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# Title: Wherein the chief Causes of Error and Difficulty in the Sciences, with the Grounds of Scepticism, Atheism, and Irreligion, are inquir'd into (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 52)
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FTat Phere mahe Publick has, af-
ter a lons and scrupulous Inqui-
ry, seem d 10 me evidently true, and
nor unusesul to be knomn, particularly 10
those nho are tainted mith Scepticism, or
vant a Demonstration of the Fxistence and
Immateriality of G0D, or the Natural Im-
mortality of the Soul. Whether it be so or no–
I am content the Reader Nou d impartially
Fxamine. Since Y de not think my sel
any farther concern d for the Success of mhat
Thave Writren, than as it is aerecable
+0 Truch. But to the end ThIS may not
suffer, Imake it my Request that the Reader
suspend bis Fudoment, riil he bas once,
at lcast, read the nhole throuoh mith
that decree of Attention and Thoucht mhich
the subject Marter san seem to deserve. For
asthere are some P’assases that, taken by them-
selves