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have_v lose_v the_o power_n of_o erase_v they_o when_o he_o please_v and_o when_o convenient_a they_o perpetual_o provoke_v he_o to_o evil._n as_o he_o can_v hinder_v their_o represent_v he_o to_o himself_o he_o be_v continual_o solicit_v to_o motion_n of_o pride_n and_o vanity_n to_o despise_v other_o and_o centre_n all_o thing_n in_o himself_o and_o as_o he_o be_v not_o master_n of_o those_o trace_n which_o importune_v he_o to_o keep_v up_o society_n with_o other_o he_o be_v agitate_a by_o motion_n of_o complaisance_n flattery_n jealousy_n and_o the_o like_a inclination_n as_o it_o be_v in_o spite_n of_o he_o thus_o all_o those_o which_o go_v by_o the_o name_n of_o spiritual_a vice_n derive_v from_o the_o flesh_n as_o well_o as_o vnchastness_n and_o intemperance_n there_o be_v not_o only_o in_o our_o brain_n disposition_n which_o excite_v in_o we_o sensation_n and_o motion_n with_o reference_n to_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o species_n and_o the_o preservation_n of_o life_n but_o 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body_n but_o because_o as_o long_o as_o she_o be_v unite_v to_o it_o she_o can_v admit_v any_o change_n in_o her_o modification_n without_o make_v some_o alteration_n in_o the_o body_n it_o be_v true_a she_o may_v be_v enlighten_v or_o receive_v new_a idea_n and_o the_o body_n need_v not_o have_v any_o hand_n in_o it_o but_o that_o be_v because_o pure_a idea_n be_v not_o modification_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o another_o place_n i_o speak_v not_o here_o of_o sensible_a idea_n because_o these_o include_v a_o sensation_n and_o every_o sensation_n be_v a_o mode_n of_o the_o soul_n exist_v the_o second_o objection_n against_o the_o eleven_o and_o twelve_o article_n 5.12_o if_o original_a sin_n descend_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o communication_n which_o be_v find_v between_o the_o brain_n of_o the_o mother_n and_o that_o of_o
father_n malebranche_fw-mi his_o treatise_n concern_v the_o search_n after_o truth_n the_o whole_a work_n complete_a to_o which_o be_v add_v the_o author_n treatise_n of_o nature_n and_o grace_n be_v a_o consequence_n of_o the_o principle_n contain_v in_o the_o search_n together_o with_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o animadversion_n upon_o the_o first_o volume_n his_o defence_n against_o the_o accusation_n of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ville_fw-fr etc._n etc._n relate_v to_o the_o same_o subject_a all_o translate_v by_o t._n taylor_n m._n a._n late_o of_o magdalen_n college_n in_o oxford_n the_o second_o edition_n correct_v with_o great_a exactness_n with_o the_o addition_n of_o a_o short_a discourse_n upon_o light_n and_o colour_n by_o the_o same_o author_n communicate_v in_o manuscript_n to_o a_o person_n of_o quality_n in_o england_n and_o never_o before_o print_v in_o any_o language_n london_n print_v by_o w._n bowyer_n for_o thomas_n bennet_n at_o the_o half-moon_n and_o t._n 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fame_n and_o of_o give_v vogue_n to_o their_o opinion_n but_o it_o be_v not_o my_o business_n to_o prescribe_v to_o they_o their_o duty_n let_v they_o hearken_v to_o st._n thomas_n aquinas_n their_o master_n 2._o who_o be_v consult_v by_o his_o general_n for_o his_o opinion_n touch_v some_o point_n answer_v he_o in_o these_o word_n of_o st._n austin_n multùm_fw-la autem_fw-la nocet_fw-la talia_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatis_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la non_fw-la spectant_fw-la vel_fw-la asserere_fw-la vel_fw-la negare_fw-la quasi_fw-la pertinentia_fw-la ad_fw-la sacram_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la