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judge_v by_o such_o power_n as_o i_o have_v and_o can_v do_v no_o better_o and_o therefore_o shall_v be_v no_o further_o solicitous_a if_o any_o will_v persuade_v i_o that_o i_o feel_v not_o when_o i_o be_o sick_a or_o wound_a or_o see_v not_o when_o i_o see_v or_o taste_v not_o when_o or_o what_o i_o taste_v yet_o must_v i_o be_v persuade_v that_o fallible_a or_o infallible_a this_o sense_n must_v be_v use_v and_o serve_v for_o the_o end_n to_o which_o it_o be_v give_v i_o and_o that_o i_o have_v no_o better_a faculty_n to_o use_v tuscul_fw-la §_o 2._o by_o my_o action_n i_o know_v that_o i_o be_o and_o that_o i_o be_o a_o sentient_a intelligent_a think_v willing_a and_o operative_a be_v or_o a_o wight_n that_o have_v these_o power_n for_o ab_fw-la operari_fw-la ad_fw-la posse_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la the_o consequence_n be_v undoubted_a nothing_o be_v no_o agent_n and_o none_o do_v that_o which_o he_o can_v do_v §_o 3._o this_o mind_n or_o foresay_a power_n be_v find_v in_o or_o conjunct_a with_o a_o organise_v body_n he_o that_o doubt_v not_o of_o his_o sense_n and_o intellection_n need_v not_o doubt_v of_o his_o body_n which_o be_v the_o object_n of_o both_o §_o 4._o this_o body_n be_v a_o quantitative_a or_o extensive_a nutrite_fw-la changeable_a corruptible_a matter_n of_o which_o my_o sense_n and_o experience_n will_v not_o suffer_v i_o to_o doubt_v §_o 5._o this_o mind_n be_v fit_v to_o the_o use_n of_o know_v and_o be_v desirous_a of_o it_o delight_v in_o it_o and_o the_o more_o it_o know_v 189._o the_o more_o it_o be_v able_a and_o dispose_v to_o know_v all_o this_o our_o action_n and_o experience_n testify_v know_v be_v to_o the_o mind_n as_o see_v be_v to_o the_o eye_n one_o act_n of_o knowledge_n promote_v and_o facilitate_v another_o §_o 6._o be_v and_o verity_n be_v its_o direct_a object_n as_o light_v and_o colour_n be_v the_o object_n of_o our_o sight_n to_o these_o it_o have_v power_n and_o inclination_n §_o 7._o when_o i_o know_v the_o 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it_o be_v not_o one_o part_n of_o the_o sun_n that_o move_v and_o another_o which_o illuminate_v and_o another_o which_o heat_v but_o the_o whole_a sun_n if_o it_o be_v whole_o fire_n or_o aethereal_a matter_n do_v move_v the_o whole_a illuminate_v and_o the_o whole_a do_v heat_n and_o motion_n light_n and_o heat_n be_v not_o quality_n inherent_a in_o it_o but_o motion_n illumination_n and_o calefaction_n be_v act_n flow_v immediate_o from_o its_o essence_n as_o contain_v the_o faculty_n or_o power_n of_o such_o act_n he_o that_o can_v write_v a_o perfect_a method_n of_o physics_n and_o morality_n will_v show_v we_o trinity_n in_o unity_n through_o all_o its_o part_n from_o first_o to_o last_o but_o as_o the_o vein_n artery_n and_o nerve_n perfection_n the_o vessel_n of_o the_o natural_a vital_a and_o animal_n humour_n and_o spirit_n be_v easy_o discernible_a in_o their_o trunk_n and_o great_a branch_n but_o not_o so_o when_o they_o be_v minute_n and_o multiply_v into_o thousand_o so_o 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a_o active_a power_n understanding_n and_o will_n perfect_a eternal_a independent_a and_o self-sufficient_a not_o compound_v not_o passable_a not_o mutable_a corruptible_a or_o mortal_a immense_a omnipresent_v incomprehensible_a only_o one_o omnipotent_a omniscient_a and_o most_o good_a most_o happy_a in_o be_v himself_o in_o know_v himself_o and_o enjoy_v he_o most_o holy_a transcend_v all_o the_o creature_n of_o a_o perfect_a will_n the_o fountain_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a love_n or_o benign_a have_v a_o trinity_n of_o essential_a transcendent_a principle_n in_o unity_n of_o essence_n which_o have_v make_v their_o adumbration_n or_o appearance_n on_o the_o world_n whereof_o though_o he_o be_v not_o the_o constitutive_a form_n or_o soul_n he_o be_v to_o it_o much_o more_o the_o first_o efficient_a dirigent_a and_o ultimate_v final_a cause_n of_o all_o that_o be_v there_o be_v a_o god._n chap._n vi_o of_o god_n as_o relate_v to_o his_o creature_n especial_o to_o man._n and_o i._o as_o his_o owner_n pass_v by_o all_o that_o be_v doubtful_a and_o controvert_v among_o man_n true_o rational_a and_o take_v before_o i_o only_o that_o which_o be_v certain_a undeniable_a and_o clear_a and_o wherein_o my_o own_o soul_n be_v pass_v all_o