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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 os
Senle; bur the Debate doth not depend
upon che Word, buc uron the sense of it.
And cheretore Ipals over aIl that re-
lates tothe bare use oF che Nord, a5 noc
cominq up ro the man Poine; which IS,
Wrhecher any Point ot Doctrine, wrhich
contains in it lomethine abore our Com
prehension can bemade a Macter of Faith e
For our Auchor concludes trom his
Oblervarions, That Faith is so far from
beine an implicit Assent to any thine above
Reason, that this Notion directlr contra-
dicts the end of Relicion, the Nature of
Man, and the 60odness and Wisdom of
C0d.
But we must not be frishted with chis
bold Conclusion, till re have lxamin dhis
Premises; and ehen we MaIl Andu chac
fome whoare not creat Readers, are no deep
Reasoners. The Crst thins lie premiles IS
That nothine can be said to be a Mystery,
because me have not an adequate Idea of it,
or adistinct Vieu of al ils Properties at
once, for then every thine vould be a My
stery. Whac is the meanine ot this, buE
that ve cannot have an adequate idea ot
any chins: And ret aIl our Realon de-
pends upon our Ideas accordinq eo him,
and our clear and distinet Ideas are by him
made the sole Foundation of Reason. AII
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