dicit_fw-la enim_fw-la augustinus_n in_o 5._o confess_v cùm_fw-la audio_fw-la christianum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la fratrem_fw-la ista_fw-la quae_fw-la philosophi_fw-la de_fw-la coelo_fw-la aut_fw-la stellis_fw-la &_o de_fw-la solis_fw-la &_o lunae_fw-la motibus_fw-la dixerâ—nt_fw-la nescientem_fw-la &_o aliud_fw-la pro_fw-la alio_fw-la sentienâ—em_fw-la patient_fw-la intueor_fw-la opinantem_fw-la 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wâ—iâ—h_n enlighten_v and_o that_o which_o blind_v it_o that_o which_o rule_v and_o that_o which_o misrule_v it_o that_o which_o can_v make_v it_o perfect_a and_o happy_a and_o that_o which_o can_v render_v it_o imperfect_a and_o miserable_a when_o it_o discover_v some_o truth_n or_o see_v thing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o their_o own_o nature_n it_o see_v they_o in_o the_o idea_n of_o god_n that_o be_v discover_v they_o by_o a_o clear_a and_o distinct_a view_n of_o what_o be_v in_o god_n represent_v they_o for_o as_o i_o have_v observe_v elsewhere_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n contain_v not_o in_o itself_o the_o perfection_n or_o idea_n oâ—_n all_o the_o being_n it_n be_v capable_a of_o perceive_v it_o be_v not_o the_o universal_a be_v and_o therefore_o can_v see_v iâ—_n itself_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v distinguish_v from_o itself_o it_o do_v not_o instruct_v or_o enlighten_v itself_o by_o consult_v with_o itself_o as_o be_v neither_o perfection_n nor_o light_n to_o itself_o it_o stand_v in_o need_n to_o be_v enlighten_v by_o the_o immense_a light_n of_o eternal_a truth_n thus_o the_o mind_n by_o know_v truth_n be_v unite_v to_o god_n and_o in_o some_o manner_n know_v and_o possess_v he_o we_o may_v not_o only_o say_v that_o a_o mind_n perceive_v the_o truth_n partly_o know_v god_n who_o comprehend_v it_o we_o may_v add_v also_o that_o in_o some_o sort_n it_o know_v thing_n as_o god_n himself_o know_v they_o for_o the_o mind_n know_v their_o true_a relation_n and_o so_o do_v god_n the_o mind_n see_v they_o in_o view_v the_o perfection_n of_o god_n that_o represent_v they_o god_n perceive_v they_o the_o same_o way_n for_o god_n neither_o perceive_v by_o sense_n nor_o imagination_n but_o see_v in_o himself_o as_o be_v the_o intellectual_a world_n the_o corporeal_a and_o sensible_a world_n which_o he_o have_v create_v it_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o mind_n in_o its_o knowledge_n of_o truth_n it_o come_v not_o to_o it_o by_o sensation_n or_o imagination_n for_o sensation_n and_o pantasm_n offer_v but_o false_a representation_n of_o thing_n to_o the_o mind_n so_o that_o whosoever_o discover_v the_o truth_n see_v it_o in_o the_o intellectual_a world_n to_o which_o it_o be_v unite_v and_o in_o which_o good_a see_v it_o for_o this_o material_a and_o sensible_a world_n be_v not_o intelligible_a of_o itself_o so_o that_o the_o mind_n see_v in_o the_o light_n of_o god_n as_o do_v god_n himself_o all_o the_o thing_n which_o it_o plain_o see_v though_o it_o see_v they_o very_o imperfect_o and_o so_o very_o different_o from_o god_n in_o that_o respect_n thus_o when_o the_o mind_n see_v truth_n it_o not_o only_o be_v unite_v to_o god_n possess_v and_o behold_v god_n but_o also_o see_v truth_n in_o one_o sense_n as_o god_n himself_o see_v it_o so_o when_o we_o love_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o virtue_n we_o love_v god_n for_o by_o regulate_v our_o love_n according_a to_o these_o rule_n the_o impression_n of_o love_n towards_o he_o which_o he_o continual_o produce_v in_o our_o heart_n be_v not_o turn_v off_o by_o free_a will_n nor_o change_v into_o self-love_n the_o mind_n at_o that_o time_n free_o