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that_o there_o be_v a_o law_n knowable_a by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n i._n e._n without_o the_o help_n of_o positive_a revelation_n §_o 14._o the_o difference_n there_o be_v among_o man_n in_o their_o practical_a principle_n be_v so_o evident_a that_o i_o think_v i_o need_v say_v no_o more_o to_o evince_v that_o it_o will_v be_v imposisible_a to_o find_v any_o innate_a moral_a rule_n by_o this_o mark_n of_o general_a assent_n and_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o make_v one_o suspect_v that_o the_o supposition_n of_o such_o innate_a principle_n be_v but_o a_o opinion_n take_v up_o at_o pleasure_n since_o those_o who_o talk_v so_o confident_o of_o they_o be_v so_o spare_v to_o tell_v we_o which_o they_o be_v this_o might_n with_o justice_n be_v expect_v from_o those_o man_n who_o lie_v stress_n upon_o this_o opinion_n and_o it_o give_v occasion_n to_o distrust_v either_o their_o knowledge_n or_o charity_n who_o declare_v that_o god_n have_v imprint_v on_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n the_o 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that_o i_o know_v have_v venture_v yet_o to_o give_v a_o catalogue_n of_o they_o they_o can_v blame_v those_o who_o doubt_v of_o these_o innate_a principle_n since_o even_o they_o who_o require_v man_n to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v such_o innate_a proposition_n do_v not_o tell_v we_o what_o they_o be_v it_o be_v easy_a to_o foresee_v that_o if_o different_a man_n of_o different_a sect_n shall_v go_v about_o to_o give_v we_o a_o list_n of_o those_o innate_a practical_a principle_n they_o will_v set_v down_o only_o such_o as_o suit_v their_o distinct_a hypothesis_n and_o be_v fit_a to_o support_v the_o doctrine_n of_o their_o particular_a school_n or_o church_n a_o plain_a evidence_n that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o innate_a truth_n nay_o a_o great_a part_n of_o man_n be_v so_o far_o from_o find_v any_o such_o innate_a moral_a principle_n in_o themselves_o that_o by_o deny_v freedom_n to_o mankind_n and_o thereby_o make_v man_n no_o other_o than_o bare_a machines_n they_o take_v away_o not_o only_o innate_a but_o all_o moral_a rule_n whatsoever_o and_o leave_v not_o a_o possibility_n to_o believe_v any_o such_o to_o those_o who_o can_v conceive_v how_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v capable_a of_o a_o law_n that_o be_v not_o a_o free_a agent_n and_o upon_o that_o ground_n they_o must_v necessary_o reject_v all_o principle_n of_o virtue_n who_o can_v put_v morality_n and_o mechanism_n together_o which_o be_v not_o very_o easy_a to_o be_v reconcile_v or_o make_v consistent_a §_o 15._o when_o i_o have_v write_v this_o be_v inform_v that_o my_o lord_n herbert_n have_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la assign_v these_o innate_a principle_n i_o present_o consult_v he_o hope_v to_o find_v in_o a_o man_n of_o so_o great_a part_n something_o that_o may_v satisfy_v i_o in_o this_o point_n and_o put_v a_o end_n to_o my_o enquiry_n in_o his_o chapter_n de_fw-fr instinctu_fw-la naturali_fw-la p._n 76._o edit_n 1656._o i_o meet_v with_o these_o six_o mark_n of_o his_o notitiae_fw-la commune_v 1._o prioritas_fw-la 2._o independentia_fw-la 3._o vniversalitas_fw-la 4._o certitudo_fw-la 5._o necessitas_fw-la i._n e._n as_o he_o explain_v it_o faciunt_fw-la ad_fw-la hominis_fw-la conservationem_fw-la 6._o modus_fw-la conformationis_fw-la i._n e._n assensus_fw-la nullâ_fw-la interpositâ_fw-la morâ_fw-la and_o at_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o