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# Title: The True Intellectual System Of The Universe (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 137, Stück 1; Leibn. Marg. 137)
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CHAP. II. Atheists except acainst Providence
but not Able, or hemas Able buc noc Willins; or Thircly, he
cher Willine nor ABIC; Or else LastIY, he was boch AblC and Willine
This Lacter is the only ching ehat anlvers Fully coche Nocion of200d
Nom chat the suppoled Crcator oF aII chings as noc chus boch ABIC
and Willins eoabolim aH Prils, is plain, because chen chere voula
hare been no Fvils at alt lefi. Wheretore lince there is Cuch a Delure ot
Erils orerkorins all, it must needsbe, chat cieher he ras Willine and
noc Able to remore them, and ehen he as impotent, or ele he ras
Able and not Willins, and chen he was envions, or LaHly he masnci-
cher Able nor Willins, and chen he Was boch Impotent and En
vions.
ZVTT. Inthe PWelSih Place, the Acheists Furcher dispure in chis
mmanner. IF theWorid vere made by anr Dcier chen it vould bC
sovernedby a Providence, and it there vere any providence, it must
appCAE IN TIUMAnC APTAIrS. BuE here ic is plain, chac 2II is Tohu and
Bohu, Chaos and Confusion: Thines happenins alikee 10 aIl, 10 che
Wisc and Foolictr, Relisions and Impious, Virnous and Vicious.
(Por chese Names che Acheist cannoc chuse buc malce ulc oF, chonon
by calins amay Nacural Moralier, chey really destroy che Thines.)
From Whenee itis concluded, chac iIl chinrs Honc up and donn. 10
cher are aricated and driven by the Tumblina Billons oF Carclese
Fortune and Chance. The Impieties oF Dionysius, his scottine AB.
ules oF Religion, and whacloeret was then Sacred, oi worthipe un.
der the Nocion oF a G0d, iere most nocorions; and vet il is ob.
Terved, that he Pared never a jot che worle For il. Hune nec OIyr-
Dius Jupiter fulmine pereussit, nec : seulapius misero dinturnoque morbo
tabescentem interemit, verum in suo lectulo mortuus, in Tympanidis roeunt
illatus est, eamque potestatem quam ipse per scelus nactus erat, quast
justam e legitimam, haereditatis loco tradidit: Neither did Jupicer
lempius strihe him rith a Thunderbolt, nor N. Cculapius instret aux lan-
suistine Disease upon him, but he died in his bed, and mas honourably
interred, and that Porver which he hadwichealy acquired. he transmit-
ted as a fust and Lamful Tnheritance, to his Posterity. And Dioee
nesthe Crnick chouph much a Theist, could noc buc ackenom ledee,
that Harpalus a Famons Robber or Pirare in chole cimes, wrtro com-
micting many Villanons actions, nocmichstandins lived prosperou
ly, did chereby Testimonium dicere contra Deos, bear testimony a
sainst the Cods. Thoush ic has been objected by che Theists, and
thoushe cobca Arons arsument For Providence, thac there vere (0
many Tables huns ux in Temples, ThC MONIEnIS OF Such a5 hav.
ins praycd toche Gods in Storms and Tempests, hae escaped Strix.
irracke; Vet as Diagoras observed, Nusquam pieti sunt qui Naufraeiuun
fecerunt, there are no Tables extant of those of ihem who nere Ship-
vrackt. Wheretore ic as noc considered by chese Theists, hou
many oE ehem chac praved as well 1o che Gods, did nocvichstand-
ing suster Stripracle; 25 also hon mans oF chole, irtrich never
made any Derorional Addreses ac all, 10 any Dcicy, escaped equal
Dangers oC Scorms and T emmpells.
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