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the_o midst_n of_o the_o garden_n 15._o §_o 15._o i_o do_v not_o apprehend_v this_o tree_n to_o be_v plant_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o garden_n as_o the_o centre_n to_o a_o circumference_n but_o rather_o as_o virtue_n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n or_o to_o consist_v in_o the_o mean_a or_o mediocrity_n or_o temperance_n to_o show_v that_o if_o adam_n can_v have_v be_v so_o temperate_a as_o not_o to_o aspire_v to_o life_n till_o it_o be_v reveal_v to_o he_o what_o kind_n of_o life_n he_o shall_v enjoy_v or_o what_o knowledge_n he_o shall_v know_v he_o have_v be_v happy_a for_o we_o shall_v find_v by_o the_o subsequent_a that_o god_n impart_v life_n and_o knowledge_n to_o he_o by_o degree_n or_o possible_o in_o the_o midst_n may_v be_v take_v for_o the_o chief_a namely_o that_o among_o all_o the_o tree_n of_o the_o garden_n the_o tree_n of_o life_n be_v the_o chief_a the_o garden_n be_v a_o emblem_n of_o our_o body_n our_o heart_n be_v as_o be_v think_v the_o seat_n of_o life_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o our_o body_n but_o it_o may_v well_o be_v say_v also_o in_o the_o midst_n because_o a_o tree_n of_o that_o stupendous_a height_n as_o to_o be_v 500_o year_n journey_n to_o the_o top_n as_o before_o mention_v must_v needs_o be_v see_v in_o all_o part_n of_o the_o garden_n the_o proper_a and_o true_a distance_n undiscernible_a to_o the_o eye_n and_o the_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n 16._o §_o 16._o this_o be_v not_o place_v in_o the_o midst_n as_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n but_o as_o it_o be_v conceal_v till_o god_n think_v fit_a to_o impart_v the_o knowledge_n of_o its_o virtue_n or_o forbid_v the_o use_n of_o it_o as_o he_o do_v and_o though_o adam_n do_v eat_v of_o it_o yet_o it_o produce_v no_o such_o science_n as_o be_v satisfactory_a for_o by_o eat_v he_o know_v good_a and_o evil_a so_o confuse_o that_o he_o and_o we_o know_v not_o how_o to_o distinguish_v they_o many_o thing_n be_v good_a or_o bad_a according_a to_o doubt_v 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