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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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208 Of the Principles
ParEI
the Wwhole Syltem oF Bcings. Sccond-
IY, Ic is clear trom Wvhat ve have else
Wrhere obserrd, thac che Opcratins ac.
cording to general and stated LaWs, is
So necellaer for our Cruidance in the af-
fairs ot Lite, and lectins us into the
Secret ot Nature, thac Without it, aIl
Reach and Compass ot ThoughE, aII
FTuman Sagacier and Delion cond
Perre tono manner ot Purvose: IE WVerO
eren impossible, thero Moud be any
Such Faculcies or Porers in theMind, vid.
Sect. XXXI. Which onc Consideration
abundanelr ouc ballances Wtraterer par-
ticular Inconreniences max chenceaxile.
uptusap
5 152. BUE We Mou d FUICHeF conS
der, thac the verr Blemishes and Detects
et Nature are noc ichout cheir VCC, in
chat ther make an agrecable (ort oF Va-
rieer, and augment che Beauty ot thc
relt ot the Creation, 25 Stades in a Pi-
cture Perre to set oH the brighter and
more enligheend Parts. Wc voud
likerise do vell to cxaminc, Wtecher
our caxing che Waste ot Sceds and Em-
bryos, and accidental Destruetion ot
PlaNES