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# Title: A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 3; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 3)
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a Perfection. But trom what Grounds
does he concluae, that Wvhracever is a
pexinq
Perfection must be in God: Wuil he lar,
that it is a Principle imprinted On thC.
Minc, rithout any Reflection; that 15,
re cleariy sec that Ciod must be Pertect,
re donr lnoir utiy; or Will he not
rather Cay, That the vant ot anr P’er-
fection, roud implu cither that he does
net linor irhat is Belt, or cannot at-
taim it, and theretore is inconsistent rith
infinite Wisdom, and Pover: Or thatto
suppolethere mar be a Beine ol Crcater
Perfection than the Supream Source ot
alI Beins, is a Erols Contradiction: 1
beliere, il he reflects altentivelr on the
Prosrels ol the Wind in the Rnoirleds
ot God, he rill find Perfection i5 not
tirst in our Notion ot him (a5 an in Norris
senious Author has hewn) but that ha- de sin and
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vins discorer d a Tirst Beins, the Sourcc Heti,im
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ot a others, and irtrat atlsibutes, We
rust neceslaritr alcribe to him a5 luctu
re perceire char to adme ans Emper
fection in hum, vould be a Contradi-
ction to oux first necellarr Conceptioni
oF him; wrtich MIr. Lock has establistid
in his War, and tells us that troin
qno
chena, all tus other Atilibutes will casily
be deducd.
But this wrill not latistre the Remar-
ker, unless Mr. Lock tellS us What 25 +0 ist. R. p. 8.
f.Cs
be understood b Perfetion in his n cy
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