A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 279
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The machine reads it as
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- the Doctrine of the Trinier.
- Vriters, Who have uled that Expression. Posserin.
- Appar. in
- A5 irtien S. Ferom Paich, That C0d is self Cone-
- Originated; and S. Aucustin, that 60d is brard.
- the Cause of his oon Wrisdom; and Lactan-
- tius, that God made himsels; aII these
- and such likre Exprections are only to be
- Nesatirelr understood.
- But PconFols I aimed at pewing, that
- it as impossible For us to have any clear
- and distinct Idea OF Eternity, and there-
- Fore Prook in all possible mazs ot concei-
- ins it cither by Ciods beine trom him-
- selF, or his Co existing wieh all differen-
- ces ot Time, Wvithour anr succestion in
- his omn Beins; or his havins a successire
- Duration. Erom all irtrich largued che
- Impossibilier ot a clear Nocion of Fter-
- nity. And nor Wrhrac do these Men do:
- They dispute against one ol chele Nori-
- Ons, and verz triumphantly expole, as
- ther chink, the Absurdities ot it. And
- Whatthen: Why then this Notion will not
- do. But I Pay none will do.
- Tprove there ean Be no (ucceltire D-
- ration in a Being of necessary Existence:
- and that it is nOt to De conceived, HOW
- Wwichoue Succestion God Mould DC prolene
- Wich the Beins, and noc Beins, thC PrO.
- mise and Pertormance ot thelamethine;
- and y et onc of chese mays wemust inatie
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A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity, fol. 279. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/727097563:0351?run=74