Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8, fol. 80r
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The machine reads it as
- and il any one farther allece, that he who cates chese
- Reprelentations licerallr, will be involre in mang Disticul.
- ties; and chac ic will be casy 1o hew, ehat there arE BrCAE
- Incontictencies in them, il e undersand them accordins 10
- The LetTET:
- Lantiver, He is Eo Be lookd uxon as very ofticious and
- inpertinene, ehac wiit raise such Objections, and pur chem
- in ehe Heacs ot plain honest People, irhoby che force ol
- such common, cho heuracire Knomlede (as it mav bc
- termd) practise che substancial and real Duries ol Relision
- thac lead ehem eo Lcernal Ilappinets.
- Tis erue, ihen curious and buss Persons, by che unleato-
- e
- nable Abuse oF cheir Rnomlede, have rais d such Objections,
- eter must be ansiverd: ond ic is then neceltary eo en in
- erhiac sense chese Reprelentations ouphe cobe taten; and
- chac cher are eobe underltood by wax of Compariton, 45
- Condelcentions to our Weatnets.
- Buc cho these Objections are easily ansiver d, vec he who
- makes ehem unnecellarilr is by no means eo be excus d, Bc.
- cause cher otren occation disturbance ro Wreak P’eople. Manv
- ehac mar be Bockd by che Ditticuler, may noc be capable
- ot readilu understandins the Antivers: and therctore thus
- co raise such Scruples, is eo lay a Scumbline. Block in iBC
- War ot our reak Brechren, and perplex them ich Nocions
- and Cyriolicies, che Knomleds ot nhich is no mas necectars
- eo Salvation.
- NC OnBHETheretore Eo Contder, that it WaS in BxeAE Mer-
- ey qud Compastion eo the lenorance and Intirmier ot Men,
- chac ehe holy Spirie rouchlas d eo sire us such Reprelenca-
- tions of the Dirine Nacure and Atcribures. IIC Khem Wrtac
- Rnomlede mas molt prover For us, and ihac rould most
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- take thines as the Scripture reprelents cherm, ic can e De de.
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- have a mioter Intuence on all char lincerels beliere them,
- in truch preater chan al chole nice Speculations chaC We en.
- dearour eo substieure in their Place.
- 5. XV. Buc ThiraIY, IF me consider seriouAy the KnON.
- lede chat me hare ot ihe Creatures, and even ot hose
- chines in ehis Worid rich etich we arc ost Pamiliarls
- acquainted, it will appear, ehac the Conceptions e lave
- et them, are much ol the lame Tore as chole are, erhicH
- Relision pires us oF G0d, and chat eher neither represene
- e Matuse OE FHeurial Propercies o( ile chives as ihey ace
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Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 8, fol. 80r. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/00068331:0159?run=74