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r,¡

E T A

quirc..\ to rorm :\

1~.:hI

jldgl·lcnf.

~r'ld

prC"rcn:on lhe

I"/'{.I:I

lO lhe

C' ;OL'lICt:

arod

rr o/I"hilil)'

01 Ihe dHng.

which

111lS a,,.:1 f<tlls ;:¡rcoru nr. as the (\\lO found'Hior.s of ere–

tiilihty

f;\von r

0 1"

con! r ..

,lIél

it.

Thef\! are

liJ~I :!

to ruch

t .tri.!ty of ('olllruy (\bl":ry;¡tions, circun)(iances, rc.-pons,

t::llrrrs .

Jdip.n...

ov,.'r.(j,~ht.

éc.

of rrpon crs, l!t.n

il11pJlflulc lO r('duce la prl!Clrc

rulc~

lhe ,-"nnus d,

~rccs

,',hcrcin

111(11

~¡ve

It)ci r

nJ/c-III.

'rhis

t::,en\!rOll

OlJy

{lid, dut as l he

pro'.!I,

upon

oue

ex .lOllnat lon. (h ..1I

; ny

O:lC

appcar in a RTcate r or kfs J t"gr('c la prcpondcr::ue

0 0 citheT fide, fa tht'Y

iH ':

(i ltcd la produce in 1he mind

fud; d tlT.:rcnt

e:lt'!rtÓ\lnmcr. u,

as are c .. JJcd

h_li~f,

COIl–

j.·n:lr~

. ..

t!,,~/i .

'tf,;ul l ,

'W."'J~rill.":.

dijJruJl,

di/b,lte/ .

s.:c.

is a

r:JIt·

gt!nerall), "'rprovcd, , h

:\Ily

teflIIllony,

t h~

r..

nhcr off it is remo\'cJ (rom the

"igin.tl

truth, the

I~fs

force· it hilS :

And in

/radi:io'1al

truThs, c<tch rcmo"c

we.tkens thc force o( the

preof.

Thcre

nd~

quite con–

trary to this, ad ....ilnced by fome men, who look on

opi

. i'NI

to gaio force by

~rowine

o/der.

Upo'n t!lis grounu ,

propoGtions evidently fillfe o r doubtfuJ

thC'ir

fidl

begio .

ning, come by

:10

inverted

rul,:

proha6;/:I)

tO p"fs for

lIulh"n/;c

truths; a nd thoCe which dc:Cer"ed Jillle credit

f.om

the moulhs

thei ..

fidl

rch.rors, are thougln togrow

tJtn,ra6l,

by age, anJ are urflcJ ::.s llndeniable.

BUl

cc:!rttlio it is, that no

prob.1hililJ

can

rife

nbove

i/I

firfl

Origilldl.

\Vha has

other eVldence th an

Ih e

fingl e

,.nimony of

,"ilmp .

mun rhnu or fa:1 by his

only

td limony, though afterw.nos cited by hundr.:ds of others;

and is fo

f.n

from receiving any Hrength thereby. lh:u it

beeomes the we:!.ker

be::aufe palTion, interen, inadvcr.

tency, miClake of his meaning, anu a thoufand odd rea–

funs, which eapricious meDsminds arealleo

by,

may make

one man quote anolher's words or rnc3ning wrong. This

eenain. tbat what

one

age

was alhrmed opon Oight

grour.ds

, can ne'rer afler come tO be ml)re \'aJjd

future

ag" by beiog of,en repea,ed .

!h~

focond fort ofprohahi/if} ,

is concerning thines not

falling under the reach of our. Cenres. and {herefore Dot

capa&le ..f ,en imony : Anu fueh are.

lfl.

The exiflenct', nature, .and optrations of

]fl1i/e

;mmalu·i,,1

beings wilhout us,

a.s

(I'irilr, IInge/r.

&.c. or

tht:

exifler.ce

ma/friol

bl!ing' , Cuch as. for thcir rma ll·

neCs or

remoltn~fs.

our

f~lIftr

cannot t:IKe notice of

whtther rhere be any

plantr.

animolr ,

&.c. in

theplant l.J,

ano other nloln!ions ofthe

'un

univerCe.

'2dly.

C oneerning

lhe

manncr

operarion in mofl

paru

of the \Vork, of

nalur,

whcrcin lhough

\IJC

(ee the fen·

tibie

(ff.nl

yet their caufes are ur,k nown, and we r er–

c~ive

nut tlle: ways and manner how they

:\rc

prod'lccd.

' Ve

fee

a'1;mall

are generated, nouriCherl. aDd move; l hc

loodjlon~

draws

¡roll,

&c. But the caufe9 t!lcH 0reratc,

aod the mann"':r (hey are produeed in , "e eoln oniy cuefs,

and pro'l:\bly

c('nje~ure..

theCe:

OlilltCn

ana!f',~)

is thc

nly

hdp

have ; 2nd it is (rom that alonc

d r2w

:111

our grounds of

proh"bi/;IJ .

Th\u oh(crv,nr,..

{h,n

lhe

Late

r ubbinJt o( two bodics 'riolt ntly upon on,e :tnother. r tO–

d uce!!.

hrnl,

ano very ofren

fir~,

h~ve

rcafé'l1 tO lhirk,

l hu

\1,

h:.t \Ve cal!

