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self-determining_a principle_n to_o act_v without_o force_n be_v not_o a_o thing_n which_o god_n may_v make_v and_o take_v delight_n in_o as_o well_o as_o a_o watchmaker_n take_v delight_n to_o make_v a_o clock_n that_o shall_v go_v of_o itself_o without_o his_o continue_a motion_n and_o the_o long_o he_o can_v make_v it_o go_v without_o he_o and_o so_o the_o like_a to_o himself_o the_o more_o excellent_a he_o think_v his_o work_n if_o god_n may_v make_v such_o a_o free-agent_n then_o be_v it_o no_o impeachment_n to_o his_o goodness_n if_o it_o abuse_v its_o freedom_n unto_o sin_n especial_o when_o he_o will_v over-rule_v even_o that_o sin_n so_o far_o as_o to_o bring_v good_a out_o of_o it_o by_o accident_n and_o last_o as_o for_o all_o the_o objection_n from_o sin_n and_o misery_n against_o god_n goodness_n i_o answer_v you_o with_o those_o question_n do_v you_o know_v what_o number_n the_o holy_a and_o glorious_a angel_n be_v in_o comparison_n both_o of_o wicked_a man_n and_o 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these_o thing_n set_v together_o the_o demonstration_n of_o god_n goodness_n by_o the_o way_n of_o beneficence_n be_v not_o ten_o thousand_o time_n beyond_o the_o demonstration_n of_o it_o in_o the_o way_n of_o justice_n and_o all_o the_o other_o sorrow_n that_o you_o complain_v of_o till_o you_o know_v all_o these_o do_v not_o think_v yourselves_o meet_a from_o your_o sensible_a trouble_n to_o argue_v against_o that_o infinite_a goodness_n which_o demonstrate_v itself_o so_o unquestionable_o to_o all_o by_o all_o the_o goodness_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n i_o may_v bold_o then_o conclude_v that_o god_n be_v our_o father_n our_o chief_z good_a our_o chief_z benefactor_n and_o ultimate_a end_n and_o so_o that_o in_o sensu_fw-la plenissimo_fw-la there_o be_v a_o god_n that_o word_n comprehend_v both_o the_o foresay_a trinity_n of_o principle_n in_o the_o unity_n of_o his_o essence_n and_o the_o trinity_n of_o relation_n in_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o relation_n of_o our_o creator_n chap._n xii_o iii_o of_o man_n relation_n to_o god_n as_o he_o be_v our_o father_n or_o our_o chief_a good_a and_o of_o our_o duty_n in_o that_o relation_n §_o 1._o god_n be_v to_o man_n efficient_o and_o final_o his_o chief_n yea_o his_o total_a good_a as_o be_v declare_v it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o man_n be_v by_o immediate_a resultancy_n relate_v to_o he_o as_o his_o total_a beneficiary_n and_o recipient_a of_o his_o benefit_n and_o owe_v he_o all_o that_o which_o goodness_n conjunct_a with_o sovereignty_n and_o dominion_n can_v oblige_v he_o to_o whether_o all_o obligation_n which_o be_v true_o moral_a to_o a_o duty_n do_v arise_v from_o sovereignty_n and_o rule_n and_o belong_v to_o we_o as_o subject_n only_o in_o the_o near_a formal_a sense_n or_o whether_o benefit_n simple_o without_o any_o respect_n to_o government_n and_o subjection_n may_v be_v say_v to_o oblige_v to_o moral_a duty_n as_o such_o be_v a_o question_n that_o i_o be_o not_o concern_v to_o determine_v as_o 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exaltation_n whereupon_o the_o woman_n see_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o fruit_n and_o desire_v knowledge_n believe_v the_o devil_n and_o do_v eat_v of_o that_o which_o god_n forbid_v the_o sin_n be_v so_o heinous_a for_o a_o new-made_a rational_a creature_n to_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v false_a and_o bad_a a_o liar_n and_o envious_a which_o be_v indeed_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o to_o depart_v from_o his_o love_n and_o obedience_n for_o so_o small_a a_o matter_n god_n do_v in_o justice_n present_o sentence_v the_o offender_n to_o punishment_n yet_o will_v not_o so_o lose_v his_o new-made_a creature_n nor_o cast_v off_o mankind_n by_o the_o full_a execution_n of_o his_o deserve_a punishment_n but_o he_o resolve_v to_o commit_v the_o recovery_n and_o conduct_n of_o mankind_n to_o a_o redeemer_n who_o shall_v better_o perform_v the_o work_n of_o salvation_n than_o the_o first_o man_n adam_n have_v do_v the_o work_n of_o adhaesion_n and_o obedience_n this_o saviour_n be_v 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corpore_fw-la ignem_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la igne_fw-la