doubt_n i_o shall_v proceed_v in_o the_o same_o method_n secundum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la cognoscendi_fw-la non_fw-la essendi_fw-la the_o word_n god_n do_v not_o only_o signify_v all_o that_o i_o have_v be_v prove_v viz._n balbus_n the_o perfect_a nature_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n but_o also_o his_o relation_n to_o we_o his_o creature_n and_o therefore_o till_o i_o have_v open_v and_o prove_v those_o relation_n i_o have_v do_v but_o part_n of_o my_o work_n to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god._n §_o 1._o god_n have_v produce_v man_n and_o all_o the_o world_n by_o his_o power_n understanding_n and_o will_n be_v by_o immediate_a resultancy_n relate_v to_o he_o as_o his_o creator_n though_o he_o make_v his_o body_n of_o pre-existent_a 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be_v a_o sin_n against_o god_n what_o a_o thing_n will_v man_n be_v and_o what_o a_o hell_n will_v earth_n be_v deny_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o you_o turn_v man_n loose_a to_o every_o villainy_n and_o engage_v the_o world_n to_o destroy_v itself_o and_o set_v all_o as_o on_o fire_n about_o their_o ear_n for_o if_o god_n only_o move_v we_o physical_o there_o be_v neither_o virtue_n nor_o vice_n good_a nor_o evil_a in_o a_o moral_a sense_n but_o what_o god_n move_v a_o man_n to_o that_o he_o will_v do_v and_o what_o he_o do_v not_o move_v he_o to_o he_o will_v not_o do_v and_o so_o there_o be_v only_a motion_n and_o no_o motion_n action_n and_o no_o action_n there_o will_v be_v no_o duty_n and_o no_o obligation_n and_o so_o no_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_n §_o 5._o ii_o if_o god_n shall_v rule_v we_o only_o by_o physical_a motion_n and_o not_o by_o law_n he_o shall_v not_o rule_v man_n as_o man_n according_a to_o his_o nature_n but_o god_n do_v rule_v man_n according_a to_o his_o nature_n therefore_o not_o only_o by_o physical_a motion_n otherwise_o man_n shall_v not_o differ_v from_o inanimate_v and_o bruit_n 226._o a_o stone_n be_v to_o be_v move_v physical_o and_o a_o bruit_n by_o the_o necessitate_a object_n of_o sense_n but_o man_n have_v reason_n which_o they_o have_v not_o and_o he_o be_v a_o free_a agent_n and_o therefore_o though_o god_n concur_v to_o his_o physical_a motion_n as_o such_o yet_o he_o must_v move_v he_o as_o rational_a by_o such_o object_n and_o such_o proposal_n and_o argument_n and_o mean_n as_o be_v suit_v to_o reason_n by_o present_v thing_n absent_a to_o his_o understanding_n to_o prevail_v against_o the_o sense_n of_o thing_n present_a and_o by_o teach_v he_o to_o prefer_v great_a thing_n before_o lesser_a and_o by_o show_v he_o the_o commodity_n and_o discommodity_n which_o shall_v move_v he_o god_n will_v not_o have_v make_v he_o rational_a if_o he_o will_v not_o have_v govern_v he_o according_o §_o 6._o iii_o if_o the_o way_n 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governable_a by_o reason_n without_o force_n §_o 7._o iv._o if_o god_n be_v not_o the_o sovereign_a ruler_n of_o the_o world_n there_o can_v be_v no_o government_n of_o man_n heart_n but_o there_o be_v a_o government_n of_o heart_n therefore_o god_n be_v the_o ruler_n of_o the_o world_n man_n know_v not_o the_o heart_n of_o those_o who_o he_o govern_v and_o therefore_o he_o can_v take_v no_o cognisance_n of_o heart-sin_n or_o duty_n unless_o as_o they_o appear_v in_o word_n or_o deed_n and_o therefore_o he_o make_v no_o law_n for_o the_o government_n of_o heart_n but_o the_o heart_n be_v the_o man_n and_o a_o bad_a heart_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o bad_a word_n or_o act_n and_o be_v itself_o pollute_v before_o it_o endeavour_v the_o injury_n of_o other_o he_o that_o think_v all_o indifferent_a that_o be_v within_o he_o be_v himself_o so_o bad_a that_o it_o be_v the_o less_o wonder_n if_o be_v so_o indifferent_a yea_o so_o vitiate_v within_o he_o think_v nothing_o evil_a which_o he_o 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motion_n and_o the_o effluvia_fw-la of_o other_o globe_n to_o be_v impeditive_a to_o the_o sun_n sane_n ignis_fw-la aër_fw-la aqua_fw-la terra_fw-la suapte_v natura_fw-la carent_fw-la anima_fw-la &_o cuicunque_fw-la horum_fw-la adest_fw-la anima_fw-la hoc_fw-la vita_fw-la utitur_fw-la peregrina_fw-la alia_fw-la vero_fw-la praeter_fw-la haec_fw-la nulla_fw-la sunt_fw-la corpora_fw-la plotin_n ennead_n