follow_v the_o impression_n which_o god_n give_v and_o god_n never_o give_v any_o impression_n which_o do_v not_o tend_v towards_o he_o since_o he_o only_o act_n for_o himself_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o to_o love_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o virtue_n be_v to_o love_v god_n but_o it_o be_v not_o only_a to_o love_n god_n it_o be_v likewise_o to_o love_v as_o god_n love_v he_o love_v himself_o only_o and_o his_o work_n but_o because_o they_o relate_v to_o his_o perfection_n and_o proportionable_o to_o the_o degree_n of_o conformity_n they_o have_v with_o they_o it_o be_v the_o same_o love_n by_o which_o god_n love_v himself_o and_o whatever_o he_o have_v make_v or_o do_v to_o love_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o virtue_n be_v to_o love_n god_n only_o to_o love_v he_o in_o all_o thing_n and_o to_o love_v thing_n proportionable_o as_o they_o partake_v of_o his_o goodness_n and_o perfection_n since_o this_o be_v to_o love_v they_o according_a to_o the_o degree_n they_o be_v lovely_a in_o short_a it_o be_v to_o love_v by_o the_o impression_n of_o the_o same_o love_n by_o which_o god_n love_v himself_o for_o it_o be_v the_o love_n by_o which_o god_n love_v himself_o and_o whatever_o else_o with_o relation_n to_o he_o that_o animate_v we_o when_o we_o love_v as_o we_o ought_v whence_o i_o conclude_v that_o we_o then_o love_v as_o god_n love_v it_o be_v therefore_o evident_a that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o regular_a love_n of_o virtue_n constitute_v all_o our_o perfection_n since_o they_o be_v the_o costomary_a attendant_n on_o our_o union_n with_o god_n which_o also_o
great_a and_o solid_a truth_n which_o they_o have_v render_v familiar_a and_o which_o bear_v they_o up_o and_o strengthen_v they_o in_o all_o occasion_n chap._n ix_o of_o love_n and_o aversion_n and_o their_o principal_a species_n love_n and_o hatred_n be_v the_o passion_n that_o immediate_o succeed_v admiration_n for_o we_o dwell_v not_o long_o upon_o the_o consideration_n of_o a_o object_n without_o discover_v the_o relation_n it_o have_v to_o we_o or_o to_o something_o we_o love_v the_o object_n we_o love_v and_o to_o which_o consequent_o we_o be_v unite_v by_o that_o passion_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n present_v as_o well_o as_o that_o which_o we_o actual_o admire_v our_o mind_n quick_o and_o without_o any_o considerable_a reflection_n make_v the_o necessary_a comparison_n to_o find_v out_o the_o relation_n they_o have_v to_o each_o other_o and_o to_o we_o or_o else_o be_v natural_o aware_a of_o they_o by_o a_o prevent_a sense_n of_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n then_o it_o be_v that_o the_o motion_n of_o love_n we_o have_v for_o ourselves_o and_o for_o the_o belove_a object_n extend_v to_o that_o which_o be_v admire_v if_o the_o relation_n it_o have_v immediate_o to_o we_o or_o to_o something_o unite_v to_o we_o appear_v advantageous_a either_o by_o knowledge_n or_o sensation_n now_o that_o new_a motion_n of_o the_o soul_n or_o rather_o that_o motion_n of_o the_o soul_n new_o determine_v join_v to_o that_o of_o the_o animal_n spirit_n and_o follow_v with_o the_o sensation_n that_o attend_v the_o new_a disposition_n that_o the_o same_o new_a motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n produce_v in_o the_o brain_n be_v the_o passion_n we_o call_v here_o love_n but_o when_o we_o feel_v by_o any_o pain_n or_o discover_v by_o a_o clear_a and_o evident_a knowledge_n that_o the_o union_n or_o relation_n of_o the_o admire_a object_n will_v prove_v disserviceable_a to_o we_o or_o to_o something_o unite_v to_o we_o than_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o love_n we_o have_v for_o