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of_o all_o the_o chimaerae_n which_o do_v have_v and_o shall_v pass_v in_o our_o mind_n according_a to_o this_o supposition_n continual_o distract_n the_o capacity_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o j._n c._n otherwise_o entertain_v in_o behold_v the_o beauty_n and_o taste_v the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o chief_a good_a will_v not_o be_v very_o agreeable_a to_o he_o for_o it_o must_v be_v observe_v that_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o see_v god_n and_o another_o thing_n to_o see_v the_o creature_n and_o their_o modification_n in_o god_n i_o think_v i_o have_v demonstrate_v that_o we_o see_v all_o in_o god_n in_o this_o life_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o see_v god_n or_o to_o enjoy_v he_o thus_o it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o j._n c._n see_v all_o our_o thought_n without_o divide_v his_o capacity_n of_o think_v because_o he_o see_v they_o all_o in_o god_n this_o actual_a knowledge_n therefore_o which_o some_o will_v give_v to_o j._n c._n be_v troublesome_a for_o it_o be_v very_o irksome_a to_o think_v actual_o upon_o those_o thing_n upon_o which_o we_o do_v not_o desire_v to_o think_v of_o a_o geometrician_n who_o shall_v have_v find_v out_o the_o square_n of_o a_o circle_n or_o any_o other_o more_o surprise_a truth_n will_v be_v very_o miserable_a shall_v it_o be_v always_o present_a to_o his_o mind_n j._n c._n have_v a_o object_n more_o worthy_a of_o his_o application_n than_o the_o modification_n of_o the_o creature_n therefore_o always_o to_o have_v a_o actual_a knowledge_n of_o our_o thought_n and_o needs_o pass_v and_o future_a will_v be_v very_o troublesome_a moreover_o it_o will_v be_v altogether_o useless_a to_o he_o and_o to_o we_o certain_o it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o j._n c._n think_v of_o assist_v i_o when_o i_o shall_v have_v need_n without_o think_v thereof_o for_o two_o or_o three_o thousand_o year_n or_o rather_o from_o all_o eternity_n for_o j._n c._n must_v actual_o think_v thereof_o from_o all_o eternity_n if_o there_o be_v no_o succession_n of_o thought_n in_o his_o soul_n as_o in_o the_o treatise_n of_o nature_n and_o grace_n which_o i_o compose_v for_o those_o person_n who_o be_v not_o over_o credulous_a i_o resolve_v not_o to_o propose_v any_o principle_n which_o may_v be_v contest_v and_o since_o if_o i_o have_v suppose_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o j._n c._n have_v actual_o know_v all_o thing_n my_o supposition_n may_v have_v be_v oppose_v by_o the_o reason_n which_o i_o have_v produce_v and_o perhaps_o by_o other_o better_a i_o have_v therefore_o only_o suppose_v that_o j._n c._n have_v a_o clear_a idea_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o modification_n of_o which_o it_o be_v capable_a to_o produce_v a_o noble_a effect_n in_o the_o temple_n which_o he_o build_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o father_n that_o which_o reason_n and_o faith_n do_v demonstrate_v thus_o i_o suppose_v j._n c._n to_o act_n in_o consequence_n of_o this_o only_a supposition_n in_o the_o xiii_o fourteen_o xv_o xvi_o article_n where_o i_o compare_v he_o to_o a_o architect_n and_o to_o a_o soul_n which_o shall_v have_v power_n to_o form_v all_o the_o part_n of_o its_o body_n for_o as_o a_o architect_n may_v form_v a_o design_n and_o build_v a_o edifice_n without_o concern_v himself_o from_o whence_o the_o material_n come_v he_o employ_v therein_o so_o j.c._n by_o his_o union_n with_o the_o word_n may_v form_v his_o design_n and_o desire_n without_o think_v on_o the_o actual_a disposition_n of_o all_o man_n he_o have_v admonish_v they_o by_o his_o counsel_n in_o his_o gospel_n to_o put_v themselves_o in_o such_o a_o condition_n that_o grace_n may_v not_o be_v useless_a to_o they_o it_o become_v he_o not_o to_o order_v his_o desire_n the_o distributive_a cause_n of_o his_o grace_n according_a to_o the_o negligence_n or_o wickedness_n of_o man_n but_o according_a to_o the_o condition_n
