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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
the Certainey here, W’as noc grounced on
the clearnels ofthe Perception, buc on che
Plainnels olchevidence WhichisoFthat
Nature, chacthe very Doubtine oF IE prOVeS
ic; lince it is impoltible, chac any chIn
Bhould doube, or quection its on Beins;
chac had it nOT. S0 that here IE IS NOF
the Clearness of the Idea, DuE an imme-
diate AeF ol Perception, Which is thetrue
Fround of Cerraintr. And tlIS CannOL
extend to thines withour. our selves; Ol
Which e ean have no other Perception,
than ihac is caused by che Impressionsot
Ourmard Objects. Bur Whether We arc
1o judse accordins to rhole Imprestions.
doch net depend on che Ideas them
selves, but upon the lixereile ol our fude
mene and Reason about them, Which puE
the Ditlerence bermeen true andfalle, and
adequate, and inadequate Ideas. S0 thae
our Cerrainey isnoctrom che Ldeas them-
selves, buc trom the Rvidence ot Realon,
that thole Ideas are true, auc jult, and
consequently that re may build our Cer-
cainer uxonthem.
Buc che Ldea ot an infinite Being hath
this peculiar to it, that necellary FXi
Rence is implied in it. Zhis is a clear
and distinet Idea, and y et it is denied, thac
this doch prove the Existence of. 60d.
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