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in_o his_o reason_n for_o his_o opinion_n 314._o that_o he_o that_o reflect_v on_o himself_o can_v but_o be_v satisfy_v that_o a_o free_a agent_n be_v he_o that_o can_v do_v if_o he_o will_v and_o forbear_v if_o he_o will_n and_o such_o a_o agent_n he_o allow_v man_n to_o be_v and_o say_v he_o have_v prove_v it_o too_o but_o how_o he_o will_v reconcile_v this_o with_o his_o assertion_n that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v free_a from_o necessitation_n and_o that_o all_o our_o action_n have_v necessary_a cause_n and_o therefore_o be_v necessitate_v i_o can_v imagine_v as_o to_o spinoza_n account_n of_o the_o deity_n in_o reference_n to_o this_o point_n i_o have_v give_v a_o hint_n or_o two_o of_o it_o already_o he_o make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o nature_n or_o the_o universe_n to_o be_v corporeal_a and_o a_o absolute_o necessary_a agent_n one_o who_o can_v possible_o help_v do_v as_o he_o do_v one_o who_o have_v no_o power_n of_o creation_n nor_o do_v act_n according_a to_o free_a 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nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la deum_fw-la fato_fw-la subjicere_fw-la 32._o now_o i_o think_v nothing_o can_v more_o show_v the_o wicked_a perverseness_n of_o this_o writer_n mind_n than_o this_o passage_n for_o he_o can_v not_o but_o know_v very_o well_o that_o when_o divine_n assert_v the_o deity_n to_o be_v essential_o and_o necessary_o good_a they_o do_v not_o mean_v that_o goodness_n be_v any_o thing_n extrinsical_a to_o the_o divine_a nature_n much_o less_o that_o it_o be_v something_o which_o have_v no_o dependence_n upon_o it_o but_o only_o that_o the_o excellency_n and_o perfection_n of_o his_o nature_n be_v such_o as_o that_o it_o be_v in_o every_o thing_n exact_o conformable_a to_o right_a reason_n and_o therefore_o this_o be_v certain_o a_o wilful_a perversion_n of_o their_o sense_n set_v up_o on_o purpose_n to_o overthrow_v the_o notion_n of_o moral_a goodness_n in_o the_o deity_n but_o how_o vain_a be_v it_o for_o he_o to_o tell_v we_o that_o for_o the_o 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according_a to_o the_o same_o universal_a and_o eternal_a dictate_v of_o reason_n and_o be_v just_a and_o good_a equitable_a and_o righteous_a in_o all_o his_o deal_n with_o his_o creature_n and_o that_o he_o exercise_v these_o thing_n in_o the_o earth_n this_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o case_n and_o this_o be_v what_o we_o assert_v and_o our_o adversary_n deny_v and_o what_o i_o shall_v now_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v in_o order_n to_o which_o it_o must_v be_v allow_v in_o the_o 1._o place_n that_o man_n be_v a_o think_v be_v and_o have_v the_o power_n of_o reason_v and_o inference_n it_o must_v be_v allow_v also_o that_o we_o be_v capable_a of_o know_v this_o and_o do_v most_o evident_o discover_v such_o a_o power_n in_o ourselves_o and_o since_o all_o intelligent_a creature_n do_v natural_o desire_v to_o be_v happy_a we_o must_v do_v so_o too_o and_o consequent_o endeavour_v to_o obtain_v that_o kind_a of_o happiness_n which_o be_v agreeable_a to_o our_o nature_n and_o faculty_n i_o e._n a_o happiness_n that_o shall_v relate_v to_o our_o whole_a nature_n and_o not_o to_o the_o body_n only_o now_o the_o happiness_n of_o any_o be_v consist_v in_o the_o free_a and_o vigorous_a exercise_n of_o its_o power_n and_o faculty_n or_o in_o the_o perfection_n of_o its_o nature_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v reason_n the_o happiness_n of_o mankind_n must_v consist_v chief_o in_o the_o free_a and_o vigorous_a exercise_n of_o his_o reason_v faculty_n or_o be_v in_o such_o a_o condition_n as_o that_o