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# Title: Theophili Spizelii De Atheismo Eradicando Ad Virvm Praeclarissimvm Dn. Antonivm Reiservm Avgvstanvm, &c. Epistola (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 72, Stück 3; Leibn. Marg. 72)
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ERADTCANDO.
Spexerint. Prenim lnulla eNet caula prima
atque summa, nulla cNet sccunda, nec ter.
tia ec. Requenulla prortus esset caula, e
nunquam posset dereniri adulrimum este.
Ctum, antequam enim ed perveniretur, in-
finiex caulae eslent percurrendae. Ac infini-
tum est, quodpertranshri nequit, de caius
ut non datur primumicanecultimum, (ed
Oportet Tc aliqua prima ex Cumma perte-
etio, nimirum Deus. Ad hunc fere modum
Thomas: Non est posibile (inquit) quod
in causis efficientibus procedatur in infini-
tum, quia in omnibus causis efficientibus
ordinatis primum est caula medii, e medi-
umesteaula ultimi, sive media sunt plura
Tirc unumtantum. Remota autem caula
remoretur effectus: Ergo si non fuerit
primum in causis efficientibus, non crit ul.
cimum nec medium; Sed si procedatur in
infinitum in coulis efficientibus, non erit
prima caula efficiens, et lcnonerit nec ef
Fectus ulaimus, nec caula efficientes me-
dix, quodpatet essetalum: Ergo est ne-
celle ponere aliquam causam eficientem
primam quam omnes Deum nominane.
Flactenus Thomas. Oua vero adversus
hane