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body_n appear_v before_o our_o eye_n when_o they_o act_v in_o we_o their_o action_n be_v visible_a and_o manifest_a our_o body_n be_v even_o more_o present_a to_o we_o than_o our_o mind_n and_o we_o consider_v the_o former_a as_o the_o best_a part_n of_o ourselves_o so_o that_o our_o union_n to_o our_o body_n and_o by_o it_o to_o sensible_a object_n excite_v in_o we_o a_o violent_a love_n which_o increase_v that_o union_n and_o make_v we_o depend_v on_o thing_n that_o be_v infinite_o below_o we_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o more_o general_a error_n of_o the_o passion_n with_o some_o particular_a instance_n it_o be_v the_o part_n of_o moral_a philosophy_n to_o discover_v the_o particular_a error_n concern_v good_a in_o which_o our_o passion_n engage_v we_o to_o oppose_v irregular_a affection_n to_o restore_v the_o integrity_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o to_o rule_v the_o course_n of_o our_o life_n but_o here_o we_o chief_o aim_v at_o give_v rule_n to_o the_o mind_n and_o find_v out_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o error_n in_o reference_n to_o truth_n so_o that_o we_o shall_v not_o proceed_v far_o in_o those_o matter_n that_o relate_v to_o the_o love_n of_o true_a good_n we_o be_v tend_v to_o the_o instruction_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o only_o take_v the_o heart_n in_o the_o way_n in_o as_o much_o as_o the_o heart_n be_v its_o master_n we_o search_v into_o truth_n itself_o without_o a_o special_a respect_n to_o ourselves_o and_o we_o consider_v its_o relation_n with_o we_o only_o because_o that_o relation_n be_v the_o spring_n of_o self-love_n disguise_v and_o conceal_v it_o from_o we_o for_o we_o judge_v of_o all_o thing_n by_o our_o passion_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o we_o mistake_v in_o all_o thing_n the_o judgement_n of_o passion_n never_o agree_v with_o the_o judgement_n of_o truth_n it_o be_v what_o we_o learn_v in_o these_o excellent_a word_n of_o st._n bernard_n neither_o love_n nor_o hatred_n know_v how_o to_o make_v a_o judgement_n according_a to_o truth_n will_v you_o hear_v a_o true_a judgement_n as_o i_o hear_v i_o judge_v say_v our_o lord_n he_o say_v not_o as_o i_o hate_v as_o i_o love_v or_o as_o i_o fear_v here_o you_o have_v a_o judgement_n of_o hatred_n we_o have_v a_o law_n say_v the_o jew_n and_o by_o that_o law_n he_o ought_v to_o die_v here_o a_o judgement_n of_o fear_n if_o we_o let_v he_o alone_o say_v the_o pharisee_n the_o roman_n shall_v come_v and_o take_v away_o our_o place_n and_o nation_n here_o another_o of_o love_n as_o that_o of_o david_n speak_v of_o his_o parricide_n son_n spare_v the_o young_a man_n absalon_n our_o love_n hatred_n and_o fear_v cause_v we_o to_o make_v false_a judgement_n only_o nothing_o but_o the_o pure_a light_n of_o truth_n can_v illuminate_v our_o mind_n nothing_o but_o the_o distinct_a voice_n of_o our_o common_a master_n can_v cause_v we_o to_o make_v
great_a and_o solid_a truth_n which_o they_o have_v render_v familiar_a and_o which_o bear_v they_o up_o and_o strengthen_v they_o in_o all_o occasion_n chap._n ix_o of_o love_n and_o aversion_n and_o their_o principal_a species_n love_n and_o hatred_n be_v the_o passion_n that_o immediate_o succeed_v admiration_n for_o we_o dwell_v not_o long_o upon_o the_o consideration_n of_o a_o object_n without_o discover_v the_o relation_n it_o have_v to_o we_o or_o to_o something_o we_o love_v the_o object_n we_o love_v and_o to_o which_o consequent_o we_o be_v unite_v by_o that_o passion_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n present_v as_o well_o as_o that_o which_o we_o actual_o admire_v our_o mind_n quick_o and_o without_o any_o considerable_a reflection_n make_v the_o necessary_a comparison_n to_o find_v out_o the_o relation_n they_o have_v to_o each_o other_o and_o to_o we_o or_o else_o be_v natural_o aware_a of_o they_o by_o a_o prevent_a sense_n