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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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A Vindication of
ous Ideas, or Perceptions of thines; of affirm-
ins. or denyins accordine as he sees them
to acree or disarree, and this is Reason in
General. It is not the bare recervine
Ideas into the Mind, that is strictly Reason,
(rrhro everthoushe ic WaS:) but the Per-
ception of the Arreement, or Disacreement
of our Ideas in acreater or lesser Number;
Wherein soever this dereement or Disa-
preement may consist. If the Perception be
immediate without the assistance of any o-
ther Idea, this is not cau d Reason, but
Self.Fividence: but When the mind makes
use of intermediate Ideas to discover that
Agreement or Disarreement, this method
of Rnouledce is properly cau d Reason or
Demonstration. And so Reason is defined
e0 be that l’aculty of the Soul, Which dis-
covers the certainty of any thine dubious,
or obseure by comparinq it vith somethine
evidently knoion.
This is ofterd eo the Worlo, a5 an AC.
conne of Realon; but to Mer how very
loole, and unsatistactory it is, I detire it
may beconliderd, that this Doctrine sup.
Poles, chat re must have clear and di-
sinct Ideas oF erhaterer We pretend 10 2.
ny cerrainty ot in our Minds, and thaco
che only Way to accam chis certainty, 15
by comparins chele ideas togecher. Whicl
excliides