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there_o mediate_v no_o number_n which_o have_v any_o actual_a be_v but_o the_o number_n of_o thing_n be_v the_o thing_n themselves_o chap._n vii_o how_o the_o mind_n of_o itself_o work_v out_o the_o form_n of_o thing_n by_o way_n of_o assimilation_n and_o reach_v absolute_a possibility_n or_o matter_n phil._n tell_v i_o i_o pray_v thou_o do_v thou_o think_v our_o mind_n be_v a_o harmony_n or_o a_o number_n move_v itself_o or_o a_o composition_n of_o the_o same_o and_o divers_a or_o of_o a_o essence_n divisible_a and_o indivisible_a or_o a_o entelechia_fw-la for_o such_o manner_n of_o speak_v the_o platonist_n and_o peripatetic_n use_v id._n i_o do_v believe_v that_o all_o they_o which_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o mind_n may_v use_v these_o or_o the_o like_a speech_n move_v by_o those_o thing_n which_o they_o do_v experimental_o find_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o mind_n for_o they_o find_v the_o judgement_n of_o all_o harmony_n to_o be_v in_o the_o mind_n and_o that_o the_o mind_n out_o of_o itself_o fashion_v notion_n and_o that_o it_o so_o move_v itself_o as_o a_o live_a discretive_a number_n will_v of_o itself_o proceed_v to_o make_v discretion_n and_o again_o they_o find_v that_o it_o proceed_v in_o any_o particular_a collective_o or_o distributive_o either_o according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o simplicity_n and_o absolute_a necessity_n or_o of_o absolute_a possibility_n or_o necessity_n of_o complexion_n or_o determinate_o or_o of_o a_o possibility_n determinate_a or_o because_o of_o the_o aptitude_n of_o a_o perpetual_a motion_n because_o of_o these_o and_o the_o like_a experiment_n it_o be_v probable_o to_o be_v believe_v they_o say_v those_o or_o the_o like_a thing_n of_o the_o mind_n or_o soul_n for_o to_o say_v that_o the_o mind_n be_v of_o the_o same_o and_o divers_a be_v to_o say_v it_o be_v of_o unity_n and_o alterity_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n
that_o a_o number_n be_v compound_v of_o the_o same_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o common_a or_o universal_a of_o that_o which_o be_v divers_a in_o regard_n of_o singular_n or_o particular_n which_o both_o be_v way_n of_o the_o mind_n understanding_n phil._n go_v on_o i_o pray_v thou_o to_o declare_v how_o the_o mind_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o number_n move_v itself_o id._n i_o think_v no_o man_n can_v deny_v but_o that_o the_o mind_n be_v a_o certain_a divine_a live_a number_n excellent_o proportion_v to_o the_o resplendence_n of_o manifest_v and_o show_v of_o the_o divine_a harmony_n and_o complicate_v every_o sensible_a rational_a and_o intellectual_a harmony_n and_o whatsoever_o can_v be_v better_o express_v about_o this_o matter_n insomuch_o that_o every_o number_n proportion_n and_o harmony_n which_o proceed_v from_o our_o mind_n do_v as_o little_a reach_n or_o come_v near_o our_o mind_n as_o our_o mind_n do_v to_o the_o infinite_a mind_n for_o the_o mind_n though_o it_o be_v a_o divine_a number_n yet_o it_o be_v so_o a_o number_n that_o it_o be_v a_o simple_a unity_n by_o its_o own_o power_n put_v forth_o its_o number_n so_o that_o look_v what_o proportion_n there_o be_v between_o god_n and_o his_o work_n the_o same_o there_o be_v between_o the_o work_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o mind_n itself_o phil._n there_o be_v very_o many_o that_o will_v have_v our_o mind_n to_o be_v of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o most_o mere_o conjoin_v to_o the_o divine_a mind_n l_o i_o do_v not_o think_v they_o mean_v any_o otherwise_o then_o as_o i_o have_v lay_v although_o they_o have_v another_o manner_n of_o speak_v for_o between_o the_o divine_a mind_n and_o we_o there_o be_v the_o same_o difference_n that_o there_o be_v between_o do_v and_o