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i\I E T A P II Y S

e s.

miod docs lidli ciendy Ic.d us iOlo Ihe koowleJgc or

C odo

For

wtll hence fulJow, th,lt a:l od1C:r know ·

ing bdTlgs th.n luvl! a

lJ~glnlling

1ll11rt

c.h:p(.'nd

him,

:I.nd

h.l\ ~

no o:hcr ways of

kno\Vl~dgc

or (xtt!n t of

powcr

th ¡tn

\\hAl

he givts lhc/11; and

t I

en.rore

m:llle

thore ,

he madc alfo

lhe

lds

cxccllc.:nt

picas

th;s uni\·crfG. all

iJlIIJ/i}//((/~

podio,

whcreuy hls

o1J/1Ji–

i~fJu.

1'''''Iurr ,

ancl

pr{;vid.:,:ce,

wi ll

be e(labilthl.:cI

and

frOIn {hence al! hls othcr 3uribulCs nccl.!lTArily follow.

Ollr

~1J1'JtW1:·d¡;<

Ojr , fe

(xifh'na of

o/he,.

,1Jl".r./.

knowkdge of our own bcing

w('

have

hluitior.:

T he cxiHcnce

01 ;.\

Dod, rtafon

clearly m.d,c!- known

uso

The

J.,.ow/,·dgr

th~

CXijl"IICt

of any other

(hing,

we can h,l\'e

only

fon/nl h n ;

for tr-cre bClng no nc,

cetTúy

conn::dion

r~ol

e.'ijh'l/u

,..

ilh :lny

iJ.

a m.1 n

hath

his mcmory; nor of any othcr cxiflellee. bUIlllat

(;".1,

wil h lhe

exifle~ee

of any partieuliH mJn; no

pan icul

Olan can know lhe exiflcncc of .tny olhel bcing,

blH

0:11)'

..l!d"len.

aauiilly operali ng epon him. il m,¡,kes

itrd f be pereeivcd by him.

~rhl!

h.wlng lhe

icl~fI

of ilny

Ihing in ou r mind, no more pro"es the exinence of lhat

thing. lhan thl!

pi~l1re

of a Illan e\·idenees his bting in

lhe world, or lhe "ilions of a dreaOl m.lkc lhereoy a true

hillory.

is {hereJore {heaanal

rece1\'ingof i'/~<lJ

flom

\'.'it holH. lhal gi\'cs us notice

(lf

lhe cxiltc:nce of other

lhir-gs. ;md mí!.kes us know thal romething dOlh exift

at that time withol:t

liS,

which c,¡u(cs that

id<-'a

in us,

t!lough pcrhaps \Ve neither kno\V nor cor¡(ider how

do!s ir; for

takcs not from the

c~r/ail!/J

of ou r

fcofes. and lhe

id~fJJ

we recei,'c by lhem, lhat we

know not the manne r whereio they are produced. This

IJOt;C~

we han.!

our

nftl

of the exining of things

without -ns, though it be

n OI

;¡ltogelher fo certain ;¡S

¡" Iuiti' f/

amI

dCII:!I'iflrfl/i~n,

dcfeJ\'es the narneof know·

leci ~e,

we perfuade ou rfdves that Our faculties aét and

inform us righ t q)ncerning the exifl cnee of

lhoCe

objeéts

that

?fTeét

thern . But befides the a(furanee \Ve have from

Ollr

follf u

themfch'cs, rAJal they do nOl err in the infor·

m:nion the)' gi ve us of lhe exiHence of thines WitllOUl US,

we h:tve othcr concurrent reafons : As,

Filj l ,

is phin

thofe pcreeplions ;¡re produced in l1S by exterior caufes af·

fc\.9i n~

our fenfcs, bec;¡ufc [hore th;¡t want lhe

orgallJ

any

f <:tIfo

never ean have the

id~(lJ

bdonging tO th;H fcnre

prouueeci in thci r minds. 1'IIis is

100

cviden t lO bc doubt·

eó; anu thcrefore we cannot bOl be alrurco, that they

come in by lhe organs of th'tt [cnfe,

~nJ

no other way .

S c'cr.lldlj·,

Bceaufe we finJ f0111t tiOlCS lhat \Ve cannot

:wo'cl

lhe ha\'log thofe

Idc:nl

produceJ in our Olinds.

, Vh,,:n my e)'cs

tl.fC

(11m , [ e,ln al ple.lrure rl'c;\1I lO my

mind rhe

id~aJ

lighl,

or lhe

fun,

which former (eo·

falioo, haJ lodgt d io my memory: BUI ir I luro my "yes

w\V,lrds Ihe

fun ,

1 cannm a\'oid lhe

id(flf

whieh lhe

ligh

0 1'

Ihe

{tUl

then produces in me. ' ''hich (hews a

manífcH di(ference

b~t

\Vcen thofe

id~Of

Llirl. up in the

memory, ann futh as force lhemrcl \lcs upon us, anu \ve

cannot ,,-"oid havinf. . r\nd Ihcr ...forc it mufl n<.'eds he

fome

e~/~r¡or

e;,mrc. \\hofc

ffi..:

!l.cy

I eannut rd iH.

th.tt

prt,dUl;~S

thure

id~aJ

in my mind whu hn

will or no.

