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father_n the_o toil_n of_o his_o service_n and_o the_o affliction_n of_o his_o mind_n for_o that_o he_o live_v daily_o in_o hope_n of_o this_o in_o comparable_a beauty_n and_o therefore_o hope_n have_v so_o great_a power_n in_o humane_a affair_n in_o which_o there_o be_v find_v some_o kind_n of_o difficulty_n the_o laborer_n will_v not_o expose_v himself_o so_o free_o to_o the_o rigour_n of_o the_o air_n nor_o endure_v with_o such_o patience_n the_o injury_n of_o time_n in_o till_v his_o land_n if_o he_o do_v not_o promise_v unto_o himself_o a_o rich_a harvest_n for_o the_o fruit_n of_o his_o labour_n the_o soldier_n will_v not_o cast_v himself_o into_o danger_n he_o will_v not_o mount_v up_o to_o breach_n nor_o thrust_v himself_o into_o the_o fury_n of_o combat_n if_o the_o expectance_n of_o glory_n or_o hope_v of_o booty_n do_v not_o animate_v his_o courage_n the_o merchant_n will_v not_o pass_v through_o rock_n fire_n wave_n and_o storm_n run_v from_o sea_n to_o sea_n and_o from_o 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sinew_n in_o the_o body_n for_o as_o by_o mean_n of_o sinew_n we_o extend_v â—r_o bend_v the_o member_n so_o by_o the_o operation_n of_o passion_n we_o carry_v ourselves_o to_o good_a or_o evil_n and_o if_o we_o will_v employ_v they_o to_o good_a they_o be_v as_o it_o be_v spur_n and_o object_n but_o if_o we_o turn_v they_o to_o evil_a our_o sensuality_n make_v use_v of_o they_o like_v unto_o he_o that_o keep_v a_o slave_n who_o make_v use_v of_o his_o chain_n to_o draw_v he_o where_o he_o please_v so_o as_o the_o triumph_n of_o virtue_n consist_v not_o in_o pull_v away_o or_o root_a out_o the_o passion_n as_o monster_n but_o in_o rule_v and_o reform_v they_o like_o unto_o insolent_a and_o disobedient_a child_n for_o they_o grow_v in_o we_o and_o be_v as_o the_o fruit_n &_o bud_n of_o our_o sensuality_n which_o have_v only_o need_v to_o be_v make_v subject_n unto_o reason_n final_o they_o that_o have_v any_o other_o opinion_n must_v remember_v that_o we_o can_v whole_o pull_v away_o the_o defect_n which_o proceed_v from_o nature_n and_o that_o may_v by_o our_o industry_n correct_v and_o moderate_a that_o which_o be_v bear_v with_o we_o but_o not_o vanquish_v it_o and_o suppress_v it_o whole_o wherefore_o wisdom_n may_v not_o promise_v unto_o itself_o any_o thing_n in_o this_o subject_n see_v she_o have_v no_o power_n the_o passion_n be_v absolute_a and_o depend_v not_o on_o the_o empire_n of_o virtue_n they_o present_v themselves_o uncalled_a of_o love._n the_o preface_n a_o ancient_n say_v that_o to_o expel_v youth_n out_o of_o our_o town_n be_v to_o cut_v off_o the_o spring_n time_n of_o the_o year_n but_o we_o may_v maintain_v with_o no_o less_o truth_n that_o to_o banish_v love_n from_o a_o civil_a life_n and_o the_o conversation_n of_o man_n be_v not_o only_o to_o deprive_v the_o year_n of_o her_o goodly_a season_n but_o also_o as_o it_o be_v to_o pull_v the_o sun_n out_o of_o the_o firmament_n and_o to_o fill_v the_o whole_a world_n with_o horror_n and_o 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the_o effect_n of_o love_n as_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n imagine_v or_o whether_o it_o be_v rather_o the_o poison_n of_o love_n as_o other_o presuppose_v but_o we_o will_v refer_v the_o discourse_n to_o the_o follow_a chapter_n of_o jealousy_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o effect_n and_o sign_n of_o love._n chap._n 5._o the_o vulgar_a sort_n think_v that_o as_o the_o sun_n run_v not_o his_o course_n without_o light_n so_o love_n can_v be_v without_o jealousy_n and_o they_o add_v that_o as_o lightning_n be_v a_o infallible_a sign_n of_o thunder_n which_o break_v forth_o so_o jealousy_n be_v a_o certain_a sign_n of_o love_n which_o desire_v to_o show_v itself_o powerful_o but_o they_o that_o have_v a_o more_o exact_a and_o particular_a knowledge_n of_o humane_a passion_n maintain_v that_o as_o the_o sun_n be_v come_v to_o the_o south_n which_o be_v the_o point_n of_o the_o perfection_n of_o his_o light_n cast_v no_o shadow_n but_o spread_v his_o beam_n all_o pure_a upon_o the_o earth_n so_o a_o 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the_o same_o tincture_n to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v resemble_v one_o another_o and_o contrariwise_o what_o do_v so_o much_o distract_v the_o will_n and_o divide_v the_o heart_n as_o jealousy_n love_n bind_v we_o to_o interpret_v favourable_o of_o all_o the_o action_n of_o the_o party_n belove_v and_o to_o take_v in_o good_a part_n that_o which_o we_o ought_v to_o believe_v she_o have_v do_v with_o reason_n whereas_o jealousy_n make_v bad_a interpretation_n not_o only_o of_o her_o action_n but_o even_o of_o her_o very_a