ourselves_o or_o for_o the_o thing_n unite_v to_o we_o terminate_v in_o we_o or_o cleave_v to_o the_o unite_a object_n without_o follow_v the_o view_n of_o the_o mind_n or_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o admire_a thing_n but_o as_o the_o motion_n towards_o good_a in_o general_n which_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n continual_o imprint_n on_o the_o soul_n carry_v she_o to_o whatever_o be_v know_v and_o feel_v because_o what_o be_v either_o intelligible_a or_o sensible_a be_v good_a in_o itself_o so_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o the_o resistance_n of_o the_o soul_n against_o that_o natural_a motion_n which_o attract_v it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o voluntary_a motion_n which_o terminate_v in_o nothingness_n now_o that_o voluntary_a person_n motion_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v join_v to_o that_o of_o the_o spirit_n and_o blood_n and_o follow_v by_o the_o sensation_n that_o attend_v the_o new_a disposition_n which_o that_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n produce_v in_o the_o brain_n be_v the_o passion_n we_o call_v here_o aversion_n or_o hatred_n that_o passion_n be_v altogether_o contrary_a to_o love_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v never_o without_o love_n it_o be_v altogether_o contrary_a to_o it_o because_o aversion_n separate_v and_o love_n unite_v the_o former_a have_v most_o common_o nothingness_n for_o its_o object_n and_o the_o latter_a have_v always_o a_o be_v the_o former_a resist_v the_o natural_a motion_n and_o make_v it_o of_o no_o effect_n whereas_o the_o latter_a yield_v to_o it_o and_o make_v it_o victorious_a however_o aversion_n be_v never_o separate_v from_o love_n because_o evil_a the_o object_n of_o the_o former_a be_v the_o privation_n of_o good_a so_o that_o to_o fly_v from_o evil_a be_v to_o fly_v from_o the_o privation_n of_o good_a that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o tend_v to_o good_a and_o therefore_o the_o aversion_n of_o the_o privation_n of_o good_a be_v the_o love_n of_o good_n but_o if_o evil_a be_v take_v for_o pain_n the_o aversion_n of_o pain_n be_v not_o the_o aversion_n of_o the_o privation_n of_o pleasure_n because_o pain_n be_v as_o real_a a_o sensation_n as_o pleasure_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o the_o privation_n of_o it_o but_o the_o aversion_n of_o pain_n be_v the_o aversion_n of_o some_o internal_a misery_n we_o shall_v not_o be_v affect_v with_o that_o passion_n shall_v we_o not_o love_v ourselves_o last_o if_o evil_a be_v take_v for_o what_o cause_v pain_n in_o we_o or_o for_o whatever_o deprive_v we_o of_o good_a than_o aversion_n depend_v on_o self-love_n or_o on_o the_o love_n of_o something_o to_o which_o we_o desire_v to_o be_v unite_v so_o that_o love_n and_o aversion_n be_v two_o mother-passion_n opposite_a to_o each_o other_o but_o love_n be_v the_o first_o the_o chief_z and_o the_o most_o universal_a as_o at_o that_o great_a distance_n and_o estrangement_n we_o be_v from_o god_n since_o the_o fall_n we_o look_v upon_o our_o be_v as_o the_o chief_a part_n of_o the_o thing_n to_o which_o we_o be_v unite_v so_o it_o may_v be_v say_v in_o some_o sense_n that_o our_o motion_n of_o love_n for_o any_o thing_n whatsoever_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o self-love_n we_o love_v honour_n because_o they_o raise_v we_o our_o riches_n because_o they_o maintain_v and_o preserve_v we_o our_o relation_n prince_n and_o country_n because_o we_o be_v concern_v in_o their_o preservation_n our_o motion_n of_o self-love_n reach_v to_o all_o the_o thing_n that_o relate_v to_o we_o and_o to_o which_o we_o be_v unite_v because_o it_o be_v that_o