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'_o they_o but_o then_o he_o say_v that_o since_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o natural_a than_o to_o encourage_v with_o esteem_n and_o reputation_n that_o wherein_o every_o one_o find_v his_o advantage_n and_o to_o blame_v and_o discountenance_v the_o contrary_a it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o esteem_v and_o discredit_v virtue_n and_o vice_n shall_v in_o a_o great_a measure_n every_o where_o correspond_v with_o the_o unchangeable_a rule_n of_o right_n and_o wrong_n etc._n etc._n but_o then_o suppose_v man_n shall_v so_o far_o mistake_v themselves_o as_o to_o place_v their_o commondation_n or_o blame_v on_o that_o side_n that_o real_o deserve_v it_o not_o and_o such_o a_o thing_n may_v possible_o sometime_o happen_v will_v this_o alter_v the_o nature_n of_o thing_n and_o make_v vice_n virtue_n and_o virtue_n vice_n last_o though_o thou_o do_v not_o find_v in_o these_o paper_n that_o profoundness_n of_o thought_n that_o depth_n of_o reason_v that_o may_v be_v elsewhere_o meet_v withal_o 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state_v betwixt_o the_o stoic_n and_o epicurean_o pride_n and_o ignorance_n of_o the_o true_a state_n of_o human_a nature_n just_o chargeable_a upon_o the_o stoic_n the_o epicurean_o ascribe_v too_o much_o to_o the_o body_n epicurean_a tranquillity_n of_o mind_n not_o true_a peace_n of_o conscience_n how_o far_o epicurus_n chargeable_a with_o atheism_n virtue_n according_a to_o he_o found_v upon_o very_o uncertain_a ground_n happiness_n according_a to_o he_o impossible_a enthusiast_n among_o christian_n resemble_v the_o stoic_n among_o the_o heathen_n some_o short_a reflection_n upon_o the_o first_o and_o second_o chapt._n of_o tractatus_fw-la theol._n posit_n concern_v prophet_n and_o prophecy_n chap._n iii_o of_o natural_a notion_n of_o truth_n and_o goodness_n natural_a inscription_n and_o divine_a revelation_n the_o two_o great_a mean_n of_o preserve_a truth_n among_o all_o the_o disadvantage_n it_o labour_v under_o dr._n parker_n the_o late_a bishop_n of_o oxford_n opinion_n 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that_o there_o be_v any_o difference_n betwixt_o vice_n and_o virtue_n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o be_v of_o god._n how_o a_o atheist_n ought_v in_o prudence_n to_o demean_v himself_o see_v he_o can_v be_v positive_o certain_a that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n the_o belief_n of_o a_o god_n antecedent_n to_o all_o atheism_n not_o first_o invent_v by_o statesman_n the_o two_o great_a argument_n to_o prove_v the_o be_v of_o god_n the_o constitution_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o nation_n the_o production_n of_o mankind_n not_o the_o result_n of_o blind_a chance_n no_o reason_n why_o the_o christian_a philosopher_n shall_v willing_o give_v up_o that_o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o consent_n of_o nation_n unseasonable_a difference_n among_o ourselves_o in_o the_o choice_n of_o our_o argument_n to_o prove_v the_o divine_a existence_n so_o prefer_v one_o as_o to_o invalidate_v the_o force_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n cuperus_n opinion_n herein_o examine_v chap._n v._o the_o state_n of_o nature_n neither_o a_o state_n of_o equality_n nor_o a_o state_n of_o war._n a_o fault_n in_o mr._n hobbs_n in_o not_o first_o settle_v the_o signification_n of_o those_o word_n nature_n naturally_n and_o by_o nature_n his_o argument_n to_o prove_v the_o equality_n of_o man_n frivolous_a and_o insufficient_a those_o to_o prove_v the_o state_n of_o nature_n a_o state_n of_o war_n the_o same_o man_n a_o sociable_a creature_n by_o nature_n not_o only_o by_o education_n me._n hobbs_n principle_n of_o politic_n a_o mere_a hypothesis_n and_o not_o a_o good_a one_o neither_o as_o want_v the_o necessary_a qualification_n of_o such_o a_o one_o of_o self-preservation_n chap._n