stipatur_fw-la &_o circum_fw-la vestitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d semper_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o necessario_fw-la ignis_fw-la aethereus_fw-la &_o mens_fw-la universalis_fw-la sihi_fw-la inuicem_fw-la comites_fw-la assident_fw-la amboque_fw-la ita_fw-la affinos_fw-la nihil_fw-la constituunt_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la spiritum_fw-la igneum_fw-la aethereum_fw-la lucidum_fw-la coelestem_fw-la &_o divinum_fw-la tenâ—brosam_fw-la hanc_fw-la &_o informem_fw-la immanis_fw-la materiei_fw-la abyssum_fw-la complentem_fw-la illustrantem_fw-la &_o animantem_fw-la idem_fw-la ad_fw-la campanel_n pag._n â—0_n vide_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la mercur._n pimand_n citat_fw-la pag._n 79._o say_v a_o novel_a philosopher_n himself_o exit_fw-la speculis_fw-la ustoriis_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la calorem_fw-la a_o sole_a creari_fw-la intensissimum_fw-la non_fw-la acceleratione_fw-la motus_fw-la sed_fw-la coalitione_n radiorum_fw-la lumen_fw-la species_n est_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la species_n sensibiles_fw-la prae_fw-la caeteris_fw-la intellectualem_fw-la speciem_fw-la repraesentans_fw-la &_o in_o intellectu_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la causam_fw-la in_fw-la coelo_fw-la per_fw-la formae_fw-la plenitudinem_fw-la in_fw-la igne_fw-la per_fw-la plenitudinem_fw-la participationis_fw-la hinc_fw-la derivatur_fw-la in_o portiones_fw-la ficin_n in_o theophra_v de_fw-fr anim._n c._n 44._o non_fw-la ergo_fw-la levitas_fw-la &_o gravitas_fw-la causae_fw-la primi_fw-la â—_o orus_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la qualitates_fw-la sunt_fw-la elementorum_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la detur_fw-la quomodo_fw-la ratiocinari_fw-la opinari_fw-la judicare_fw-la gravitatis_fw-la &_o levitatis_fw-la opera_fw-la esse_fw-la possunt_fw-la si_fw-la ron_fw-mi sunt_fw-la gravitatis_fw-la &_o levitatis_fw-la opera_fw-la neque_fw-la elementorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la elementorum_fw-la neque_fw-la certe_fw-la corporum_fw-la nemesius_n de_fw-fr an._n c._n 2._o p._n 484._o 484._o so_o lipstorpius_n in_o his_o specim_fw-la philos_fw-la cartes_n deus_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la mundi_fw-la materiam_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la motu_fw-la &_o quiet_a creavit_fw-la unde_fw-la communissima_fw-la naturae_fw-la lex_fw-la etc._n etc._n vid._n pag._n 37_o 38._o so_o that_o nature_n with_o the_o cartesian_o be_v nothing_o at_o all_o but_o god_n first_o move_v act_n at_o the_o creation_n as_o if_o he_o cause_v motion_n without_o any_o move_a create_a principle_n and_o as_o if_o spirit_n and_o fire_n have_v no_o more_o move_v a_o nature_n or_o principle_n than_o clay_n but_o only_o that_o their_o matter_n be_v either_o in_o the_o creation_n more_o move_v by_o god_n or_o since_o by_o a_o knock_n from_o some_o other_o mover_n put_v into_o motion_n by_o which_o accidental_a motion_n clay_n or_o water_n may_v be_v make_v fire_n leg._n petr._n mousnerii_n lib._n de_fw-fr impetu_fw-la &_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la 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which_o lipstorpius_n so_o magnify_v and_o the_o impetus_fw-la innatus_fw-la be_v the_o reason_n which_o he_o assign_v pag._n 80_o 81_o etc._n etc._n vid._n exceptiones_fw-la jo._n bap._n du_fw-fr hamel_n contra_fw-la cartes_n in_o conciliat_fw-la pag._n 148_o 151_o 170_o 209_o 210._o see_v sir_n w._n raleigh_n hist_o l._n 1._o of_o fire_n make_v it_o certain_o a_o thing_n unknown_a and_o probable_o quiddam_fw-la medium_n between_o thing_n corporeal_a and_o incorporeal_a incorporeal_a hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o wise_a philosopher_n differ_v in_o this_o point_n whether_o any_o proper_a matter_n be_v find_v in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n micraelius_n ethnoph_n l._n 1._o c._n 13._o p._n 23_o 24._o have_v instance_a in_o many_o that_o be_v for_o some_o materiality_n eam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la inter_fw-la veteres_fw-la probavit_fw-la apud_fw-la macrobium_fw-la heraclitus_n phyficus_fw-la cui_fw-la anima_fw-la est_fw-la essentiae_fw-la stellaris_fw-la scintilla_fw-la &_o hippolito_n 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