see_v for_o the_o divine_a mind_n by_o conceive_v create_v but_o we_o by_o conceive_v assimilate_v in_o make_v notion_n or_o intellectual_a vision_n the_o divine_a mind_n be_v a_o power_n make_v thing_n to_o be_v but_o we_o a_o 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to_o sensible_a thing_n absent_a but_o confuse_o and_o without_o discern_v of_o state_n from_o state_n but_o in_o reason_n it_o conform_v itself_o to_o thing_n with_o discern_v of_o state_n from_o state_n in_o all_o those_o place_n our_o mind_n be_v carry_v in_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o artery_n which_o be_v stir_v up_o by_o meeting_n with_o species_n multiply_v from_o the_o object_n to_o the_o spirit_n assimilate_v itself_o by_o the_o thing_n to_o the_o species_n that_o by_o assimilation_n it_o may_v give_v judgement_n of_o the_o object_n whereupon_o that_o subtle_a spirit_n of_o the_o artery_n which_o be_v enliven_v by_o the_o mind_n be_v so_o by_o the_o mind_n conform_v unto_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o species_n which_o be_v object_v to_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o soft_a wax_n be_v by_o a_o man_n have_v the_o use_n and_o art_n of_o the_o mind_n configure_v unto_o the_o thing_n then_o present_o present_v to_o the_o workman_n for_o all_o configuration_n whether_o in_o the_o art_n of_o carve_v paint_v or_o hammer_v can_v be_v do_v without_o the_o mind_n for_o it_o be_v the_o mind_n which_o terminate_v all_o thing_n therefore_o if_o we_o can_v imagine_v a_o piece_n of_o wax_n inform_v by_o the_o mind_n then_o the_o mind_n be_v within_o it_o will_v configure_v it_o or_o make_v it_o like_v to_o every_o figure_n present_v unto_o it_o as_o now_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o artificer_n be_v apply_v from_o without_o labour_n to_o do_v so_o likewise_o of_o clay_n and_o every_o flexible_a or_o fashionable_a thing_n so_o in_o our_o body_n the_o mind_n according_a to_o the_o various_a flexiblenesse_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o artery_n in_o the_o organ_n make_v divers_a configuration_n subtle_a and_o gross_a and_o one_o spirit_n be_v not_o configurable_a to_o that_o to_o which_o another_o be_v because_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o optic_a nerve_n can_v be_v meet_v withal_o and_o encounter_v by_o the_o species_n of_o sound_n but_o only_o by_o the_o species_n of_o colour_n &_o therefore_o be_v configurable_a to_o the_o species_n of_o colour_n and_o not_o of_o sound_n and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n there_o be_v likewise_o another_o spirit_n which_o be_v configurable_a to_o all_o sensible_a species_n which_o be_v in_o the_o organ_n of_o the_o imaginative_a power_n but_o after_o a_o gross_a and_o indiscreet_a or_o undistinguished_a manner_n and_o there_o be_v another_o in_o the_o organ_n of_o the_o ratiocinative_a or_o discursive_a power_n which_o be_v configurable_a to_o all_o sensible_a thing_n discret_o and_o clear_o and_o all_o these_o configuration_n be_v assimilation_n to_o sensible_a thing_n when_o thy_o be_v do_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o corporal_a spirit_n though_o never_o so_o subtle_a wherefore_o when_o the_o mind_n make_v these_o assimilation_n that_o it_o may_v have_v the_o motion_n of_o sensible_a thing_n and_o so_o be_v drow_v in_o the_o corporal_a spirit_n than_o it_o act_v as_o the_o soul_n animate_v a_o body_n by_o which_o animation_n the_o power_n of_o a_o live_a wight_n be_v constitute_v and_o hereupon_o the_o soul_n of_o brute_n beast_n make_v the_o like_a assimilation_n after_o its_o manner_n though_o more_o confuse_a that_o it_o may_v after_o its_o manner_n attain_v to_o notion_n but_o our_o power_n of_o the_o mind_n from_o such_o notion_n as_o these_o so_o elicit_v &_o draw_v out_o by_o assimilation_n make_v mechanic_n art_n physical_a and_o logical_a