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prove_v the_o origination_n of_o mankind_n namely_o the_o invention_n of_o arts._n cap._n v._n the_o four_o instance_n of_o fact_n seem_v to_o evince_v the_o novity_n of_o mankind_n namely_o the_o inception_n of_o the_o religion_n and_o deity_n of_o the_o heathen_n and_o the_o deficiency_n of_o this_o instance_n cap._n vi_o a_o five_o consideration_n concern_v the_o decay_n especial_o of_o the_o humane_a nature_n and_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o such_o decay_n and_o what_o may_v be_v collect_v concern_v the_o origination_n of_o man_n upon_o that_o supposition_n cap._n vii_o the_o six_o evidence_n of_o fact_n prove_v novitatem_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la namely_o the_o history_n of_o the_o patres_fw-la familiarum_fw-la and_o the_o original_a plantation_n of_o the_o continent_n and_o island_n of_o the_o world_n cap._n viii_o the_o seven_o evidence_n of_o fact_n prove_v the_o origination_n of_o man_n namely_o the_o gradual_a increase_n of_o mankind_n cap._n ix_o concern_v those_o corrective_n of_o the_o evil_n of_o mankind_n which_o may_v be_v think_v to_o be_v sufficient_a to_o reduce_v it_o to_o a_o great_a equability_n cap._n x._o the_o far_a examination_n of_o the_o precedent_a objection_n cap._n xi_o the_o consequence_n and_o illation_n upon_o the_o premise_n against_o the_o eternity_n of_o mankind_n cap._n xii_o the_o eight_o evidence_n of_o fact_n prove_v the_o origination_n of_o mankind_n namely_o the_o consent_n of_o mankind_n sect_n iii_o cap._n i._n the_o opinion_n of_o the_o more_o learned_a part_n of_o mankind_n philospher_n and_o other_o writer_n touch_v man_n origination_n cap._n ii_o touch_v the_o various_a method_n of_o the_o origination_n of_o mankind_n cap._n iii_o touch_v the_o second_o opinion_n of_o those_o that_o assert_v the_o natural_a production_n of_o mankind_n ex_fw-la non_fw-la genitis_fw-la or_o the_o possibility_n thereof_o cap._n iu._n concern_v vegetable_n and_o especial_o insecta_fw-la animalia_fw-la whether_o any_o of_o they_o 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quod_fw-la si_fw-la verò_fw-la his_fw-la erras_fw-la plurima_fw-la tibi_fw-la orientur_fw-la dubia_fw-la &_o absurda_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la
falsis_fw-la habeas_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o vice_fw-la versa_fw-la pro_fw-la veris_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la falsa_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o give_v this_o example_n suppose_v a_o child_n of_o a_o ready_a wit_n who_o mother_n die_v short_o after_o his_o birth_n shall_v go_v alone_o with_o his_o father_n into_o some_o uninhabited_a island_n where_o he_o be_v breed_v up_o without_o the_o sight_n of_o any_o beast_n or_o woman_n and_o there_o shall_v inquire_v of_o his_o father_n quomodo_n &_o qua_fw-la ratione_fw-la facti_fw-la sumus_fw-la existentiámque_fw-la nostram_fw-la accipimus_fw-la cui_fw-la pater_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la nostrum_fw-la generatur_fw-la in_o ventre_n cujusdam_fw-la individui_fw-la speciei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la nobis_fw-la simillimi_fw-la quod_fw-la foemina_fw-la voco_fw-la in_o ventre_n autem_fw-la existentes_fw-la exiguum_fw-la admodum_fw-la primo_fw-la corpusculum_fw-la habemus_fw-la movemus_fw-la nutrimur_fw-la &_o paulatim_fw-la 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before_o condemn_v but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n to_o suppose_v that_o impossible_a in_o the_o origination_n of_o thing_n which_o we_o find_v not_o in_o thing_n already_o settle_v be_v too_o hasty_a and_o rash_a a_o conclusion_n especial_o when_o we_o be_v drive_v to_o confess_v another_o kind_n of_o origination_n of_o mankind_n than_o now_o be_v and_o do_v not_o find_v any_o so_o probable_a and_o so_o free_a from_o absurd_a consequence_n so_o ancient_a so_o convince_o deliver_v as_o that_o by_o the_o divine_a historian_n moses_n and_o this_o be_v so_o much_o the_o rather_o credible_a because_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o conceive_v that_o man_n can_v have_v his_o first_o origination_n but_o from_o a_o intelligent_a most_o wise_a and_o powerful_a efficient_a unless_o a_o man_n shall_v offer_v violence_n to_o his_o own_o reason_n and_o certain_o to_o such_o a_o efficient_a such_o a_o production_n be_v not_o only_o possible_a but_o suitable_a to_o be_v suppose_v 5._o we_o have_v here_o 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volitive_a faculty_n seem_v to_o be_v two_o the_o first_o more_o primitive_a and_o radical_a in_o the_o soul_n the_o second_o not_o altogether_o so_o radical_a and_o primitive_a yet_o such_o as_o have_v also_o a_o natural_a connexion_n with_o and_o to_o the_o soul_n first_o therefore_o as_o to_o the_o first_o of_o these_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n as_o it_o come_v out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o glorious_a god_n so_o it_o have_v engrave_v in_o it_o these_o impression_n and_o character_n of_o some_o great_a and_o intellective_a principle_n and_o rational_a propension_n that_o serve_v secret_o to_o direct_v and_o incline_v he_o to_o these_o common_a notion_n and_o sentiment_n so_o that_o whether_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o descendants_n from_o adam_n be_v traduce_v from_o he_o or_o whether_o they_o be_v immediate_o create_v and_o infuse_v by_o god_n a_o dispute_v not_o seasonable_a in_o this_o place_n yet_o those_o real_a character_n impression_n and_o rational_a noemata_fw-la and_o 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