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of_o the_o heart_n and_o artery_n though_o no_o doubt_n but_o the_o spirit_n be_v therein_o agitate_a and_o indeed_o they_o be_v body_n so_o light_a and_o susceptible_a of_o motion_n that_o the_o least_o agitation_n of_o the_o soul_n must_v needs_o stir_v they_o which_o thing_n can_v be_v say_v of_o the_o heart_n which_o be_v massy_a and_o heavy_a of_o itself_o and_o have_v a_o function_n so_o necessary_a to_o life_n that_o it_o ought_v not_o without_o great_a necessity_n or_o a_o great_a effort_n to_o interrupt_v or_o disturb_v it_o in_o light_a passion_n therefore_o the_o spirit_n only_o be_v agitate_a and_o stir_v but_o when_o they_o become_v strong_a not_o only_o the_o spirit_n but_o the_o heart_n also_o follow_v the_o emotion_n and_o disturbance_n of_o the_o soul_n sect_n 2._o why_o the_o heart_n and_o spirit_n move_v in_o the_o passion_n but_o what_o end_n do_v the_o soul_n propose_v to_o herself_o in_o all_o these_o motion_n what_o advantage_n can_v she_o receive_v thereby_o 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which_o then_o require_v only_o agreeable_a object_n &_o will_v not_o be_v disturb_v by_o the_o agitation_n of_o choler_n and_o melancholy_n which_o be_v troublesome_a and_o malignant_a humour_n and_o so_o it_o may_v be_v affirm_v that_o in_o all_o the_o other_o passion_n the_o spirit_n be_v put_v upon_o such_o motion_n as_o be_v conducible_a to_o the_o design_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o we_o shall_v make_v it_o appear_v when_o we_o come_v to_o discourse_v of_o every_o one_o of_o they_o in_o particular_a but_o for_o one_o of_o this_o nature_n there_o be_v a_o thousand_o other_o which_o be_v no_o way_n advantageous_a and_o which_o rather_o serve_v to_o discover_v the_o precipitation_n and_o blindness_n the_o soul_n be_v in_o then_o to_o obtain_v what_o she_o propose_v to_o herself_o for_o that_o the_o heart_n open_v and_o dilate_v itself_o in_o love_n and_o joy_n that_o it_o shut_v and_o contract_v itself_o in_o fear_n and_o sadness_n that_o the_o spirit_n shall_v diffuse_v themselves_o 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