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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. III

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  2. By foine out of the common Roads; jet
  3. ther may meet with orhers; Which they did
  4. not foresee. Which may make them as vell as
  5. others judse it, at last. a wiser and safer
  6. course to keep in the same vay, which the
  7. Christian Cburch hath used, ever since it
  8. hath aereed to express her Sense in such
  9. Terms, Which vere thoucht most proper for
  10. that purpose. For in such cases, the Ori-
  11. rinal and Critical Signification of vords is
  12. not so much to be attended, as the use tber
  13. are applied to, and since no other can be
  14. found more sienisicant or proper for that end:
  15. it loots like vielding 100 great advantare to
  16. our Adversaries, tosive up the Boundaries
  17. ef our Faith. For althouch there be a dif-
  18. ference betveen the necessary Article of
  19. Faith it self, and the manner of expressine
  20. it, so that those may truely believe the
  21. Substance of it, who differ in the Rxplica.
  22. tion; vet since the Sense of the Article hath
  23. been generally received under those terms,
  24. there seems to be no sufficient reason to sub
  25. stitute neu ones instead of the old. Wvhich
  26. con hardly be done, without reftectine on
  27. the Fionour of the Christian Church, anc
  28. sivine occasion for very unreasonable FLeat5
  29. and Disputes, amone those, who, if ve
  30. may believe their oun vords, aeree in the
  31. same fundamental Doctrine; Vi2. a Triniey

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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. III. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/727097563:0009?run=74