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the_o reader_n have_v account_v in_o the_o first_o section_n for_o the_o general_a design_n of_o this_o undertake_n i_o have_v here_o no_o more_o to_o do_v than_o only_o to_o prepare_v the_o reader_n by_o give_v he_o some_o few_o advertisement_n concern_v the_o manner_n of_o its_o performance_n in_o the_o first_o place_n i_o make_v no_o apology_n for_o i_o will_v not_o have_v expose_v these_o paper_n to_o the_o view_n of_o the_o world_n if_o i_o think_v they_o need_v any_o neither_o do_v i_o desire_v any_o favour_n or_o kind_a allowance_n from_o my_o reader_n i_o only_o desire_v that_o he_o will_v be_v so_o kind_a to_o himself_o and_o so_o just_a to_o i_o as_o to_o afford_v i_o his_o close_a and_o most_o unprejudiced_a attention_n that_o he_o will_v suspend_v his_o judgement_n till_o he_o have_v go_v over_o the_o whole_a and_o that_o then_o he_o will_v censure_v no_o far_o than_o he_o understand_v this_o request_n be_v at_o all_o time_n reasonable_a but_o now_o i_o think_v it_o in_o 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within_o as_o little_a room_n as_o may_v be_v i_o have_v set_v myself_o this_o law_n to_o write_v nothing_o but_o what_o be_v direct_o and_o perpendicular_o to_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n and_o to_o express_v what_o be_v so_o in_o as_o few_o word_n as_o i_o can_v with_o perspicuity_n for_o i_o think_v it_o the_o perfection_n of_o discourse_n to_o come_v as_o nigh_o intuition_n as_o may_v be_v and_o that_o none_o be_v so_o far_o remove_v from_o the_o measure_n of_o angel_n as_o prolix_a and_o voluminous_a writer_n it_o will_v have_v be_v more_o for_o my_o own_o ease_n to_o have_v be_v lax_n and_o popular_a but_o i_o think_v it_o of_o more_o concern_v to_o consult_v the_o patience_n the_o time_n and_o the_o purse_n of_o the_o reader_n joh._n norris_n the_o general_z content_n of_o the_o whole_a part_n i._o sect_n i._o the_o general_a design_n of_o this_o undertake_n and_o its_o great_a usefulness_n to_o the_o whole_a drift_n of_o morality_n pag._n 1._o sect_n ii_o of_o the_o dignity_n and_o nature_n of_o love_n in_o general_n and_o of_o the_o first_o and_o great_a division_n of_o it_o pag._n 6._o sect_n iii_o the_o analogy_n between_o love_n and_o motion_n particular_o with_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o heart_n with_o a_o further_a illustration_n of_o the_o first_o and_o great_a division_n of_o love._n pag._n 17._o sect_n iv._o of_o the_o first_o great_a branch_n of_o love_n viz._n love_n of_o concupiscence_n or_o desire_n with_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o it_o pag._n 30._o sect_n v._o of_o the_o second_o great_a branch_n of_o love_n viz._n love_n of_o benevolence_n its_o division_n into_o self-love_n and_o charity_n where_o also_o it_o be_v inquire_v whether_o all_o love_n be_v self-love_n pag._n 50._o part_n ii_o sect_n i._o that_o love_n require_v some_o measure_n of_o regulation_n and_o why_o love_n as_o dirigible_a be_v make_v the_o subject_a of_o morality_n
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