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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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BUE Wtat is rers more considerable
vere this proot ot the souls Immortalier
a5 certain and as univertalsr seceir d ad
anY selt-crident Provontion, it non d noc
2F 2II serre To Ehc Chiet end Ot DUE aIIO-
rance ot the souls Immortalitr, viz. The
expectation oE Rerards and Punimments
in a Future State accordins in our doinso
in ehis Lite; withovcwhich Ein nO matter
erhether re think chesoul Immmoreat Or
O; aldthis re cond nerer hare by the
oH dttentire consideration, and the
clearest knomledse ot what kind ot sub-
sance thc So. I is; IE must Be establistd
On tar ditterent Crounds, tuch a5 the con-
Sidleration ot our selres as Rational and
Frcecreatures, ot wrhich rre have an In-
cuitire, Intallible vercextion; and oE an
Omsipotent Beins, trom irhom We arc,
and on ertom re depend, ot irhich ne
hare a Demonstratire bnomledse mithin
erers ones understandins tonhom it is
proposd; andit the Consequences dramn
From them are not susticiene to alture Men
ot a Future state ot Rerards and Punis-
TCnES, a5the clearest proots oE the Sout
Imiiortalies can Bgnitie nothins without
ehem, so neither can ther add ans force
to them, and cherctore are ot no ule tO
ehc Great Enas oF Moralitr and Religion:
For suppoleto conrince an intellisent Hlca-
Then, wrho thoughe the SoulMaterial, and
doiiteed OE a Future StareoE Remards and
PunilA.TenES, ArguIneNES ere uSd to
prore the Soul in itsomn Nature undissol.
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