we_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v agreeable_a to_o and_o avoid_v all_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v disagreeable_a to_o it_o now_o all_o this_o suppose_a and_o grant_v as_o i_o think_v none_o of_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v it_o will_v plain_o follow_v that_o all_o such_o action_n as_o do_v universal_o approve_v themselves_o to_o the_o reason_n of_o mankind_n and_o such_o as_o when_o due_o examine_v and_o consider_v do_v constant_o and_o uniform_o tend_v towards_o and_o promote_v the_o happiness_n of_o man_n consider_v as_o to_o his_o whole_a nature_n and_o chief_o as_o to_o that_o part_n of_o he_o in_o which_o his_o nature_n do_v more_o proper_o consist_v which_o be_v his_o rational_a and_o understanding_n faculty_n such_o action_n i_o say_v must_v necessary_o be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o their_o own_o nature_n good_a and_o their_o contrary_n must_v be_v denominate_v evil_a after_o the_o same_o manner_n for_o whatsoever_o be_v universal_o approve_v be_v universal_o good_a to_o call_v a_o thing_n good_a be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o declare_v its_o conducibility_n to_o that_o end_n it_o be_v design_v for_o now_o according_a to_o our_o adversary_n assertion_n man_n call_v that_o good_a which_o promote_v their_o own_o advantage_n and_o happiness_n and_o so_o no_o doubt_n it_o ought_v to_o be_v esteem_v all_o that_o they_o mistake_v in_o be_v that_o they_o do_v understand_v wherein_o their_o true_a happiness_n consist_v and_o therefore_o if_o a_o thing_n do_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n approve_v itself_o to_o the_o impartial_a reason_n of_o mankind_n and_o can_v on_o due_a examination_n manifest_o appear_v to_o conduce_v to_o the_o interest_n advantage_n and_o happiness_n of_o human_a nature_n such_o a_o thing_n must_v by_o all_o rational_a and_o think_v man_n be_v pronounce_v natural_o and_o moral_o good_a and_o its_o reverse_n evil_a in_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o case_n in_o reference_n to_o that_o which_o be_v common_o call_v moral_a good_a and_o evil_a will_v appear_v plain_a and_o evident_a when_o we_o show_v 2._o that_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n and_o action_n which_o the_o free_a and_o unprejudiced_a reason_n of_o all_o mankind_n can_v but_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v comely_a lovely_a and_o good_a in_o their_o own_o nature_n as_o soon_o as_o ever_o it_o consider_v they_o and_o make_v any_o judgement_n about_o they_o and_o this_o be_v what_o be_v apparent_a to_o the_o observation_n of_o all_o man_n to_o have_v be_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la do_v and_o the_o truth_n of_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v for_o have_v not_o all_o nation_n in_o the_o world_n agree_v in_o pay_v some_o kind_n of_o worship_n and_o veneration_n to_o the_o deity_n be_v there_o ever_o any_o place_n where_o or_o time_n when_o obedience_n to_o parent_n gratitude_n for_o benefit_n receive_v act_n of_o justice_n mercy_n kindness_n and_o good_a nature_n be_v not_o account_v reasonable_a good_a and_o decent_a thing_n i_o know_v some_o person_n have_v bold_o tell_v the_o world_n that_o it_o be_v quite_o otherwise_o and_o that_o there_o be_v some_o whole_a nation_n so_o savage_a and_o barbarous_a as_o to_o have_v no_o notion_n of_o any_o deity_n who_o have_v no_o manner_n of_o religious_a worship_n at_o all_o and_o who_o have_v no_o notion_n or_o idea_n of_o moral_a
