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a_o large_a share_n of_o the_o beatific_a vision_n nor_o shall_v they_o only_o see_v more_o of_o god_n but_o second_o take_v a_o great_a delight_n in_o what_o they_o do_v see_v of_o he_o and_o this_o be_v the_o principal_a ingredient_n of_o their_o happiness_n for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o mere_a have_v but_o the_o delight_v in_o a_o thing_n that_o make_v a_o man_n happy_a and_o this_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o pure_a soul_n the_o same_o purity_n which_o procure_v they_o a_o more_o enlarge_a sight_n of_o god_n will_v also_o make_v they_o to_o delight_v in_o the_o vision_n of_o he_o so_o that_o they_o shall_v taste_v as_o well_o as_o see_v how_o 34._o good_a god_n be_v for_o the_o pure_a the_o soul_n be_v the_o like_a it_o be_v to_o god_n who_o be_v essential_a purity_n and_o the_o more_o it_o resemble_v god_n
supposition_n what_o else_o need_n and_o what_o else_o can_v be_v the_o immediate_a object_n of_o our_o understanding_n but_o the_o divine_a idea_n the_o omniform_a essence_n of_o god_n this_o will_v open_v to_o we_o a_o plain_a intelligible_a account_n of_o human_a understanding_n yea_o of_o angelical_a and_o divine_a too_o here_o i_o can_v tell_v what_o a_o idea_n be_v viz._n the_o omniform_a essence_n of_o god_n partial_o represent_v or_o exhibit_v and_o how_o it_o come_v to_o be_v unite_v to_o my_o mind_n but_o as_o for_o all_o other_o way_n i_o look_v upon_o they_o to_o be_v desperate_a but_o these_o thing_n be_v already_o by_o i_o purposely_o discourse_v of_o elsewhere_o and_o be_v also_o further_o to_o be_v 181._o deduce_v in_o my_o theory_n of_o the_o ideal_o world_n have_v thus_o far_o reflect_v upon_o the_o two_o principal_a part_n of_o this_o work_n concern_v innate_a principle_n and_o the_o origin_n of_o idea_n in_o a_o continue_a way_n of_o discourse_n all_o that_o further_o remain_v be_v now_o to_o consider_v only_o some_o few_o single_a passage_n as_o they_o stand_v by_o themselves_o pag._n 16._o sect._n 3_o practical_a principle_n must_v produce_v conformity_n of_o action_n or_o else_o they_o be_v in_o vain_a distinguish_v from_o speculative_a maxim_n it_o be_v enough_o to_o distinguish_v they_o from_o speculative_a maxim_n if_o they_o be_v in_o order_n to_o action_n that_o be_v if_o they_o be_v concern_v such_o thing_n as_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v do_v by_o we_o though_o in_o the_o event_n they_o do_v not_o produce_v any_o such_o conformity_n otherwise_o a_o law_n will_v not_o be_v a_o law_n till_o it_o be_v obey_v pag._n 57_o sect._n 15._o there_o be_v nothing_o like_o our_o idea_n exist_v in_o the_o body_n themselves_o they_o be_v in_o the_o body_n only_o a_o power_n to_o produce_v those_o sensation_n in_o we_o the_o first_o part_n i_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v true_a for_o certain_o heat_v in_o the_o fire_n be_v no_o way_n resemble_v what_o i_o call_v heat_n in_o myself_o mean_v by_o it_o either_o such_o a_o grateful_a or_o ungrateful_a sensation_n as_o i_o feel_v when_o i_o approach_v the_o fire_n more_o or_o less_o but_o the_o latter_a clause_n i_o can_v approve_v think_v it_o impossible_a that_o any_o body_n shall_v direct_o and_o proper_o produce_v any_o sensation_n in_o my_o soul_n it_o be_v god_n certain_o that_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o my_o sensation_n as_o well_o as_o of_o my_o idea_n body_n can_v only_o be_v condition_n or_o occasional_a cause_n of_o they_o pag._n 158._o sect._n 10._o speak_v of_o the_o law_n of_o virtue_n and_o vice_n say_v he_o if_o we_o examine_v it_o right_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o measure_n of_o what_o be_v every_o where_o call_v and_o esteem_v virtue_n and_o vice_n be_v the_o approbation_n or_o dislike_n praise_n or_o dispraise_v which_o by_o a_o secret_a and_o tacit_n consent_n establish_v itself_o in_o the_o several_a society_n of_o man_n etc._n etc._n praise_n or_o dispraise_n may_v be_v a_o probable_a sign_n or_o secondary_a measure_n but_o it_o can_v never_o be_v the_o primary_n measure_n or_o law_n of_o virtue_n and_o vice_n who_o difference_n must_v be_v found_v upon_o more_o certain_a and_o immutable_a ground_n of_o distinction_n than_o the_o praise_n or_o dispraise_v of_o men._n for_o praise_n or_o dispraise_n do_v not_o make_v but_o suppose_v the_o difference_n of_o virtue_n and_o vice_n as_o already_o settle_v and_o antecedent_n to_o it_o a_o thing_n be_v not_o good_a because_o it_o be_v praise_v but_o be_v therefore_o praise_v because_o it_o be_v good_a and_o how_o come_v this_o praise_n or_o dispraise_v to_o be_v establish_v by_o such_o a_o secret_a and_o tacit_n consent_n if_o there_o be_v not_o some_o other_o more_o certain_a measure_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a according_a to_o which_o our_o praise_n or_o dispraise_n be_v to_o proceed_v pag._n 185._o sect._n 5._o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o if_o we_o can_v trace_v they_o to_o