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# Title: A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity (shelfmarks ZEN Leibn. Marg. 40; Leibn. Marg. 40)
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The DR F F A C F.
But vhat Bias vas it, which made him
vrite with that Screncth and fudement a
cainst their Opinions: L et us set aside eIl
Ticles of Respeet and Hanour as ther de
sire, let Reason be compared with Reason;
and his Areuments with their Ansivers:
and il ill be soon found that ihe advantase
Which he had, vas not from any otber Dies
nity rhan that of a clearer Judement, and
a much stroncer vay of Reasonine. W here-
as their ansivers are such, as may welt be
sui posed to come from those, Who had some
sucb 13125, that they must at least seem to
ansiver wohat in truth they conld not. 45
hach been fully made appear in the Vindi-
catien ofhim, to uhich no reply hath been
siven, althouch other Freatises ol theirs
have come out since. In the Conelusion os ansver to
that Anliver they say, Thac thcy did nOE the Arch-
expect chat their Anliver Mould Carissic bistop P. 65.
us, and in truth they had a great deal of
reason to think so. Buc What reason do ther
sive for it: A very hind one no doubt;
because Preposlession and Interest have
taten hold of uS. As though ve vere
Men of such mean and mercenary Spirits, as
1o believe accordine to Prepollestion with.
ont Reason, and t0-act onty a5 serves our
present Interest. But ve never made mean
Addresles ro Intidels +o shen hou near our
Principles came totheirs, nor made Paral-
let.