From all which I conclude,
every moment with all the sensible impressions I perceive>.
, from the variety, order, and manner of these, I conclude
, , , comprehension>. it well; I do not say, I see things by
perceiving that which represents them in the intelligible
Substance of God. This I do not understand; but I say, the things
by me perceived are known by the understanding, and produced by
the will of an infinite Spirit. And is not all this most plain
and evident? Is there any more in it than what a little
observation in our own minds, and that which passeth in them, not
only enables us to conceive, but also obliges us to acknowledge.
. I think I understand you very clearly; and own the
proof you give of a Deity seems no less evident than it is
surprising. But, allowing that God is the supreme and universal
Cause of an things, yet, may there not be still a Third Nature
besides Spirits and Ideas? May we not admit a subordinate and
limited cause of our ideas? In a word, may there not for all that
be ?
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