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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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DT
Of the Principles
Part l.
S 155. WVe Moud racher admire,
thac Ben can be found (o scupid
25 to neglect, chan chac neglectins
ther ond bc unconrinced ot, suct
an evidene and momentous Truch.
And vec ic is to be fear d chat eoo ma-
iny ot Paris and Teilure, Who lire
in Christian Conneries, arc mecrtu
chro a lupine and dreadtul Neoli-
ence sunk into a Poxt oF Demy. Atheism.
THeY CanE Cay therC IS HOL a CFOD,
buc neicher arc ther convinced thac
chere i5. For Whac elle can it bc but
fome lurkins Infidelier, Come (CCret
misgirinss ot Mind, With regard 1O
ehe Existence and Aeributes Ot (1OD
Wvtrich perrmus Sinners to ero and
harden in Impieer ? Sinee ic is dorvn-
righe impossible, chat a Soul pierced
and enlighren d rich a chorouoh sense
oE the Omnipresence, Fioliness, and
Jultice ot chac Almichry Spirit, Moud
perssE in a remorless Violation oF
his LarS. We oughe, theretore, Car-
nesls co meditate and direll on thole
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