de_fw-fr finibus_fw-la virtutis_fw-la christianae_n the_o end_n of_o christian_a religion_n which_o be_v to_o avoid_v enjoy_v eternal_a wrath_n happiness_n from_o god_n justify_v in_o several_a discourse_n by_o r._n s._n ll._n d._n wisdom_n be_v justify_v of_o her_o child_n oxford_n print_a by_o hen_n hall._n printer_n to_o the_o university_n for_o ric_n davis_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1673._o imprimatur_fw-la peter_n mew_n vicecan_a march_n 18._o 1672._o facit_fw-la lucius_n noster_fw-la prudentèr_fw-la qui_fw-la audire_fw-la de_fw-fr summo_fw-la bono_n potissimùm_fw-la velit_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la constituto_fw-la in_o philosophiâ_fw-la constituta_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la caeteris_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la sive_fw-la praetermissum_fw-la five_o ignoratum_fw-la est_fw-la quippiam_fw-la non_fw-la plus_fw-la incommodi_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la quanti_fw-la quaeque_fw-la earum_fw-la rerum_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la neglectum_fw-la est_fw-la aliquid_fw-la summum_fw-la 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corporeo_fw-la voluptales_fw-la mundi_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la dignosci_fw-la maimonid_n in_o praefat_fw-la ad_fw-la explic._n cap._n 10_o sanedrim_n apud_fw-la pocockium_fw-la de_fw-la portâ_fw-la most_n so_o neither_o by_o we_o in_o this_o world_n can_v the_o delight_n of_o the_o spiritual_a world_n be_v discern_v we_o have_v no_o true_a taste_n say_v he_o of_o any_o but_o corporeal_a pleasure_n and_o pure_o mental_a delight_n be_v so_o strange_a unto_o we_o that_o we_o can_v without_o much_o industry_n and_o diligence_n have_v any_o taste_n or_o apprehension_n of_o they_o on_o the_o contrary_a angel_n be_v not_o sensible_a of_o any_o corporeal_a pleasure_n their_o sense_n be_v not_o as_o we_o nor_o make_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o we_o after_o death_n shall_v no_o more_o relish_n or_o desire_v these_o bodily_a pleasure_n than_o a_o wise_a monarch_n will_v desire_v to_o dethrone_v himself_o for_o ever_o and_o lay_v down_o all_o his_o regalia_z that_o he_o may_v spend_v his_o 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the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o which_o the_o foolishness_n of_o preach_v have_v in_o opposition_n to_o all_o their_o philosophy_n again_o resettled_a over_o all_o the_o christian_a world_n the_o first_o particular_a that_o we_o be_v to_o prove_v be_v this_o that_o they_o can_v never_o secure_v to_o themselves_o the_o happiness_n they_o design_v in_o this_o life_n and_o this_o st_n augustine_n prove_v to_o their_o head_n i_o shall_v give_v you_o but_o a_o taste_n of_o his_o discourse_n first_o those_o prima_fw-la naturae_fw-la those_o first_o happiness_n of_o nature_n which_o the_o academic_n make_v prime_a part_n of_o their_o felicity_n say_v he_o and_o where_o and_o how_o can_v they_o be_v so_o ascertain_v as_o not_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o various_a casualty_n what_o grief_n be_v there_o though_o never_o so_o contrary_a to_o pleasure_n what_o uneasinesse_n and_o disquiet_n be_v there_o 144._o prima_fw-la sic_fw-la naturam_fw-la numerat_fw-la cicero_n incolumitatem_fw-la conservationemque_fw-la omnium_fw-la partium_fw-la valetudinem_fw-la sensus_fw-la integros_fw-la vires_fw-la pulchritudinem_fw-la caeteraque_fw-la generis_fw-la ejuidem_fw-la v._o ciceron_n de_fw-fr finib_fw-la lib._n 5._o p._n 144._o though_o never_o so_o contrary_a to_o rest_n and_o indolence_n that_o may_v not_o happen_v to_o the_o body_n of_o their_o wise_a philosopher_n who_o can_v help_v his_o be_v deform_v if_o nature_n make_v he_o so_o siknesse_n happen_v to_o one_o and_o he_o want_v health_n weakness_n and_o lassitude_n to_o another_o and_o he_o want_v strength_n to_o another_o a_o lazy_a heaviness_n and_o torpor_n and_o he_o want_v activity_n and_o which_o of_o all_o these_o may_v not_o happen_v to_o the_o body_n of_o their_o wise_a man_n then_o as_o to_o the_o soul_n what_o little_a assistance_n from_o our_o sense_n will_v remain_v towards_o the_o perception_n and_o comprehension_n of_o truth_n etc._n ea_fw-la quae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la prima_fw-la naturae_fw-la