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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 685

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  3. N 31
  4. 11.
  5. bat
  6. 118
  7. 13
  8. H15
  9. det.
  10. ut
  11. Triccilaea elC
  12. Cutticienely consured by the Learned Harvey, in his Book of Cenerati
  13. on That ibe Seed doth Materially enter, into the Composition of ihe F8B:
  14. Poisit all alons Precarious and Exceprionable; nor does it extend
  15. ac alt co che Disferences chat are in sereral Animals, Ox OHFer che
  16. least Reason, why an Animal oF one Species or Kind, mighe nOc BC
  17. l’ormed out oF the Sced oF anotHer.
  18. Uis here indeed Pretended by chese Mechanick Theists, that Finat
  19. Canses, cheretore ouxhr notto be or any Rcsard eo à Philolopher.
  20. because we Bould noc arrorate 10 Our selves 1o be a5 Wise as C0d
  21. Almiptuy is, or to be Privy 10 his Secrets. Phus in che Meraphysicat
  22. Meditations; atq; ob hanc 2nicam Rationem torum illud Causarum
  23. senus, quod a Fine peri solet, in kebus Physicis nullum 2 sum habere
  24. existimo; non enim absque remeritate me puto, investisare posse Fines
  25. Dei. And again likemise in che Principles of Philosophy. Nullas unquam
  26. Rationes circa Res Naturales, à Fine quem Dens aut Natura in iis faci-
  27. endis sibi proposuit, admittimus, quia non tantum nobis debemus arrosare.
  28. ut ejus consiliorum participes esse possimus. BUEThC OuCstiOnISNOE, WVhe-
  29. Cher me con alvazs reach coche Endsof Cod almishty, and knon
  30. ohac is absolutety Best in every case, aud accordinsly makce Conclu.
  31. hions, chat chereretore che chinx is, or ouxheto bc (o; but, WhechCE
  32. any chins ac all, vere made br God, For Endsand Good, Otherwise
  33. han vould OF ic SEIE have relulced Trom the Fortuitons Motion Ot
  34. Malter. Nevertheless me sec no Reaton ac all, why ic Mould BC
  35. Chouxhie Presumption, Or Entrusion inco che Secrets oF God Almixher
  36. attiem, chac eres vere made by tim For the End of secins (and
  37. ecordinelus (o concrived as mixhe bese conduce thercunto) and
  38. Cars Cor ihe End OE Hearine, and che like. This beins (0 plain, chat
  39. noctime buc sottiso scupidiiy, or atheistick incredulity (mastred pertraps
  40. muder an Hypocricical Veil oE Humility) can makee any douDi there-
  41. DE
  42. And cherctore Aristorle justly reprehended Anaxagoras, For thac
  43. ablurd aphorism oE tis, diee rd xeicas exciv, reoupcorator civet 2co-
  44. 7 ardeconov, That Man mas therefore the Wisest (or most Solert) of all
  45. inimals, because he Chanced to have hands. He noc doubcins 10aF.
  46. LIII On ThC C ONTTarY; d’nogor diie r DecujcratoV Eiva = ECoCV XCi95
  47. W DborE ael dhaeveuet n De arBeCONO DeSVuD, dorapdsce
  48. ExcV.
  49. naes EraesOV. goOrnc Zd si avarin SSVaL aMoN av1 S5, i r av
  50. 165 Epora Degaivaes avauulus. That il mas far more reasonable 10 ihinke.
  51. ibat becanse Man vas ihe Wisest (or most Solert and ActivC) os all A-
  52. imals, iherefore he had Fands siven him. For Nature (Paict he) di
  53. pributerto as a Wise man dott, ohat is suitable to every one; and it is
  54. more Proper 10 sive Pipes to one ibat hath Musieal Skillu than upon him
  55. ibat hath eipes, 1o beston Mnsical Still.
  56. Nheretore chele Mechanick Theists would Furcher, alledge, and that
  57. Lihlome more Colour ot Realon; Thac it is belon cheDignier oE
  58. od Almixhey, 1ocondescend eo all chose mean and triviat Offices.
  59. and ro do che Thines OF Nature himelt immediacly; as al(0 chac ie
  60. hould De bur a Borch in Nature, it the Desects thereoE Were everr
  61. vhere co be suxplicd by Mtiracle. Buc cochis allo chie Reply is catie:)
  62. hac chough che Divine Wisdom ic (elF concriredche Syltem oF the
  63. hole W orid, For ends and Cood, Vet Nature, a5 au Inferiour Mine-
  64. se

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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 685. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1066509719:0705?run=74