of_o the_o knowledge_n communicate_v to_o his_o mind_n otherwise_o his_o distraction_n will_v not_o have_v be_v voluntary_a nor_o his_o attention_n meritorious_a now_o nature_n although_o corrupt_v be_v not_o destroy_v god_n have_v not_o cease_v to_o will_n that_o which_o he_o once_o will_v the_o same_o law_n still_o remain_v thus_o our_o different_a will_n be_v still_o at_o this_o day_n the_o occasional_a or_o natural_a cause_n of_o the_o presence_n of_o idea_n to_o our_o mind_n concupiscence_n search_v after_o truth_n 1._o explic_a that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o our_o concupiscence_n but_o because_o the_o union_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o the_o body_n be_v change_v into_o a_o dependence_n by_o the_o natural_a consequence_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o immutability_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o i_o have_v *_o elsewhere_o explain_v our_o body_n at_o present_a disturb_v our_o idea_n and_o speak_v so_o loud_o in_o behalf_n of_o the_o good_n which_o respect_v they_o that_o the_o mind_n rare_o ask_v and_o distract_o hear_v the_o inward_a truth_n xxxviii_o experience_v further_o teach_v we_o every_o moment_n that_o our_o conversation_n with_o know_v person_n be_v capable_a of_o instruct_v by_o exciting_a our_o attention_n that_o sermon_n read_v converse_n and_o many_o such_o like_a occasion_n may_v raise_v in_o we_o good_a sentiment_n the_o death_n of_o a_o friend_n doubtless_o be_v able_a to_o make_v we_o think_v of_o death_n if_o some_o great_a passion_n do_v not_o whole_o employ_v we_o and_o when_o a_o able_a preacher_n undertake_v to_o demonstrate_v a_o very_a plain_a truth_n and_o convince_v other_o of_o it_o it_o must_v be_v grant_v that_o he_o may_v persuade_v his_o auditor_n thereof_o and_o even_o move_v their_o conscience_n excite_v their_o hope_n and_o fear_n and_o such_o like_a passion_n in_o they_o which_o dispose_v they_o less_o to_o resist_v the_o efficacy_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o j._n c._n man_n be_v make_v to_o live_v in_o society_n one_o with_o another_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o they_o may_v mutual_o communicate_v their_o thought_n and_o motion_n it_o be_v needful_a that_o they_o shall_v be_v unite_v by_o the_o mind_n as_o well_o as_o the_o body_n and_o that_o speak_v by_o the_o voice_n to_o the_o ear_n and_o by_o write_v to_o the_o eye_n they_o shall_v communicate_v knowledge_n and_o understanding_n to_o attentive_a mind_n thirty-nine_o now_o knowledge_n what_o way_n soever_o it_o be_v produce_v in_o we_o whether_o by_o our_o particular_a desire_n or_o whether_o some_o accident_n be_v the_o occasion_n thereof_o it_o may_v be_v call_v grace_n especial_o when_o it_o very_o much_o concern_v our_o salvation_n though_o it_o shall_v only_o be_v a_o consequence_n of_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n because_o since_o sin_v god_n owe_v we_o nothing_o and_o all_o the_o good_a we_o have_v be_v only_o what_o j._n c._n have_v merit_v for_o we_o for_o even_o our_o very_a be_v subsist_v not_o but_o by_o j._n c._n but_o this_o kind_n of_o grace_n though_o merit_v by_o j._n c._n be_v not_o the_o grace_n of_o j._n c._n it_o be_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o creator_n because_o j._n c._n not_o be_v ordinary_o the_o occasional_a cause_n thereof_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o must_v be_v seek_v for_o in_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n xl._n there_o be_v a_o great_a many_o natural_a effect_n which_o may_v reasonable_o be_v account_v grace_n for_o example_n two_o person_n at_o the_o same_o time_n have_v very_o different_a desire_n of_o curiosity_n the_o one_o will_v go_v to_o a_o opera_fw-la &_o the_o other_o hear_v a_o fame_a preacher_n if_o they_o satisfy_v their_o curiosity_n he_o who_o shall_v go_v to_o the_o opera_fw-la will_v find_v such_o object_n as_o consider_v the_o present_a disposition_n of_o his_o mind_n will_v excite_v in_o he_o passion_n which_o will_v ruin_v he_o the_o other_o on_o the_o contrary_a may_v find_v in_o the_o preacher_n so_o much_o clearness_n and_o strength_n that_o the_o grace_n of_o 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be_v beneficial_a for_o we_o but_o we_o very_o well_o know_v nothing_o be_v so_o indifferent_a in_o its_o self_n but_o that_o it_o have_v some_o relation_n to_o our_o salvation_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o mixture_n &_o combination_n of_o the_o effect_n which_o depend_v on_o the_o general_a law_n of_o nature_n with_o those_o of_o grace_n xlii_o since_o than_o knowledge_n discover_v the_o true_a good_a the_o mean_n of_o obtain_v it_o our_o duty_n towards_o god_n in_o a_o word_n the_o way_n which_o we_o ought_v to_o follow_v since_o it_o be_v sufficient_a also_o for_o those_o who_o be_v animate_v with_o charity_n to_o make_v they_o act_v well_o merit_v new_a grace_n vanquish_v certain_a temptation_n as_o i_o shall_v elsewhere_o explain_v i_o think_v it_o may_v very_o deserve_o be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o grace_n though_o j._n c._n be_v only_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o it_o and_o since_o the_o outward_a grace_n which_o act_n not_o immediate_o upon_o the_o mind_n nevertheless_o 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