quando_fw-la ubi_fw-la quomodo_fw-la tam_fw-la bene_fw-la se_fw-la habere_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vitâ_fw-la possunt_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sub_fw-la incertis_fw-la casibus_fw-la fluctuentur_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la dolour_n contrarius_fw-la voluptati_fw-la quae_fw-la inquietudo_fw-la contraria_fw-la quieti_fw-la in_o corpus_fw-la cadere_fw-la sapientis_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la membrorum_fw-la amputatio_fw-la vel_fw-la debilitas_fw-la hominis_fw-la expugnat_fw-la incolumitatem_fw-la deformitas_fw-la pulchritudinem_fw-la imbecillitas_fw-la sanitatem_fw-la vires_fw-la lassitudo_fw-la mobilitatem_fw-la torpor_fw-la aut_fw-la tarditas_fw-la ecquid_fw-la horum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la nequeat_fw-la in_o carnem_fw-la sapientis_fw-la irruere_fw-la quid_fw-la ipsius_fw-la animi_fw-la primigenia_fw-la quae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la bona_fw-la ubi_fw-la duo_fw-la prima_fw-la ponunt_fw-la propter_fw-la comprehensionem_fw-la perceptionemque_fw-la veritatis_fw-la sensum_fw-la &_o intellectum_fw-la sed_fw-la qualis_fw-la quantusque_fw-la manet_fw-la sensus_fw-la si_fw-la ut_fw-la alia_fw-la taceam_fw-la homo_fw-la fiat_fw-la caecus_fw-la &_o surdus_fw-la ratio_fw-la verò_fw-la &_o intelligentia_fw-la quo_fw-la recedit_fw-la ubi_fw-la sopietur_fw-la si_fw-la aliquo_fw-la morbo_fw-la efficiatur_fw-la insanus_fw-la deinde_fw-la perceptio_fw-la veritatis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la carnum_fw-la qualis_fw-la ac_fw-la quanta_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la sicut_fw-la legimus_fw-la in_o veraci_fw-la libro_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la corpus_fw-la corruptibile_fw-la aggravat_fw-la animam_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o a_o man_n shall_v happen_v to_o be_v blind_a and_o deaf_a and_o whether_o go_v the_o reason_n and_o understanding_n of_o this_o great_a philosopher_n how_o will_v he_o render_v it_o sedale_n and_o tractable_a if_o by_o the_o tumultuary_a motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o a_o disease_n he_o once_o be_v render_v mad_a but_o although_o no_o such_o disease_n shall_v fall_v upon_o he_o yet_o how_o little_a perception_n of_o truth_n can_v we_o possible_o arrive_v to_o we_o while_o we_o be_v impede_v with_o this_o flesh_n see_v it_o be_v true_a that_o we_o read_v in_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n that_o the_o corruptible_a body_n press_v down_o the_o soul_n ib._n impetus_fw-la porrò_fw-la vel_fw-la actionis_fw-la appetitus_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la recte_fw-la latin_a appellatur_fw-la ea_fw-la quam_fw-la graeci_fw-la vocant_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quia_fw-la &_o ipsam_fw-la primis_fw-la natuae_fw-la deputant_fw-la bonis_fw-la nun_n ipse_fw-la est_fw-la quo_fw-la geruntur_fw-la etiam_fw-la insanorum_fw-la illi_fw-la miserabiles_fw-la motus_fw-la &_o facta_fw-la quae_fw-la horremus_fw-la quando_fw-la pervertitur_fw-la sensus_fw-la ratioque_fw-la ropitur_fw-la porro_fw-la ipsa_fw-la virtus_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la prima_fw-la naturae_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o eye_v postea_fw-la doctrinâ_fw-la introducente_fw-la supervenit_fw-la cum_fw-la sibi_fw-la culmen_fw-la bonorum_fw-la vindicet_fw-la humanorum_fw-la quid_fw-la hic_fw-la agit_fw-fr nisi_fw-la perpetua_fw-la bella_fw-la cum_fw-la vitiis_fw-la nec_fw-la exteriori_fw-la bus_fw-la sed_fw-la interioribus_fw-la nec_fw-la alienis_fw-la sed_fw-la plane_n fuis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n and_o the_o earthy_a tabernacle_n weigh_v down_o the_o mind_n that_o otherwise_o will_v be_v apt_a to_o meditate_v on_o many_o thing_n hardly_o say_v he_o do_v we_o guess_v aright_o at_o thing_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o earth_n and_o with_o labour_n do_v we_o find_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v before_o we_o then_o for_o the_o appetitive_a part_n which_o the_o grek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o latins_n have_v scarce_o any_o good_a name_n for_o though_o it_o be_v esteem_v with_o they_o one_o of_o their_o prime_a part_n of_o happiness_n