vi_o religion_n the_o best_a foundation_n of_o civil_a government_n the_o nature_n of_o religion_n in_o general_n in_o reference_n to_o government_n two_o consideration_n to_o prove_v the_o consistency_n of_o the_o one_o with_o the_o other_o the_o divine_a original_n of_o civil_a power_n grotius_n 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use_n of_o reason_n and_o as_o they_o first_o and_o chiesly_a show_n themselves_o in_o child_n and_o fool_n and_o person_n unexperienced_a where_o as_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o best_a philosopher_n we_o suppose_v the_o true_a nature_n of_o man_n ought_v rather_o to_o be_v take_v from_o his_o utmost_a perfection_n viz._n his_o reason_n etc._n etc._n p._n 256._o so_o here_o it_o be_v think_v that_o the_o true_a judgement_n of_o these_o natural_a notion_n ought_v to_o be_v take_v rather_o from_o the_o most_o perfect_a state_n of_o man_n rather_o than_o as_o they_o either_o do_v or_o do_v not_o show_v themselves_o in_o child_n and_o idiot_n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v assert_v that_o these_o general_a maxim_n be_v assent_v to_o as_o soon_o as_o propose_v and_o the_o term_n right_o understand_v to_o this_o the_o ingenious_a author_n dr._n lock_v reply_n that_o then_o there_o must_v be_v a_o infinite_a number_n of_o innate_a notion_n even_o those_o which_o no_o one_o ever_o yet_o pretend_v to_o be_v such_o as_o a_o apple_n be_v not_o a_o oyster_n black_a be_v not_o white_a etc._n etc._n now_o these_o and_o such_o as_o these_o he_o say_v be_v more_o ready_o assent_v to_o than_o those_o quicquid_fw-la agit_fw-fr est_fw-fr contradictory_n can_v be_v both_o true_a at_o once_o etc._n etc._n because_o child_n and_o fool_n will_v ready_o assent_v to_o the_o former_a but_o these_o latter_a require_v more_o attentive-thought_a and_o consideration_n for_o the_o understanding_n of_o '_o they_o i_o shall_v not_o here_o mention_v that_o distinction_n which_o the_o logician_n perhaps_o will_v make_v use_n of_o in_o this_o case_n of_o some_o thing_n be_v more_o know_v in_o themselves_o and_o yet_o not_o so_o to_o we_o because_o i_o know_v not_o what_o credit_n now_o a-days_o may_v be_v give_v to_o man_n of_o that_o old-fashioned_a way_n of_o think_v but_o the_o ingenious_a author_n himself_o do_v assert_v these_o three_o way_n of_o acquire_a knowledge_n first_o by_o intuition_n thus_o we_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o be_v p._n 318._o man_n also_o know_v by_o intuitive_a certain_o that_o bear_v nothing_o can_v produce_v any_o real_a be_v p._n 312._o the_o second_o way_n of_o knowledge_n be_v by_o reason_n three_o by_o sensation_n now_o the_o knowledge_n of_o these_o universal_a truth_n or_o general_a maxim_n i_o conceive_v be_v by_o the_o first_o way_n rather_o by_o intuition_n than_o by_o reason_v or_o by_o the_o consent_n or_o dissent_v of_o the_o term_n for_o these_o proposition_n cogito_fw-la ergo_fw-la sum_fw-la or_o that_o upon_o which_o this_o depend_v quicquid_fw-la agit_fw-fr est_fw-fr bear_v nothing_o can_v produce_v a_o real_a be_v the_o truth_n of_o these_o proposition_n do_v not_o so_o much_o depend_v upon_o any_o consideration_n of_o the_o term_n but_o seem_v rather_o the_o summary_n result_v of_o the_o whole_a which_o that_o author_n seem_v very_o well_o to_o express_v by_o intuition_n or_o intuitive_a certain_o but_o then_o as_o to_o those_o other_o proposition_n wherein_o we_o deny_v one_o idea_n of_o another_o as_o a_o man_n be_v not_o a_o horse_n blue_a be_v nor_o yellow_a etc._n etc._n the_o truth_n of_o these_o depend_v upon_o the_o actual_a existence_n of_o thing_n and_o the_o consensus_fw-la &_o dissensus_fw-la terminorum_fw-la but_o mr._n norris_n the_o ingenious_a author_n of_o the_o reflection_n upon_o the_o foresay_a essay_n of_o humane_a understanding_n pag._n 20._o do_v not_o allow_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o mental_a impression_n or_o character_n upon_o the_o mind_n what_o