conjecture_n and_o reach_v thing_n in_o the_o manner_n whereby_o they_o be_v conceive_v in_o the_o possibility_n of_o be_v or_o matter_n and_o in_o the_o manner_n whereby_o the_o possibility_n of_o be_v or_o matter_n be_v determine_v by_o the_o form_n wherefore_o see_v that_o by_o these_o assimilation_n it_o reach_v none_o but_o the_o notion_n of_o sensible_a thing_n where_o the_o form_n of_o thing_n be_v not_o true_a but_o shadow_v with_o the_o variableness_n of_o matter_n therefore_o all_o such_o notion_n be_v rather_o conjecture_n then_o truth_n for_o this_o cause_n i_o say_v that_o the_o notion_n which_o be_v reach_v by_o rational_a assimilation_n be_v uncertain_a because_o they_o be_v rather_o according_a to_o the_o image_n of_o form_n than_o the_o truth_n afterward_o our_o mind_n not_o as_o drown_v in_o the_o body_n which_o it_o animate_v but_o as_o it_o be_v the_o mind_n of_o itself_o yet_o in_o possibility_n of_o be_v unite_v to_o the_o body_n while_o it_o look_v unto_o its_o immutability_n make_v assimilation_n of_o form_n not_o as_o they_o be_v drown_v in_o the_o matter_n but_o as_o they_o be_v in_o and_o of_o themselves_o and_o conceive_v the_o immutable_a quiddity_n of_o thing_n use_v itself_o for_o a_o instrument_n without_o any_o organical_a spirit_n as_o whilst_o it_o conceive_v that_o a_o circle_n be_v a_o figure_n from_o who_o centre_n all_o the_o line_n draw_v to_o the_o circumference_n be_v equal_a after_o which_o manner_n of_o be_v a_o circle_n without_o the_o mind_n can_v be_v in_o matter_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a there_o shall_v be_v give_v in_o matter_n two_o equal_a line_n and_o it_o be_v less_o possible_a that_o such_o a_o circle_n shall_v be_v figure_v and_o therefore_o a_o circle_n in_o the_o mind_n be_v the_o sampler_n and_o measure_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o a_o circle_n in_o the_o pavement_n so_o we_o say_v that_o the_o truth_n of_o thing_n in_o the_o mind_n be_v in_o the_o necessity_n of_o complexion_n to_o wit_n after_o the_o manner_n that_o the_o truth_n of_o a_o thing_n require_v as_o we_o have_v say_v of_o the_o circle_n and_o because_o the_o mind_n as_o in_o itself_o and_o abstract_v from_o matter_n make_v these_o assimilation_n therefore_o it_o assimilate_v itself_o to_o abstract_a form_n and_o according_a to_o this_o power_n it_o show_v or_o put_v forth_o certain_a mathematical_a science_n and_o find_v its_o power_n to_o be_v
that_o it_o can_v assimilate_v itself_o to_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o the_o necessity_n of_o complexion_n and_o make_v notion_n and_o it_o be_v stir_v up_o to_o these_o abstractive_a assimilation_n by_o the_o phantasm_n or_o image_n of_o form_n which_o it_o lay_v hold_v on_o by_o the_o assimilation_n make_v in_o the_o organ_n as_o by_o the_o beauty_n of_o a_o image_n one_o be_v move_v to_o inquire_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o sampler_n and_o in_o this_o assimilation_n the_o mind_n be_v as_o if_o absolute_a pliablenesse_n abstract_v from_o wax_n clay_n metal_n and_o all_o other_o flexible_a thing_n be_v live_v by_o a_o mental_a life_n that_o it_o can_v of_o itself_o assimilate_v itself_o to_o all_o figure_n as_o they_o subsist_v in_o themselves_o and_o not_o in_o the_o matter_n for_o such_o flexibility_n in_o the_o power_n of_o its_o live_a flexibility_n that_o be_v in_o itself_o will_v behold_v that_o the_o notion_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o can_v conform_v itself_o to_o all_o thing_n and_o because_o the_o mind_n be_v not_o yet_o satisfy_v with_o this_o because_o it_o see_v not_o the_o precise_a truth_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o in_o a_o certain_a necessity_n determine_v to_o every_o thing_n as_o one_o thing_n be_v so_o and_o another_o thing_n so_o and_o every_o thing_n compound_v of_o its_o part_n and_o it_o see_v