66 is connected with time present, "had hated" is connected with time past, and "shall have hated," or will have hated" is connected with time future. Hated is the last word of this perfect action, throughout, and although it is spelled like the past action, it is the past participle: but in regular verbs the forms of the past tense, and the past participle, end the same, and both end with ed. MAYST.-Mayst is the possibility of thou to operate the action attached to it in time present or future. Ex.: "Thou mayst hate sin now,' thou mayst hate sin to-morrow. 66 MAY.-May is the possibility of any other agent to operate the action attached to it in time present or future. Ex. I may hate sin now, I may hate sin to-morrow, he may hate sin now, he may hate sin to-morrow, men may hate sin now, men may hate sin to-morrow, a man may hate sin now, a man may hate sin to-morrow. same with liberty. The MIGHTST.-Mightst is the past possibility of thou to operate the action attached to it in time past, and might is the past possibility of any other agent to operate the action attached to it in time past. Ex.: "Thou mightst hate sin yesterday," "he," or any other agent, "might hate sin yesterday.' Operate and perform are synonymous as used here. CANST.-Const is the power of thou to perform the action attached to it in time present or future; and can is the power of any other agent to perform the action attached to it in time present, or future. › Ex.: Thou canst hate sin now, thou canst hate sin tomorrow, he can hate sin now, he can hate sin to-morrow, a man can hate sin now, a man can hate sin to-morrow, men can hate sin now, inen can hate sin to-morrow. COULDST.-Couldst is the power of thou to perform the action attached to it in time past, and could is the power of any other agent to perform the action at tached to it in time past. Ex.: "Thou couldst hate sin yesterday, he could hate sin yesterday, a man could hate sin yesterday, men could hate sin yesterday." WOULDST.-Wouldst is the disposition of thou to per form the action attached to it in time present, past, or future; and Would is the disposition of any other agent, to perform the action attached to it in time present, past, or future. Ex.: 66 Thou wouldst hate sin yesterday, thou wouldst hate sin to-day, thou wouldst hate sin to-morrow, he would hate sin yesterday, he would hate sin to-day, he would hate sin to-morrow, a man would hate sin yesterday, a man would hate sin to-day, a man would hate sin to-morrow, men would hate sin yesterday, men would hate sin to-day, men would hate sin to-morrow." SHOULDST.-Shouldst is the duty of thou to perform the action attached to it in time present, past, or future, and should is the duty of any other agent to perform the action attached to it in time present, past, or future. Ex.: Thou shouldst hate sin yesterday, thou shouldst hate sin to-day, thou shouldst hate sin to-morrow, a man should hate sin yesterday; a man should hate sin to-day, a man should hate sin to-morrow; men should hate sin yesterday, men should hate sin to-day, men should hate sin to-morrow. MUST.-Must is the obligation of any agent to perform the action attached to it in time present, past, or future. Ex.: Thou must hate sin yesterday, to-day, or tomorrow; he must hate sin yesterday, to-day, or tomorrow; or any agent must hate sin yesterday, to-day, or to-morrow. The powers, possibilities, liberties, dispositions, and duties, never vary their forms on account of the quantities of the agents to which they belong, but they only end with st for thou; and must never varies on any account; moreover, the verbs to which powers, &c. are prefixed have uniformly the same forms for all agents, no matter whether the verb be singular or plural; if the agent be singular, the verb is singular, but, if the agent be plural, the verb is plural-the action whether of time present, past, or future, whose agent has possibility, liberty, power, disposition, duty, or obligation, to perform it, is an imperfect action in the potential mood. The action, whether of time present, past, or future, whose agent has possibility, &c. to have performed it, is a perfect action in the potential mood. I Ex.: "I may hate sin now," that is, I have possibility to perform hate-I may have hated sin now, that is, I have possibility to have performed hate-I might hate sin yesterday, that is, I had possibility to perform hate, -I might have hated sin yesterday, that is, I had possibility to have performed hate-I may hate sin to-morrow, that is, I shall have possibility to perform hatemay have hated sin to-morrow, that is, I shall have possibility to have performed hate-I can hate sin now, that is, I have power to perform hate-I can have hated sin now, that is, I have power to have performed hateI can hate sin to-morrow, that is, I shall have power to perform hate-I can have hated sin to-morrow, that is, I shall have power to have performed hate-I could hate sin yesterday, that is, 1 had power to perform hate -I could have hated sin yesterday, that is, I had power to have performed hate-he would hate sin now, that is, he has the disposition to perform hate-he would have hated sin now, that is, he has the disposition to have performed hate-he would hate sin