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# Title: Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 53)
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no ocher Arsumene againt all Pallible Lx
Plicarions ol Gravitation arisinss trom FnE
Mocion ot 2 subcile Fluid. buc chis OnC,
viz. chae chereby these Pares Ot MdereF
Wrhurea are che C ause et, or produce bravi
tation, are uxon chis Suppolicion, desticure
Ot Graviey; P Chou d chink ic sufticiene eo
prejudice any inquisicire Man against luch
Explications; For ies cerrain chat Nature
is unitorm and consistene wich ic selt, and
voud noc deprire one parr ol Maerer ol
lo Cardinal a Properey, wich wrhich Che had
endow d all che rest. Buc evn che 2d.
mistion ot uch an Fhypothesis remmoves 1S
buc one Scep turcher From Immechanical Prim.
ciples, For che Cause ot che Mocion ot chis
subeile Fluid, wrhich is che Cause of Goravicy;
Is iE Celi Immechanical. Dlor has any 10dy
ever precended co altion any ocher Caule
Ol che Mocion of chis subeile Fluid, buc che
Omnipotent Couse ot cheUniverse; an d since
We must ol Necessiry admit che Mocion
OE chis subeile Fluid, Wohich is che Cause oE
Gravitation eo be unaccouncable Wichoue 2
tirst Cause, vrhy may we no rather ad.
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