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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 Doctrine of the Friniey.
Nature, or divine Properties; Whrereas
he is (0 lar trom sivins Tuch an anliver,
that he absolurelr denies chat there can
be more Ciods than one in that verv
place. He mentions it a5 an Objecti-
on, that lince he Caid, That the l’ather
is 60d, the Son Cod, the TToly Chost
C0d; he must hold three Gods; co Wtrich
he anliers, We oun, but one God, not in
Number, but in Nature: Then Cay they,
TLe held but one G0d in Nature and more
in Number. Thac is (0 Far From his mean-
inS, thac Phardr chinke ans chat read the
Pastase in S. Basil, could (o wiltuly per-
vere his meanine. Forhis intention WaS
(0 Far trom assertins more Gods in Number,
that it vas to prove (o perfect a Onity
in Cod, that he wasnor capable ot num-
ber, or oE beins more than onc. FOr,
Caith he, That Wwhich is said to be one in
Number, is not realty and simply one, but
is made up of many, Which by composition
become one; a5 ve Cay, the worid is one
vhich is made ux of many thines. But Cod
is a simple uncompounded Beine; and there-
fore cannot be said to be one in Tumber. But
therorid is not one by Nature, because it is
made up of se many thines, but it is one by
Number, as those severat parts make but
one Worid. Is noc chis fair dealine ich
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