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become_v of_o he_o hereafter_o and_o that_o a_o wise_a man_n in_o no_o other_o notion_n than_o the_o heathen_a take_v he_o be_v certain_o a_o happy_a man_n in_o case_n of_o prudence_n as_o i_o define_v it_o i_o will_v agree_v with_o he_o who_o say_v that_o while_o she_o be_v prudentia_fw-la present_a a_o deity_n be_v seldom_o absent_a at_o least_o there_o be_v a_o deity_n ready_a at_o hand_n to_o assist_v and_o help_v but_o i_o do_v not_o agree_v with_o he_o that_o she_o i_o mean_v prudence_n be_v ever_o yet_o within_o the_o power_n of_o any_o mortal_a or_o at_o his_o beck_n or_o call_v or_o that_o i_o be_o able_a to_o dare_n show_v she_o to_o any_o man_n in_o such_o manner_n as_o that_o he_o may_v lay_v hold_n on_o she_o and_o detain_v she_o he_o with_o other_o who_o seem_v to_o undertake_v so_o much_o have_v do_v no_o more_o than_o what_o solomon_n have_v do_v before_o he_o endeavour_v to_o show_v we_o the_o vanity_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o indeed_o be_v a_o prospect_n from_o 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some_o experience_n it_o be_v like_a that_o that_o be_v seldom_o or_o never_o good_a and_o sound_a counsel_n which_o be_v give_v soon_o after_o dinner_n and_o sure_o there_o may_v be_v find_v many_o other_o and_o far_o great_a obstruction_n to_o prudence_n than_o fume_n arise_v from_o a_o full_a stomach_n the_o soul_n be_v subject_a to_o many_o imperfection_n as_o long_o as_o it_o be_v subject_v to_o work_v in_o a_o body_n and_o to_o become_v tire_v as_o well_o as_o stifle_v or_o blind_v if_o alexander_n can_v always_o behold_v sleep_n as_o the_o earnest_n of_o death_n a_o man_n of_o a_o mean_a capacity_n may_v see_v it_o and_o term_v it_o the_o emblem_n of_o folly_n and_o find_v that_o his_o intellect_n that_o be_v the_o better_a part_n of_o his_o intellect_n for_o i_o do_v not_o mean_v his_o imagination_n but_o his_o reason_n be_v not_o able_a sometime_o to_o watch_v for_o his_o will_n one_o hour_n nay_o one_o moment_n we_o may_v sometime_o find_v reason_n or_o prudence_n in_o the_o soul_n that_o be_v reason_n in_o her_o best_a native_a dress_n and_o behold_v she_o as_o a_o handmaid_n to_o happiness_n and_o quiet_a and_o she_o may_v often_o prove_v no_o less_o and_o so_o we_o claim_v and_o challenge_v she_o to_o be_v under_o our_o jurisdiction_n when_o ever_o we_o find_v she_o but_o yet_o still_o she_o be_v often_o out_o of_o the_o way_n when_o we_o want_v she_o and_o will_v have_v she_o nay_o when_o we_o have_v most_o need_n of_o she_o we_o may_v think_v to_o borrow_v she_o or_o lend_v she_o and_o endeavour_v to_o show_v she_o to_o another_o but_o if_o we_o do_v we_o must_v lend_v the_o party_n our_o eye_n too_o at_o the_o same_o instant_n and_o season_n for_o he_o who_o be_v prudent_a himself_o if_o at_o any_o time_n he_o will_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o make_v another_o so_o have_v need_n be_v as_o well_o able_a to_o infuse_v his_o own_o or_o some_o discern_a spirit_n into_o he_o as_o afford_v he_o his_o rule_n and_o document_n to_o walk_v by_o we_o be_v too_o ignorant_a and_o blind_a i_o fear_v in_o find_v out_o or_o discern_v the_o manner_n of_o conveyance_n of_o very_a human_a prudence_n as_o we_o call_v it_o whence_o it_o be_v and_o by_o what_o way_n and_o method_n it_o be_v attain_v prescription_n or_o direction_n for_o prudence_n in_o the_o soul_n be_v good_a and_o yet_o may_v be_v compare_v to_o our_o physician_n methodus_fw-la medendi_fw-la towards_o recovery_n or_o health_n of_o the_o body_n the_o method_n may_v be_v orderly_o observe_v and_o a_o man_n never_o the_o better_a it_o may_v be_v somewhat_o worse_o the_o best_a and_o most_o prudential_a say_n be_v no_o otherwise_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o than_o a_o recipe_n which_o work_v on_o several_a subject_n several_a effect_n and_o several_a effect_n on_o the_o same_o subject_a at_o several_a time_n and_o season_n we_o may_v grant_v solomon_n to_o be_v as_o great_a a_o doctor_n as_o any_o in_o