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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)
# Folio 72, page id 797937889:0084
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n0 100
P. 23.
ather Difficuler trith trhich the ArAt Re-
marks conclude, concernins the Nature
ot God and his immaterialiti, upon Ehis
Concession, That Matter may be capable ot
Perception and ThoughE, MT. Lock has 10
Wrel contuted the Materialists on chat
Esay B. 4. Point, Postronsly prord, that Cositation
Cannot De thc Porver ot Matter, Or that
the Supreme Cositant Beins cannot De
Materias, that i cannot immagine to irhat
end che Remarker brinss in those Argu-
menes against the Immaterialiey ot Ciod,
EF he means a5 Well toReligion and NIr
Cock, as he troud Dethought to d0.
But irhateret he chere meant, it
scems he has repented upon Farther
chousnts, or better scen the force ot
NT. LockS Proos thatCod is Immateriat:
erhich he there tears rill rise no higher
than Probabilier, tho he heartily wistres
they may; bur in his Thira Letter, his
judoment is broushe over to his heart
imtr, and he contesses that MF. Lock very
vell refutes the Materialist, ioho vou d have
but one sinole substance in the Worid namely
Marrer. And eo inem his sinceritr and
sood wili the more, he omns this wrhere
one mond seast expeet ic, when he is gi-
vins herorst inlinuations he can oF MT.
LockS Principles; Buc the manner ot his
doine it is am extraordinary mark ot ehc
kind intentions, and respeet to MI. Lock,
irtiich he protesles, and irhich no body
ean doubt of, nho obterves hoi ingeni-
ouslr he endearours to tasten the Principles