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Show R PR Probability is the appearance of the agreemen wherein are words ftanding for comple or difagreement of two ideas, by the intervention o conftant ; bu Locke roofs, whofe conneftion is no . appears for the n?(')'i.?:_part to be fq As for probabilities, what thing was there eve fet down fo agrecable \f\'lthiiound reafon, but fom Hooker probable thew againft it might be made The peafon why men are moved to believe a probability of gain by adventuring their ftocks int fuch foreign countries as they have never feen, an is from thg tefti of which they have made no trial Wilki mony of other credible perfons If a truth be certain, and thwart intereft, it wil quickly fetch it down to but a probability ; nay, i it does not carry with it an imprcg,n\\‘blc evidence it will go near to debafe it to a downright x.déiry. DoULD S Though moral certainty be fometime take fo a high degree of probability, which can only producea doubtful affent; yet it is alfo frequently ufe for a firm affent to a thing upon fuch grounds a Tillotfon fully fatisfy a prudent man NI not withou magnetica motion For a perpetua of provin ftrong probabilitie fom virtues ar effeétual Wilkins Whic tempers, if they were duly improved b prope an ftudies o method fobe education would in all probability carry them to greater height of piety, than are to be found amongft the gene 1 rality of men .""PRO'BABLE adj [probable Likely; having mor probabilis, Lat. Law French evidence than the contrary The publick approbation, given by the body o this whole church unto thofe things which are eita blithed, doth make it but prolable that they ar good, and therefore unto a neceflary proof tha Hooker they arg not good it muft give place The only fealonable inquiry is, which is o "* probables the moft, or of improbables the leaft fuch a Hammond I do not fay, that the principles of religion ar meetly probable5 1 have before aflerted them to b morally certain: and that to a man who is care ful to preferve his mind free from prejudice, an to confider, they will appear unqueftionable, an the dedu@ions from them demonftrable Wilkins That is accounted probable, which has bette arguments producible for it, than can be brough againt it South They affented to things, that were neither evident nor certain but only probable; for they con verfed, they merchandized upon a probable perfuafion of the honefty and truth of thofe who S Xht/y cotrefponded with South o/ PROBABLY. adv. [from probable.] Like . ly; in Likelihood Diftinguif betwix wha ma what will probably be done 17 an L'Efirange's Fables Our conftitution in church or ftate could no probably have been long preferved, without fuc methods Saif " VEROBAT pr poffibly g #: /. [Latin. of wills and teftament ceafe The proo "of perfons de in the fpiritual court common form by the oat #,_cutor, or with witneffes PROBA TION 2 J either i of the exeDi& [probatio Latin from robo, Latin ; probation, French. " 1 Proof; evidence ; teftimony Ofthe truth herein This prefent ob.je& made probation. Shak Hamlet e wasla‘pt 11 2 moft curious mantle, which fo mo,ll'?prob'atmz, I can produce. Shake[p Cymbeline he kxnfi§ of probation for feveral thing bein ?S‘ much difproportioned, as the objeét o th o C'\i_e‘l:l fenfes are to one another Wilkins Ahead of proving by ratiocination o teftimony . Whe thefe principles, what is, is, and i i mpoffible for ¢] 1 fam thing to be and not to be e made ufe o f in th probation of propofitions P ma 3 or horfe ther the mak retain falfehood for manifeft truth [Probation nation French. me ideas, a receive an Locke 'Trial exami In the praétic al part of knowledve much wil whereunto in be left to experience and probation dication cannot o fully reach, Bacon's Nat. Hiffory 4. Mora trial At the end of the world, when the ftate of ou trial and probation thall be finithed, it will be proper feafon for the diftribution of public juftice 5. Tria befor Nelfon entranc into monaftic life; noviciate I fuffer many things as an author militant whereof, in your days of probation, you have bee a fharer Pope to Savift Prosa'rroNarY. adj. [from probation. Serving for trial ProBA"T10NER. 7. /. [from grobation. 