of_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n then_o it_o be_v 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here_o aversion_n or_o hatred_n that_o passion_n be_v altogether_o contrary_a to_o love_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v never_o without_o love_n it_o be_v altogether_o contrary_a to_o it_o because_o aversion_n separate_v and_o love_n unite_v the_o former_a have_v most_o common_o nothingness_n for_o its_o object_n and_o the_o latter_a have_v always_o a_o be_v the_o former_a resist_v the_o natural_a motion_n and_o make_v it_o of_o no_o effect_n whereas_o the_o latter_a yield_v to_o it_o and_o make_v it_o victorious_a however_o aversion_n be_v never_o separate_v from_o love_n because_o evil_a the_o object_n of_o the_o former_a be_v the_o privation_n of_o good_a so_o that_o to_o fly_v from_o evil_a be_v to_o fly_v from_o the_o privation_n of_o good_a that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o tend_v to_o good_a and_o therefore_o the_o aversion_n of_o the_o privation_n of_o good_a be_v the_o love_n of_o good_n but_o if_o evil_a be_v take_v for_o pain_n the_o aversion_n of_o pain_n be_v not_o the_o aversion_n of_o 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some_o sense_n that_o our_o motion_n of_o love_n for_o any_o thing_n whatsoever_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o self-love_n we_o love_v honour_n because_o they_o raise_v we_o our_o riches_n because_o they_o maintain_v and_o preserve_v we_o our_o relation_n prince_n and_o country_n because_o we_o be_v concern_v in_o their_o preservation_n our_o motion_n of_o self-love_n reach_v to_o all_o the_o thing_n that_o relate_v to_o we_o and_o to_o which_o we_o be_v unite_v because_o it_o be_v that_o motion_n which_o unite_v we_o to_o they_o and_o spread_v our_o be_v if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v on_o those_o that_o surround_v we_o proportionable_o as_o we_o discover_v by_o reason_n or_o by_o sensation_n that_o it_o be_v our_o interest_n to_o be_v unite_v to_o they_o and_o therefore_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o think_v that_o since_o the_o fall_n self-love_n be_v only_o the_o cause_n and_o rule_n of_o all_o other_o affection_n but_o that_o most_o part_n of_o other_o affection_n be_v species_n of_o self-love_n for_o when_o we_o say_v that_o a_o man_n love_v any_o new_a object_n we_o must_v not_o suppose_v that_o a_o new_a motion_n of_o love_n be_v produce_v in_o he_o but_o rather_o that_o know_v that_o object_n to_o have_v some_o relation_n or_o union_n with_o he_o he_o love_v himself_o in_o that_o object_n and_o that_o with_o a_o motion_n of_o love_n coeval_fw-fr to_o himself_o for_o indeed_o without_o grace_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o self-love_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n the_o love_n of_o truth_n of_o justice_n of_o god_n himself_o and_o every_o other_o love_n that_o be_v in_o we_o by_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o nature_n have_v ever_o since_o the_o fall_v be_v a_o sacrifice_n to_o self-love_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n however_o but_o the_o most_o wicked_a and_o barbarous_a man_n idolater_n and_o atheist_n themselves_o be_v unite_v to_o god_n by_o a_o natural_a love_n of_o which_o consequent_o self-love_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n for_o they_o be_v unite_v to_o he_o by_o their_o love_n to_o truth_n justice_n and_o virtue_n they_o praise_v and_o esteem_v good_a man_n and_o do_v not_o love_v they_o because_o they_o be_v man_n but_o because_o they_o see_v in_o they_o such_o quality_n as_o they_o can_v forbear_v to_o love_v because_o they_o can_v forbear_v to_o admire_v and_o judge_v they_o amiable_a and_o therefore_o we_o love_v something_o beside_o ourselves_o but_o self-love_n overrule_v all_o the_o rest_n and_o man_n forsake_v truth_n and_o justice_n for_o the_o small_a concern_v for_o when_o by_o their_o natural_a force_n they_o venture_v their_o