way_n soever_o they_o may_v pretend_v to_o come_v there_o so_o that_o though_o he_o agree_v with_o dr._n lock_v in_o deny_v all_o natural_a and_o innate_a notion_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n yet_o it_o be_v for_o other_o reason_n than_o those_o which_o dr._n lock_n go_v upon_o and_o upon_o a_o far_o different_a hypothesis_n so_o that_o mr._n norris_n his_o reflection_n may_v be_v a_o sufficient_a answer_n to_o dr._n lock_n be_v opinion_n as_o it_o be_v defend_v by_o he_o show_v the_o invalidity_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o reason_n upon_o which_o he_o find_v it_o though_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o agree_v with_o he_o in_o the_o conclusion_n in_o deny_v all_o natural_a and_o native_a character_n upon_o the_o soul_n which_o thing_n say_v he_o in_o the_o place_n above_o cite_v of_o mental_a impression_n or_o character_n write_v upon_o the_o mind_n if_o it_o pretend_v to_o any_o thing_n more_o than_o figure_n and_o metaphor_n i_o take_v to_o be_v mere_a jargon_n and_o unintelligible_a cant._n but_o here_o i_o humble_o conceive_v that_o when_o we_o speak_v of_o natural_a notion_n or_o native_a impression_n of_o truth_n and_o goodness_n make_v upon_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n though_o perhaps_o there_o may_v be_v something_o of_o metaphor_n in_o it_o yet_o the_o sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o it_o be_v general_o understand_v nor_o be_v there_o any_o danger_n lest_o any_o one_o shall_v hence_o conclude_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v make_v of_o white-paper_n and_o the_o knowledge_n we_o find_v there_o to_o be_v write_v with_o pen_n and_o ink_n heb._n 10._o 26._o i_o will_v put_v my_o law_n in_o their_o heart_n and_o in_o or_o upon_o their_o mind_n will_v i_o write_v they_o that_o be_v say_v dr._n taylor_n dust_n dubit_fw-la p._n 4._o you_o shall_v be_v govern_v by_o the_o law_n of_o natural_a and_o essential_a equity_n and_o reason_n by_o that_o law_n which_o be_v put_v into_o every_o man_n nature_n and_o beside_o this_o whatsoever_o else_o shall_v be_v super-induced_a shall_v be_v write_v in_o their_o mind_n by_o the_o spirit_n who_o shall_v write_v all_o the_o law_n of_o christianity_n in_o the_o table_n of_o your_o conscience_n now_o i_o do_v not_o see_v any_o need_n of_o any_o such_o curious_a remark_n either_o upon_o the_o text_n or_o comment_n that_o if_o this_o pretend_v to_o any_o thing_n more_o than_o figure_n or_o
upon_o the_o 9th_o and_o 10_o chap._n 2._o lib._n of_o cuperus_n his_o arcana_fw-la atheismi_fw-la concern_v eternal_a truth_n some_o reflection_n upon_o p._n poiret_n cogitationes_fw-la rationales_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 10._o concern_v eternal_a truth_n the_o question_n he_o thus_o state_n p._n 125._o that_o god_n indeed_o do_v necessary_o conceive_v those_o truth_n which_o immediate_o relate_v to_o him-self_n his_o nature_n essence_n and_o attribute_n he_o be_v never_o indifferent_a as_o to_o these_o but_o as_o for_o all_o other_o truth_n quae_fw-la ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la which_o be_v not_o god_n himself_o these_o whole_o depend_v upon_o the_o most_o free_a and_o arbitrary_a determination_n of_o his_o own_o will_n and_o be_v therefore_o only_o true_a because_o he_o appoint_v they_o to_o be_v so_o and_o that_o there_o may_v if_o god_n have_v so_o please_v either_o have_v be_v none_o of_o these_o at_o all_o or_o else_o quite_o different_a from_o what_o they_o now_o be_v and_o he_o extend_v his_o assertion_n to_o all_o proposition_n whether_o mathematical_a or_o moral_a relate_v either_o to_o truth_n or_o goodness_n and_o this_o he_o mannage_n with_o as_o much_o subtlety_n both_o of_o argument_n and_o answer_n as_o perhaps_o the_o thing_n be_v capable_a of_o but_o before_o i_o come_v more_o close_o to_o examine_v his_o opinion_n i_o shall_v premise_v in_o general_a 1._o that_o it_o be_v very_o