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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 888

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  1. No Incerest in Atheilm.
  2. BOOnL.
  3. ced; he mult necdshave a Desporick Pomer over all; ond every chins
  4. erhracsoever be Naturalty subject and Obsequious eo him. And Fince
  5. no Body can postibly Nove it sels, chac which tirst moved Marser, must
  6. OF necestier De Incorporeat; nor could it move it by Local Morion,
  7. 38 one BOdy moves anOtHeF, Or aS Fneines and Machines move, by
  8. Truscon or Pulsion, cher beine belore moved, but must do it by anocher
  9. Kind oF action, uch aS is HOC Local Morion, nOr Heserocinesle, but Au-
  10. rocinesse; chac is, by Cogitarion. Wheretore chat Conceit oF thC A.
  11. theists, Chat an Incorporeal Deisr conld noc postibly move che Matier
  12. oF che Worid, because ic would run chrouph ic, and couid nOE
  13. Fasten or lay hold chereupOn; is ABTrd, Because chis moves MaLteF
  14. noc Acchanically, but vitally, and by cocitation ouly. And chat a
  15. Coeitative Beins aS Such, hacha Natural Imperium over Matser and
  16. Pover OE Movinsit wichout any ensines or Machines, is unquesti-
  17. onably certain, even from ouroun souls; irtich move our Bodies
  18. and Command chem every way meerly by Will and Thoveht. And
  19. a Persect Minci, prCSIding OVeT FhCMAECF OF thc Whole worid, could
  20. much more irrelistiblr, and wich Infinitely more case, movethe Wrhole
  21. Corporeat 2 niverse, mecely byWill and Cogitation; chen We can Oux
  22. Bodies.
  23. THC LaC Fead of arheistick areumentation, is Nom Interest:
  24. And Firs, ehe Atheists vould perswade, chac ic isthe interest of
  25. mankind inGeneral, and of every particular person, that there sould
  26. beno Cod, ihat is, no Beine Insinitely Poversul, that hath no LaW
  27. but ils orn Will; and therefore may puniss whom he pleases Eternally
  28. aster Death.
  29. Po which our FirSERepIY iS; ThaLiF there bea God, and Souls
  30. beImmorcal, chen is ic noc any mans Thinkcing ochermise, ihac will
  31. alcer che Case, nor aftord ihe arheists any Relict against chose two
  32. Imagined Evils OF cheirS. For Things are sullen, aud will bC aS
  33. ehey arc, whac ever we Think chem, or Wimchem tobC: and
  34. men will at laR discover cheir PrrOur, Wrhen perhaps it may be
  35. 100 lacc. Wistine is no Provine; aud cherelore chis atheistick Ar-
  36. cument, Crom lacerest, isno Argumene at aIl against che Existence oF
  37. a Cod, it beins nochins buc che isnorant rict, and vain detire OFBe-
  38. Sorted Atheists.
  39. In chenext place chis Wissos Atheists, is allogether Counded, uxon
  40. aMistahen Notion OC God almiehey 100, Thache is nochins but Ar-
  41. bitrary Will omnipotent; Wrhrich indeed is noc che most Desirable
  42. ching. Buc as ichach been osten declared, che W ill os God is he Will
  43. OE Goodnes, Justice and Wisdom ic (elE Omnipotent. Elis Will is nOE
  44. meex WilI, Tuch astach no ocher Reason bchdes it TelF; but it is Lau,
  45. Equity and Chancery; it is che rd deor, Or Oneht it sels, Decrecins,
  46. Willins, and Acting. Neicher does God Punistr any, out ot a de-
  47. lixhe in Punictimene, or in che Pvil and SufTerins OF FhC PerIOnS PU-
  48. nichedi buc cochose wvho are nOL aviatoi, altosether incurable, d’nn
  49. ialecta, his Punistoment is Physick, in order to cheir recovery and a-
  50. mendent; C0 chac chc sourse and Fonntain cherCOF is Coodness 10
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  52. d
  53. ad
  54. dene
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  56. ae ased
  57. 1ageeC
  58. a
  59. l and Jes
  60. incerest
  61. deleqeet
  62. 1 ab
  63. Dectec 1
  64. chone 2C
  65. cenen
  66. lonc et
  67. et
  68. ven
  69. d
  70. eale
  71. enutu
  72. dc 1
  73. interct
  74. dantus e
  75. essibitum
  76. Den
  77. net
  78. et
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  85. ae
  86. en

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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 888. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1066509719:0908?run=74