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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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188
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Of the Principles
PaxE T.
ceird, and allowins them a Subs-
stence ot cheir own out ot the Minds
OF Spirits, no one thins is explamed in
Naturo, buc, on the contraer, 2 gFCAC
mans inexplicable Difticulties arile: IE
the Suppolition ot Matter is barely pre-
carious, a5 not beme grounded on (0
much as one lingle Realon: IF its CiOn-
sequences cannoc endure che light ot
Fxamination and trec Inquier, buc
Frcen themselres under che dark and
seneral preto
prehensible: TE Wwichal che Remoral ot
chis Marrer De noc accended wich the
least evil Consequence, it it DC NOL CreI
missed in che Worid, buc ereer chino
a5 Wvell, nar much calier conceird
Without ic: IE in fine, boch sceptics and
Atheists are tor ever Cilenced upon sup-
polins ouly Spirits and Ideas, and chis
Scheme ot Thinos is pertectly aorceable
boch eo Reason and Religion: Mechinls
re may expect it Bhoud bc admicced
and tiemly embraced, tho IE WVETC PFO.
Bosd only as an ypothesis, and che
Existence ot Marrer had been allod
vossible, wtuch vec, I.chink, WWe
tare
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