of_o providence_n even_o in_o the_o small_a interlude_n of_o nature_n and_o most_o apparent_o fortuitous_a effect_n of_o all_o subordinate_a cause_n that_o shall_v we_o run_v out_o into_o any_o profuse_a probation_n thereof_o in_o this_o place_n the_o most_o patient_a and_o candid_a reader_n can_v not_o but_o frown_v at_o the_o attempt_n and_o just_o censure_v it_o none_o only_o as_o unnecessary_a and_o supercrogatory_n but_o also_o as_o scandalous_a and_o derogatory_n to_o his_o own_o dialectical_a and_o collective_a hability_n and_o therefore_o humble_o refer_v he_o as_o well_o to_o his_o own_o easy_a recognition_n of_o notion_n former_o collect_v from_o the_o lecture_n of_o other_o more_o mature_a and_o nervous_a discourse_n on_o the_o same_o theorem_fw-la as_o his_o familiar_a induction_n upon_o many_o proposition_n insperse_v upon_o the_o leaf_n of_o this_o our_o cold_a and_o dull_a december_n exercise_n i_o shall_v in_o avoidance_n of_o a_o undecent_a chasm_n or_o vacuity_n insert_v only_o two_o concise_a and_o obvious_a argument_n as_o corollary_n or_o annex_v inservient_fw-la to_o the_o same_o persuasion_n power_n article_n 3._o the_o moderation_n of_o death_n by_o special_a providence_n divine_a argue_v from_o the_o impossibility_n of_o the_o moderation_n thereof_o by_o any_o other_o power_n argument_n i._n the_o life_n and_o consequent_o the_o death_n of_o every_o man_n necessary_o depend_v upon_o the_o absolute_a will_n of_o the_o creator_n and_o so_o upon_o the_o decree_n or_o resolve_v of_o his_o providence_n or_o upon_o some_o other_o principle_n extraneous_a alien_a and_o superior_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n or_o upon_o man_n himself_o not_o upon_o any_o three_o or_o neutral_a principle_n for_o that_o must_v be_v either_o the_o epicurean_o fortune_n or_o the_o stoic_n anus_fw-la fatidica_fw-la or_o fate_n or_o homer_n lottery_n or_o pythagoras_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mention_v by_o plutarch_n de_fw-la placit_fw-la 1._o or_o the_o jew_n angelus_n mortis_fw-la or_o their_o terrible_a she_o devil_n zilith_n describe_v by_o our_o many-tongued_n gregory_n in_o tract_n de_fw-fr episcopo_fw-la puerorum_fw-la out_o of_o the_o glossa_fw-la talmud_n in_o nidda_n fol._n 24_o and_o erroneous_o conceive_v by_o gassarel_n unheard_a of_o curiosity_n pag._n 317._o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o lucina_n of_o the_o roman_n for_o the_o one_o be_v think_v propitious_a to_o parturient_a woman_n the_o other_o so_o hostile_a and_o malignant_a that_o the_o hebrew_n wife_n so_o soon_o as_o they_o fall_v in_o travel_n cause_v this_o proscription_n to_o be_v write_v on_o the_o door_n of_o their_o bedchamber_n adim_n chavah_n chout_n lilith_a adam_n eve_n keep_v out_o lilith_a or_o the_o astrologer_n helec_n and_o alcocoden_n and_o the_o like_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o planet_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o fridariae_n deride_v by_o archangelus_n a_o burgo_n novo_fw-la in_o comment_n in_o dogmat_n cabalist_n and_o scalger_n in_o comment_n in_o manilium_n or_o the_o number_n idea_n or_o grand_a revolution_n of_o plato_n or_o the_o malus_n deus_fw-la of_o the_o manachee_n or_o helena_n alias_o selene_n of_o simon_n magus_n or_o hesiod_n pandora_n or_o the_o great_a beldame_n mylitta_n alias_o alytta_n of_o the_o ethnic_n or_o the_o turk_n nassub_n alias_o ctusura_n which_o signify_v the_o goddess_n fortune_n or_o paracelsus_n his_o anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la platonica_fw-la or_o rather_o the_o macrocosmical_a harmony_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o the_o microcosmical_a concordance_n with_o the_o invisible_a signature_n of_o the_o ascendent_n or_o that_o hermetico-magical_a lamp_n of_o life_n and_o death_n late_o invent_v and_o cry_v up_o by_o ernestus_n burchgravius_n but_o most_o judicious_o extinguish_v by_o sennertus_n de_fw-la consensu_fw-la chymicorum_fw-la cum_fw-la galen_n cap._n 18._o or_o that_o internal_a man_n of_o paracelsus_n name_v ens_fw-la syderium_fw-la olympicum_fw-la gabalim_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o that_o vain_a admirer_n and_o promoter_n of_o hermetical_a folly_n oswaldus_n crollius_n in_o basil_n chym._n praefat_fw-la admonit_fw-la p._n 6._o 4._o &_o 65._o or_o the_o implacable_a strix_n or_o erinnys_n of_o the_o gentile_n or_o final_o some_o such_o fantastic_a hobgoblin_n that_o have_v no_o more_o of_o reality_n than_o what_o it_o borrow_v from_o the_o confuse_a and_o obscure_a idea_n of_o itself_o conceive_v in_o the_o luxuriant_a womb_n of_o a_o perturb_a or_o delude_v imagination_n but_o every_o sober_a man_n already_o know_v that_o all_o these_o be_v absolute_a chimaera_n hatch_v in_o the_o adled_a brain_n of_o mad_a man_n poet_n and_o idolatrous_a pagan_n and_o so_o below_o our_o laughter_n much_o more_o our_o serious_a confutation_n not_o upon_o man_n himself_o or_o any_o domestic_a conservatory_n essential_o inherent_a to_o his_o nature_n for_o that_o absurdity_n once_o concede_v entangle_v our_o reason_n in_o two_o the_o high_a impossibility_n imaginable_a 1_o it_o confound_v the_o relative_n maxim_n of_o nature_n break_v her_o chain_n of_o dependence_n and_o infer_v a_o second_o self-existence_n beside_o divinity_n for_o dream_v that_o a_o principiate_a entity_n actual_o existent_a give_v to_o itself_o existence_n that_o a_o future_a something_o derive_v its_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o futurition_n immediate_o and_o sole_o from_o itself_o and_o that_o nothing_o can_v by_o its_o own_o power_n attain_v to_o be_v something_o i_o e._n that_o which_o be_v neither_o potentia_fw-la nor_o actus_fw-la can_v endow_v itself_o with_o the_o perfection_n of_o both_o power_n and_o act_n we_o must_v be_v carry_v upon_o this_o rock_n that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o world_n a_o 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