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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
Buc let us lay thete thines together.
Whacever re can have no adequate Idea
et is above our Rnouledce, aud conse-
quenely above our Reason; and (0 aII Sub
stances are above our Reason; and s et he
saich, with great Contidence, That 10
assent to any thing; above Reason, destroys
Relicion, and the Nacure of man. and the
Wrisdom and Goodness of Cod. Ilo is it
Polsible for the lame man colas this, and
eo lay withal, chac it is very consictent with
chat rature ofman, andtheCoodne seand WVis-
dom of God, to leave us withour adequate
Ideas oFany Substance: Hlow comethe My-
steries ef Faith to require more Rnomledee
than che Nature of Man is capable ot:
In natural chinos re can haveno adequate
Ideas; buc the things are contesled to bc
above our Reason; but in Divine and Spi-
ritual chinss, 10 assent to thines above our
Rea son is azainst the Nature of man.
Nor can chese thines consist:
But these arenot Nysteries. Tes, Wvhat
ever is ol that Nature chat ive can have
no Idea ot it, is certainy a Mystery t0 US.
For hat is more untenoon chan ic is
bnomnis a Mystery. Thetrue NocionOl
a Mystery beins Pomethins chat is hidden
trom our Rnomledse. OF utrich chere
may be leveral Rinds. For a Mystery may
becatien For,
L. SOmen