be_v not_o this_o the_o power_n by_o which_o when_o once_o the_o sense_n be_v pervert_v and_o reason_n lay_v a_o sleep_n all_o those_o horrible_a action_n of_o mad_a and_o phrenetical_a person_n be_v perform_v then_o as_o for_o the_o moral_a virtue_n such_o as_o temperance_n and_o prudence_n justice_n and_o fortitude_n which_o exceed_v the_o prime_a happiness_n of_o nature_n and_o be_v introduce_v by_o learning_n and_o discipline_n what_o great_a matter_n of_o happiness_n can_v there_o be_v in_o these_o when_o they_o confess_v that_o their_o virtue_n be_v always_o in_o a_o perpetual_a war_n with_o vice_n not_o only_o with_o outward_a vice_n but_o also_o with_o such_o as_o be_v within_o we_o not_o only_o with_o other_o vice_n but_o also_o with_o our_o own_o we_o who_o be_v christian_n confess_v credamus_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la nullum_fw-la est_fw-la vitium_fw-la cum_fw-la sicut_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostous_n caro_fw-la concupiscit_fw-la adversus_fw-la spiritum_fw-la cui_fw-la vitio_fw-la contraria_fw-la virtus_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la sicut_fw-la idem_fw-la dicit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la concupiscit_fw-la adversus_fw-la carnem_fw-la haec_fw-la duo_fw-la sibi_fw-la inuicem_fw-la adverfantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n absitergo_fw-la ut_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la bello_fw-la intestino_fw-la sumus_fw-la jam_fw-la nos_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la vincendo_fw-la volumus_fw-la pervenire_fw-la adeptos_fw-la esse_fw-la credamus_fw-la that_o the_o flesh_n lu_v against_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o spirit_n against_o the_o flesh_n and_o that_o these_o be_v contrary_a one_o to_o another_o so_o that_o we_o can_v do_v the_o thing_n that_o we_o will_v and_o therefore_o we_o confess_v also_o that_o we_o be_v not_o the_o adepti_fw-la that_o we_o have_v not_o yet_o attain_v that_o happiness_n to_o which_o by_o the_o conquest_n of_o our_o carnal_a appetite_n we_o desire_v to_o be_v advance_v conflictum_fw-la et_fw-la quis_fw-la est_fw-la adeo_fw-la sapiens_fw-la ut_fw-la contra_fw-la libidines_fw-la nullum_fw-la on_fw-we ninò_fw-la habeat_fw-la conflictum_fw-la and_o where_o be_v that_o philosopher_n who_o by_o his_o wisdom_n have_v attain_v to_o such_o a_o mastery_n as_o to_o be_v beyond_o this_o intestine_a war_n and_o to_o have_v no_o conflict_n with_o his_o lust_n to_o pass_v by_o those_o other_o virtue_n it_o be_v a_o full_a testimony_n that_o they_o give_v we_o of_o their_o want_n of_o true_a happiness_n while_o they_o describe_v unto_o we_o the_o happiness_n that_o they_o suppose_v themselves_o to_o have_v in_o their_o virtue_n fortitude_n the_o stoic_a have_v learn_v the_o lesson_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d effari_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la epictetum_fw-la in_o initio_fw-la enchiridii_n v._o commentarium_fw-la plutarchi_n stoice_n magis_fw-la inopinata_fw-la quam_fw-la poetas_fw-la effari_fw-la thing_n within_o our_o power_n and_o thing_n without_o our_o power_n so_o well_o that_o he_o will_v not_o allow_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v evil_a that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o power_n to_o hinder_v but_o for_o all_o that_o let_v this_o stoic_a boast_n of_o his_o immunity_n from_o evil_n or_o the_o cyrenaic_a of_o his_o pleasure_n or_o the_o epicurean_a of_o his_o indolence_n vocare_fw-la tantus_fw-la superbiae_fw-la stupor_n est_fw-la in_o his_o hominibus_fw-la hic_fw-la se_fw-la habere_fw-la finem_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o a_o seipsis_fw-la fieri_fw-la beatos_fw-la putantibus_fw-la ut_fw-la sapiens_fw-la eorum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la qualem_fw-la mirabili_fw-la vanitate_fw-la describunt_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la excaecetur_fw-la obsurdescat_fw-la obmutescat_fw-la membris_fw-la debilitetur_fw-la dolotibus_fw-la crucietur_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la ralium_fw-la malorum_fw-la dici_fw-la aut_fw-la cogitari_fw-la possit_fw-la incidat_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la quo_fw-la sibi_fw-la mortem_fw-la cogatur_fw-la infer_v hanc_fw-la in_o his_o
