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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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Introduction.
ciple, to realon, medicare and reslect
on the Nacure oF ThinsS, buc a thou
land Scruples Iprins up in our Minas,
concernins chole Things Whuch betore
ve scem d tully eo comprehend. Preju-
dices and Frrors ot Sense do From iII
Parts discorer chemselres eo our view:
and endcarourins to correet chele by
Reason Wve are insensiblr drara into
uncouth Paradores, Difficulcico, and
Inconsictences, Wvhich mulciplr and
srOm upon uS aS We adrance in Specu-
lacion; till ac lensth, havins vander d
thro many intrICaCC MaZCS, WVC fnd
our selres just Where We WVerC, OE,
Which is vorle, su donn in a Forclorn
SCCDEICIIM.
52. The causc oF chis is chonghe +O
De che Oblcurier oF chinsS, Or che na-
tural Wcahnels and Imperfection ot
our Vnderstandings. Ic je Caid che Fa-
culties re hare arc. ser, and chole de
sisnd by Nature For che Support and
Pleature oF Litc, and nOC tO DeNCEraLC
inco the invard Fllence and Constitu-
tion Ot Things. Besides, the Mind ot
Man