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what_o be_v more_o that_o their_o natural_a strength_n their_o own_o proper_a force_n be_v weak_a and_o contemptible_a unless_o our_o own_o vice_n be_v combine_v and_o confederate_v with_o they_o against_o we_o our_o pride_n must_v aid_v our_o enemy_n to_o render_v his_o affront_n provoke_v our_o covetousness_n and_o ambition_n must_v assist_v fortune_n to_o render_v its_o contempt_n or_o hatred_n of_o we_o destructive_a to_o the_o tranquillity_n of_o our_o state_n falsehood_n under_o a_o disguise_n of_o friendship_n can_v never_o have_v abuse_v our_o confidence_n by_o betray_v our_o infirmity_n or_o forsake_v we_o in_o affliction_n have_v not_o our_o own_o folly_n and_o self-conceit_n first_o betray_v we_o expose_v we_o a_o naked_a prey_n to_o flattery_n and_o treachery_n the_o coldness_n or_o neglect_v of_o great_a man_n can_v never_o wound_v we_o the_o hollow_a deceitful_a profession_n of_o those_o above_o we_o can_v never_o fool_n or_o fret_v we_o do_v not_o the_o fondness_n of_o our_o own_o desire_n betray_v we_o first_o into_o vain_a presumption_n and_o a_o flatter_a credulity_n the_o storm_n that_o snatch_v away_o a_o relation_n or_o a_o friend_n can_v never_o overthrow_v i_o if_o i_o stand_v upon_o my_o own_o bottom_n if_o i_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o one_o of_o the_o great_a weakness_n of_o place_v my_o happiness_n in_o any_o thing_n out_o of_o my_o own_o power_n and_o so_o make_v myself_o dependent_a upon_o another_o man_n fancy_n or_o fortune_n final_o death_n itself_o must_v derive_v its_o terror_n from_o the_o mournful_a solemnity_n we_o dress_v it_o in_o from_o the_o darkness_n and_o horror_n of_o our_o delude_a imagination_n or_o else_o it_o will_v prove_v but_o a_o contemptible_a bugbear_n a_o very_a inconsiderable_a evil_n or_o none_o at_o all._n thus_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o if_o we_o distinguish_v evil_n into_o natural_a and_o moral_a we_o shall_v have_v little_a reason_n to_o think_v the_o influence_n of_o evil_a so_o malignant_a and_o deadly_a since_o it_o be_v in_o our_o own_o power_n to_o avoid_v moral_a evil_n and_o natural_a one_o strike_v but_o half_a way_n they_o wound_v not_o the_o soul_n that_o be_v arm_v and_o guard_v with_o reason_n and_o religion_n but_o now_o if_o with_o the_o stoic_n we_o shall_v admit_v of_o no_o other_o sort_n of_o evil_a but_o what_o be_v moral_a if_o we_o shall_v allow_v the_o name_n of_o good_a to_o nothing_o but_o virtue_n or_o of_o evil_a to_o nothing_o but_o vice_n than_o we_o must_v look_v upon_o temporal_a and_o external_n misfortune_n as_o inconvenience_n and_o disadvantage_n only_o they_o may_v make_v we_o less_o happy_a but_o they_o can_v make_v we_o miserable_a and_o true_o if_o we_o shall_v here_o suppose_v or_o take_v for_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v another_o life_n or_o that_o the_o pleasure_n of_o virtue_n triumph_v over_o calamity_n and_o affliction_n be_v considerable_o great_a this_o opinion_n can_v imply_v so_o great_a a_o absurdity_n as_o some_o will_v fasten_v upon_o it_o or_o be_v a_o mere_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o idle_a contention_n of_o word_n since_o i_o can_v tell_v with_o what_o consonancy_n to_o truth_n or_o propriety_n of_o speech_n we_o can_v call_v those_o trouble_n or_o hardship_n evil_n which_o direct_o tend_v to_o procure_v for_o we_o a_o infinite_a good_a a_o pleasure_n which_o do_v abundant_o outweigh_v our_o suffering_n i_o '_o think_v it_o be_v now_o sufficient_o evident_a that_o natural_a evil_n be_v not_o of_o that_o mighty_a efficacy_n &_o deadly_a venomous_a quality_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v think_v that_o a_o little_a evil_n do_v more_o effectual_o contribute_v to_o our_o misery_n than_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o good_a can_v to_o our_o happiness_n it_o be_v apparent_a how_o slight_a the_o impression_n be_v which_o they_o ought_v to_o make_v upon_o we_o it_o will_v now_o be_v time_n to_o