good_n and_o life_n to_o defend_v oppress_v innocence_n or_o on_o any_o other_o occasion_n their_o great_a spur_n be_v mere_a vanity_n and_o the_o hope_n of_o get_v a_o name_n by_o the_o seem_a possession_n of_o a_o virtue_n which_o be_v reverence_v by_o all_o the_o world_n they_o love_v truth_n and_o justice_n when_o on_o their_o side_n but_o never_o against_o themselves_o because_o without_o 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engage_v we_o to_o apply_v ourselves_o to_o subject_n that_o be_v very_o digust_v first_o because_o that_o passion_n be_v very_o dangerous_a to_o the_o conscience_n second_o because_o it_o insensible_o draw_v we_o into_o ill_a study_n that_o have_v more_o lustre_n than_o use_v or_o truth_n in_o they_o and_o last_o because_o it_o be_v very_o difficult_a to_o moderate_v it_o and_o that_o we_o often_o become_v its_o fool_n and_o property_n and_o instead_o of_o enlighten_v the_o mind_n we_o only_o strengthen_v the_o concupiscence_n of_o pride_n which_o both_o corrupt_v our_o moral_a power_n and_o darken_v our_o understanding_n with_o a_o undissolvable_a obscurity_n for_o it_o must_v be_v consider_v how_o that_o passion_n insensible_o increase_v settle_v and_o fortify_v itself_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n and_o when_o it_o be_v too_o violent_a instead_o of_o help_v the_o mind_n in_o the_o search_n of_o truth_n it_o strange_o blind_v it_o and_o even_o persuade_v it_o that_o thing_n be_v 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nihil_fw-la est_fw-la potentius_fw-la illa_fw-la creâ—tura_fw-la quae_fw-la mâ—â—s_fw-la diciâ—ur_fw-la rationalis_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quicquid_fw-la 〈◊〉_d illam_fw-la est_fw-la jam_fw-la creator_n est_fw-la tr._n 23._o in_o joan._n quod_fw-la rationali_fw-la anima_fw-la melius_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la conscentientibus_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n aug._n ad_fw-la ipsam_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la sola_fw-la substantia_fw-la rationalis_fw-la quare_fw-la omne_fw-la per_fw-la ipsam_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsam_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la anima_fw-la rationalis_fw-la itaque_fw-la substantia_fw-la rationalis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la ipsam_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la ipsam_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la ulla_fw-la natura_fw-la interposita_fw-la lib._n imp._n de_fw-fr gen._n ad_fw-la litt._n rectissime_fw-la dicitur_fw-la factus_fw-la ad_fw-la imaginem_fw-la &_o similitudinem_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la 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conf._n s._n aug._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 26._o 26._o v._o quint._n curt._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 8._o intâ—s_n in_o domicilio_fw-la cogitationis_fw-la nec_fw-la hebraea_n nec_fw-la graca_n nec_fw-la latina_n nec_fw-la barbara_n veritas_fw-la sine_fw-la oris_fw-la &_o linguae_fw-la organis_fw-la sine_fw-la strepiâ—â—_n syllabarum_fw-la confess_v s._n aug._n l._n 11._o c._n 3._o 3._o videtur_fw-la quasi_fw-la ipse_fw-la a_o te_fw-la occidere_fw-la cum_fw-la tu_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la occidas_fw-la aug._n in_o psal._n 25._o nam_fw-la etiam_fw-la sol_fw-la iste_fw-la &_o videntis_fw-la faciem_fw-la illustrat_fw-la &_o caeci_fw-la ambobus_fw-la sol_fw-la praesens_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la praesente_fw-la sole_a unus_fw-la absens_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o sapientia_fw-la dei_fw-la dominus_fw-la j._n c._n ubique_fw-la praesens_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la ubique_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la ubique_fw-la sapientia_fw-la aug._n in_o joan._n tract_n 35._o what_o i_o here_o say_v of_o the_o 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