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A Discourse Concerning the True Notion Of The Lord's Supper, fol. -

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  1. ThC COnteNLS.
  2. As to rho Univer(al TheOremS of AbAraCt Sci- a God. That Because we ean frame an ldea of
  3. ence, iho Meature of Fruch, no Forrein or a Necessarily Lxistent Beine, it does not at al
  4. Extraneous ching, but onely our oron Clear and follom, that IC IS; since we can frame 1dea 50f
  5. Distinet Percepcion. Hlere whassoever is Clear- thines, ibat Never Were, nor WilI Bc. Nothine
  6. Ir Perceived, 15. The very Fsence of Truch,
  7. Percepcibilier. Granted by all, That there can
  8. be no False Knomledse or Understandins.
  9. The Percextion of ihe Understandine, never
  10. False, but onety ObIcure. NoF Nacure that
  11. Trreth in us, but We Our Celres, in Asentine 10
  12. bines not Cleariy Perccived. Conclusion; Ibat
  13. 1o be carbered from hence, but oncly that it is
  14. Noc Impostible. Acain, from ihis Idea, TI-
  15. cludine Necestarr Lxillence, norhine etse In-
  16. ferrible. but Tbat, robat bath no NeceNarY
  17. Existence, is not Pertect; and, Thar is ihere be
  18. a Pertect Beine, its Rxistence alvays vas, and
  19. will b0 Necestarr: but not ablolucelr, Tb+t it
  20. Omnipotence cannot Create any Understandine doih Exist. A FallacY, nben from ihc NCcCI
  21. Faculties, so as ro have as Clear and Distinet siey of Existence afsirmed onely Hypochecically
  22. Conceptions of all Falhoods and Non-Encicies,
  23. as of Pruchs: because whatsoever is Clcariy and
  24. Diltinety Perccived, barh therefore an Fnciey;
  25. and Omnipocence it self (10 speak with Reve-
  26. rence) cannor make Nochins, to be Somechins.
  27. or Someching Nochin. This ne more, iben
  28. Thar it cannor doc Thines Contradictious. Con-
  29. ception the Meature OF POIVeT. PaGC717, 719
  30. Truo, ThatSense as such, is but Phancastical
  31. and Relacive: and vere thero no otber Percep
  32. ihe Conclusion is made Ab(olureIY. Thoreh a
  33. Perteet Beins. Must Exist NecellarilY; Vet not
  34. berefore follore, ibet it Must and Doch PXist.
  35. The Latter a Thine Indemonstrable. P28C721,
  36. For ihe Carcesian Demonstration os a C0d.
  37. As from ihe Nocion os a thine impossible, me
  38. conclude, Tbat it never WVaS nor Will bCs and
  39. of rbat rhich hath a Coneingene Sclelis 10 L X-
  40. illence, Tbat it Miphe Be, or MiphE nOc bC:
  41. tion, all Pruch vould be Private, Relacire, and So from ibat which hath Necessary lxillence in
  42. Scemine; none Ab(olute. This probably ihe Rea-
  43. Son, rhy some have suspected ihe same of Rno
  44. ledee also. But Mind and Understandine rea-
  45. ehes bevond Phaney and Appearance, 10 ihe AB
  46. Coluteness of Thines. It hath ihe Criterion os
  47. Fruch within it sels.
  48. 719, 720
  49. Objected; That ibis an Arrosance, for Crea-
  50. TurCS 10 Pretend 1o an Ablolute Certaincy os
  51. any ihine. Antiver; Tbat Cod alone is TenO.
  52. rant of Norhine and Intallible in Arhines:
  53. but no Derogation from ibe Deiey, 10 suppose
  54. ibat he sould mate Created Minds such, a5 10
  55. have a Cercainer oF Somethins; as the Wwhole
  56. tobe Greater then the ParE; and thelite: since
  57. orberroise thev mould be but a meer Mockerr:
  58. Concruons to think that God bath made Menso.
  59. as That they may Possibly artain 1o some Certainty
  60. of bis oron Exillence. Orisen, That Knom ledee
  61. ies Nature, Zbat it ActualIY IS. ThC force et
  62. ihe argumentation, not meeriy Hypochecicall,
  63. ISthere be a Perteet Beine, ibenis its Exillence
  64. Necestorr; becanse ibis supposes, ibat a NC-
  65. cestary Existent BeinB, is Concingenc s0 bc, or
  66. not 10 be: wbich a Contradicion. Ibc ab(uIr-
  67. dier of ebis mill bater appear, is instead os Ne-
  68. celtary Existence, e put in actuaII. No THC-
  69. ills ean obermise prove, that a GOd, iboueb sup-
  70. Posed 10 Exis, mixhs not Happen by Chanceto
  71. BC. Nevertheless Cod, or a Pertcet Bcine, not
  72. here Demonstraced d Priori, when from ils oron
  73. Idea. Tbe Reader lest 10 make a Judement.
  74. A Proermnasina, er PraetuTOTY ALCCMPE
  75. tormards ibe provine os a God from bis Idea, as
  76. includine Necessary Existence. l’irst, Pront
  77. our bavine an Idea of a Perteet BCinB. Implyine
  78. is che onely chins chac hach Cercaines in Ic. no manner os Concradiction in it, it follors, ibat
  79. 720, 721
  80. such arbine is Postible. And from ib at NeceI
  81. Flavine non some Firm Cround or Poorine 10 Cary Existence included in ibis Idea, added 10
  82. stand apon; a Certaines of Common NOciOnS,
  83. without mhich nothine contd be proved by Rea-
  84. Con; ve sall endeavour by means bereos, 10De-
  85. monstrate she FXistence os a God from bis Idea.
  86. ihe Poltibilier shereos, it furiber follores, 1b ut it
  87. actualIY 15. A Necestary Pxillene BCinB, is
  88. Postible, 15; Because upon ibe supposition of ils
  89. Nonlxiltence, it vould be impostible for it
  90. ibid. ever so havebeen. Notso in Concingene chines.
  91. Cartelius bis Onderrakine 1o doc this with A Pertect Beins, is cither Imposible 10 bave
  92. Mathematical F vidence; as ibis Idea includetb
  93. in it Decessary Fxistence. This Areument bi-
  94. iberro not se Suecessfull, it beine by many conctu-
  95. ded 20be a Sophilm. That ve sall imparriallus
  96. set doron al that ve can, both F’or it, and A-
  97. Been, or etse it 15. Were God Postible, and yet
  98. NOT, Ile vould not be a DeceltarY Vut COn
  99. cingent Beins. Plomever no Siress laid upon tbis.
  100. 24, 72
  101. Anorber Plainer ArgUMenE, for ihC L xillence
  102. cainstit; leavine orbers 1o mate a Judemens. oE a Cod, from bis Idea. W bat soever We can
  103. 722 frame an Idea of in our Minds, implyine no
  104. First, Against ihe Carcelian Demonstracion of Concradiction, ibis cicher actualIY IS, or else

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