that_o case_n but_o none_o of_o his_o precept_n be_v so_o far_o approve_v as_o to_o be_v universal_o infallible_a and_o without_o exception_n it_o be_v general_o true_a indeed_o which_o he_o say_v as_o for_o instance_n in_o this_o 15.1_o a_o soft_a answer_n turn_v away_o wrath_n but_o we_o meet_v sometime_o or_o at_o particular_a season_n with_o temper_n and_o constitution_n where_o a_o rough_a bluster_a or_o bold_a answer_n shall_v soon_o work_v that_o effect_n though_o he_o general_o tell_v we_o there_o be_v a_o time_n for_o all_o thing_n he_o can_v never_o prefix_v that_o time_n to_o particular_a occasion_n or_o particular_n to_o time_n that_o must_v be_v leave_v to_o every_o man_n prudence_n or_o rather_o to_o god_n that_o may_v be_v prudence_n to_o day_n which_o will_v not_o prove_v so_o to_o morrow_n for_o though_o we_o be_v able_a sometime_o to_o judge_v right_o of_o another_o disease_n we_o be_v apt_a to_o be_v deceive_v in_o the_o secret_a inclination_n or_o sudden_a alteration_n of_o temper_n with_o which_o we_o deal_v and_o therefore_o he_o himself_o be_v force_v to_o leave_v we_o at_o large_a with_o some_o such_o excellent_a general_a say_n as_o these_o 16.1_o the_o preparation_n of_o the_o heart_n be_v in_o man_n but_o the_o answer_n of_o the_o tongue_n be_v of_o the_o lord_n 3._o commit_v thy_o work_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o thy_o thought_n shall_v be_v direct_v 9_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n purpose_v his_o way_n but_o the_o lord_n direct_v his_o step_n 33._o the_o lot_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o lap_n but_o the_o whole_a dispose_n thereof_o be_v of_o the_o lord_n 20.24_o man_n go_n be_v of_o the_o lord_n how_o can_v a_o man_n than_o understand_v his_o own_o way_n and_o that_o power_n to_o a_o please_v a_o man_n very_a sense_n at_o
2._o by_o his_o merciful_a providence_n or_o restrain_v grace_n 3._o by_o his_o bountiful_a providence_n or_o common_a renew_n grace_n 4._o by_o his_o spirit_n or_o special_a renew_n grace_n how_o god_n according_a to_o all_o these_o may_v be_v invocate_v the_o danger_n of_o apply_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o every_o work_n in_o man_n and_o how_o fit_a it_o be_v to_o clear_v the_o mind_n of_o such_o error_n of_o the_o use_n of_o solitude_n in_o some_o particular_a season_n as_o the_o most_o ready_a and_o likely_a way_n to_o discover_v truth_n page_n 13_o epist._n iii_o wherein_o he_o set_v down_o some_o further_a ground_n and_o reason_n of_o his_o opinion_n of_o the_o mortality_n or_o utter_a annihilation_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o brute_n upon_o their_o death_n no_o durable_a spirit_n in_o any_o visible_a creature_n but_o man_n of_o sympathy_n and_o antipathy_n in_o plant_n and_o animal_n the_o soul_n of_o beast_n essential_a with_o the_o body_n and_o so_o subject_a to_o the_o same_o fate_n the_o intellect_n in_o they_o in_o its_o height_n at_o the_o first_o whereas_o that_o in_o man_n be_v gradual_a act_n peculiar_a to_o reasonable_a creature_n as_o desire_v of_o dissolution_n and_o voluntary_a abstinence_n the_o spirit_n of_o brute_n determine_v by_o sense_n no_o creature_n beside_o man_n lay_v up_o more_o than_o be_v sufficient_a to_o maintain_v itself_o we_o attribute_v great_a gift_n and_o sagacity_n to_o mere_a animal_n than_o they_o have_v as_o in_o ants._n that_o there_o may_v be_v as_o much_o intellect_n in_o creature_n we_o converse_v not_o with_o as_o those_o we_o do_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o utter_a annihilation_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o brute_n have_v no_o tendency_n to_o atheism_n page_n 39_o epist._n iu_o wherein_o the_o author_n treat_v of_o man_n ignorance_n in_o his_o search_n into_o the_o most_o ordinary_a work_n of_o nature_n and_o conclude_v how_o much_o more_o dim-sighted_a we_o be_v when_o we_o look_v into_o the_o frame_n and_o structure_n of_o man_n soul_n solomon_n knowledge_n of_o nature_n not_o universal_a much_o in_o nature_n find_v out_o accidental_o no_o one_o