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# Title: A Discourse Concerning the True Notion Of The Lord's Supper (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 137, Stück 2; Leibn. Marg. 137)
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ThC COnteNLS.
As to rho Univer(al TheOremS of AbAraCt Sci- a God. That Because we ean frame an ldea of
ence, iho Meature of Fruch, no Forrein or a Necessarily Lxistent Beine, it does not at al
Extraneous ching, but onely our oron Clear and follom, that IC IS; since we can frame 1dea 50f
Distinet Percepcion. Hlere whassoever is Clear- thines, ibat Never Were, nor WilI Bc. Nothine
Ir Perceived, 15. The very Fsence of Truch,
Percepcibilier. Granted by all, That there can
be no False Knomledse or Understandins.
The Percextion of ihe Understandine, never
False, but onety ObIcure. NoF Nacure that
Trreth in us, but We Our Celres, in Asentine 10
bines not Cleariy Perccived. Conclusion; Ibat
1o be carbered from hence, but oncly that it is
Noc Impostible. Acain, from ihis Idea, TI-
cludine Necestarr Lxillence, norhine etse In-
ferrible. but Tbat, robat bath no NeceNarY
Existence, is not Pertect; and, Thar is ihere be
a Pertect Beine, its Rxistence alvays vas, and
will b0 Necestarr: but not ablolucelr, Tb+t it
Omnipotence cannot Create any Understandine doih Exist. A FallacY, nben from ihc NCcCI
Faculties, so as ro have as Clear and Distinet siey of Existence afsirmed onely Hypochecically
Conceptions of all Falhoods and Non-Encicies,
as of Pruchs: because whatsoever is Clcariy and
Diltinety Perccived, barh therefore an Fnciey;
and Omnipocence it self (10 speak with Reve-
rence) cannor make Nochins, to be Somechins.
or Someching Nochin. This ne more, iben
Thar it cannor doc Thines Contradictious. Con-
ception the Meature OF POIVeT. PaGC717, 719
Truo, ThatSense as such, is but Phancastical
and Relacive: and vere thero no otber Percep
ihe Conclusion is made Ab(olureIY. Thoreh a
Perteet Beins. Must Exist NecellarilY; Vet not
berefore follore, ibet it Must and Doch PXist.
The Latter a Thine Indemonstrable. P28C721,
For ihe Carcesian Demonstration os a C0d.
As from ihe Nocion os a thine impossible, me
conclude, Tbat it never WVaS nor Will bCs and
of rbat rhich hath a Coneingene Sclelis 10 L X-
illence, Tbat it Miphe Be, or MiphE nOc bC:
tion, all Pruch vould be Private, Relacire, and So from ibat which hath Necessary lxillence in
Scemine; none Ab(olute. This probably ihe Rea-
Son, rhy some have suspected ihe same of Rno
ledee also. But Mind and Understandine rea-
ehes bevond Phaney and Appearance, 10 ihe AB
Coluteness of Thines. It hath ihe Criterion os
Fruch within it sels.
719, 720
Objected; That ibis an Arrosance, for Crea-
TurCS 10 Pretend 1o an Ablolute Certaincy os
any ihine. Antiver; Tbat Cod alone is TenO.
rant of Norhine and Intallible in Arhines:
but no Derogation from ibe Deiey, 10 suppose
ibat he sould mate Created Minds such, a5 10
have a Cercainer oF Somethins; as the Wwhole
tobe Greater then the ParE; and thelite: since
orberroise thev mould be but a meer Mockerr:
Concruons to think that God bath made Menso.
as That they may Possibly artain 1o some Certainty
of bis oron Exillence. Orisen, That Knom ledee
ies Nature, Zbat it ActualIY IS. ThC force et
ihe argumentation, not meeriy Hypochecicall,
ISthere be a Perteet Beine, ibenis its Exillence
Necestorr; becanse ibis supposes, ibat a NC-
cestary Existent BeinB, is Concingenc s0 bc, or
not 10 be: wbich a Contradicion. Ibc ab(uIr-
dier of ebis mill bater appear, is instead os Ne-
celtary Existence, e put in actuaII. No THC-
ills ean obermise prove, that a GOd, iboueb sup-
Posed 10 Exis, mixhs not Happen by Chanceto
BC. Nevertheless Cod, or a Pertcet Bcine, not
here Demonstraced d Priori, when from ils oron
Idea. Tbe Reader lest 10 make a Judement.
A Proermnasina, er PraetuTOTY ALCCMPE
tormards ibe provine os a God from bis Idea, as
includine Necessary Existence. l’irst, Pront
our bavine an Idea of a Perteet BCinB. Implyine
is che onely chins chac hach Cercaines in Ic. no manner os Concradiction in it, it follors, ibat
720, 721
such arbine is Postible. And from ib at NeceI
Flavine non some Firm Cround or Poorine 10 Cary Existence included in ibis Idea, added 10
stand apon; a Certaines of Common NOciOnS,
without mhich nothine contd be proved by Rea-
Con; ve sall endeavour by means bereos, 10De-
monstrate she FXistence os a God from bis Idea.
ihe Poltibilier shereos, it furiber follores, 1b ut it
actualIY 15. A Necestary Pxillene BCinB, is
Postible, 15; Because upon ibe supposition of ils
Nonlxiltence, it vould be impostible for it
ibid. ever so havebeen. Notso in Concingene chines.
Cartelius bis Onderrakine 1o doc this with A Pertect Beins, is cither Imposible 10 bave
Mathematical F vidence; as ibis Idea includetb
in it Decessary Fxistence. This Areument bi-
iberro not se Suecessfull, it beine by many conctu-
ded 20be a Sophilm. That ve sall imparriallus
set doron al that ve can, both F’or it, and A-
Been, or etse it 15. Were God Postible, and yet
NOT, Ile vould not be a DeceltarY Vut COn
cingent Beins. Plomever no Siress laid upon tbis.
24, 72
Anorber Plainer ArgUMenE, for ihC L xillence
cainstit; leavine orbers 1o mate a Judemens. oE a Cod, from bis Idea. W bat soever We can
722 frame an Idea of in our Minds, implyine no
First, Against ihe Carcelian Demonstracion of Concradiction, ibis cicher actualIY IS, or else