strange_a that_o god_n who_o create_v man_n after_o his_o own_o image_n in_o knowledge_n and_o righteousness_n shall_v yet_o assign_v the_o method_n of_o knowledge_n and_o understanding_n in_o man_n quite_o different_a from_o those_o of_o his_o own_o we_o know_v the_o respect_n and_o relation_n that_o the_o action_n of_o the_o understanding_n bear_v to_o those_o of_o the_o will_n in_o man_n viz._n that_o the_o one_o those_o of_o the_o understanding_n always_o precede_v those_o of_o the_o will._n but_o now_o according_a to_o his_o way_n and_o method_n it_o be_v quite_o contrary_a in_o god_n for_o according_a to_o he_o god_n do_v not_o know_v or_o understand_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o he_o first_o determine_v to_o be_v so_o i_o know_v not_o whether_o i_o may_v urge_v this_o in_o strictness_n of_o argumentation_n yet_o it_o seem_v at_o least_o a_o great_a presumption_n against_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o opinion_n 2._o it_o be_v a_o plausible_a pretence_n of_o piety_n a_o seem_o profound_a veneration_n and_o respect_n for_o the_o absoluteness_n of_o the_o divine_a perfection_n which_o seem_v either_o the_o chief_a argument_n for_o or_o the_o great_a motive_n and_o persuasive_a to_o his_o opinion_n this_o tender_a care_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n be_v indeed_o a_o thing_n very_o commendable_a in_o itself_o and_o very_o worthy_a of_o a_o philosopher_n and_o a_o christian_a yet_o man_n ought_v to_o be_v very_o careful_a and_o considerate_a herein_o lest_o they_o lessen_v and_o derogate_v as_o much_o from_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n one_o way_n as_o they_o seem_v to_o advance_v it_o another_o now_o in_o order_n to_o a_o more_o particular_a answer_n to_o his_o opinion_n i_o shall_v observe_v 1._o how_o in_o the_o progress_n of_o his_o discourse_n he_o relinquish_v his_o own_o principle_n and_o limit_n the_o general_a extent_n of_o the_o question_n as_o it_o be_v at_o first_o state_v so_o as_o that_o in_o effect_n he_o answer_v himself_o for_o he_o either_o do_v himself_o tacit_o at_o least_o or_o from_o his_o own_o assertion_n will_v be_v force_v to_o acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v some_o truth_n antecedent_n to_o the_o divine_a placitum_fw-la or_o appointment_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o first_o objection_n that_o god_n know_v what_o it_o be_v that_o he_o either_o will_v or_o will_v not_o appoint_v so_o that_o his_o knowledge_n must_v precede_v his_o determination_n to_o these_o premise_n he_o return_v no_o plain_a positive_a answer_n but_o only_o hold_v to_o the_o conclusion_n and_o say_v that_o they_o who_o assert_v this_o do_v pre-suppose_a that_o there_o be_v something_o different_a from_o god_n quod_fw-la ante_fw-la dei_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la seu_fw-la placitum_fw-la habeat_fw-la veritatem_fw-la &_o possibilitatem_fw-la à _fw-la parte_fw-la svi_fw-la which_o he_o say_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o grand_a original_a mistake_n here_o he_o assert_n that_o god_n know_v nothing_o to_o be_v true_a nothing_o to_o be_v possible_a before_o his_o own_o respective_a determination_n of_o both_o as_o to_o the_o first_o i_o shall_v only_o return_v what_o dr._n cudworth_n say_v p._n 646._o of_o his_o intellectual_a systeme_n this_o be_v to_o destroy_v the_o deity_n by_o make_v one_o attribute_n thereof_o to_o devour_v and_o swallow_v up_o another_o insinite_a will_n and_o power_n insinite_a understanding_n and_o reason_n for_o to_o suppose_v god_n to_o understand_v and_o to_o be_v wise_a only_o by_o his_o will_n be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o suppose_v he_o real_o to_o have_v no_o understanding_n at_o all_o as_o to_o the_o other_o the_o possibility_n of_o thing_n i_o will_v only_o ask_v he_o whether_o or_o no_o there_o be_v not_o a_o possibility_n in_o god_n of_o create_v or_o do_v more_o thing_n than_o ever_o