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will_v not_o be_v for_o twopence_n unless_o mr._n j._n b._n by_o his_o mighty_a skill_n in_o logic_n will_v prove_v himself_o not_o to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o this_o preface_n and_o the_o follow_a book_n a_o thousand_o instance_n of_o this_o nature_n may_v be_v give_v but_o it_o may_v be_v sufficient_a to_o tell_v this_o great_a critic_n that_o when_o one_o word_n be_v put_v in_o apposition_n to_o another_o it_o be_v sometime_o as_o grammarian_n tell_v we_o restringendae_fw-la generalitatis_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la to_o restrain_v and_o limit_v the_o signification_n of_o that_o word_n to_o which_o it_o be_v put_v in_o apposition_n as_o vrbs_fw-la roma_fw-la animal_n equus_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n i_o doubt_v not_o you_o will_v allow_v for_o this_o very_a reason_n be_v the_o father_n in_o this_o expression_n which_o mr._n j._n b._n urge_v put_v in_o apposition_n to_o god_n to_o restrain_v the_o word_n god_n which_o be_v common_a to_o all_o the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o ever_o 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allow_v he_o all_o that_o he_o can_v possible_o desire_v that_o from_o the_o expression_n god_n the_o father_n this_o proposition_n may_v be_v infer_v god_n be_v the_o father_n how_o will_v he_o prove_v that_o the_o father_n in_o that_o proposition_n be_v the_o predicate_a and_o the_o term_n god_n the_o subject_a for_o that_o be_v the_o question_n betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o animadverter_n if_o he_o will_v mean_v no_o more_o by_o it_o than_o that_o the_o father_n be_v god_n the_o animadverter_n and_o he_o be_v agree_v which_o i_o doubt_v they_o never_o will_v be_v have_v mr._n j._n b._n so_o soon_o forget_v what_o he_o tell_v this_o great_a critic_n the_o animadverter_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o page_n that_o though_o the_o subject_a common_o precede_v the_o verb_n or_o copula_fw-la and_o the_o predicate_v common_o follow_v yet_o this_o rule_n be_v not_o universal_a or_o shall_v we_o find_v at_o last_o that_o it_o be_v he_o himself_o be_v the_o man_n who_o can_v yet_o tell_v when_o it_o fail_v true_o it_o be_v somewhat_o suspicious_a for_o the_o particle_n the_o as_o mr._n walker_n have_v observe_v in_o his_o treatise_n of_o english_a particle_n answer_n to_o the_o greek_a article_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o it_o be_v a_o question_n in_o logic_n a_o articulus_fw-la graecus_n semper_fw-la nolet_fw-la propositionis_fw-la subjectum_fw-la now_o though_o it_o be_v not_o universal_o true_a that_o the_o greek_a article_n do_v denote_v the_o subject_a of_o a_o proposition_n yet_o it_o be_v general_o allow_v by_o logician_n and_o grammarian_n to_o be_v a_o good_a rule_n to_o correct_v the_o transposition_n or_o translocation_n of_o the_o term_n by_o attend_v to_o the_o prepositive_a article_n and_o the_o greek_n do_v general_o prefix_v it_o to_o the_o subject_a of_o a_o proposition_n and_o where_o it_o be_v otherwise_o as_o sometime_o it_o may_v be_v it_o be_v where_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o term_n do_v forbid_v it_o to_o be_v a_o subject_a which_o i_o be_o 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