terram_fw-la propterea_fw-la quòd_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la causarum_fw-la confer_v deorum_fw-la cogit_fw-la ad_fw-la imperium_fw-la res_fw-la &_o concedere_fw-la regnum_fw-la et_fw-la quorum_fw-la operum_fw-la causas_fw-la nullâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la videre_fw-la possunt_fw-la haec_fw-la fieri_fw-la divino_fw-la numine_fw-la rentur_fw-la lib._n 6._o v._n 49._o 49._o lib._n 5._o v._n 1160._o nunc_fw-la quae_fw-la causa_fw-la deum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n two_o qui_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la totam_fw-la de_fw-la diis_fw-la immortalibus_fw-la opinionem_fw-la fictam_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la causâ_fw-la causâ_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n de_fw-fr legib._n lib._n 10._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sext._n emp._n adv_o math._n p._n 310._o 310._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praeterea_fw-la cui_fw-la non_fw-la animus_n formidine_fw-la diuùm_fw-la contrahitur_fw-la cui_fw-la non_fw-la conrepunt_fw-la membra_fw-la pavore_fw-la fulminis_fw-la horribili_fw-la cum_fw-la plagâ_fw-la torrida_fw-la tellus_fw-la contremit_fw-la &_o magnum_fw-la percurrunt_fw-la murmura_fw-la coelum_fw-la non_fw-fr populi_n gentesque_fw-la tremunt_fw-la regesque_fw-la superbi_fw-la conripiunt_fw-la diuùm_fw-la perculsâ_fw-la membra_fw-la timore_fw-la ne_fw-la quod_fw-la ob_fw-la admissum_fw-la foedè_fw-la dictumque_fw-la superbè_fw-la poenarum_fw-la grave_n sit_fw-la solvendi_fw-la tempus_fw-la adactum_fw-la lucret._n l._n 5._o v._n 1217._o 1217._o vid._n archbishop_n tillotson_n first_o sermon_n p._n 47._o 47._o rom._n 1.20_o 1.20_o blount_n life_n of_o apollon_n in_o the_o preface_n preface_n primum_fw-la graius_fw-la homo_fw-la mortales_fw-la tollere_fw-la contra_fw-la est_fw-la oculos_fw-la ausus_fw-la primusque_fw-la obsistere_fw-la contra_fw-la quem_fw-la nec_fw-la fama_fw-la deûm_fw-la nec_fw-la sulmina_fw-la nec_fw-la minitanti_fw-la murmur_n compressit_fw-la coelum_fw-la lib._n 1._o v._n 67._o 67._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adu._n math._n p._n 314._o 314._o sext._n empiric_n adu._n mathem_n p._n 316_o 317._o 317._o vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la leviathan_n p._n 87._o 87._o ib._n p._n 7._o 7._o ib._n p._n 238._o 238._o pag._n 36._o 36._o in_o omnium_fw-la animis_fw-la deorum_fw-la notionem_fw-la natura_fw-la ipsa_fw-la impressit_fw-la de_fw-fr nat._n deorum_n lib._n 1._o 1._o quae_fw-la gens_n est_fw-la aut_fw-la quod_fw-la genus_fw-la hominum_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la sine_fw-la doctrinà _fw-la anticipationem_fw-la quandam_fw-la deorum_fw-la quam_fw-la appellat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epicurus_n ib._n c._n 32._o 32._o tuscul._n quaest._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr legib._n l._n 1._o 1._o vid._n epist._n 117_o 118._o de_fw-fr benefic_n 4.4_o 4.4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adu._n mathem_n p._n 314._o 314._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dis._n 1._o p._n 5._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n aristot._n metaph._n l._n 14._o c._n 8._o p._n 483._o paris_n 1654._o 1654._o joseph_n antiquit_n l._n 11._o c._n 8._o 8._o 1_o chron._n 29.11_o 12._o job_n 12.9_o etc._n etc._n isa._n 44.24_o etc._n etc._n act_v 17.24_o 25_o etc._n etc._n etc._n rev._n 4.8_o jam._n 1.17_o deut._n 33.27_o 33.27_o 2_o chron._n 6.18_o jer._n 23.24_o jer._n 17.10_o &_o 20.12_o 20.12_o leviath_n p._n 19_o 19_o leviath_n p._n 371.207_o 371.207_o leviath_n p._n 11._o 11._o leviath_n p._n 17.207_o 17.207_o leviath_n p._n 208._o 208._o leviath_n p._n 214._o 214._o answer_v to_o bishop_n bramhall_n p._n 31_o 36._o 36._o ethices_n pars_fw-la 2._o prop._n 2._o p._n 42._o 42._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sophist_n p._n 172._o ficin_n ficin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d metaph._n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o 7._o