A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. XVI
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The machine reads it as
- The DR F F A C F.
- rent Mode of Subsistence in the same com-
- mon Nature, Which is but One: but this
- Personality beine in such a subject as Man
- is, it from thence follors, that each Per son
- hatha peculiar Substance of his oon; and not
- fromthe Nature of Perlonalier. But When
- ve come toconsider a divine Fssence, Which
- is most perfectly one, and is Wholly uncapa-
- ble of any separate Existence or Accidents,
- there can be no other vay of distinction con-
- ceived in it, but by different Modes of
- Subsistence, or relative Properties in the
- same divine Essence. And herein ve pro-
- ceed, as ve do in our other Conceptions of
- the divine NTature, L. C. uve take avay alt
- Imperfection from God, and attribute only
- that tahim, Wohich is acreeable to his di-
- vine Perfections, althouch the manner of it
- may be above our comprehension. And is
- this be omnine the Trinity ot the MOD,
- am nos ashamed to oon my self to be one of
- them; bat it is not ont of LaZy nelS or
- aftected lenorance, but upon the createst
- and most serious consideration.
- They maycall this a Friniey oE Cyphers,
- Theyplease, hui Y thint more modest and
- decent Languace about these matters vould
- become them asvellas thethines themselves
- much better. And they must prove a lutle
- better than they bave done, that different
- Modes
- L. etter 10
- theeniv
- t7, D. 25.
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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. XVI. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/727097563:0022?run=74