work_v of_o it_o full_o to_o be_v understand_v how_o nature_n do_v change_v in_o its_o operation_n of_o change_n in_o colour_n and_o that_o the_o variety_n in_o they_o be_v unaccountable_a that_o there_o be_v a_o transcendent_a wisdom_n rule_v and_o appear_v in_o all_o far_o above_o our_o reach_n and_o so_o there_o be_v great_a reason_n for_o caution_n in_o our_o inquiry_n or_o affirmation_n page_n 60_o epist._n v._o wherein_o he_o further_o illustrate_v the_o inherent_a or_o native_a power_n and_o predominancy_n of_o the_o affection_n above_o the_o other_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o more_o particular_o treat_v of_o the_o imagination_n its_o deception_n in_o we_o our_o misery_n thereby_o and_o the_o remedy_n against_o its_o delusion_n imagination_n in_o brute_n arise_v only_o from_o sense_n that_o in_o they_o receive_v its_o object_n in_o their_o proper_a nature_n they_o be_v seldom_o mistake_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n they_o can_v revolve_v in_o their_o mind_n or_o recall_v imagination_n imagination_n in_o they_o change_v according_a to_o its_o object_n imagination_n in_o we_o sometime_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o reason_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o transubstantiation_n etc._n etc._n deceive_v the_o affection_n imagination_n and_o in_o conjunction_n with_o they_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o error_n as_o in_o malice_n etc._n etc._n the_o good_a man_n the_o only_a rational_a man_n the_o difference_n betwixt_o reason_n and_o ratiocination_n reason_n deceive_v not_o and_o be_v the_o chief_a principle_n of_o govern_v the_o thought_n the_o advantage_n of_o sorrow_n in_o curb_v the_o imagination_n the_o imagination_n subject_a to_o infection_n from_o the_o humour_n of_o the_o body_n when_o we_o be_v answerable_a for_o its_o transgression_n thought_n can_v arise_v from_o sense_n page_n 68_o epist._n vi_o wherein_o he_o treat_v of_o the_o various_a impress_n of_o the_o divine_a power_n upon_o each_o particular_a create_a substance_n much_o more_o upon_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n wherein_o there_o be_v great_a dissimilitude_n and_o further_o show_v how_o prone_a we_o be_v from_o thence_o to_o mistake_v in_o judge_v of_o the_o temper_n of_o other_o and_o our_o own_o thence_o he_o proceed_v to_o discourse_v of_o the_o nature_n ground_n measure_n and_o end_n of_o friendship_n page_n 128_o epist._n vii_o of_o the_o different_a pursuit_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n wherein_o we_o be_v ready_a to_o accuse_v each_o other_o of_o folly_n though_o not_o ourselves_o and_o yet_o in_o a_o degree_n be_v all_o weak_a and_o foolish_a that_o no_o pursuit_n of_o the_o soul_n here_o be_v praiseworthy_a or_o commendable_a further_o than_o it_o intentional_o advance_v god_n glory_n which_o be_v the_o mark_n set_v before_o we_o and_o which_o if_o we_o do_v not_o behold_v in_o all_o our_o travail_n our_o labour_n in_o the_o issue_n will_v prove_v of_o as_o little_a profit_n as_o comfort_v page_n 156_o epist._n viii_o complete_a happiness_n here_o be_v mere_o in_o speculation_n that_o natural_a endowment_n in_o the_o soul_n do_v conduce_v to_o the_o ease_n peace_n and_o quiet_a of_o it_o and_o be_v therefore_o desirable_a though_o we_o attain_v not_o happiness_n thereby_o learn_v and_o knowledge_n wisdom_n prudence_n and_o subtlety_n consider_v that_o even_o prudence_n the_o most_o likely_a conduct_n to_o happiness_n be_v never_o yet_o the_o constant_a concomitant_a of_o the_o clear_a human_a soul_n no_o satisfaction_n without_o the_o belief_n of_o a_o providence_n page_n 166_o epist._n ix_o wherein_o the_o author_n maintain_v a_o divine_a wisdom_n and_o providence_n rule_v in_o and_o over_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n more_o especial_o and_o more_o apparent_o if_o consider_v than_o any_o work_n of_o creation_n and_o that_o the_o affection_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n seem_v that_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n