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the_o jntellect_n from_o the_o object_n vii_o a_o contagion_n of_o knowledge_n in_o general_n from_o particular_a inclination_n and_o temper_n viii_o a_o impatience_n of_o suspense_n have_v to_o positive_a assertion_n ix_o a_o magistral_a manner_n of_o tradition_n of_o knowledge_n x._o aim_n of_o writer_n illustration_n not_o propagation_n of_o knowledge_n xi_o end_v of_o study_n curiosity_n pleasure_n profit_n preferment_n etc._n etc._n cpa_n vi_o the_o dignity_n of_o learning_n from_o divine_a argument_n and_o testimony_n i._o from_o god_n wisdom_n §_o angel_n of_o illumination_n §_o the_o first_o light_n §_o the_o first_o sabbath_n §_o man_n employment_n in_o the_o garden_n §_o abel_n contemplation_n §_o the_o invention_n of_o music_n §_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n ii_o the_o excellent_a learning_n of_o moses_n §_o job_n §_o solomon_n §_o christ_n §_o st_n paul_n §_o the_o ancient_a doctor_n of_o the_o church_n §_o learn_v exalt_v the_o mind_n to_o the_o celebration_n of_o god_n glory_n and_o be_v a_o preservative_n against_o error_n and_o unbelief_n cap._n vii_o the_o dignity_n of_o learning_n from_o human_a argument_n and_o testimony_n i._o natural_a inventor_n of_o new_a art_n for_o the_o commodity_n of_o man_n life_n consecrate_v as_o go_n ii_o political_a civil_a estate_n and_o affair_n advance_v by_o learning_n §_o the_o best_a and_o the_o happy_a time_n under_o learned_a prince_n and_o other_o §_o exemplify_v in_o six_o continue_v succeed_v emperor_n from_o the_o death_n of_o domitian_n iii_o military_a the_o concurrence_n of_o arm_n and_o learning_n §_o exemplify_v in_o alexander_n the_o great_a §_o julius_n caesar_n the_o dictator_n §_o xenophon_n the_o philosopher_n cap._n viii_o the_o merit_n of_o learning_n from_o the_o influence_n it_o have_v upon_o moral_a virtue_n §_o learn_v a_o sovereign_a remedy_n for_o all_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o mind_n §_o the_o domininion_n thereof_o great_a than_o any_o temporal_a power_n be_v a_o power_n over_o 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end_n of_o natural_a history_n be_v that_o it_o minister_n and_o conduce_v to_o the_o build_n up_o of_o philosophy_n which_o end_n inductive_a history_n respect_v ii_o the_o partition_n of_o the_o history_n of_o generation_n into_o the_o history_n of_o the_o heaven_n the_o history_n of_o the_o meteor_n the_o history_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o sea_n the_o history_n of_o massive_a body_n or_o of_o the_o great_a collegiate_n the_o history_n of_o kind_n or_o of_o the_o lesser_a collegiate_n cap._n iu._n i._o the_o partition_n of_o history_n civil_a into_o ecclesiastical_a and_o literary_n and_o which_o retain_v the_o general_a name_n civil_a ii_o literary_n deficient_a §_o precept_n how_o to_o compile_v it_o cap._n v._n of_o the_o dignity_n and_o difficulty_n of_o civil_a history_n cap._n vi_o the_o first_o partition_n of_o civil_a history_n into_o §_o memorial_n §_o antiquity_n §_o perfect_a history_n cap._n vii_o the_o partition_n of_o perfect_a history_n into_o chronicle_n of_o time_n life_n of_o person_n relation_n of_o acts._n §_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o history_n of_o life_n §_o of_o relation_n cap._n viii_o the_o partition_n of_o the_o history_n of_o time_n into_o universal_a and_o particular_a history_n the_o advantage_n and_o disadvantage_n of_o both_o cap._n ix_o the_o second_o partition_n of_o the_o history_n of_o time_n into_o annal_n and_o journals_n cap._n x._o a_o second_o partition_n of_o speciall-civile_a history_n in_o history_n simple_a and_o mixt._n cap._n xi_o i._o the_o partition_n of_o ecclesiastical_a history_n into_o the_o general_n history_n of_o the_o church_n ii_o history_n of_o prophecy_n iii_o history_n of_o providence_n cap._n xii_o the_o appendix_n of_o history_n conversant_a about_o the_o word_n of_o man_n as_o history_n itself_o about_o man_n acts._n the_o partition_n of_o they_o into_o speech_n letter_n and_o apothegm_n cap._n xiii_o the_o second_o principal_a part_n of_o human_a learning_n poesy_n i._o the_o partition_n of_o poesy_n into_o narrative_n ii_o drammaticall_a iii_o parabolicall_a §_o three_o example_n of_o parabolicall_a poesy_n propound_v iu._n