dr._n cudw_n intel._n syst._n p._n 20._o 20._o praeterea_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la possis_fw-la dicere_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la corpore_fw-la sejunctum_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n 1._o v._n 431._o 431._o adu._n math._n p._n 267._o 267._o leviath_n p._n 373._o 373._o p._n 372._o 372._o leviath_n p._n 190._o &_o de_n cive_z c_z 15._o §._o 14._o and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v mens_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la praeterquam_fw-la motus_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la partibus_fw-la corporis_fw-la organici_fw-la organici_fw-la leviath_n p._n 207_o 208._o 208._o leviath_n p._n 373._o 373._o see_v my_o second_o sermon_n essay_n of_o human_a understanding_n p._n 143._o 143._o lib._n de_fw-fr nat._n deorum_n &_o tuscul._n quaest_n lib._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr irà _fw-la dei_fw-la c._n 11._o p._n 742._o oxon._n lib._n 1._o c._n 3._o 3._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la philosoph_n lib._n 1._o c._n 3_o p._n 876._o 876._o sext._n empir_n adv_fw-la mathem_n p._n 309._o 309._o de_fw-fr placit_fw-la philos._n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o polit._n p._n 547._o ficin_n ficin_n adu._n mâ—th_o p._n 155._o 155._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nat._n auscult_a l._n 8._o c._n 15._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la philos._n 4._o c._n 2._o p._n 898._o 898._o de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la philos._n lib._n 1._o c._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adu._n math._n p._n 32._o 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n metaph._n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o p._n 842._o paris_n paris_n dr._n cudw_n in_o his_o intellectual_a syst._n of_o the_o universe_n universe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v anaxagoras_n vid._n diog._n laert._n laert._n oracle_n of_o reason_n p._n 126_o 127._o 127._o obseru._n on_o dr._n bentley_n serm._n p._n 6_o 7._o 7._o metaph._n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o 3._o arrian_n lib._n 1._o c._n 5._o 5._o lib._n 1._o metaph._n c._n 3._o 3._o dr._n cudworth_n dr._n bentley_n and_o other_o other_o observation_n on_o dr._n bentley_n sermon_n p._n 10._o 10._o op._n posthum_fw-la p._n 12._o &_o 14._o 14._o op._n post._n p._n 21.6_o 4_o 5._o 5._o ib._n p._n 12._o 12._o ib._n p._n 14._o 14._o ib._n p._n 11._o 11._o quando_fw-la attribuimus_fw-la deo_fw-la sensus_fw-la scientiam_fw-la &_o intellectum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la suscitatus_fw-la à _fw-la rebus_fw-la externis_fw-la organa_fw-la prementibus_fw-la animi_fw-la tumultus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la putandum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la tale_n accidere_fw-la deo_fw-la hobbs_n de_fw-fr civ_o c._n xv_o §._o 14_o p._n 271._o the_o same_o thing_n he_o say_v also_o leviath_n c._n 31._o p._n 190._o 190._o omnia_fw-la inevitabili_fw-la necessitate_v ex_fw-la dei_fw-la naturâ_fw-la sequi_fw-la statuo_fw-la op._n past._n p._n 453._o vid._n etiam_fw-la p._n 24_o 18_o 26_o etc._n etc._n etc._n op._n post._n p._n 24._o 24._o p._n 28._o 28._o p._n 36._o 36._o p._n 37._o 37._o amphitheatr_n provide_v aetern_a p._n 9_o 9_o humane_a nature_n p._n 69._o 69._o leviath_n p._n 374._o 374._o leviath_n p._n 191._o 191._o leviath_n p._n 192._o 192._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adu._n math._n p._n 317._o 317._o leviath_n p._n 190._o 190._o sermon_n 4_o the_o and_o 5_o the_o the_o in_o my_o second_o sermon_n sermon_n ep._n 95._o 95._o de_fw-fr benef._n lib._n 4._o 4._o leviath_n p._n 190._o 190._o leviath_n p._n 24_o 63_o 64._o spinoza_n