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:-And Co on we might go

almon to inlinitude. Hut n?t to dwcll longer upon IhlS

",,,ele,

we n,all unly reml,k, " Ihat minute changes in

PP.ISCIPLES , kad tO mlghl] changes io EFFE CTS; CO

thn

PR 1

PLESare wd l eOlidcd

regard, however

tr,l'idl lhey may 'p¡:

<r.

H A P TER

IV.

NNE

T 1VE S.

T!VES, accordiog as Iltey conneét ei lher

flll–

ICllW

<\'ordl.

are callcd by Ihe difl'aenl oames of CON –

¡UN CTI ONS, or PRF. POSITIO NS.

Of IheCe names, Ihol

uf Ihe

¡Jrtp

JiI

i,n

is t.keo from a mere occideol, as il

commo'lly n' llds in cooneétloo before the part which it

coone;ls. The

e. ,¡jllnfli01l.

oS is evideol, has reference

l.'

.I><"¡'r.lialc;'araOer.

We fhall trcJt of IheCe IWO

f~paralcly.

Secl:ion

CONjUNCTIClNS.

A co 'j'lNCTlO is

parl 01 Jpmh void o( jigniJi–

eJlion itfrll. blll Jo Imm·tI al lo helpjigniftca¡ion. by

1I!aAi'¡g

Tl\'O

1II0re

jicn&feanl flnlmm

jig

ifiC(/1/1

folllmce.

As, Iherefore, it is the

effi/lce

of a

conjunc1ion

connrfl fonl,nm

;

>.1

the Carne time Ihal

Ihey do Ihis, they muU cilher

c'"/1efl

th~ir

,"ta"i"g

1/01.

For example, let us take IheCe IWO Centences,

Rom:

'lUflJ

rl1j1Qtltd,-C~pr ~':;(1J

fllllhitilJlIJ,

a!ld conn:tt

Ihem logcIher

Ihe conjllofl;on BF.CAUSE ;

RO/M 'UJIII

,nJl.t,d,

BECA USE

C",pr ••

: 1

allllllh'/J .

Here Ihe

~N(jJnillgJ ,

ji)

\Vd l

as tlie

ftn1o.'C(J.

a?pep.r to

con~f'tt·

ed. BUI if [ C'y,

'""nnerl

"",JI

berelorm,d,

IIb:r–

""tlI

lof1

;

herc lhe

cOlljun~ion

oR, though it

join Ihe Centencel, yel, as to Iheir

rdp~é!ire

1//rani1/gl,

a perfe.:!

di¡j:¡nfl,v,.

And thus it appem, Ihal though

al! conjunét;ons

e."¡oiJl flnl"lm,

yel, \Vilh reCpeé!

Ihe

fonje .

fome are CONjUNCTIVE, and others are DIS–

J¡;SCTlVE .

ThoCe

eonjl/nfliollJ

'UJhic~

cOllja!n Ioolh fnlmm

and

thei, mednirgs are eilher COP ULAT I'ffS or CON,'INU–

ATlV &S

The p,incipdl copultnive in

Englijh

is ANO .

T he eonlinu'tÍl'cs are much more numerous; Ir, BE·

CAU SE, THEP.!FOk E,

WHEr.EfOR~1

tlE NCE, T HAT,

&c.

T he d:fl'mnce bel\Veen IheCe is Ihis: T he

(C–

pul"li..

docs

more Ihan balely

co,.ple

Cenler,CtS',

and

Iherefore applicable 'to

CobJeé!s whofe

n~tures are

n,1 illc.'hpali6l.: Conlinua:ivfJ,

the coo'

'rary, by a more intimale conoeaion, coofolidale fen–

lencel

inl.

O".

con/in

/l.uI

'Wh.le;

aod 'are therefore

applicable only

Cubjeéts which hare 3n

tffinlial co–

incidmce:

For example, it is no \Vay improper

Cal',

L.'.JirPIII 'UJOI aJ1oIU"},

Prifrian a

.~rall,,"nrian

;

,.,

fu" JlJÍn,lh.

ASO

Ihe fty

ÍJ

dear;

hec:tllCe 'hd: are

Ihiogs Ihat

m~y

co.exi!! , and l'e, imply no ahfurdity.

llul it would be abfurd to Ca)',

L,jiPl"J ",!al

Jlalunr},

Bt CAUSE

Pri(cian

W.1J

~" (lIl:JJlaf:.': i ,bo\;&~

r:Ot

(.y,

IhefiI1lJl;i»elh

HECAUS E

lb' J;y

e/rar.

The rea–

Con is, wilh reCpeét 10 tht

(1,

Ih~

,,·incidrnce

is mere–

occid,nlal :

wilh refpeél

Ihe

lan,

it is

rffinlilll,

and

founded in nature.

