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yet_o i_o hope_v what_o be_v here_o offer_v be_v free_a and_o natural_a easy_a and_o obvious_a and_o therefore_o probable_o not_o less_o true_a but_o more_o useful_a for_o i_o never_o look_v upon_o intricacy_n and_o obscurity_n either_o as_o any_o certain_a sign_n of_o truth_n or_o any_o way_n to_o promote_v the_o benefit_n and_o advantage_n of_o the_o reader_n content_n of_o the_o chapter_n chap._n i._n the_o excellency_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o a_o man_n self_n brief_o intimate_v mr._n hobbs_n interpretation_n of_o nosce_fw-la teipsum_fw-la examine_v and_o confute_v the_o knowledge_n of_o ourselves_o in_o six_o particular_n the_o possibility_n of_o this_o knowledge_n the_o certainty_n of_o it_o hereby_o we_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n 1._o of_o the_o be_v of_o god_n 2._o of_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n 3._o of_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n chap._n ii_o of_o man_n as_o compound_v of_o soul_n and_o body_n a_o physical_a account_n of_o man_n not_o here_o intend_v the_o question_n state_v betwixt_o the_o stoic_n and_o epicurean_o pride_n and_o ignorance_n of_o the_o true_a state_n of_o human_a nature_n just_o chargeable_a upon_o the_o stoic_n the_o epicurean_o ascribe_v too_o much_o to_o the_o body_n epicurean_a tranquillity_n of_o mind_n not_o true_a peace_n of_o conscience_n how_o far_o epicurus_n chargeable_a with_o atheism_n virtue_n according_a to_o he_o found_v upon_o very_o uncertain_a ground_n happiness_n according_a to_o he_o impossible_a enthusiast_n among_o christian_n resemble_v the_o stoic_n among_o the_o heathen_n some_o short_a reflection_n upon_o the_o first_o and_o second_o chapt._n of_o tractatus_fw-la theol._n posit_n concern_v prophet_n and_o prophecy_n chap._n iii_o of_o natural_a notion_n of_o truth_n and_o goodness_n natural_a inscription_n and_o divine_a revelation_n the_o two_o great_a mean_n of_o preserve_a truth_n among_o all_o the_o disadvantage_n it_o labour_v under_o dr._n parker_n the_o late_a bishop_n of_o oxford_n opinion_n concern_v experimental_a observation_n examine_v and_o confute_v our_o faculty_n not_o false_a des_n cartes_n opinion_n concern_v eternal_a truth_n examine_v dr._n cumberland_n the_o present_a learned_a bishop_n of_o peterborough_n no_o direct_a enemy_n to_o natural_a notion_n some_o remark_n upon_o his_o opinion_n herein_o some_o short_a reflection_n upon_o the_o ingenious_a author_n of_o the_o essay_n of_o human_a understanding_n mr._n norris_n opinion_n examine_v that_o opinion_n that_o distinguish_v betwixt_o the_o idea_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o the_o phantasm_n of_o sense_n and_o imagination_n seem_v no_o way_n to_o favour_v enthusiasm_n some_o remark_n upon_o p._n poiret_n cogitationes_fw-la rational_a de_fw-fr dco_o and_o upon_o cuperus_n his_o arcana_fw-la atheismi_fw-la the_o one_o assert_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o good_a or_o evil_a antecedent_n to_o the_o divine_a placitum_fw-la the_o other_o that_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n that_o there_o be_v any_o difference_n betwixt_o vice_n and_o virtue_n chap._n iu._n of_o the_o be_v of_o god._n how_o a_o atheist_n ought_v in_o prudence_n to_o demean_v himself_o see_v he_o can_v be_v positive_o certain_a that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n the_o belief_n of_o a_o god_n antecedent_n to_o all_o atheism_n not_o first_o invent_v by_o statesman_n the_o two_o great_a argument_n to_o prove_v the_o be_v of_o god_n the_o constitution_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o nation_n the_o production_n of_o mankind_n not_o the_o result_n of_o blind_a chance_n no_o reason_n why_o the_o christian_a philosopher_n shall_v willing_o give_v up_o that_o argument_n draw_v from_o the_o consent_n of_o nation_n unseasonable_a difference_n among_o ourselves_o in_o the_o choice_n of_o our_o argument_n to_o prove_v the_o divine_a existence_n so_o prefer_v one_o as_o to_o invalidate_v the_o force_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n cuperus_n opinion_n herein_o examine_v chap._n v._o the_o state_n of_o nature_n neither_o a_o state_n of_o equality_n nor_o a_o state_n of_o war._n a_o fault_n in_o mr._n hobbs_n in_o not_o first_o settle_v the_o signification_n of_o those_o word_n nature_n naturally_n and_o by_o nature_n his_o argument_n to_o prove_v the_o equality_n of_o man_n frivolous_a and_o insufficient_a those_o to_o prove_v the_o state_n of_o nature_n a_o state_n of_o war_n the_o same_o man_n a_o sociable_a creature_n by_o nature_n not_o only_o by_o education_n me._n hobbs_n principle_n of_o politic_n a_o mere_a hypothesis_n and_o not_o a_o good_a one_o neither_o as_o want_v the_o necessary_a qualification_n of_o such_o a_o one_o of_o self-preservation_n chap._n vi_o religion_n the_o best_a foundation_n of_o civil_a government_n the_o nature_n of_o religion_n in_o general_n in_o reference_n to_o government_n two_o consideration_n to_o prove_v the_o consistency_n of_o the_o one_o with_o the_o other_o the_o divine_a original_n of_o civil_a power_n grotius_n 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