oper._n posth_n p._n 37._o 37._o leviath_n p._n 187._o 187._o plato_n call_v the_o deity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a idea_n or_o essence_n of_o good_n and_o herein_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v follow_v the_o pythagorean_n and_o timaeus_n lacrus_n in_o particular_a who_o assert_n of_o mind_n according_a to_o he_o the_o first_o principle_n of_o the_o universe_n that_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o nature_n of_o good_a and_o say_v further_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o call_v it_o god_n and_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o best_a thing_n aristotle_n also_o reckon_v moral_a goodness_n among_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o plutarch_n say_v it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a excellency_n in_o the_o deity_n and_o that_o on_o this_o account_n it_o be_v that_o man_n love_v and_o honour_n he_o hierocles_n in_o carm._n pythagor_n assert_n the_o deity_n to_o be_v essential_o good_a and_o not_o by_o accidental_a or_o external_n motive_n motive_n anima_fw-la mund._o in_o or._n of_o reason_n p._n 117._o 117._o oracle_n of_o reason_n p._n 89._o 89._o a._n bish._n tillot_v serm._n vol._n 4._o p._n 315._o 315._o open_v posthum_fw-la p._n 164._o 164._o ibid_fw-la p._n 37._o vid._n etiam_fw-la p._n 171_o 185_o 360_o etc._n etc._n etc._n leviath_n p._n 24._o 24._o ibid._n p._n 63_o 64._o 64._o p._n 73._o 73._o ibid_fw-la p._n 79._o 79._o vid._n hum._n nature_n p._n 38._o element_n de_fw-fr cive_z c._n 1._o §._o 2._o 2._o blount_n life_n of_o apollonius_n p._n 151._o 151._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pyrrh_n hypot_n p._n 46._o and_o again_o p._n 147._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n sext._n emp._n adu._n math._n p._n 450_o 451_o etc._n etc._n 462_o 463_o etc._n etc._n etc._n spinoz_n op._n posthum_fw-la p._n 36._o 36._o ostendamad_a dei_fw-la naturam_fw-la neque_fw-la intellectum_fw-la neque_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ibid._n p._n 18._o vid._n etiam_fw-la p._n 29._o 29._o essay_n of_o human_n understand_v p._n 274_o 275._o 275._o pag._n 284._o 284._o essay_n of_o hum._n understand_v p._n 276._o 276._o mich._n 6.8_o deut._n 10.12_o 1_o sam._n 15.22_o psal._n 50.8_o dr._n cudworth_n in_o preface_n to_o his_o intellectual_a system_n system_n hobbs_n tripos_n p._n 297._o 297._o ibid._n p._n 312._o 312._o vid._n sermon_n v._o p._n 51._o serm._n vi_o p._n 5._o 5._o vid._n serm._n v._n p._n 49._o 49._o serm._n v._o p._n 51._o 51._o spinoza_n op._n posthum_fw-la p._n 85._o 85._o p._n 28._o 28._o princep_v philos._n cartes_n demonstrat_n p._n 103._o 103._o hobbs_n tripos_n p._n 314._o 314._o p._n 29._o op._n posthum_fw-la and_o p._n 33_o 18._o 18._o op._n posth_n p._n 32._o 32._o tripos_n p._n 311._o 311._o ibid._n 315._o 315._o mr._n lock_v in_o his_o essay_n of_o humane_a understanding_n understanding_n tripos_n p._n 314._o 314._o exit_fw-la necessitate_v divinae_fw-la naturae_fw-la infinita_fw-la infinitis_fw-la modis_fw-la sequi_fw-la debent_fw-la op._n posthum_fw-la p._n 16_o 18._o 18._o p._n 17._o 17._o p._n 18._o tract_n theol._n polit._n c._n 4._o p._n 63._o 63._o op._n posthum_fw-la p._n 85._o 85._o p._n 28._o 28._o p._n 29._o 29._o vid._n serm._n 4_o &_o 5._o 5._o have_v it_o not_o be_v a_o thing_n undeniable_a that_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v free_a and_o have_v not_o epicurus_n and_o his_o follower_n lucretius_n very_o well_o know_v that_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n which_o every_o one_o can_v not_o but_o experience_n in_o himself_o he_o have_v certain_o as_o a_o very_a learned_a person_n observe_v dr._n lucas_n enquiry_n after_o happiness_n vol._n 1._o p._n 156_o 157._o follow_v his_o old_a