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ourselves_o of_o the_o same_o happen_v in_o a_o like_a case_n from_o mistake_v of_o proper_a cause_n etc._n etc._n all_o which_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o they_o be_v common_a or_o remote_a medium_n 11._o some_o degree_n of_o suspense_n be_v so_o small_a and_o indiscernible_a that_o they_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o be_v discover_v so_o that_o they_o counterfeit_v a_o assent_n even_o in_o the_o wise_a and_o cause_v a_o real_a assent_n in_o weak_a people_n such_o as_o be_v the_o instance_n of_o moral_a certainty_n mention_v 30._o above_o 12._o the_o way_n to_o discover_v whether_o they_o be_v assent_n or_o suspence_n be_v to_o reflect_v on_o our_o own_o interior_a and_o to_o study_v better_o our_o careless_a thought_n by_o ask_v ourselves_o what_o certain_a ground_n we_o have_v for_o they_o for_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o we_o have_v many_o effect_n wrought_v in_o we_o by_o nature_n which_o for_o want_v of_o reflection_n we_o be_v not_o aware_a of_o in_o regard_n our_o thought_n and_o 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certainty_n be_v a_o qualification_n of_o assent_n give_v it_o it_o be_v best_a perfection_n by_o secure_v it_o from_o error_n and_o make_v it_o at_o the_o same_o time_n incapable_a of_o ever_o admit_v the_o least_o degree_n of_o suspense_n for_o since_o our_o assent_n may_v hap_v to_o be_v and_o ofttimes_o be_v upon_o irrational_a and_o inconclusive_a ground_n which_o expose_v it_o when_o discover_v to_o the_o shame_n of_o a_o future_a retractation_n but_o certain_a assent_n can_v be_v liable_a to_o that_o hazard_n and_o inconvenience_n because_o what_o be_v certain_a to_o we_o be_v true_a beyond_o all_o peradventure_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o certainty_n superadd_v to_o assent_v the_o high_a perfection_n that_o can_v be_v 14._o certainty_n may_v either_o be_v consider_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o object_n or_o the_o thing_n or_o else_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o subject_a or_o person_n who_o be_v ascertain_v by_o by_o that_o object_n 15._o certainty_n on_o the_o object_n side_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o thing_n be_v determinate_o what_o it_o be_v or_o as_o it_o be_v this_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n self-evident_a for_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v be_v determinate_a and_o it_o be_v be_v fix_v to_o be_v such_o be_v to_o be_v certain_o such_o of_o it_o be_v own_o nature_n independent_o on_o any_o thing_n but_o on_o the_o first_o cause_n establish_v that_o nature_n to_o be_v what_o it_o be_v or_o order_v it_o by_z second_o cause_n to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v 16._o certainty_n on_o the_o subject_n side_n be_v the_o conformity_n of_o our_o understanding_n to_o this_o objective_a certainty_n for_o we_o can_v neither_o be_v certain_a nor_o uncertain_a without_o reason_n or_o motive_n and_o those_o must_v either_o be_v take_v from_o the_o establish_v or_o certain_a nature_n of_o the_o thing_n or_o they_o can_v be_v no_o reason_n 17._o wherefore_o when_o we_o discourse_v or_o dispute_v about_o the_o certainty_n of_o any_o point_n it_o can_v only_o be_v mean_v of_o certainty_n in_o the_o subject_a or_o of_o certainty_n to_o we_o for_o of_o certainty_n on_o the_o object_n be_v side_n or_o that_o the_o thing_n be_v certain_o or_o determinate_o what_o it_o be_v there_o can_v be_v no_o dispute_n corol._n ii_o hence_o certainty_n be_v the_o determination_n of_o the_o understanding_n which_o be_v to_o be_v lead_v by_o reason_n all_o determination_n of_o our_o understanding_n which_o spring_v from_o the_o will_n and_o not_o from_o reason_n be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v certainty_n but_o resolvedness_n or_o wiliful_a adhesion_n 18._o wherefore_o it_o be_v most_o irrational_a and_o a_o most_o senseless_a abuse_v of_o the_o word_n certainty_n to_o ground_n it_o on_o the_o subject_n or_o the_o person_n be_v own_o persuasion_n that_o the_o thing_n be_v so_o and_o not_o on_o the_o thing_n it_o self_n for_o since_o our_o soul_n be_v of_o herself_o tabula_fw-la rasa_fw-la all_o our_o knowledge_n and_o the_o firmness_n or_o solidity_n of_o our_o knowledge_n that_o be_v our_o certainty_n must_v either_o be_v take_v from_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v without_o we_o or_o since_o nature_n can_v have_v no_o other_o method_n but_o thaâ—_n it_o must_v be_v inspire_v supernatural_o wherefore_o such_o a_o fantastic_a and_o catachrestical_a certainty_n be_v convince_v to_o be_v nothing_o in_o those_o man_n that_o be_v capable_a of_o weigh_v reason_n but_o a_o self-conceited_a resolution_n to_o hold_v or_o think_v thus_o and_o to_o stick_v to_o it_o out_o of_o mere_a wilfulness_n its_o true_a and_o only_a ground_n in_o defiance_n of_o all_o reason_n and_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n which_o do_v ground_n all_o our_o reason_n 19_o hence_o follow_v that_o that_o certainty_n they_o nickname_n moral_a be_v in_o reality_n uncertainty_n for_o since_o all_o certainty_n have_v for_o its_o object_n or_o cause_n the_o existence_n of_o the_o thing_n on_o which_o all_o true_a assent_n be_v ground_v and_o this_o consist_v in_o a_o indivisible_a have_v no_o degree_n it_o follow_v that_o as_o when_o you_o step_v never_o so_o little_a out_o of_o the_o notion_n of_o be_v which_o be_v its_o object_n you_o plunge_v into_o be_v not_o so_o you_o no_o soon_o relinguish_v though_o never_o so_o little_a the_o true_a notion_n of_o certainty_n but_o you_o fall_v into_o uncertainty_n in_o regard_n the_o object_n of_o it_o permit_v no_o degree_n of_o pass_v from_o one_o to_o the_o other_o or_o approach_v to_o it_o near_o by_o little_a and_o little_a wherefore_o since_o moral_a certainty_n import_v some_o diminution_n of_o true_a certainty_n it_o must_v necessary_o be_v some_o kind_n or_o some_o degree_n of_o uncertainty_n whence_o to_o say_v i_o be_o moral_o certain_a of_o a_o thing_n be_v in_o rigour_n the_o same_o nonsense_n as_o it_o be_v to_o say_v i_o be_o uncertain_o certain_a or_o which_o be_v consequent_a to_o it_o i_o ignorant_o know_v i_o suspend_o or_o hover_o assent_v i_o diffident_o believe_v or_o can_v probable_o demonstrate_v wherefore_o when_o in_o 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