his_o little_a treatise_n de_fw-fr religione_fw-la laici_fw-la he_o say_v this_o of_o these_o innate_a principle_n adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la uniuscujusvis_fw-la religionis_fw-la confinio_fw-la arctentur_fw-la quae_fw-la ubique_fw-la vigent_fw-la veritates_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o ipsâ_fw-la ment_fw-la coelitùs_fw-la descriptae_fw-la nullisque_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la sive_fw-la scriptis_fw-la sive_fw-la non_fw-la scriptis_fw-la obnoxiae_fw-la p._n 3._o and_o veritates_fw-la nostrae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la quae_fw-la tanquam_fw-la indubia_fw-la dei_fw-la effata_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la interiori_fw-la descripta_fw-la thus_o have_v give_v the_o mark_n of_o the_o innate_a principle_n or_o common_a notion_n and_o assert_v their_o be_v imprint_v on_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n he_o proceed_v at_o last_o to_o set_v they_o down_o and_o they_o be_v these_o 1._o esse_fw-la aliquod_fw-la supremum_fw-la numen_fw-la 2._o numen_fw-la illud_fw-la coli_fw-la debere_fw-la 3._o virtutem_fw-la cum_fw-la pielate_fw-la conjunctam_fw-la optimam_fw-la esse_fw-la rationem_fw-la cultùs_fw-la divini_fw-la 4._o rescipiscendum_fw-la esse_fw-la à _fw-la peccatis_fw-la 5._o dari_n proemium_fw-la vel_fw-la poenam_fw-la post_fw-la hanc_fw-la vitam_fw-la transactam_fw-la these_o though_o i_o allow_v they_o to_o be_v clear_a truth_n and_o such_o as_o if_o right_o explain_v a_o rational_a creature_n can_v hardly_o avoid_v give_v his_o assent_n to_o yet_o i_o think_v he_o be_v far_o from_o prove_v they_o innate_a impression_n in_o foro_n interiori_fw-la descriptae_fw-la for_o i_o must_v take_v leave_n to_o observe_v §_o 16._o first_o that_o these_o five_o proposition_n be_v either_o all_o or_o more_o than_o all_o those_o common_a notion_n write_v on_o our_o mind_n by_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n if_o it_o be_v reasonable_a to_o believe_v any_o at_o all_o to_o be_v so_o write_v since_o there_o be_v other_o proposition_n which_o even_o by_o his_o own_o rule_n have_v as_o just_a a_o pretence_n to_o such_o a_o original_a and_o may_v be_v as_o well_o admit_v for_o innate_a principle_n as_o at_o least_o some_o of_o these_o five_o he_o enumerate_v viz._n do_v as_o thou_o will_v be_v do_v unto_o and_o perhaps_o some_o hundred_o of_o other_o when_o well_o consider_v §_o 17._o second_o that_o all_o his_o mark_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o each_o of_o his_o five_o proposition_n viz._n his_o first_o second_o and_o third_z mark_n agree_v perfect_o to_o neither_o of_o they_o and_o the_o first_o second_o third_z four_o and_o six_o mark_v agree_v but_o ill_a to_o his_o three_o four_o and_o five_o proposition_n for_o beside_o that_o we_o be_v assure_v from_o history_n of_o many_o man_n nay_o whole_a nation_n who_o doubt_v or_o disbelieve_v some_o or_o all_o of_o they_o i_o can_v see_v how_o the_o three_o viz._n that_o virtue_n join_v with_o piety_n be_v the_o best_a worship_n of_o god_n can_v be_v a_o innate_a principle_n when_o the_o name_n or_o sound_a virtue_n be_v so_o hard_a to_o be_v understand_v liable_a to_o so_o much_o uncertainty_n in_o its_o signification_n and_o the_o thing_n it_o stand_v for_o so_o much_o contend_v about_o and_o difficult_a to_o be_v know_v and_o therefore_o this_o can_v be_v but_o a_o very_a uncertain_a rule_n of_o (null)_o practice_n and_o serve_v but_o very_o little_a to_o the_o conduct_n of_o our_o life_n and_o be_v therefore_o very_o unfit_a to_o be_v assign_v as_o a_o innate_a practical_a principle_n §_o 18._o for_o let_v we_o consider_v this_o proposition_n as_o to_o its_o meaning_n for_o it_o be_v the_o sense_n and_o not_o sound_a that_o be_v and_o must_v be_v the_o principle_n or_o common_a