1. One who is upon trial Hear a mortal mufe thy praife rehearfe In no ignoble verfe But fuch as thy own verfe did pra&ife here When thy firft fruits of poefy were giv'n To make thyfelf a welcome inmate there While yet a young probationer And candidate of heav''n Build a thoufand churches, wher tioners may read their wall lectures Dryden thefe probaSavift This root of bitternefs was but a probatione in the foil; and though it fet forth fome offset its kind yet Satan was fain to cherit them Decay of Piety ProBa'TiONERSHIP. #. /. [from probationer. State of being a probationer noviciate He has afforded us only the twilight of probability, fuitable to that ftate of mediocrity and probationer[bipy he has been pleafed to place us i here, wherein to check our over-confidence. Lockeé Pro'saTor¥. adj Serving for trial Job' affli€tion [from probo, Latin, wer n vindicator ments, but probatory chaftifement of his graces punith to make tria Bramball PROBA'TUM EST A Latin expreflio added to the end of a receipt, fignifyin it is tried or proved Prior Wifemans Surgery ProRE-scissars. #./. [ probe and fciffors. Sciffors ufed to open wounds, of whic the blade thruft into the orifice has button at the end The finus was {nipt up with probe-fciffore. Wifem fearch {probo Latin. T to try by an inftrument Nothing can be more painful, than to probe an fearch a purulent old fore to the bottom Sourh He'd raife a blufh, where fecret vice he found And tickle, while he gently prob'd the wound. Dry Pro'BiTY @. f [probité ve of our Lord's afcenfion might b the probity of the apoftles Fidees So near approach we their celeftial kind By juitice, tiuth, and probity of mind PRO'BLEM 97:',,i) #z (/.a. / [probleme qu'fl:()r Fote French pl'();?()fbd The problem is, whethier a man conftantly an ftrongly believing that fuch a thing fhall be, it doth help any thing to the effeting of the thing. Bac Deeming that abundantly confirmed to ad it above a difputable problem, I proceed to the néx propofition Hammond Although in general one underftood colours yet were it not a ealy proble to refolve grafs is green wh Brows This problem let philofophers refolve What maikes the globe from Weft to Eaft revolve Blackmore ProeremMa"ricar problematique adj Fr. [from problem Uncertain; unfet tled; difputed; difputable " It isa queftion problematical and dubious, whethe Diligent enquiries into remote and problematica guilt, leave a gate wide open to the whole tribe o informers Saift ProerEmA'TICALLY. adv. [from pro- blematical. Uncertainly Proso'scis. #./. [probojcis, Latin. fnout; the trunk of an elephant; bu it is ufed alfo for the fame part in ever creature that bears any refemblanc thereunto The elephant wreath'd, to make them fport His lithe probofcis Milton Proca'crovs. adj. [procax, Latin.] Petulant; loofe Diz Proca'city. zn /. [from procacions.] Petulance Disz ProcaTa'rRcTICK adj French; pro [weonclepilind:. Forerunning; remotely antecedent ProcaTarxis Jame IV of Scotland fleth, without the precedenc caufe wa fuddenl phyficia Procata'rxis A round white ftone was lodged, which was f faftened in that part, that the phyfician with hi Fell probe could not ftir it @w. a The trut deduced fro cure enquire falling awa Se i hi of any precatariFick b decharmin th Harvey on Confumptions caufes ProBE. #. /. [from probo, Latin. flender wire by which furgeons fearc the depth of wounds 7o ProBE fincerity racity Th And that Macbeth was haunted lef By Banquo's reftlefs fprite I made fearch with a probe Honefty witchcraft Vain the concern that you exprefs That uncall'd Alard will pofief Your houfe and coach both day and night Lend him but fifty louis d" or And you fhall never fee him more Take my advice, probatum eft Why do the gods indulge our ftore But to fecure. our reft Lat. the obfervation of the fabbath was impofed upo Adam, and his pofterity in paradife White I promifed no better arguments than might b expected in a point problematical Boyle 2. A novice to preferv bitas int the procatarétic . /. [meoxaractic. Harvey Procatarxis is the pre-exiftent caufe of a difeafe which co-operates with others that are {fubfequent whether internal or external; as anger or heat o climate, which bring fuch an ill difpofition of th juices, as occafions a fever: the ill difpofition being ‘the immediate caufe, and the bad air the procatarctick caufe Ruincy PrOCE'DURE #n. f. [procedure, French from proceed. 1. Manner of proceeding ; management conduét This is the true procedure of confcience, alway fuppofing1g 2a law from God, before it'lays obligatio upon man South 2. A& of proceeding; progrefs ; procefs operation Although the diftin&ion of thefe feveral procedures of the foul do not always appear diftin&, efpecially in fudden aétions, yet in aétions of weight all thefe have their diftinét order and procedure Hale's Origin of Mazkind 3. Produce; thing produced No know fubftance bu eart an the proce dures of earth, as tile and frone, yieldeth any mof or herby fubftance Bacon Seila T |