that_o this_o manner_n of_o be_v be_v not_o the_o truth_n itself_o but_o the_o participation_n of_o truth_n that_o one_o be_v true_o so_o and_o another_o thing_n true_o otherwise_o which_o alterity_n can_v agree_v to_o the_o truth_n in_o itself_o in_o its_o self_n consider_v in_o its_o own_o absolute_a and_o infinite_a precision_n whereupon_o the_o mind_n look_v to_o its_o simplicity_n to_o wit_n as_o it_o be_v not_o only_o abstract_v from_o matter_n but_o incommunicable_a to_o matter_n or_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o form_n not_o unible_a use_v this_o simplicity_n as_o a_o instrument_n that_o it_o may_v assimilate_v itself_o to_o all_o thing_n not_o only_o abstract_o but_o also_o in_o its_o simplicity_n incommunicable_a to_o matter_n and_o after_o this_o manner_n it_o behold_v all_o thing_n in_o its_o simplicity_n as_o if_o it_o shall_v see_v all_o greatness_n in_o a_o point_n and_o a_o circle_n in_o the_o centre_n and_o there_o it_o see_v without_o all_o composition_n of_o part_n and_o not_o as_o this_o be_v one_o thing_n and_o that_o another_o but_o as_o all_o thing_n be_v one_o and_o one_o all_o thing_n and_o this_o be_v the_o behold_v of_o absolute_a truth_n as_o if_o one_o can_v after_o the_o last-before-spoken_a manner_n behold_v how_o entity_n itself_o be_v in_o all_o being_n various_o participate_v and_o if_o after_o this_o he_o can_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o which_o we_o now_o speak_v above_o participation_n and_o all_o truth_n simple_o behold_v absolute_a entity_n itself_o such_o a_o one_o may_v true_o above_o the_o determinate_a necessity_n of_o complexion_n now_o see_v all_o thing_n which_o erst_o he_o see_v in_o variety_n without_o it_o in_o absolute_a necessity_n most_o simple_o without_o number_n greatness_n and_o any_o alterity_n and_o in_o this_o high_a manner_n the_o mind_n use_v itself_o as_o it_o be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o as_o god_n which_o be_v all_o thing_n shine_v in_o it_o namely_o when_o as_o the_o live_a image_n of_o god_n it_o do_v with_o all_o its_o power_n turn_v itself_o to_o its_o sampler_n and_o in_o this_o manner_n it_o see_v all_o thing_n one_o thing_n and_o itself_o the_o assimilation_n of_o that_o one_o thing_n by_o which_o it_o frame_v notion_n of_o the_o one_o that_o it_o be_v all_o thing_n and_o so_o make_v theological_a speculation_n where_o as_o in_o the_o end_n of_o all_o notion_n it_o sweet_o rest_v as_o in_o the_o most_o delectable_a truth_n of_o its_o life_n of_o which_o manner_n there_o can_v never_o be_v enough_o say_v but_o these_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v thus_o speak_v without_o curiosity_n and_o after_o a_o 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this_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o universality_n by_o which_o all_o thing_n be_v see_v in_o possibility_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o the_o manner_n of_o be_v because_o it_o be_v not_o power-being_a or_o posse_fw-la esse_fw-la chap._n viii_o how_o it_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n to_o the_o mind_n to_o conceive_v to_o understand_v notion_n and_o to_o make_v assimilation_n and_o how_o sensation_n be_v make_v according_a to_o the_o naturalist_n phil._n enough_o of_o this_o lest_o we_o exceed_v our_o purpose_n now_o tell_v i_o if_o in_o or_o to_o the_o mind_n to_o conceive_v be_v to_o understand_v id._n i_o have_v say_v that_o the_o mind_n be_v the_o power_n of_o conceive_v so_o that_o be_v stir_v up_o it_o move_v itself_o by_o conceive_v till_o it_o understand_v wherefore_o understanding_n be_v the_o perfect_a motion_n of_o the_o mind_n phil._n when_o be_v it_o say_v to_o conceive_v id._n when_o it_o make_v the_o similitude_n of_o thing_n or_o if_o thou_o have_v rather_o say_v notion_n or_o kind_n 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