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we_o love_v our_o love_n be_v follow_v with_o act_n of_o benevolence_n or_o wish_v well_o to_o the_o be_v and_o happiness_n of_o that_o thing_n that_o help_v to_o make_v we_o happy_a and_o with_o desire_n of_o enjoy_v that_o in_o they_o that_o delight_v we_o and_o our_o love_n to_o inanimate_a thing_n be_v follow_v with_o benevolence_n and_o well_o wish_v to_o their_o be_v if_o it_o may_v be_v continue_v with_o their_o enjoyment_n and_o with_o desire_n also_o of_o enjoy_v they_o but_o because_o benevolence_n appear_v most_o in_o wish_v happiness_n to_o being_n capable_a of_o it_o and_o the_o use_n of_o most_o inanimate_a thing_n which_o we_o love_v and_o desire_v to_o enjoy_v destroy_v they_o in_o the_o enjoyment_n therefore_o learned_a man_n have_v talk_v as_o if_o there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o love_n whereas_o love_n be_v but_o one_o simple_a act_n of_o the_o mind_n always_o accompany_v with_o desire_n and_o benevolence_n too_o where_o the_o object_n be_v capable_a of_o it_o but_o as_o that_o definition_n which_o mr._n n._n have_v give_v we_o viz._n that_o love_n be_v that_o original_a weight_n bent_n or_o endeavour_n whereby_o the_o soul_n stand_v incline_v to_o and_o be_v move_v forward_o to_o good_a ingeneral_n or_o happiness_n tell_v as_o not_o so_o well_o what_o love_n be_v as_o our_o own_o heart_n can_v when_o we_o consult_v they_o so_o perhaps_o a_o examination_n of_o they_o will_v not_o only_o better_o acquaint_v we_o with_o the_o nature_n of_o our_o passion_n but_o also_o direct_v we_o better_o to_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o regulation_n than_o notion_n concern_v they_o deduce_v from_o the_o consequence_n of_o a_o hypothesis_n let_v we_o therefore_o consider_v more_o particular_o how_o by_o the_o different_a object_n of_o our_o love_n our_o heart_n be_v affect_v when_o we_o say_v we_o love_v ourselves_o have_v we_o then_o only_o a_o simple_a perception_n of_o pleasure_n and_o complaisance_n in_o our_o be_v or_o be_v any_o thing_n else_o annex_v to_o that_o pleasure_n as_o a_o necessary_a concomitant_a or_o consequence_n of_o it_o mr._n n._n say_v letter_n philosophical_a and_o divine_a p._n 165._o that_o our_o love_n of_o ourselves_o be_v not_o love_n of_o desire_n but_o love_n of_o benevolence_n most_o undoubted_o most_o undoubted_o these_o word_n of_o mr._n n._n very_o much_o clash_n with_o what_o he_o affirm_v elsewhere_o see_v his_o theory_n and_o regulation_n of_o love_n p._n 14._o and_o 15._o where_o have_v reduce_v or_o comprehend_v love_n under_o concupiscence_n and_o benevolence_n he_o express_o tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v no_o desire_n without_o benevolence_n and_o no_o benevolence_n without_o define_v but_o he_o do_v not_o in_o this_o oppose_v himself_o only_o but_o truth_n also_o since_o the_o