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the_o soul_n to_o be_v she_o require_v still_o the_o help_n both_o of_o vital_a and_o animal_n spirit_n and_o if_o these_o be_v but_o too_o few_o or_o not_o lively_a enough_o you_o shall_v find_v her_o slow_a dull_a and_o heavy_a it_o be_v not_o then_o a_o unwholesome_a advice_n to_o all_o such_o as_o be_v sensible_a they_o have_v receive_v from_o above_o animam_fw-la bonam_fw-la a_o not_o very_o imperfect_a soul_n to_o conserve_v with_o all_o possible_a care_n the_o necessary_a instrument_n of_o her_o most_o spiritual_a operation_n i_o mean_v not_o to_o consume_v by_o excessive_a venery_n excessive_a drink_n or_o any_o other_o kind_n of_o surfeit_n those_o spirit_n without_o which_o their_o soul_n though_o never_o so_o perfect_a will_v act_v but_o very_o imperfect_o and_o far_o below_o that_o degree_n of_o perfection_n god_n have_v allow_v they_o upon_o this_o account_n a_o sober_a diet_n or_o temperate_a life_n be_v the_o best_a preserver_n both_o of_o wit_n and_o health_n for_o 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judge_v of_o a_o man_n temper_n or_o good_a humour_n of_o his_o good_a or_o bad_a moral_n if_o once_o we_o be_v inform_v what_o company_n he_o most_o frequent_v so_o likewise_o we_o may_v guess_v at_o his_o intellectual_n by_o the_o capacity_n and_o ability_n of_o such_o as_o he_o be_v most_o conversant_a with_o for_o experience_n have_v teach_v we_o more_o than_o once_o that_o ingenious_a man_n become_v at_o length_n dull_a and_o heavy_a by_o frequent_v too_o much_o the_o dull_a sort_n whereof_o i_o think_v this_o account_n may_v be_v give_v without_o some_o show_n of_o probability_n ingenious_a man_n have_v need_n of_o some_o considerable_a encouragement_n to_o display_v those_o talent_n they_o have_v receive_v from_o above_o now_o neither_o esteem_v nor_o value_v much_o the_o esteem_n of_o mean_a capacity_n they_o fall_v in_o a_o manner_n in_o a_o certain_a lethargy_n and_o be_v not_o able_a to_o rouse_v up_o their_o spirit_n for_o want_n of_o sufficient_a inducement_n and_o this_o 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one_o that_o have_v either_o live_v abroad_o or_o converse_v much_o with_o stranger_n especial_o the_o ingenious_a sort_n at_o home_n i_o look_v upon_o the_o former_a as_o a_o mere_a clown_n destitute_a of_o that_o delicacy_n of_o wit_n and_o discern_a faculty_n you_o shall_v find_v upon_o occasion_n in_o the_o latter_a but_o all_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v cum_fw-la grano_fw-la salis_fw-la in_o this_o supposition_n that_o you_o have_v not_o a_o soul_n of_o the_o low_a rank_n but_o one_o that_o may_v hold_v in_o the_o hierarchy_n or_o imperfect_a spirit_n a_o place_n at_o least_o of_o a_o archangel_n i_o mean_v that_o be_v not_o in_o the_o very_o low_a order_n of_o soul_n for_o let_v a_o man_n travel_v never_o so_o far_o and_o converse_v never_o so_o much_o he_o shall_v attempt_v in_o vain_a the_o attainment_n of_o that_o wit_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o innate_a imperfection_n of_o his_o understanding_n he_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o if_o then_o a_o father_n mind_n to_o send_v his_o son_n abroad_o in_o order_n to_o improve_v his_o understanding_n let_v he_o consult_v first_o with_o himself_o and_o other_o if_o he_o be_v capable_a of_o any_o considerable_a improvement_n for_o the_o first_o and_o chief_a source_n in_o we_o of_o wit_n be_v the_o soul_n itself_o which_o all_o our_o endeavour_n shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o quicken_v if_o it_o be_v heavy_a and_o dull_a by_o nature_n for_o as_o some_o rough_a stone_n may_v be_v smooth_v into_o a_o bright_a diamond_n because_o they_o contain_v already_o what_o ever_o be_v most_o valuable_a in_o a_o diamond_n so_o some_o other_o for_o a_o contrary_a reason_n can_v never_o be_v change_v into_o so_o noble_a substance_n even_o so_o if_o our_o soul_n be_v real_o capable_a of_o a_o further_a improvement_n they_o may_v be_v so_o far_o improve_v as_o to_o attain_v to_o no_o ordinary_a perfection_n but_o we_o lose_v our_o time_n if_o we_o pretend_v to_o equalise_v they_o at_o length_n to_o those_o of_o a_o high_a 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habitual_a and_o accidental_a wit._n 3._o of_o universal_a and_o singular_a wit_n 4._o that_o some_o character_n of_o wit_n be_v inconsistent_a together_o 5._o other_o unusual_a distinction_n of_o wit._n 1._o i_o never_o wonder_v much_o at_o the_o great_a variety_n of_o physiognomy_n and_o humane_a body_n because_o i_o be_o full_o persuade_v that_o a_o perfect_a resemblance_n in_o every_o particular_a be_v either_o impossible_a or_o can_v be_v at_o the_o most_o but_o a_o work_n of_o mere_a chance_n by_o a_o fortuitous_a cohalition_n of_o the_o compound_v corpuscle_n into_o the_o same_o texture_n but_o believe_v no_o such_o composition_n or_o texture_n in_o our_o spiritual_a soul_n i_o ever_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o more_o deserve_a piece_n of_o wonder_n i_o be_v always_o then_o extreme_o surprise_v and_o i_o be_o yet_o that_o among_o so_o many_o million_o of_o rational_a soul_n god_n have_v create_v since_o the_o first_o birth_n of_o the_o world_n there_o be_v so_o few_o if_o any_o at_o all_o resemble_v exact_o one_o another_o for_o though_o they_o fall_v not_o under_o the_o reach_n of_o our_o eye_n yet_o we_o can_v but_o know_v infallible_o their_o real_a discrepancy_n by_o the_o diversity_n we_o observe_v in_o their_o respective_a production_n which_o as_o i_o be_v late_o say_v spring_v original_o from_o the_o soul_n though_o sometime_o it_o may_v suffer_v a_o occasional_a stop_n or_o chance_n by_o the_o temper_n of_o the_o body_n but_o to_o be_v more_o plain_a what_o i_o say_v deserve_v ever_o my_o high_a admiration_n be_v this_o that_o let_v man_n body_n resemble_v never_o so_o much_o one_o another_o their_o soul_n shall_v never_o be_v near_o of_o the_o same_o temper_n by_o which_o i_o mean_v not_o only_o the_o same_o humour_n but_o likewise_o the_o same_o degree_n of_o perfection_n or_o wit._n whereof_o for_o method_n sake_n we_o may_v consider_v two_o sort_n the_o first_o i_o call_v habitual_a the_o second_o accidental_a a_o habitual_a wit_n be_v proper_a 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