natural_a v._o political_a vi_o moral_a the_o three_o book_n cap._n i._n i._o the_o partition_n of_o science_n into_o theology_n and_o philosophy_n ii_o the_o partition_n of_o philosophy_n into_o three_o knowledge_n of_o god_n of_o nature_n of_o man_n iii_o the_o constitution_n of_o philosophia_fw-la prima_fw-la as_o the_o commune_fw-la parent_n of_o all._n cap._n ii_o of_o natural_a theology_n §_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o angel_n and_o spirit_n a_o appendix_n thereof_o cap._n iii_o the_o partition_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n into_o speculative_a and_o operative_a §_o these_o two_o both_o in_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o writer_n and_o body_n of_o the_o treatise_n aught_o to_o be_v separate_z cap._n iu._n i._o the_o partition_n of_o speculative_a science_n concern_v nature_n into_o physic_n special_a and_o metaphysique_n whereof_o physic_n inquire_v the_o efficient_a cause_n and_o the_o matter_n metaphysique_n the_o final_a cause_n of_o the_o form_n ii_o the_o partition_n of_o physic_n into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o principle_n of_o thing_n of_o the_o fabric_n of_o thing_n or_o of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o the_o variety_n of_o thing_n iii_o the_o partition_n of_o physic_n respect_v the_o variety_n of_o thing_n into_o the_o doctrine_n of_o concretes_n and_o into_o the_o doctrine_n of_o abstract_n the_o partition_n of_o concretes_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o distribution_n of_o natural_a history_n iv_o the_o partition_n of_o of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o abstract_n into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o scheme_n of_o matter_n and_o into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o motion_n v._o two_o appendix_n of_o speculative_a physic_n natural_a problem_n and_o the_o placit_v of_o ancient_a philosopher_n vi_o the_o partition_n of_o metaphysique_n into_o the_o doctrine_n of_o form_n and_o into_o the_o doctrine_n of_o final_a cause_n cap._n v._n i._o the_o partition_n of_o operative_a knowledge_n concern_v nature_n into_o mechanic_n and_o magic_a respondent_fw-la to_o the_o part_n of_o speculative_a knowledge_n mechanic_n to_o physic_n magic_a to_o metaphysique_n §_o a_o purge_n of_o the_o word_n magia_n ii_o two_o appendix_n to_o operative_a knowledge_n a_o inventary_a of_o the_o estate_n of_o man._n §_o a_o catalogue_n of_o polychrest_n or_o thing_n of_o multifarious_a use_n cap._n vi_o of_o the_o great_a appendix_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n as_o well_o speculative_a as_o operative_a mathematique_a knowledge_n and_o that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v place_v rather_o among_o appendix_n than_o among_o substantial_a science_n §_o the_o partition_n of_o mathematics_n into_o pure_a and_o mixt._n the_o four_o book_n chap._n i._n i._o the_o partition_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o man_n into_o the_o philosophy_n of_o humanity_n and_o civil_a §_o the_o partition_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o humanity_n into_o the_o knowledge_n touch_v the_o body_n of_o man_n and_o into_o the_o knowledge_n touch_v the_o soul_n of_o man._n ii_o the_o constitution_n of_o a_o 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iii_o cure_n of_o disease_n iu._n and_o prolongation_n of_o life_n and_o that_o the_o last_o part_n prolongation_n of_o life_n shall_v be_v separate_a from_o the_o other_o two_o cap._n iii_o i._o the_o partition_n of_o human_a philosophy_n touch_v the_o soul_n into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o inspire_a essence_n and_o into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o sensible_a or_o traduce_v soul_n §_o the_o second_o partition_n of_o the_o same_o philosophy_n into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o substance_n and_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o use_n and_o object_n of_o the_o faculty_n ii_o two_o appendix_n of_o the_o knowledge_n concern_v the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o knowledge_n of_o natural_a divination_n §_o and_o the_o knowledge_n of_o fascination_n iii_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o sensible_a soul_n into_o motion_n and_o sense_n the_o five_o book_n cap._n i._n i._o the_o partition_n of_o the_o knowledge_n which_o 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