motion_n which_o unite_v we_o to_o they_o and_o spread_v our_o be_v if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v on_o those_o that_o surround_v we_o proportionable_o as_o we_o discover_v by_o reason_n or_o by_o sensation_n that_o it_o be_v our_o interest_n to_o be_v unite_v to_o they_o and_o therefore_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o think_v that_o since_o the_o fall_n self-love_n be_v only_o the_o cause_n and_o rule_n of_o all_o other_o affection_n but_o that_o most_o part_n of_o other_o affection_n be_v species_n of_o self-love_n for_o when_o we_o say_v that_o a_o man_n love_v any_o new_a object_n we_o must_v not_o suppose_v that_o a_o new_a motion_n of_o love_n be_v produce_v in_o he_o but_o rather_o that_o know_v that_o object_n to_o have_v some_o relation_n or_o union_n with_o he_o he_o love_v himself_o in_o that_o object_n and_o that_o with_o a_o motion_n of_o love_n coeval_fw-fr to_o himself_o for_o indeed_o without_o grace_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o self-love_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n the_o love_n of_o truth_n of_o justice_n of_o god_n himself_o and_o every_o other_o love_n that_o be_v in_o we_o by_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o nature_n have_v ever_o since_o the_o fall_v be_v a_o sacrifice_n to_o self-love_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n however_o but_o the_o most_o wicked_a and_o barbarous_a man_n idolater_n and_o atheist_n themselves_o be_v unite_v to_o god_n by_o a_o natural_a love_n of_o which_o consequent_o self-love_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n for_o they_o be_v unite_v to_o he_o by_o their_o love_n to_o truth_n justice_n and_o virtue_n they_o praise_v and_o esteem_v good_a man_n and_o do_v not_o love_v they_o because_o they_o be_v man_n but_o because_o they_o see_v in_o they_o such_o quality_n as_o they_o can_v forbear_v to_o love_v because_o they_o can_v forbear_v to_o admire_v and_o judge_v they_o amiable_a and_o therefore_o we_o love_v something_o beside_o ourselves_o but_o self-love_n overrule_v all_o the_o rest_n and_o man_n forsake_v truth_n and_o justice_n for_o the_o small_a concern_v for_o when_o by_o their_o natural_a force_n they_o venture_v their_o good_n and_o life_n to_o defend_v oppress_v innocence_n or_o on_o any_o other_o occasion_n their_o great_a spur_n be_v mere_a vanity_n and_o the_o hope_n of_o get_v a_o name_n by_o the_o seem_a possession_n of_o a_o virtue_n which_o be_v reverence_v by_o all_o the_o world_n they_o love_v truth_n and_o justice_n when_o on_o their_o side_n but_o never_o against_o themselves_o because_o without_o 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loose_a and_o indefinite_a notion_n engage_v not_o into_o error_n at_o least_o they_o be_v whole_o unserviceable_a to_o the_o discovery_n of_o truth_n for_o though_o we_o know_v that_o there_o be_v in_o fire_n a_o substantial_a form_n attend_v with_o a_o million_o of_o faculty_n like_v to_o that_o of_o heat_n dilate_v melt_a gold_n silver_n and_o other_o metal_n lighten_v burn_a roast_a the_o idea_n of_o that_o substantial_a form_n with_o all_o its_o faculty_n of_o produce_v heat_n fluidity_n rarefaction_n will_v not_o help_v i_o to_o resolve_v this_o question_n why_o fire_n harden_v clay_n and_o soften_v wax_n there_o be_v no_o connection_n betwixt_o the_o idea_n of_o hardness_n in_o clay_n and_o softness_n in_o wax_n and_o those_o of_o a_o substantial_a form_n in_o fire_n and_o its_o faculty_n of_o rarefaction_n fluidity_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o all_o general_a idea_n which_o be_v utter_o insufficient_a for_o resolve_v any_o question_n but_o when_o i_o 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