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A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock, fol. 42

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  4. hor little serrico thes do to Relision,
  5. Wrho ectablim the main Principles ot it
  6. upon fuch an uncertain foundation, as the
  7. Nature ot a thins, oE which we arc 10
  8. very ionorant, a5 we certainly arc, et
  9. What the Sont is. ITer Operations re hare
  10. Clear Ideas ot, and theretore trom our ca-
  11. pacits ot discernins and chusine cood or
  12. Fril; and trom thePorver, Wildom, aud
  13. Coodnels oFCiod, whichme mascertanli
  14. Hnor to bclons to his Nature; we hare
  15. very sood Arsuments, and great proba
  16. Dilities ot a Future state ot Punimments,
  17. aud Rerards; luch as no considerins Man
  18. can deur, and rrithin crery ones Under-
  19. ctandins. But rhieu thesouls Immorta-
  20. lity is laid to depend upon such Supnosi-
  21. tions aS This, That the Sout alvays thintes, Or
  22. ThaE IEiS Immaterial, What can thc con:
  23. lequence De, bue, tomakre Men think they
  24. hare very licele alturance ot a Future Lite,
  25. ertien cher Aind chemselres so much in the
  26. dark as co those Principles upon which it
  27. is Cllablid, that tho srcateit Proots ot
  28. them are dranu trom our lgnorance: AS
  29. thac We cannor conceive hon Matrer Mould
  30. De capablo oF Tuch and Tuch POrers as ve
  31. perccire in the Soul; or (as the Remarker
  32. Obicets) nhat che Soul 15, Wrhen MC 15
  33. rithout chouehts.
  34. But con d cheImmaterialitr oF the Soul
  35. beprordtoDeascertain, a5 it is highir
  36. probable, ic cannerer be ot sood conse-
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A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock, fol. 42. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797937889:0054?run=74