master_n democritus_n and_o assert_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n to_o be_v as_o necessary_o and_o fatal_o move_v by_o the_o stroke_n of_o his_o atom_n as_o natural_a and_o irrational_a body_n be_v but_o this_o opinion_n he_o be_v force_v to_o desert_n and_o to_o assert_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o it_o be_v to_o make_v this_o out_o according_a to_o his_o senseless_a hypothesis_n that_o he_o invent_v that_o unaccountable_a oblique_a motion_n of_o his_o atom_n which_o lucretius_n call_v exiguum_fw-la clinamen_fw-la principiorum_fw-la lib._n 2._o 2._o falluntur_fw-la homines_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la liberos_fw-la esse_fw-la sutant_fw-la quae_fw-la opinio_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la solo_fw-la consistit_fw-la quod_fw-la suarum_fw-la actionum_fw-la sint_fw-la conscii_fw-la &_o ignari_fw-la causarum_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la determinantur_fw-la haec_fw-la ergo_fw-la est_fw-la eorum_fw-la libertatis_fw-la idea_n quod_fw-la suarum_fw-la aâ—â—ionum_fw-la nullam_fw-la câ—gnescunt_fw-la causam_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la aiunt_fw-la humanas_fw-la actiones_fw-la à _fw-la voluntate_fw-la pendere_fw-la verba_fw-la sunt_fw-la quorum_fw-la nullam_fw-la habent_fw-la ideam_fw-la eapt_v spinoz_n open_v posthum_fw-la p._n 73._o vid._n etiam_fw-la p._n 37._o 37._o spinozae_fw-la princip_n philos._n cartes_n demonst._n p._n 103._o 103._o hobbs_n tripos_n p._n 314._o 314._o spin._n op._n posth_n p._n 87_o 88_o 88_o ibid._n p._n 399._o 399._o ibid._n p._n 399._o 399._o p._n 73._o 73._o leviath_n p._n 187._o 187._o spinoz_n op._n posthum_fw-la p._n 586_o
ii_o the_o particular_a kind_a of_o wickedness_n or_o origin_n from_o whence_o the_o spirit_n of_o atheism_n and_o irreligion_n do_v chief_o proceed_v and_o that_o be_v pride_n the_o wicked_a through_o the_o pride_n of_o his_o countenance_n etc._n etc._n iii_o the_o great_a charge_n which_o the_o psalmist_n bring_v against_o the_o person_n here_o speak_v of_o in_o my_o text_n viz._n wilful_a atheism_n and_o infidelity_n he_o will_v not_o seek_v after_o god_n neither_o be_v god_n in_o all_o his_o thought_n the_o two_o first_o of_o these_o i_o have_v already_o dispatch_v and_o therefore_o shall_v now_o proceed_v to_o discourse_v on_o my_o three_o head_n viz._n the_o great_a charge_n here_o bring_v against_o this_o wicked_a person_n that_o he_o will_v not_o seek_v after_o god_n neither_o be_v god_n in_o all_o his_o thought_n or_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o margin_n with_o good_a ground_n as_o i_o have_v before_o observe_v from_o the_o hebrew_n all_o his_o thought_n be_v there_o be_v no_o god_n which_o appear_v to_o i_o to_o imply_v a_o wilful_a and_o malicious_a slight_n and_o contemn_v of_o god_n and_o his_o law_n and_o a_o endeavour_n to_o banish_v the_o very_a thought_n of_o his_o existence_n out_o of_o their_o mind_n and_o under_o this_o head_n i_o shall_v make_v it_o my_o business_n to_o enumerate_v all_o the_o pretend_a argument_n and_o objection_n which_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o and_o be_v of_o any_o weight_n against_o the_o be_v of_o a_o god_n in_o general_a and_o then_o endeavour_v to_o show_v how_o weak_a and_o inconclusive_a they_o be_v and_o how_o miserable_a a_o support_n they_o will_v prove_v for_o atheism_n and_o infidelity_n but_o first_o it_o will_v be_v necessary_a brief_o to_o clear_v up_o one_o point_n and_o to_o obviate_v one_o objection_n that_o may_v be_v make_v against_o this_o very_a attempt_n of_o i_o of_o refute_v and_o answer_v the_o atheist_n argument_n and_o objection_n it_o will_v i_o doubt_v not_o be_v say_v that_o there_o be_v not_o 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