whereon_o god_n more_o especial_o exercise_v his_o prerogative_n mould_v and_o change_v they_o on_o the_o sudden_a to_o his_o secret_a purpose_n beyond_o and_o even_o contrary_a to_o any_o foresight_n conjecture_n or_o imagination_n of_o the_o soul_n itself_o page_n 185_o epist._n x._o of_o credulity_n and_o incredulity_n the_o rise_n of_o both_o and_o that_o credulity_n of_o the_o two_o be_v of_o more_o pernicious_a consequence_n and_o of_o the_o evil_a of_o impose_v on_o other_o or_o create_v or_o raise_v a_o belief_n on_o false_a or_o uncertain_a principle_n of_o the_o word_n notion_n and_o grace_n of_o faith_n of_o the_o strange_a variety_n of_o belief_n in_o the_o world_n of_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n page_n 195_o errata_fw-la page_n 21._o l._n 10._o for_o esau_n vine_n r._n isaiah_n vine_n p._n 44._o l._n ult_n for_o hawk_n r._n hare_n p._n 45._o l._n 39_o for_o have_v r._n cave_n p._n 46._o l._n ult_n for_o substance_n r._n subsistence_n p._n 47._o l._n 2._o for_o submit_v r._n subsist_v ibid._n l._n 14._o for_o gift_n r._n fit_n p._n 52._o l._n 9_o for_o life_n r._n fly_v p._n 53._o l._n 15._o for_o their_o r._n the_o 54._o l._n 25._o deal_n since_o p._n 56._o l._n 11._o for_o that_o r._n they_o ibid._n l._n 30._o for_o piece_n r._n pease_n consideration_n against_o immoderate_a care_n for_o a_o man_n be_v own_o posterity_n and_o sorrow_n for_o the_o loss_n of_o child_n sect_n i._o of_o affliction_n in_o general_a their_o usefulness_n and_o necessity_n and_o in_o particular_a the_o loss_n of_o child_n consider_v with_o the_o use_n and_o end_n of_o it_o the_o first_o thought_n which_o present_v themselves_o to_o i_o and_o what_o i_o ever_o before_o firm_o believe_v be_v these_o that_o first_o as_o there_o be_v one_o eternal_a wise_a god_n creator_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o all_o thing_n therein_o so_o second_o the_o same_o god_n have_v a_o care_n over_o all_o the_o work_n of_o his_o creation_n and_o continual_o rule_v and_o dispose_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o his_o infinite_a wisdom_n which_o act_n of_o his_o we_o call_v providence_n to_o doubt_v of_o this_o be_v not_o only_o to_o deny_v all_o scripture_n and_o relinquish_v my_o profession_n of_o christianity_n but_o even_o to_o abandon_v my_o very_a reason_n for_o from_o this_o first_o part_n of_o my_o belief_n i_o think_v there_o be_v few_o dissenter_n and_o although_o this_o age_n afford_v a_o number_n of_o david_n jolly_a sanguine_a fool_n who_o at_o some_o time_n think_v otherwise_o in_o their_o heart_n yet_o those_o same_o heart_n from_o affliction_n will_v think_v the_o same_o with_o i_o unless_o they_o have_v harden_v they_o on_o purpose_n to_o shut_v out_o all_o deity_n and_o since_o at_o first_o they_o will_v have_v none_o to_o serve_v now_o they_o be_v resolve_v to_o let_v in_o none_o so_o long_o as_o they_o can_v oppose_v it_o to_o punish_v as_o to_o the_o second_o part_n
and_o his_o son_n solomon_n the_o wise_a of_o man_n have_v assure_v we_o in_o sundry_a position_n that_o understanding_n take_v her_o possession_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o it_o and_o that_o through_o his_o commandment_n it_o be_v that_o we_o be_v wise_a than_o our_o teacher_n and_o sure_o if_o there_o be_v not_o some_o defect_n in_o every_o man_n of_o these_o grace_n by_o the_o intetposition_n of_o sin_n and_o satan_n he_o will_v soon_o or_o late_a hear_v that_o gracious_a and_o effectual_a echo_n resound_v in_o his_o soul_n from_o the_o spirit_n of_o all_o true_a love_n and_o comfort_n 1._o let_v not_o your_o heart_n be_v trouble_v this_o be_v the_o only_a rational_a way_n i_o think_v of_o cure_n redire_fw-la ad_fw-la cor_fw-la and_o to_o get_v that_o clean_o sweep_v and_o garnish_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o true_a love_n may_v enter_v in_o and_o keep_v possession_n against_o all_o unruly_a passion_n and_o i_o dare_v say_v whoever_o try_v it_o will_v subscribe_v his_o probatum_fw-la 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