he_o actual_o create_v or_o do_v now_o this_o possibility_n must_v be_v something_o and_o something_o which_o god_n know_v he_o have_v in_o his_o power_n antecedent_n to_o his_o determination_n but_o notwithstanding_o he_o confident_o hold_v to_o the_o conclusion_n non_fw-la datur_fw-la nec_fw-la concipitur_fw-la ullum_fw-la quid_fw-la ante_fw-la dei_fw-la placitum_fw-la and_o in_o the_o very_a next_o word_n he_o tell_v we_o and_o he_o do_v not_o here_o suppose_v any_o divine_a placitum_fw-la to_o intervene_v absurdum_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o much_o material_a to_o repeat_v what_o he_o there_o assert_n but_o how_o come_v he_o to_o call_v any_o thing_n absurd_a in_o this_o case_n the_o thing_n perhaps_o may_v be_v so_o in_o itself_o and_o may_v be_v count_v so_o by_o other_o but_o according_a to_o his_o principle_n how_o can_v any_o thing_n be_v absurd_a antecedent_n to_o the_o divine_a placitum_fw-la or_o appointment_n for_o a_o absurdity_n do_v suppose_v truth_n and_o falsehood_n according_a to_o the_o agreeableness_n or_o disagreeableness_n to_o which_o rule_v a_o thing_n be_v say_v to_o be_v absurd_a or_o not_o absurd_a but_o it_o be_v very_o hard_a for_o a_o man_n who_o have_v undertake_v such_o a_o province_n not_o sometime_o to_o contradict_v himself_o res_fw-la ipse_fw-la nolunt_fw-la malè_fw-la determinari_fw-la he_o further_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v a_o necessary_a truth_n in_o this_o proposition_n that_o a_o thing_n can_v simul_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la esse_fw-la that_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o contradictory_n shall_v be_v true_a at_o the_o same_o time_n as_o may_v be_v see_v at_o large_a p._n 133._o for_o this_o will_v make_v god_n to_o be_v statuens_fw-la &_o non_fw-la statuens_fw-la volens_fw-la &_o non_fw-la volens_fw-la ponens_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ponens_fw-la eandem_fw-la operationem_fw-la absurda_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o be_o of_o his_o opinion_n too_o herein_o but_o than_o do_v not_o this_o one_o concession_n destroy_v his_o former_a assertion_n for_o why_o shall_v this_o truth_n only_o be_v exempt_v from_o the_o common_a fate_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n i_o think_v des_fw-mi cartes_n act_v at_o least_o more_o consistent_o with_o himself_o when_o he_o go_v through_o with_o what_o he_o have_v undertake_v and_o tell_v we_o that_o if_o god_n have_v please_v contradictory_n may_v have_v be_v true_a at_o once_o nor_o be_v it_o sufficient_a for_o he_o to_o say_v that_o this_o will_v be_v absurd_a both_o for_o the_o reason_n before_o mention_v and_o also_o because_o several_a other_o of_o his_o assertion_n may_v be_v thus_o answer_v that_o they_o be_v absurd_a but_o he_o tell_v we_o p._n 126._o that_o the_o contrary_a to_o his_o opinion_n destroy_v both_o the_o unity_n and_o absolute_a perfection_n of_o god_n for_o there_o will_v not_o be_v one_o absolute_o perfect_a god_n if_o he_o do_v conceive_v any_o thing_n necessary_o true_a and_o immutable_a habens_fw-la similem_fw-la secum_fw-la radicitùs_fw-la &_o essentialiter_fw-la proprietatem_fw-la beside_o himself_o but_o than_o what_o will_v he_o say_v to_o his_o former_a privilege_a proposition_n nihil_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la esse_fw-la simul_fw-la this_o will_v either_o be_v a_o sufficient_a answer_n to_o his_o argument_n of_o this_o nature_n or_o else_o he_o must_v make_v it_o a_o addition_n of_o another_o person_n to_o the_o trinity_n and_o make_v it_o god_n himself_o but_o why_o shall_v he_o be_v so_o solicitous_a lest_o grant_v these_o moral_a and_o intellectual_a truth_n to_o be_v necessary_a and_o immutable_a they_o shall_v thus_o derogate_v from_o the_o divine_a perfection_n for_o it_o do_v not_o thence_o follow_v that_o these_o truth_n have_v similem_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la radicitùs_fw-la