As to Ihe

conlinualivfJ,

they 2re S\lP?OS JTI VE, (uch

if;

or POSI TIYE, Cuch as

bec'/Uf, IhuifOrt, al, &e.

Take eX2mplcs of each

:-YGU••i/lfive happily

you

live ho_dlly :-rou five

A.1fPi~,

&F.CAUSE

1'QII

live ho–

r.dlly:-Tou live Ao/:tJ!lj',

HEP.ErORE1"U

live hoppily.

The dificrencc bet....een Ihere

conllnualiv!t

Ihi~:

The

ftwojiliveJ

denole

conndiiM,

but do

001 2ffeJt

a{lual

exillence

Ihe

pojili<'eJ

imply both Ihe

olle

and the

olh".

T heCe

pojiliveJ

above·men:;oned are eilhér CASUAL ,

fuch as

becaufo, jince, nJ, c e.

or COLLECTl VE,

Cnch as

Iherifore, 'UJherifore, Oc.

The difference be

tll'cen which is this: T he

cafrwJ

f"bjoio

eall/u

pEIt ;

"Ih, lun it in ("Iip/,

BE CAU SE

Ihe m.M inler–

vella:"

T he

,·./leflivN

Cubjoin

ej'cfl!

caulu; "Ihe

1/10011 illluvmu,

THEREFORE

Ihel un il in eclipfo."

Iherefore

~Ce

eaJila/'

in IhoCe inftances where Ihe

eJ1,[f

being confpicnous IVe (eek for ils

coufo;

and

collc{hv".

in demonflraJioos and Ccience, properly fo called, where

the

caufo

being lid! known, by its hefp we diCcero

t!–

I dl!

Al!

t~Ce

eonlinlla!iv.,

are reColv.ble inlo

copulaliveJ:

For, innead oft'aying. BE cAusE

ÍJ

day,

il il

¡'Iighl;

\VC

may Cay,

f¡

¡,

doy,

ANO

¡,

I~~hl .

Innead of Ir

il d.,y,

ÍJ

lighl ;

we may

(.'y.

ÍJ

al lhefruNe lime

lIm/Jary lobe d_j',

AND

lo b, lighl.

The reaCoo is, That

Ihe power of the

copulali~e

cXlends tO all coooeétions,

well ro Ihe

r/frlllial

Ihe

ca/ual.

Her.ce

Ihe con–

liauatire may

reColved into a

cOPlllalioe alld ftlRrlhing

1IIo,.e;

that IS ro Cal', ioto a

(<pul_li e

il11plying an

rjJ<lI–

lial

coincidence in Ihe Cubjcéls conjoincJ.

ca/l/al CGrjallmef/J ,

m.ly

Cnrther ollC".e,

Ihat there is no one of the four fpccics of canCes which

Iheyare r.o capableof dcnoJing. ForeAample,

Ihe

MATE–

RIAL

ccrfl; 7'/¡drumpel flu

.dl,

9ECAUSE

ÍJ

mal, 01

lI.e:ol. 7'he

FO ~'IHj

1'he Irumpdl fl/llldl .

RECAUSE

ÍJ

"I/g and holl,.".

'r~e

FfFl CI

'fhe/rllmp"

fianC' ,

,ECAUSE

un arlijl

hi•••,

il.

7'h.

FINAL;

'fhe

Irulllptl fOUlldl,

THAT

"jay rGufe eur eourace.

worth obCerviog, that Ihe time lid! caJlCes are exprcffed

by the f!rongell affi rmalion; becaufe, if. lhc

tjfefl

aélual!y

be, Ihal 111,,11 be alCo. Hut ,Dis is oot the caCe \Vilh re–

fpeél

Ihe fall, \Vhich is ooly affirmea

a thing dar

,/1.'1'

happen. The reaCon is, T hat however Ihis mal' be

Ihe end which'Cet the mili fi rtl 10 work, il mal' tlill

beyonJ his power to oblain, and whicb, like all o:hcr

cJnlingepts, Olay eilher happeo or

001.

Heoce alfo it is

conneéted by a particular conjuoétion, T

HAT,

abColutely

conGned tOIhis

catrfl.

We now Ctone

lhe OIS.jUNCTIVE COSjU NC TIONS;

ól

Cpecies of werds which bear th;s contradiétory name,

becaufe, wbil.e thoy OUfQIN

·Jh~

J,nfo,

Ihey CONjOIN

tht

fenltnc" ..

•

Wilh refpeél

theCe, we m¡v obCerve, thar as

Ih~re

is a principie of UN JO I< difl'ufed tbrough all things by

which TH IS WH oLE is kept together and preCerved from

diflipalion

(o there il, in like manDer,

principie of

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