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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8, fol. 76v

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One image of two folio pages side by side, registered by the library under both labels (also fol. 79r); this page is its left half.

The machine reads it as

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  2. us; and just as reasonable as to infer, because WVisdom is
  3. compar din Scripture to à Trec ol Lite, chat theretore it
  4. eromsin che Farch, hachies Sprins and Fall, is warm’d by
  5. thesun, and fed by. cheRain.
  6. S. VIII. And ehis brines me to the Second Head nhich
  7. proposdtomy (el in ehis Discourles ertichmas toce vou
  8. Why Cod and heavenly thines are afrer this manner represent ed
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  10. that we must cither be content eo knom them chis way, Oc
  11. not at aII. l hare already cold vou, and I beliere every
  12. considerine Man is convinc d, chac che Nature and Pertections
  13. ot G0d, as he is in himmselF, are such, chac ic is impostible
  14. re Mould comprehendthem, especially in the present Stace
  15. ot Impertection, lenorance and Corrupeion, in irtrich chis
  16. Worid lies. He is the Object ol none ot oux senles, by
  17. irtrich ire receire all our direct and immediare perception ol
  18. chines; and cherelore il me tnom anv chins ot him ac aIl,
  19. ic must beby Deductions ot Realon, by Analoer and Com
  20. Parison, by resemblins tim eo Comethins chat we de knon
  21. aud arc aequainced ith.
  22. Lis brchis ray re arrive ac the most noble and uletul
  23. Docions re have, and bychis Mechod e ceach and instrua
  24. others. Thus wrhen we rouldhelo a Man eo lome concep.
  25. tionot any chine, char has noc lallen wichin chereach of his
  26. Senles, e do it by comparine ic eo Comethine that alrendy
  27. has, by ofterins him lome Similitude, Relemblanee or AN-
  28. loer, tohelp his Conception. A5 For example, tosire a
  29. Man a Nocion ol a Couneer, eo nhich he is a Stranger, and
  30. eo mare him appretiend its Bounas and Siruation, We PrO
  31. duce a Mapto him; and br chac he obcains as much knov-
  32. leds ot it a5 serres him Por his prelene purpole. Non a Map
  33. is ontr Paper and Ink, diverttrd wich sereral Scrokes and
  34. Lines, erhich in chemselres hare very licele likenels to Parth,
  35. Mountains, Vallers, Lakes and Rivers. Tet none can denr,
  36. buc br Proportion and analoes cher are very instructire;
  37. and il any Mouldimasine chat chole Counerrs arereally Pa-
  38. per, becaule cheMtaps chat reprelent chem are made ot it
  39. and Mouid seriousti dram Conclusionstrom chat Supposition,
  40. he would ex dole bis Understandine, aud mate himlele ridi-
  41. culous: And yec luch as aroue trom eBe Faine Relemblances,
  42. chas cicher Scripeure on Realen eire olche Dirine Accributes
  43. And ODeraTIOnS, aiie procecd in cheir RcaIonineS, 25 il
  44. Th. C muC in ast respects antiver cnc anocher TaII into the
  45. lamo Ablurdicies ehias chole pou be suiley ot, irho Moula
  46. cuink

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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8, fol. 76v. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/00068331:0152?run=74