kingdom_n but_o that_o of_o heave_v can_v last_v for_o ever_o and_o possible_o he_o may_v discover_v the_o fool_n in_o his_o son_n the_o young_a prince_n rehoboam_n that_o shall_v loose_v not_o only_o his_o tributary_n dominion_n but_o ten_o tribe_n of_o israel_n also_o he_o have_v treasure_n good_a store_n but_o he_o find_v principle_n of_o decay_n in_o they_o too_o he_o see_v no_o treasure_n on_o earth_n can_v last_v or_o be_v secure_a he_o hate_v the_o madness_n and_o folly_n of_o his_o delight_n and_o pleasure_n and_o he_o hate_v the_o magnificence_n of_o his_o work_n and_o labour_n nay_o he_o hate_v this_o present_a life_n also_o because_o every_o thing_n in_o the_o end_n be_v grievous_a unto_o he_o 2.17_o eccles_n 2.17_o the_o vanity_n of_o the_o creature_n after_o a_o full_a experiment_n make_v lead_v he_o to_o this_o great_a conclusion_n that_o happiness_n be_v to_o be_v obtain_v not_o in_o this_o but_o in_o another_o life_n it_o be_v with_o he_o in_o general_a as_o it_o have_v 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the_o practice_n of_o virtue_n solomon_n be_v wise_a than_o he_o he_o try_v all_o thing_n and_o after_o a_o full_a experiment_n he_o conclude_v more_o divine_o that_o man_n happiness_n consist_v neither_o in_o riches_n nor_o honour_n nor_o pleasure_n but_o in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n which_o indeed_o make_v this_o life_n happy_a by_o give_v we_o hope_n of_o a_o better_a and_o more_o glorious_a life_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v and_o let_v this_o experiment_n of_o solomon_n unless_o we_o think_v that_o we_o can_v extract_v more_o good_a from_o the_o creature_n than_o solomon_n can_v satisfy_v we_o with_o the_o truth_n of_o our_o first_o conclusion_n my_o second_o conclusion_n be_v that_o the_o design_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o aristotle_n call_v they_o of_o those_o i_o mean_v that_o aim_n at_o happiness_n by_o way_n of_o luxury_n be_v not_o only_o vain_a but_o huriful_a also_o and_o that_o the_o pursuance_n of_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o these_o lust_n of_o intemperance_n be_v certain_o mischievous_a and_o dishonourable_a to_o man_n as_o man._n seneca_n man._n quidam_fw-la se_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la immergunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o consuctudinem_fw-la abductis_fw-la career_n non_fw-la possunt_fw-la ob_fw-la hoc_fw-la miserrimi_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la eo_fw-la pervenerunt_fw-la at_o illa_fw-la quae_fw-la supervacanea_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la sacta_fw-la sunt_fw-la necessaria_fw-la serviunt_fw-la itaque_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la non_fw-la fruuntur_fw-la &_o mala_fw-la sva_fw-la quod_fw-la malorum_fw-la ultimum_fw-la est_fw-la amant_fw-fr seneca_n philosopher_n have_v observe_v that_o it_o be_v one_o mischief_n consequent_a to_o all_o lust_n of_o intemperance_n that_o man_n lust_n be_v not_o satisfy_v but_o increase_v thereby_o and_o their_o appetite_n so_o corrupt_v that_o they_o can_v live_v without_o they_o the_o pleasure_n which_o they_o use_v they_o be_v quick_o make_v slave_n unto_o and_o they_o can_v wean_v themselves_o from_o that_o which_o in_o short_a time_n must_v be_v their_o ruin_n this_o i_o lay_v down_o for_o a_o rule_n that_o all_o lust_n of_o this_o kind_a contrary_n to_o the_o law_n of_o religion_n and_o virtue_n be_v lust_n of_o intemperance_n and_o for_o their_o mischief_n this_o we_o find_v in_o general_a that_o person_n quaest_n person_n quid_fw-la quod_fw-la ne_fw-la ment_fw-la quidem_fw-la recte_fw-la uti_fw-la possumus_fw-la multo_fw-la cibo_fw-la &_o potione_fw-la completi_fw-la est_fw-la praeclara_fw-la epistola_fw-la platonis_fw-la ad_fw-la dionis_fw-la propinquos_fw-la in_fw-la quâ_fw-la scriptum_n est_fw-la his_o fere_n verbis_fw-la quo_fw-la cum_fw-la venissem_fw-la vita_fw-la illa_fw-la beata_fw-la quae_fw-la serebatur_fw-la plena_fw-la italicarum_fw-la syracusanarumque_fw-la mensarum_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la mihi_fw-la placuit_fw-la bis_fw-la in_o die_fw-la saturum_fw-la fore_fw-la nec_fw-la unquam_fw-la pernoctare_fw-la solum_fw-la caeterâque_fw-la quae_fw-la comitantur_fw-la huic_fw-la 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