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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 272

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  1. A Vindication of
  2. Constiturion of a thine, which is the cround
  3. or support ef al ils Properties. ArCNOL
  4. then (Withour Tristine and Fooline) chele
  5. Real Essences Mysteries to chem: They
  6. Bnow chere are luch by ihe Ldeas oF their
  7. Proverties, buc bnom nothine of cheir
  8. Reat Essence; and vet ther will not al-
  9. lor them 1o be Mysteries: IF chey do
  10. underltand chem, wrhy do they Cay, Ther
  11. do noc, nor cannor: And il this bc truo;
  12. lec them call them irhar ther pleale, ther
  13. must be inexplicable Mysteries eothem. 50
  14. thac all ehis is mere quarrelline about a
  15. Word Which ther mould fain be rid ot,
  16. it cher kneu hor; buc ther involve and
  17. perplex chemlelves more by their onn
  18. deep Reasonines asainst che Tristing and
  19. Foolinz ot Octers.
  20. BIt he Faith, Thac some vould have the
  21. most palpable Absardicies and eross Contra-
  22. dictions io eo donn, or vords tbat sienisie no-
  23. thinz, because men cannot comprehend the
  24. Fssence of theiroon Souls, nor the Essence
  25. ofG0d and other Spiritual Substances. We
  26. uccerly deny, chac any Article ot our Faith
  27. contains in ic any palpable Absurdities,
  28. Or cross contradictions (25 I hope hach
  29. been proved already. as to the Doctrine
  30. of che Triniey irtrich is chieAy SruCk aE)
  31. bur surely zour deep Reasoners may find
  32. adiF.

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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 272. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/727097563:0344?run=74