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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8, fol. 78v

Machine transcription. Not an edition. Errors are expected: about 8% character error rate on Latin and French lines, higher on German. Mean line confidence on this page: 0.89.

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One image of two folio pages side by side, registered by the library under both labels (also fol. 77r); this page is its left half.

The machine reads it as

  1. Inpvosd, does oF Lights or Colours; and hare Better reaton
  2. to seek, and more certain hove ol acrainive in thenent lile
  3. eo atuller and more compleat tnomlede, ehan Tuch a Man
  4. canhare wichrelation co theuse oE his Pres, and ihe advan-
  5. eage oF secins. And then rill noc herise op in Fudemene
  6. aeintus, and condemn us Ence he endures lo much, toob-
  7. tain Sielit on the impertect Ltruasantations oF it mace 10
  8. him by ocher Men, Wrhil v. P.c. beliere and encure a5
  9. much For Eternal Happir sn the Testimonr oF 60d.
  10. S. XIII. IF it Be askC Vty thele thines are noc ace
  11. clearer eOus? lantiver, For the lame reasons chac Lieht and
  12. Coloursare noc elear to one chat is born blind, even because
  13. in ehis imperteet State re rane baculcies eo discern them.
  14. And e cannor expect ro reach the knomlede ol chem wrhils
  15. here, for che lame reason chac a Chila, Whilt he islo, car
  16. noc peak and discourse as he doth Wben a erovn Man
  17. there is a Time and Scason Por ereer chine, and re oust
  18. erait Por chat Sealon. There is anocher seare and Lite For
  19. theclear discernins of these Matters; bue in themean eime
  20. re ouxutto takre the Sceps and Methods Which arC PFODCE
  21. For our present Condition: and il e will noc do lo, ve can
  22. ne more expect to arrire cothe knomlede ot thele necellar
  23. Truchs, or thac Scare ertich will makre ehem plain eo us, chan
  24. a Child can hope he Mall erer beable eo read and writo
  25. irhio ill not bepersuaded t0g0 ro School or ober his Master.
  26. This analosical Lnomlede ot G0ds Hlature and Auri
  27. Dures is all ot wrhich re are capable at pretene; and ve
  28. must cicher De concenced to knon him chus, or sC donn
  29. erich an intire Penorance and Neglect ot Ood, and AnalIy
  30. despair ot furure Happiness. Buc it concerns us Frequentu
  31. eo call co mind the ABOAles ObTervatIOn, 1 C OF. 1Z. 12. For
  32. non we scechro a Class darely, but ihen face to face : nou
  33. tenom in pert, bul ihen Y. Ball kngu even as L am knoion. YB0
  34. our prelent knomleds ot Dirinc Thines be verr imperteat,
  35. vec ic is enouoh co avatien our Detre et Worez and rHO We
  36. s0 not understand the Eniormenes of che Blesed, vet C
  37. Descriprion e have ot ihem is (uTCIeNE EO enORDC _S 1O
  38. scek alter them, and eo prosecure che Mechods preserib d in
  39. Scripeure For actainins them.
  40. S. ZIV. And Theretore let me oster it as a second Reaton,
  41. Wrtr God and Dirine Thines are ehus represented 10us in
  42. Scripture, viz. Thac Tuch Rnomleds is CuHCienE 1O aII ThC
  43. Incenes ane Purposes ot Religion; ehe detion ntereot 15 10
  44. lead us in he was 1o Ecernal Happinels, and in ordec chere
  45. unto,

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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8, fol. 78v. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/00068331:0156?run=74