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no_o cause_n to_o fear_v this_o for_o it_o be_v absolute_o impossible_a that_o any_o man_n shall_v be_v so_o far_o separate_v from_o reason_n as_o never_o to_o retire_v into_o himself_o to_o consult_v it_o and_o though_o there_o be_v many_o people_n who_o perhaps_o know_v not_o what_o it_o be_v to_o retire_v into_o themselves_o yet_o it_o be_v impossible_a but_o that_o they_o must_v do_v it_o sometime_o and_o must_v sometime_o hear_v the_o voice_n of_o truth_n notwithstanding_o the_o continual_a noise_n of_o their_o sense_n and_o passion_n it_o be_v impossible_a but_o that_o they_o must_v have_v some_o idea_n of_o order_n and_o some_o love_n for_o it_o which_o without_o doubt_n they_o can_v have_v but_o from_o something_o which_o dwell_v in_o they_o and_o render_v they_o so_o far_o just_a and_o reasonable_a for_o no_o man_n be_v himself_o the_o ground_n of_o his_o love_n nor_o the_o spirit_n that_o inspire_v animate_v and_o guide_v it_o xiii_o every_o man_n pretend_v to_o reason_n 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elastic_a force_n of_o the_o several_a spring_n and_o the_o open_n and_o shut_v of_o the_o passage_n by_o the_o action_n of_o object_n on_o the_o sense_n and_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o principal_a part_n of_o the_o brain_n which_o motion_n depend_v partly_o on_o the_o will_n and_o partly_o on_o the_o course_n of_o the_o spirit_n excite_v by_o the_o impression_n of_o the_o imagination_n and_o memory_n vi_o but_o that_o which_o i_o will_v have_v chief_o observe_v here_o be_v that_o the_o course_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o nerve_n belong_v to_o the_o viscera_n which_o drive_v the_o blood_n up_o into_o the_o head_n for_o the_o production_n of_o spirit_n necessary_a to_o dispose_v the_o outward_a part_n of_o the_o body_n with_o relation_n to_o the_o present_a object_n act_n with_o choice_n and_o furnish_v the_o brain_n only_o with_o such_o humour_n as_o be_v proper_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o that_o impression_n by_o which_o the_o passion_n be_v excite_v or_o which_o come_v 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to_o virtue_n and_o merit_n that_o a_o man_n must_v sacrifice_v and_o destroy_v they_o if_o he_o will_v deserve_v the_o name_n and_o reward_n of_o a_o true_o virtuous_a man_n or_o a_o perfect_a christian_n 3._o every_o motion_n which_o they_o natural_o excite_v in_o the_o soul_n be_v only_o for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o body_n according_a to_o this_o maxim_n that_o whatever_o happen_v to_o the_o soul_n by_o the_o body_n be_v only_o for_o the_o body_n 4._o when_o they_o be_v raise_v they_o take_v up_o the_o whole_a content_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o heart_n the_o impression_n and_o agitation_n of_o the_o brain_n which_o they_o fortify_v by_o the_o contribution_n they_o draw_v from_o the_o intestine_n and_o send_v up_o speedy_o and_o abundant_o into_o the_o head_n disturb_v all_o our_o idea_n and_o the_o shock_n and_o motion_n they_o give_v the_o will_n by_o that_o lively_a and_o agreeable_a sensation_n which_o accompany_v they_o corrupt_v our_o heart_n and_o throw_v we_o into_o innumerable_a disorder_n but_o 5._o when_o their_o agitation_n be_v cease_v yet_o the_o imagination_n remain_v pollute_v by_o the_o impression_n which_o they_o have_v make_v on_o the_o brain_n who_o fibre_n have_v be_v bend_v or_o break_v by_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o they_o have_v put_v in_o motion_n these_o impression_n often_o dissipate_v the_o attention_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o general_o revive_v the_o same_o passion_n which_o produce_v they_o when_o the_o blood_n be_v impregnate_v again_o with_o particle_n fit_a to_o raise_v such_o a_o fermentation_n as_o may_v produce_v abundance_n of_o spirit_n agreeable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o those_o passion_n 6._o the_o passion_n by_o their_o rapid_a course_n make_v a_o smooth_a and_o easy_a way_n for_o themselves_o into_o the_o nerve_n which_o go_v to_o the_o heart_n and_o other_o inward_a part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o there_o excite_v such_o motion_n as_o be_v proper_a to_o revive_v they_o again_o so_o that_o the_o 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