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of_o all_o the_o chimaerae_n which_o do_v have_v and_o shall_v pass_v in_o our_o mind_n according_a to_o this_o supposition_n continual_o distract_n the_o capacity_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o j._n c._n otherwise_o entertain_v in_o behold_v the_o beauty_n and_o taste_v the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o chief_a good_a will_v not_o be_v very_o agreeable_a to_o he_o for_o it_o must_v be_v observe_v that_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o see_v god_n and_o another_o thing_n to_o see_v the_o creature_n and_o their_o modification_n in_o god_n i_o think_v i_o have_v demonstrate_v that_o we_o see_v all_o in_o god_n in_o this_o life_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o see_v god_n or_o to_o enjoy_v he_o thus_o it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o j._n c._n see_v all_o our_o thought_n without_o divide_v his_o capacity_n of_o think_v because_o he_o see_v they_o all_o in_o god_n this_o actual_a knowledge_n therefore_o which_o some_o will_v give_v to_o j._n c._n be_v troublesome_a for_o it_o be_v very_o irksome_a to_o 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thought_n in_o his_o soul_n as_o in_o the_o treatise_n of_o nature_n and_o grace_n which_o i_o compose_v for_o those_o person_n who_o be_v not_o over_o credulous_a i_o resolve_v not_o to_o propose_v any_o principle_n which_o may_v be_v contest_v and_o since_o if_o i_o have_v suppose_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o j._n c._n have_v actual_o know_v all_o thing_n my_o supposition_n may_v have_v be_v oppose_v by_o the_o reason_n which_o i_o have_v produce_v and_o perhaps_o by_o other_o better_a i_o have_v therefore_o only_o suppose_v that_o j._n c._n have_v a_o clear_a idea_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o modification_n of_o which_o it_o be_v capable_a to_o produce_v a_o noble_a effect_n in_o the_o temple_n which_o he_o build_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o father_n that_o which_o reason_n and_o faith_n do_v demonstrate_v thus_o i_o suppose_v j._n c._n to_o act_n in_o consequence_n of_o this_o only_a supposition_n in_o the_o xiii_o fourteen_o xv_o xvi_o article_n where_o i_o compare_v he_o to_o 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