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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 275

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  1. the Doctrine of the Priniey.
  2. others inhom he calIS Mysterious Wits:
  3. The Duection 15, Wrhecher any ching
  4. oughe to be rejectedas an Article ot Paict,
  5. becaule we cannoc comprehend it, orhave
  6. a clear and distinet Perception oF it: HC
  7. concludes it must D0 l0, Or elle ve over-
  8. throu Relicion, and the Nature of Man-
  9. and the Wisdom and Goodness of 6od.
  10. Here is an Fsencial Actribure oF God, viz.
  11. his Eternirr. Am Ibound to beliere it
  12. Or BOT: Tes, doubeless. Buc hor can I
  13. comprehend this Atcribure ot Fcernitr:
  14. Very easily. HToW (0: D0 not von compre
  15. hend that it is incomprehensible : WhaC
  16. then: Doch ehis reach cheNature ot che
  17. chins, or onty che manner oF our Con-
  18. ception: IF the Nature of the thine be-
  19. that it cannot be comprehended, then vou
  20. richely understand the Nature of the ching.
  21. and jo it is not above jour Reason. L et
  22. the Case be noi put as tothe Trinity;
  23. do rou beliere che Doctrine ol IF, a5 oF
  24. Divine Rerelation: No, Cod hath civen
  25. me the Nature, and Faculties, of a Man
  26. and lcan believe nothine, Which Y cannot
  27. have a distinct and clear Idea of: other-
  28. vise T must have nem Faculties. Will vou
  29. hold eo chis Principle. Phen vou must
  30. beliere nothine, Which rou cannochavea
  31. slar and dittinet idea ot. Very erue.
  32. BIHF

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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 275. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/727097563:0347?run=74