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to_o pass_v by_o the_o concurrence_n of_o second_o cause_n than_o it_o will_v have_v happen_v whether_o the_o world_n have_v be_v so_o wicked_a or_o no_o because_o the_o constitution_n of_o such_o a_o frame_n of_o nature_n do_v suppose_v the_o certainty_n of_o its_o be_v wicked_a and_o yet_o without_o lay_v any_o necessity_n at_o all_o of_o its_o be_v so_o i_o shall_v now_o proceed_v to_o his_o other_o opinion_n of_o see_v all_o thing_n in_o god_n pa._n 208._o lat_fw-mi edit_fw-la but_o here_o also_o there_o seem_v to_o be_v some_o kind_n of_o uncertainty_n or_o obscurity_n in_o state_v of_o the_o question_n so_o that_o his_o notion_n seem_v not_o here_o to_o lie_v very_o clear_a in_o his_o head_n pa._n 211._o deus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la facere_fw-la mentem_fw-la ad_fw-la cognoscenda_fw-la opera_fw-la sua_fw-la niâ—i_fw-la mens_fw-la illa_fw-la videat_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la deum_fw-la videndo_fw-la ipfius_fw-la opera_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la dicere_fw-la possimus_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la deum_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la non_fw-la videremus_fw-la nihil_fw-la prorsus_fw-la videremus_fw-la but_o this_o can_v be_v so_o understand_v that_o by_o see_v the_o work_v of_o god_n we_o thereby_o only_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o his_o atribute_n of_o power_n wisdom_n and_o goodness_n some_o thing_n more_o than_o this_o be_v intimate_v through_o the_o whole_a series_n of_o his_o hypothesis_n but_o then_o though_o we_o thus_o some_o way_n or_o other_o see_v god_n yet_o we_o do_v not_o see_v his_o essence_n pa._n 209._o inferendum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la mentes_fw-la videre_fw-la essentiam_fw-la dei_fw-la exeo_fw-la quòd_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la videant_fw-la eo_fw-la quo_fw-la diximus_fw-la modo_fw-la quia_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la vident_fw-la est_fw-la valâ—e_fw-la inperfectum_fw-la deus_fw-la vero_fw-la perfectissimus_fw-la now_o it_o be_v not_o easy_o conceivable_a how_o we_o can_v see_v god_n and_o yet_o neither_o see_v he_o by_o his_o essence_n nor_o his_o atribute_n and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o say_v
praeter_fw-la quam_fw-la quòd_fw-la dicere_fw-la possimus_fw-la nos_fw-la non_fw-la taâ—_n videre_fw-la ideas_n rerum_fw-la quam_fw-la res_fw-la ipass_n quae_fw-la ideis_fw-la repraesentantur_fw-la and_o yet_o mr._n norris_n pa._n 203._o of_o his_o reason_n and_o religion_n tell_v we_o that_o those_o idea_n which_o be_v in_o god_n be_v the_o very_a idea_n which_o we_o see_v and_o the_o immediate_a object_n of_o our_o knowledge_n and_o perception_n however_o if_o we_o see_v all_o thing_n in_o god_n by_o his_o exhibit_v to_o we_o the_o idea_n that_o be_v in_o himself_o how_o come_v he_o so_o various_o to_o represent_v they_o to_o several_a man_n i_o do_v not_o now_o speak_v of_o the_o object_n of_o sense_n but_o of_o moral_a and_o intellectual_a object_n so_o that_o there_o be_v very_o few_o man_n of_o the_o â—ame_n opinion_n in_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n the_o union_n that_o monsieur_n malbr_n talk_v of_o betwixt_o the_o will_n of_o man_n and_o god_n representation_n of_o idea_n 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man_n who_o be_v go_v to_o such_o a_o place_n and_o we_o know_v there_o be_v five_o waysâ—_n that_o lead_v thither_o though_o he_o be_v not_o go_v any_o of_o the_o four_o first_o yet_o it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o he_o be_v go_v the_o five_o because_o perhaps_o there_o may_v be_v some_o other_o unknown_a way_n that_o he_o may_v either_o find_v or_o make_v to_o the_o same_o place_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o 6_o the_o chap._n pa._n 108._o he_o premise_n these_o two_o thing_n 1_o sy_n that_o god_n have_v in_o himself_o the_o idea_n of_o all_o thing_n this_o i_o shall_v not_o deny_v but_o yet_o if_o i_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o set_v up_o for_o new_a notion_n i_o may_v take_v the_o hint_n from_o mr._n norris_n pa._n 184._o of_o reason_n and_o religion_n and_o argue_v thus_o the_o truth_n and_o perfection_n of_o reason_n be_v in_o god_n though_o not_o in_o that_o formality_n as_o it_o be_v in_o man_n this_o gradual_a proceed_n from_o one_o thing_n to_o another_o which_o be_v that_o 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all_o thing_n in_o he_o independent_o upon_o his_o will_n and_o this_o monsieur_n malebr_n himself_o assert_v when_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o mind_n can_v see_v all_o thing_n in_o god_n dummodo_fw-la deus_fw-la uâ—lit_fw-la ipsi_fw-la retegere_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o se_fw-la habet_fw-la quod_fw-la representet_fw-la illa_fw-la opera_fw-la pa._n 209._o according_a to_o those_o man_n who_o assert_v god_n only_o to_o be_v virtual_o present_v every_o where_o that_o be_v by_o his_o power_n and_o providence_n yet_o according_a to_o this_o hypothesis_n though_o it_o be_v a_o very_a false_a and_o dangerous_a one_o god_n may_v if_o he_o please_v thus_o represent_v all_o thing_n to_o man_n mind_n that_o be_v by_o his_o power_n and_o providence_n i_o shall_v now_o brief_o examine_v the_o reason_n upon_o which_o he_o find_v his_o opinion_n 1._o he_o argue_v from_o the_o general_a aeconomy_n of_o the_o universe_n wherein_o it_o appear_v that_o god_n never_o do_v that_o by_o difficult_a 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