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and_o
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consequenter_fw-la nec_fw-la aeternum_fw-la upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n i_o do_v conclude_v that_o although_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o common_a parent_n of_o mankind_n may_v be_v de_fw-fr facto_fw-la a_o very_a long_a time_n since_o nay_o although_o there_o can_v be_v no_o imaginable_a time_n nor_o imaginable_a point_n wherein_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o individual_n may_v not_o have_v be_v by_o the_o divine_a power_n nor_o no_o imaginable_a point_n but_o that_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n or_o mankind_n may_v have_v be_v soon_o if_o the_o divine_a will_n have_v be_v so_o please_v for_o that_o denote_v only_o a_o possibility_n of_o pre-existence_n soon_o than_o it_o be_v if_o the_o infinite_a agent_n have_v so_o please_v and_o not_o a_o actual_a eternity_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n that_o mankind_n or_o any_o other_o create_v be_v that_o have_v succession_n either_o continue_v or_o discrete_a necessary_o accompany_v it_o shall_v sustain_v a_o actual_a eternal_a and_o consequent_o infinite_a duration_n cap._n vi_o certain_a objection_n against_o the_o truth_n former_o deliver_v and_o against_o the_o reason_n give_v in_o proof_n thereof_o with_o their_o solution_n there_o be_v certain_a considerable_a objection_n against_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v deliver_v in_o the_o precedent_a chapter_n and_o against_o the_o concludency_n or_o evidence_n of_o those_o reason_n these_o i_o have_v deliver_v over_o to_o this_o chapter_n the_o first_o objection_n be_v thus_o that_o eternity_n and_o infinite_a and_o the_o notion_n thereof_o be_v too_o large_a for_o our_o understanding_n and_o we_o be_v lose_v when_o we_o go_v about_o to_o frame_v conception_n of_o they_o and_o all_o our_o argumentation_n touch_v they_o be_v inevident_a and_o unconcludent_a because_o our_o understanding_n be_v but_o a_o finite_a power_n be_v capable_a only_o of_o finite_a object_n and_o that_o the_o media_fw-la whereby_o we_o go_v about_o 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seem_v more_o fallible_a and_o less_o concludent_fw-la and_o subjoin_v such_o as_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o great_a weight_n 4._o among_o these_o of_o the_o latter_a sort_n i_o have_v consider_v the_o general_a tradition_n thereof_o both_o of_o the_o unlearned_a and_o learned_a part_n of_o mankind_n wherein_o among_o other_o i_o have_v consider_v the_o opinion_n of_o those_o famous_a sect_n of_o philosopher_n the_o platonist_n epicurean_o peripatetic_n and_o stoic_n 5._o though_o i_o have_v make_v use_n of_o their_o common_a suffrage_n in_o order_n to_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o origination_n of_o mankind_n yet_o i_o have_v not_o allow_v all_o their_o several_a notion_n or_o hypothesis_n touch_v the_o method_n or_o manner_n of_o their_o admit_a origination_n of_o the_o humane_a nature_n and_o therefore_o 6._o i_o have_v thus_o establish_v the_o thesis_n in_o general_n i_o have_v descend_v to_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o particular_a hypothesis_n take_v up_o by_o various_a philosopher_n 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