yesterday, that is, he had the disposition to perform hate -he would have hated sin yesterday, that is, he had the disposition to have performed hate-he would hate sin to-morrow, that is, he will have the disposition to perform hate-he would have hated sin to-morrow, that is, he will have the disposition to have performed hate-he should hate sin now, that is, he has duty to perform hate-he should have hated sin now, that is, he has duty to have performed hate-he should hate sin yesterday, that is, he had duty to perform hate-he should have hated sin yesterday, that is, he had duty to have performed hate-he should hate sin to-morrow, that is, he will have duty to perform hate-he should have hated sin to-morrow, that is, he will have duty to have performed hate he must hate sin now, that is, he has obligation to perform hate-he must have hated sin now, that is, he has obligation to have performed hate-he must hate sin yesterday, that is, he had obligation to perform hate-he must have hated sin yesterday, that is, he had obligation to have performed hatehe must hate sin to-morrow, that is, he will have obligation to perform hate-he must have hated sin to morrow, that is, he will have obligation to have per formed hate. Possibility and liberty have the same forms. Hate is the present imperfect indicative of I, and have hated is the present perfect indicative of I. Attached to the possibility, liberty, power, disposition, duty, or obligation of an agent, the imperfect indicative forms. an imperfect potential; and the perfect indicative attached to the possibility, &c., forms a perfect potential. Ex.: I hate, I may hate, I have hated, I may have hated, &c, SUMMARY.-The possibilities, liberties, powers, dispositions, duties, and obligations, of agents, to operate, have the same for present and future times-Moreover the dispositions, duties, and obligations, of agents to operate, have the same forms for the present, past, and future times—the form of the imperative is like the present imperfect indicative of I, whether singular or plural; the form of the perfect infinitive is like the form of the present imperfect indicative of I having to before it, and the form of the perfect infinitive is like the form of the present perfect indicative of I having to before it expressed or understood-the imperfect infinitive is an operation about to be operated at the time, in connection with which it is used, and the perfect infinitive is an operation about to have been operated at the time, in connection with which it is used. Ex.: I intended to see my friend at one o'clock yesterday," means, that I intended to act at one of the clock yesterday. "I intended to have seen my friend at one o'clock yesterday," means, that I intended to have acted at one o'clock yesterday. 47. INDICATIVE MOOD.-AM-Am is the present existence of the person represented by I. Ex. I am," that is, "I exist." ART.-Art is the present existence of the person represented by thou. Ex.: "Thou art," that is, "thou existest." Is. Is is the present existence of any other person, or thing. Ex.: " A man is," that is, "a man exists." ARE. Are is the present existences of two, or more persons, or things. Ex.: "Men are," that is, 66 men ex ist"-are contains just as many present individual existences, as the agent thereof contains individual persons, or things. Ex.: "Ten men are here," are contains tan existences, or ten times is, because the agent men contains ten individuals, or ten times man. Ex.: "One thousand trees are in the forest," are contains one thousand existences, or one thousand times is, because trees contains one thousand individuals, and an existence belongs to each. WAST.-Wast is the past existence of the person represented by thou. Ex.: "Thou wast," that is, "thou existedst." 66 WAS.-Was is the past existence of any other person, or thing. Ex.: "I was," "a man was," that is, did exist." a man WERE.-Were is the past existences of two or more things. Ex.: Men were; that is, men did exist. Were contains just as many past individual existences as the plural agent or noun contains individual persons or things. Ex.: Three horses were in the field yesterday. Were contains three past individual existences, or three times was, because the plural agent, horses, contains three individual things, and an existence belongs to each. SHALT BE OR WILT BE.-Shalt be or Wilt be is the future existence of the person represented by thou. Ex.: Thou shalt be, or thou wilt be; that is, thou shalt exist, or thou wilt exist. Shall be or will be is the future existence of any other agent, singular or plural. Ex.: I shall be, or I will be; a man shall be, or a man will be; men shall be, or men will be ;-that is, I shall exist, or I will exist, &c. An existence continued in any place or state, in time present, past, or future, is an imperfect existence; and an existence terminated in any place or state, in time present, past, or future, is a perfect existence. The former is an imperfect existence in the indicative mood; and the latter is a perfect existence in the indicative mood. Ex.: I am sick, or I continue my existence in a state of sickness; I have been sick, or I have terminated my existence in a state of sickness; I was sick, or I con |