and_o operation_n one_o upon_o another_o that_o perhaps_o thing_n in_o this_o our_o mansion_n will_v put_v on_o quite_o another_o face_n and_o cease_v to_o be_v what_o they_o be_v if_o some_o one_o of_o the_o star_n or_o great_a body_n incomprehensible_o remote_a from_o we_o shall_v cease_v to_o be_v or_o move_v as_o it_o do_v this_o be_v certain_a thing_n however_o absolute_a and_o entire_a they_o seem_v in_o themselves_o be_v but_o retainer_n to_o other_o part_n of_o nature_n for_o that_o which_o they_o be_v most_o take_v notice_n of_o by_o we_o their_o observable_a quality_n action_n and_o power_n be_v owe_v to_o something_o without_o they_o and_o there_o be_v not_o so_o complete_a and_o perfect_a a_o part_n that_o we_o know_v of_o nature_n which_o do_v not_o owe_v the_o be_v it_o have_v and_o the_o excellency_n of_o it_o to_o its_o neighbour_n and_o we_o must_v look_v a_o great_a deal_n far_o than_o the_o surface_n of_o any_o body_n to_o comprehend_v perfect_o those_o quality_n that_o be_v in_o it_o §_o 12._o if_o this_o be_v so_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v wonder_v that_o we_o have_v very_o imperfect_a idea_n of_o substance_n and_o that_o the_o real_a essence_n on_o which_o depend_v their_o property_n and_o operation_n be_v unknown_a to_o we_o we_o can_v discover_v so_o much_o as_o the_o size_n figure_n and_o texture_n of_o their_o minute_n and_o active_a part_n which_o be_v real_o in_o they_o much_o less_o the_o different_a motion_n and_o impulse_n make_v in_o and_o upon_o they_o by_o body_n from_o without_o and_o the_o effect_n of_o they_o upon_o which_o depend_v and_o by_o which_o be_v form_v the_o great_a and_o most_o remarkable_a part_n of_o those_o quality_n we_o observe_v in_o they_o and_o of_o which_o our_o complex_fw-la idea_n of_o they_o be_v make_v up_o this_o consideration_n alone_o may_v set_v we_o at_o rest_n as_o to_o all_o hope_n of_o our_o have_v the_o idea_n of_o their_o real_a essence_n which_o whilst_o we_o want_v the_o nominal_a essence_n we_o make_v use_v of_o instead_o of_o they_o will_v be_v able_a to_o furnish_v we_o but_o very_o spare_o with_o any_o general_a knowledge_n or_o universal_a proposition_n capable_a of_o real_a certainty_n §_o 13._o we_o be_v not_o therefore_o to_o wonder_v if_o certainty_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o very_a few_o general_a proposition_n make_v concern_v substance_n our_o knowledge_n of_o their_o quality_n and_o property_n go_v very_o seldom_o far_o than_o our_o sense_n reach_v and_o inform_v we_o possible_o inquisitive_a and_o observe_a man_n may_v by_o strength_n of_o judgement_n penetrate_v far_o and_o on_o probability_n take_v from_o wary_a observation_n and_o hint_n well_o lay_v together_o often_o guess_v right_a at_o what_o experience_n have_v not_o yet_o discover_v to_o they_o but_o this_o be_v but_o guess_v still_o it_o amount_v only_o to_o opinion_n and_o have_v not_o that_o certainty_n which_o be_v requisite_a to_o knowledge_n for_o all_o general_a knowledge_n lie_v only_o in_o our_o own_o thought_n and_o consist_v bare_o in_o the_o contemplation_n of_o our_o own_o abstract_n idea_n wherever_o we_o perceive_v any_o agreement_n or_o disagreement_n among_o they_o there_o we_o have_v general_a knowledge_n and_o by_o put_v the_o name_n of_o those_o idea_n together_o according_o in_o proposition_n can_v with_o certainty_n pronounce_v general_a truth_n but_o because_o the_o abstract_n