thought_n be_v there_o any_o innocency_n that_o can_v be_v shelter_v from_o the_o outrage_n of_o this_o inhuman_a fury_n if_o the_o party_n belove_v have_v any_o joy_n it_o than_o presuppose_v a_o rival_n if_o she_o be_v pensive_a they_o be_v suspicion_n of_o contempt_n if_o she_o speak_v to_o another_o it_o be_v infidelity_n if_o she_o have_v wit_n they_o apprehend_v practice_n if_o she_o be_v advise_v they_o imagine_v subtlety_n if_o she_o be_v plain_a they_o call_v 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to_o endure_v this_o brutish_a rigot_n love_n be_v a_o lively_a fountain_n of_o joy_n and_o contentment_n which_o banish_v all_o care_n and_o melancholy_a but_o jealousy_n what_o be_v it_o else_o but_o a_o nursery_n of_o griefâ—_n and_o waywardnesse_n whereas_o we_o see_v thorn_n of_o despair_n and_o rage_n to_o grow_v up_o among_o the_o sweet_a and_o most_o please_a flower_n that_o nature_n can_v produce_v how_o then_o can_v any_o man_n believe_v that_o these_o two_o contrary_a passion_n can_v subsist_v in_o one_o subject_n if_o they_o oppose_v hereunto_o experience_n and_o the_o testimony_n of_o many_o person_n worthy_a of_o credit_n which_o protest_v that_o they_o have_v love_v sincere_o and_o yet_o be_v never_o without_o jealousy_n and_o will_v thereby_o infer_v that_o at_o the_o least_o jealousy_n be_v a_o sign_n of_o love_n which_o be_v the_o second_o thing_n we_o must_v encounter_v to_o satisfy_v that_o which_o have_v be_v former_o propound_v it_o suffice_v to_o answer_v that_o 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their_o soul_n fight_v for_o her_o honour_n and_o hold_v it_o a_o punishment_n to_o offend_v she_o but_o these_o be_v not_o the_o effect_n of_o jealousy_n which_o contrariwise_o violate_v the_o honour_n which_o be_v due_a to_o the_o party_n belove_v and_o by_o a_o prodigious_a manner_n to_o blind_v the_o world_n will_v have_v her_o favour_n by_o wrong_v she_o tread_v her_o merit_n under_o foot_n we_o must_v then_o put_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o respective_a fear_n which_o always_o do_v accompany_v those_o that_o love_v perfect_o and_o jealousy_n which_o be_v never_o find_v but_o with_o a_o imperfect_a passion_n which_o can_v judge_v of_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o party_n belove_v they_o which_o know_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v diverse_a and_o as_o remote_a one_o from_o another_o as_o the_o earth_n be_v from_o heaven_n will_v easy_o pass_v on_o this_o side_n and_o yield_v that_o jealousy_n be_v neither_o compatible_a with_o love_n nor_o be_v any_o sign_n thereof_o yet_o if_o 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to_o love_n as_o thick_a mist_n be_v to_o flower_n hail_n to_o harvest_n storm_n to_o fruit_n and_o poison_n to_o our_o life_n of_o hatred_n or_o enmity_n chap._n 1._o as_o the_o law_n of_o love_n and_o hatred_n be_v direct_o contrary_a by_o that_o which_o we_o have_v speak_v of_o love_n it_o will_v be_v easy_a to_o judge_v wherein_o hatred_n consist_v and_o how_o far_o her_o effect_n extend_v hatred_n then_o be_v a_o aversion_n and_o horror_n which_o man_n have_v of_o all_o that_o seem_v contrary_a to_o his_o good_a or_o prejudicial_a to_o his_o contentment_n or_o else_o hatred_n be_v a_o horror_n which_o the_o appetite_n have_v of_o that_o which_o seem_v pernicious_a unto_o it_o so_o as_o the_o sheep_n hate_v the_o wolf_n as_o the_o enemy_n and_o persecuter_n of_o his_o life_n but_o we_o must_v here_o observe_v that_o as_o all_o that_o be_v befit_v nature_n be_v put_v in_o the_o rank_n of_o good_a so_o on_o the_o other_o side_n whatsoever_o be_v opposite_a unto_o it_o must_v be_v 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gall_n which_o in_o this_o heat_n exhale_v itself_o and_o ascend_v unto_o the_o brain_n where_o it_o trouble_v our_o imagination_n this_o heat_n differ_v from_o that_o which_o proceed_v from_o love_n for_o that_o the_o heat_n which_o be_v find_v in_o love_n tend_v to_o the_o thing_n belove_v to_o unite_v itself_o with_o it_o be_v mix_v with_o a_o certain_a sweetness_n so_o as_o the_o philosopher_n compare_v it_o to_o the_o moderate_a heat_n of_o the_o air_n or_o blood_n wherefore_o we_o say_v that_o sanguine_a complexion_n be_v most_o capable_a of_o love_n &_o that_o the_o bounty_n of_o the_o liver_n whereas_o the_o blood_n be_v frame_v induce_v to_o love_v but_o the_o heat_n of_o choler_n be_v boil_v full_a of_o bitterness_n and_o accompany_v with_o sharpness_n which_o tend_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o object_n which_o it_o pursue_v and_o be_v proper_o like_a to_o the_o heat_n of_o a_o great_a fire_n or_o to_o adust_a choler_n extraordinary_o move_v which_o consume_v the_o 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