~.JI

ancl

fi"~

eoo(jHs in a

en;..

n vil,I\ nt

ngit:;uioo

or (he

impC'trcr(ilJlc.: miroutc

r~ns

(¡ftl ,('

bUlnl(1~

antier

1·his fo n

OfPIUI'I,II/,I) ,

Wllldl is (h, bdl (('n·

VC1.. llJ.

77.

e s.

2 C. t

dull of ralional cx pcrimcntl, :lno ,he riCe

",!()!h,[u.

has alfo its uC" and influence, And a

w:try

re;.foo ing (rom

ol:a/cCJ'

leads

oflen inlo {he difcol'cl y of

Iru fhJ

am!

ufe(ul

deduf/ionJ,

which would OIhcrwifc lie conecaled.

'C'hough lhe common expclience, ac::.1 lhe orJin3fy conrCe

or things, llave a miglny innuencc on the: minds

men,

to makc them gi \'e or rerufe credil

2ny thing propofed

to thei r belicf

yel there is ooe ca

wh: rcin {he llrangc.

nefs uf ,he faél

leff~ ns

no' ,he

".lfcnl

'o a

f.ir

,eUimony

given of

il.

For where Cuch Cuperni\lu ral

tvrn/I

aie fuit·

abl(! lOcncl:¡ 2imed at by

HiOl

wh o

Ins

lhe power to change

{he col1rfe of naturc, lhere, uraiel fueh circumnanccs, they

may be the fiuer to proc:.: re bclief. by how much the more

thc::y are: beyondor conlrary roordinaryobravation .

This

lhe propc::r

cOI

(e of

mirndo

which. well alte:ned .

nOl

ol~ly

finc.1

credi~

lhem(e1 vcs, but gi\'e

al(o lO other

Iru/I:I.

Thcre are propofi,ions ,ha! challengc the highefl de- o

~rec:

of ou r

aJ/enl

upon bare teClimooy, whethcr the thing

propofed abrt:c or diCagree with common cxpcri.:oce and

lhe ordina, y courre of thing' or no : Thc reaCon wncre':'

of ¡s, becauCc tbe tdlimony is of fuch

Ollt

as cannot

deccive nor be deceived; and th at is

Cod

himfelf. This

carries with it cc:n :linty beyond dcubI, evidence beyond

e xc('ptiOD. This is called by a peculiar Dame,

rtvtla/;. n.

a nd oar

"jfor.t

tO it.

í4ith,

which has as much ecrtaio(y'

in i, as our knowledge ',felf ; and we m.y as

w.n

doubt

Our own

6!ing,

as we can whcther any

revela/ion

from.

C. d

Iru, .

So ,ha!

failh

is a re"l.d and rure princi–

pie

Ufoll/

and

affuranc~,

a nd Icaves no O1anner of .

room for doubt o r heritation; onJy we

mua

b('

Cure, that

be a d iTine

rttUlalion,

and that we undern.tnd, it

righc, elte \Ve

O\all

expoCe our(elves tO ali the extrav:¡·

gancy or

u :thuJiaflll,

and alJ the error of w rong prindpJe"

if we hi\ve

fai/h

and

aIuranu

in what is COl

divine

r~·

vela/ion.

OfwJfon -

T M, word

" afon.

Englifh.

has different Ggnifica–

tion, . Sometimu

is taken for

Iru,

aod 'c1~ar

princi.

pler;

Comeumc9 for

clear'

andfa;r

dtduflionJ

from thoCe

principlC'!; ;. rometimes for lhe

CQu/ t ,

and particularly (or

,he

fi" ,,1

caufo:

Bu, ,he confidera,ion \.e [h.1I h". of it

he re,

¡,

fl ands .{or a

facu/ly

whcreby

1Jfon

is Cuppo.

Ceo to be diningu.thed from

ó,ajh.

anJ wherein it is evi–

dent hc r.1uch Curpaffes them .

Reafon is n«cffary , bo,h for ,he enl. rgement of pur

knowledge. anc! reguli\ting our antnt; for ie hath to do'

ooth in knowJl!dge and opinion, and

necetrHy and af–

fi:ling to

;¡J I

our other intelleéluaJ f3.C'ulties; and ¡noeed

eon t:tinC'

l u'~

of thclO .

t/iz.

fi rft.

Sogof;~) ,

\\hcieuy it

fi nd5

int(:lm~diale

iirar ;

f('conJly.

JI/ulion,

whereby

(i)

orders i\nd difpofcs of thl.:m , as to dlfcover what

conneélion Ihcre is io e..ch link of ,he ch,lio, whereby

the

eXlr~ratS

are

hcJd

rogtlher, and the reby, as it were.

to cfr41lV lOio

ViClV ..

h:!

truth fou gh l

(or;

hlch

that \Ve

nll

,I. ~ ,,',

o:"

il~rn a:.:~

•

!r.d

~on(iffs

nothing blH (h e

rl.fccption

lhe

conn~(titln

tIlere

¡,

~et

.... cr:n

tillo'

Id~1I1

l H)¡

fkp

(If

It:.C

·du8IUn; whcrcby lhe mind

COIl1t"S t O

h'': l.\:J...:r lhe

c<'I~;:i:J a~rl!:C1'!n{

dIlJ~rt:cm'nt

~ny

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