Rdid es , Ihere is nfJbody \4ho

dOlh

oot pt.:rceivc the

¿iITerence in himfd r, belwecn

"c~uall)'

looking upon Ihe

/1111 .

;!nJ eontempl Hing [he

id<-'o

he has

ir in his

rr.~.

IW"Y; .a.n J

tht.:l..:.!ore

h"th c'!rt.tio knowlc lee, th"t

thc}' arc

1I0l bOlh

mC010ry or Caney, out thal aétualte ... in{!

h,IS 2

e~l1(c

wnhou t .

Thil'dly.

AJd

Ihis, lh" maoy

MMI

are prooue,d

in us with polin, whieh \Ve arterwards remember without

Ihe

leafl off...:nce. T hus the pain of

h~(I/

co/d,

wh:n

the

i'/~a

01'

il is

receiv~d

in our minds, gire!; us no dif–

turbance, whi-.:h, when fclt, was vcrv trouble(ome

and

we remcmbt r the pain of

hflnger,

Ih·i'jl.

h.~od·cch.

& c.

without any pain at all, which woulJ eitht.: r never ciil1urb

us, or

el.re

eonfbmtly do il, as often as we thoughl of it,

wcre Ihcre nothi ng

bUI

ideal

AoatioB in ou r minds,

and appcaranecs entl!rtaining our fan cies , wilhout lhe real

cxiflcnce of things arretling us from abrol d .

FOllrlhly,

Our

J~nreJ

in nuny eafes bear witnefs tO the

trUlh of eaeh other's repon eoncerning Ihe exiftcnce of

fcnlible things withou't us: he that doubts wheo he fees

a file ,

whether it be

rC.:JI,

may, ¡fhe pi are, feel it too;

and

l'y

lhe exql1lfitc pain he will be convinceJ,

rilar

it ¡s

n..n abare

¡.Ita

phall/o1J/.

Ir arler alI Ihis, aoy one wilI be fo

fc_plical,

dill ruH his feofes, ano

queflioo Ihe exiflenee nr all

thing; . or ou r knowledge of any thing. let him eonrider

that {he ccrt.tinty of 1hings exiCllng

r~r(lJllnolura,

when

we have the tcUímony of our fenf(s for it, is nOl onl y as

grcftt as our fr;1me can attaio tOobu

as ou r eondilion nreds.

F or our

fat.:ttllin

being not (uiteJ tO thc fu ll extcnt of

being, nor a cleu eomprehcnfi\'c knowledge of all things,

bUI tO lhe pre(erv;uion of us in whom they are, and ac–

commodalcd

Ihe ufe or lire; Ihey ferve our purpofe

wdl enough, if they will but give us eenain notice of

thof~

things [hat are convenient or incon\'enieut to us :

For he lhat fees a

condh

bu rning, 2nd has experimented

the force of [he fl ame, by puning his finser in it, will

Jiule doubt that Ibis is fomething exifling \YithO\:l him

which does him harm. and PUts him to pain ; which is

alfu'rance enough ; when no man rcquires greatcr c('n ain–

ty to gO\'ern his atlions

by,

than what is as ceuaio as his

a[tion's tt:emfdves: So lhat this eviJ enee is as great as

\Ve

can delire, being as certain

us as our pleafu re or

pai n, lhat ¡s,

I,o/,pill.·} ·

mifi.·IJ· ;

beyond which we ha\'c

no eoncernmcnt eilhcr uf knowing or ucing.

In fine, when our

fetlJ'"ú

doth atlually convey into our

underrlandings any

idl.:a,

we are affured lhal lht re is

fome1.hing al lhat timt:

r~ally

c:>.:iJlillg

without us o Eu t

this knowledge eXlends only as far as the pre(ent tdIi·

mon}' uf our (coCes, employed abont particu lar objetls,

lh:l[ do Ihen a{ft:a them, and no farthe r.

~ry

reeing a

7IJall

minute finee, is no cenain argurncnt of his prtfcnt

exiflence.

As wheo our

1m!",

are aélually ct1ll'loyeo ,boul aoy

obj ca, \Ve kno\V lhal

does cxi.

fo by our Olemor y

we may be afrllrcd,

thdt

herctorore lhings that

alfcl't·

ed our

f~l/f~1 h.liJ~ o..ifl~d :

And th us wC! have the

knowlcdge of the pan exiHence of fn

'cr.tl

th~llCs.

whcrc?f

ou~({'nft::s

h,.\,inA infiJrmcd us , our

mCll1ort~S

0111

ret2tn

the

i.I::(I1;

anJ uf lhis \Ve are pa Il all J Ollbt. fo long ;,as

\Ve rcmemher well.

As tO the

e,'(ifl~I/N

/pi .. iIJ,

ou r h;n'inf!

i'/~aJ

lhe", does nOI makc

liS

know Ihal any fueh Ihings do cxilt

WilL.OUt