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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.
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surdicies and C ontradictions inco the se-
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rance incurable, concciring it to arile
Erom che nacural dulnels and limication
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veIl delorrins our Pains, eo make a
Ariet inguier concernins che tust Prin-
ciples ot luman Rnomleze, co Sitc and
examine them on aII lides, elpeciall
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pect thac chose Lers and Difficulcics,
Wrhich Ccay and embarrals che Mind in
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