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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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AVindication of
Realon sire us true Notions ol thines
withoutthese Lacas? IF it be lo, thisne
Eyporhesis about Realon must apPear tO
De very unreasonable.
Tet us suppole this Principleto betrue.
That the simple Ideas by Sensation or Re-
Aection, arc the sole Matter and Founda-
tion of alt our Reasonine: LastE tlien, how
Wve cometo De certain, chat chere are Spi
rituat Substances in the Norid, since We
can have no clear and distinct Ideas con-
cernins them: Can ve be certain with.
Out any Foundation of Reason: This IS a
new sort ot Cerrainer, for Which ve do
not envy chese Pretenders to Reason. BuE
methinls, ther Bould noc at the lame
time alsere the absolure necessitr of thele
Ideas to our bnoledse, and declare chat
we may have certam Rnomledse wichout
them. IF chere be ans other method,
thes overehroir cher omn Principle; il
there be nonc, how come tlicy 10 any
Cerrainer, that chere are Both Bodily and
Spiritual Substances.
AS to chese larrer (irhich is ny busi-
De(S) Imust enquire Farcler, hor they
come to kno chat chere are sucti. ThC
Anliver is br Sels. Reflection, on those Povers
ve find in our selves, Which cannot come
from a mere Bodily Substance. lallow
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