idea_n of_o substance_n for_o which_o their_o specific_a name_n stand_v whenever_o they_o have_v any_o distinct_a and_o determinate_a signification_n have_v a_o discoverable_a connexion_n or_o inconsistency_n with_o a_o very_a few_o other_o idea_n the_o certainty_n of_o universal_a proposition_n concern_v substance_n be_v very_o narrow_a and_o scanty_a in_o that_o part_n which_o be_v our_o principal_a enquiry_n concern_v they_o and_o there_o be_v scarce_o any_o of_o the_o name_n of_o substance_n let_v the_o idea_n it_o be_v apply_v to_o be_v what_o it_o will_v of_o which_o we_o can_v general_o and_o with_o certainty_n pronounce_v that_o it_o have_v or_o have_v not_o this_o or_o that_o other_o quality_n belong_v to_o it_o and_o constant_o co-existing_a or_o inconsistent_a with_o that_o idea_n wherever_o it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v §_o 14._o before_o we_o can_v have_v any_o tolerable_a knowledge_n of_o this_o kind_n we_o must_v first_o know_v what_o change_v the_o primary_n quality_n of_o one_o body_n do_v regular_o produce_v in_o the_o primary_n quality_n of_o another_o and_o how_o second_o we_o must_v know_v what_o primary_n quality_n of_o any_o body_n produce_v certain_a sensation_n or_o idea_n in_o we_o which_o in_o truth_n to_o know_v all_o the_o effect_n of_o matter_n under_o its_o divers_a modification_n of_o bulk_n figure_n cohesion_n of_o part_n motion_n and_o rest_v which_o be_v i_o think_v every_o body_n will_v allow_v be_v utter_o impossible_a to_o be_v know_v by_o we_o without_o revelation_n nor_o if_o it_o be_v reveal_v to_o we_o what_o sort_n of_o figure_n bulk_n and_o motion_n of_o corpuscle_n will_v produce_v in_o we_o the_o sensation_n of_o a_o yellow_a colour_n and_o what_o sort_n of_o figure_n bulk_n and_o texture_n of_o part_n in_o the_o superficies_n of_o any_o body_n be_v fit_a to_o give_v such_o corpuscle_n their_o due_a motion_n to_o produce_v that_o colour_n will_v that_o be_v enough_o to_o make_v universal_a proposition_n with_o certainty_n concern_v the_o several_a sort_n of_o they_o unless_o we_o have_v faculty_n acute_a enough_o to_o perceive_v the_o bulk_n figure_n texture_n and_o motion_n of_o body_n in_o those_o minute_n part_v by_o which_o they_o operate_v on_o our_o sense_n and_o so_o can_v by_o those_o frame_n our_o abstract_n idea_n of_o they_o i_o have_v mention_v here_o only_o corporeal_a substance_n who_o operation_n seem_v to_o lie_v more_o level_a to_o our_o understanding_n for_o as_o to_o the_o operation_n of_o spirit_n both_o their_o think_n and_o move_v of_o body_n we_o at_o first_o sight_n find_v ourselves_o at_o a_o loss_n though_o perhaps_o when_o we_o have_v apply_v our_o thought_n a_o little_a near_o to_o the_o consideration_n of_o body_n and_o their_o operation_n and_o examine_v how_o far_o our_o notion_n even_o in_o these_o reach_v with_o any_o clearness_n beyond_o sensible_a matter_n of_o fact_n we_o shall_v be_v bind_v to_o confess_v that_o even_o in_o these_o too_o our_o discovery_n amount_v to_o very_o little_a beyond_o perfect_a ignorance_n and_o incapacity_n §_o 15._o this_o be_v evident_a the_o abstract_n complex_fw-la idea_n of_o substance_n for_o which_o their_o general_a name_n stand_v not_o comprehend_v their_o real_a constitution_n can_v afford_v we_o but_o very_o little_a universal_a certainty_n they_o not_o be_v that_o on_o which_o those_o quality_n we_o observe_v in_o they_o and_o will_v inform_v ourselves_o about_o do_v depend_v or_o with_o which_o they_o have_v any_o certain_a connexion_n v_o g._n let_v the_o idea_n to_o which_o we_o give_v the_o name_n 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