their_o original_n we_o shall_v find_v in_o all_o language_n the_o name_n which_o stand_v for_o thing_n that_o fall_v not_o under_o our_o sense_n to_o have_v have_v their_o first_o rise_n from_o sensible_a idea_n let_v he_o tell_v i_o what_o he_o think_v of_o the_o word_n although_o have_v he_o not_o a_o clear_a conception_n of_o what_o be_v mean_v by_o that_o word_n and_o yet_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n of_o a_o material_a relation_n under_o it_o i_o the_o rather_o instance_n in_o this_o word_n though_o i_o may_v instance_n in_o a_o thousand_o more_o because_o i_o have_v read_v of_o a_o man_n i_o think_v the_o relation_n be_v in_o dr._n cudworth_n intellectual_a system_n that_o be_v of_o our_o author_n mind_n that_o there_o be_v no_o word_n but_o what_o ultimate_o stand_v for_o something_o material_a and_o sensible_a and_o be_v convince_v of_o the_o contrary_a by_o light_v upon_o the_o first_o word_n of_o tully_n office_n which_o be_v quanquam_fw-la pag._n 196._o sect._n 19_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o immutability_n of_o essence_n prove_v they_o only_o to_o be_v abstract_a idea_n and_o be_v found_v on_o the_o relation_n that_o be_v establish_v between_o they_o and_o certain_a sound_n as_o sign_n of_o they_o true_o indeed_o with_o respect_n to_o we_o who_o because_o we_o do_v not_o know_v all_o the_o essence_n of_o thing_n must_v be_v suppose_v to_o make_v that_o only_o the_o essence_n which_o we_o intend_v to_o signify_v by_o call_v it_o by_o such_o a_o name_n but_o i_o hope_v notwithstanding_o this_o the_o author_n will_v allow_v that_o there_o be_v also_o in_o reality_n immutable_a essence_n of_o thing_n independent_a on_o our_o conception_n as_o may_v appear_v in_o mathematical_a figure_n where_o the_o nominal_a essence_n and_o the_o real_a essence_n be_v all_o one_o pag._n 205._o sect._n 9_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o essence_n be_v only_o artifices_fw-la of_o the_o understanding_n it_o be_v true_a those_o collection_n of_o simple_a idea_n which_o we_o bind_v up_o together_o under_o one_o name_n which_o he_o elsewhere_o call_v nominal_a essence_n be_v only_a creature_n of_o the_o understanding_n but_o as_o i_o say_v before_o there_o be_v also_o determinate_a essence_n in_o the_o thing_n themselves_o though_o for_o the_o most_o to_o we_o unknown_a which_o have_v a_o fix_a and_o immutable_a nature_n without_o any_o dependence_n on_o any_o understanding_n but_o the_o divine_a it_o be_v true_a indeed_o we_o be_v fain_o to_o sort_n and_o rank_a thing_n by_o their_o nominal_a essence_n because_o the_o real_a one_o be_v most_o time_n unknown_a but_o that_o be_v no_o argument_n against_o the_o be_v of_o real_a essence_n and_o this_o be_v by_o the_o author_n himself_o confess_v pag._n 234._o sect._n 11._o where_o he_o say_v that_o in_o our_o idea_n of_o substance_n we_o have_v not_o the_o liberty_n as_o in_o mix_v mode_n to_o frame_v what_o combination_n we_o think_v fit_a to_o rank_a thing_n by_o but_o must_v follow_v nature_n and_o suit_v our_o complex_fw-la idea_n to_o real_a existency_n so_o that_o here_o we_o have_v pattern_n to_o follow_v and_o i_o desire_v no_o more_o pag._n 242._o sect._n 6._o be_v the_o signification_n of_o body_n and_o extension_n precise_o the_o same_o it_o will_v be_v as_o proper_a and_o intelligible_a to_o say_v the_o body_n of_o a_o extension_n as_o the_o extension_n of_o a_o body_n here_o he_o suppose_v it_o will_v be_v proper_a to_o say_v the_o extension_n of_o a_o body_n upon_o that_o supposition_n whereas_o indeed_o be_v they_o precise_o the_o same_o neither_o of_o they_o will_v be_v proper_a pag._n 244._o sect._n 14._o the_o platonist_n have_v their_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n the_o epicurean_o their_o endeavour_n towards_o motion_n etc._n etc._n these_o the_o author_n reckon_v among_o unintelligible_a form_n of_o speech_n and_o suppose_v they_o to_o be_v no_o better_o than_o gibberish_n as_o to_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n it_o be_v a_o subject_a of_o too_o great_a a_o latitude_n to_o be_v discourse_v of_o at_o present_a but_o as_o to_o the_o epicurean_o endeavour_v towards_o motion_n that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n he_o may_v be_v sufficient_o convince_v by_o look_v upon_o a_o pair_n of_o scale_n where_o though_o the_o lesser_a weight_n do_v not_o actual_o weigh_v down_o yet_o that_o it_o press_v and_o endeavour_n towards_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a since_o otherwise_o as_o much_o weight_n will_v be_v require_v to_o weigh_v it_o down_o as_o if_o it_o be_v quite_o empty_a but_o this_o we_o do_v not_o find_v whence_o it_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v conclude_v that_o the_o former_a weight_n though_o it_o do_v not_o pass_v into_o actual_a motion_n yet_o it_o do_v something_o towards_o it_o that_o be_v it_o endeavour_v the_o same_o may_v also_o be_v illustrate_v from_o the_o action_n of_o the_o will_n some_o of_o which_o be_v perfect_a