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# Title: A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity (shelfmarks ZEN Leibn. Marg. 40; Leibn. Marg. 40)
# Folio 273, page id 727097563:0345
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in attackins the Mysteries of the Christian
Faith; 45 the Smacterers in Ideas, and
ner Terms ol Philolophy, without an
erue Onderhandine of chem. Por chese
Ideas are become but another sortof Cant-
ins rich suchi men; and ther ould
realon as vell upon cenus and Species, Or
uxon Occult Onalities, and Substantial
Forms, buc only chat chez are Terms ouE
Ot Fastion.
Buc we find that the chanse of Terms
doch neither improve nor alter mens
Onderstandines; but only their Wars of
speakins; and ill Cramesters ill noc ma-
nase their Came one jor the becter, For
havins neu Cards in their hands. HOW-
ever, We must sec what Worh chey make