Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Conscience, the Testimony or Witness of one's own Mind, the inward Knowledge of a thing; a Scruple."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Contemplation, Contemplating, Meditation, Study: In Metaphysicks, it is Defin'd to be the preserving of an Idea or Conception, which is brought into the Mind, for some time actually in View."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"To Dazzle, to hurt the Sight, with too muc Light, to surprize the Mind; to tempt, to decoy, to beguile."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Elate, (Lat.) puffed up, transported, lofty, proud, haughty; as A Man of an Elate Mind. "
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"To Imprint, to Engrave, or fix a thing in one's Mind."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"To Instill, to pour in by little and little, to let fall drop by drop; in a figurative Sense to infuse Principles or Notions, so that the may glide insensibly into the Mind."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Longanimity, (Lat. q.d. Length of Mind) Longsuffering, great Patices, or Forbearance. "
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Luciferous, that brings Light: as Luciferous Experiments, a Term us'd by Naturlaists, for such Experiments as serve to inform and inlighten the Mind, about some Truth of Speculation in Physick or Philosophy."
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Plantal, causing to sprout forth, or grow; as in The Plantal Faculties of the Soul. "
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Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"To Tyrannize, to play the Tyrant, or use tyrannically; to oppress, or lord it over. The Passions are Figuratively said To Tyrannize over the Soul. "
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