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purpose_n to_o have_v be_v say_v of_o the_o passion_n chap._n vii_o of_o the_o end_n or_o resolution_n of_o discourse_n of_o all_o discourse_n govern_v by_o desire_n of_o knowledge_n there_o be_v at_o last_o a_o end_n either_o by_o attain_v or_o by_o give_v over_o and_o in_o the_o chain_n of_o discourse_n wheresoever_o it_o be_v interrupt_v there_o be_v a_o end_n for_o that_o time_n if_o the_o discourse_n be_v mere_o mental_a it_o consist_v of_o thought_n that_o the_o thing_n will_v be_v and_o will_v not_o be_v or_o that_o it_o have_v be_v and_o have_v not_o be_v alternate_o so_o that_o wheresoever_o you_o break_v off_o the_o chain_n of_o a_o man_n discourse_n you_o leave_v he_o in_o a_o presumption_n of_o it_o will_v be_v or_o it_o will_v not_o be_v or_o it_o have_v be_v or_o have_v not_o be_v all_o which_o be_v opinion_n and_o that_o which_o be_v alternate_a appetite_n in_o deliberate_v concern_v good_a and_o evil_a the_o same_o be_v alternate_a opinion_n in_o the_o enquiry_n of_o 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the_o public_a teach_n of_o it_o convert_v this_o truth_n of_o speculation_n into_o the_o utility_n of_o practice_n of_o a_o christian_a commonwealth_n chap._n xxxii_o of_o the_o principle_n of_o christian_a politic_n i_o have_v derive_v the_o right_n of_o sovereign_a politic_n power_n and_o the_o duty_n of_o subject_n hitherto_o from_o the_o principle_n of_o nature_n only_o such_o as_o experience_n have_v find_v true_a or_o consent_v concern_v the_o use_n of_o word_n have_v make_v so_o that_o be_v to_o say_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n know_v to_o we_o by_o experience_n and_o from_o definition_n of_o such_o word_n as_o be_v essential_a to_o all_o political_a reason_n universal_o agree_v on_o but_o in_o that_o i_o be_o next_o to_o handle_v which_o be_v the_o nature_n and_o right_n of_o a_o christian_a commonwealth_n whereof_o there_o depend_v much_o upon_o supernatural_a revelation_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o ground_n of_o my_o discourse_n must_v be_v not_o only_o the_o 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