35 6 ObjeSHons to the immateriality

advantages of becoming popular and gainingground. Now, though the truths evincedin the preceding sections render any difficul-ties of this kind not very formidable ; yetthese considerations make it necessary to ap-ply the principles laid down above to the dis-cussing our particular prejudices, and the ar-guments that have been raised from them*Some men perhaps cannot take this pains forthemselves; and the greatest part have theirthoughts taken up about quite different mat-ters : and yet both these sorts of person*might be willing to take a review of thi Ssubject, if things were set in right order be-fore them. The Sceptic's whole art in th**affair has been to apply ambiguous appealances to his own side of the question. ^ambiguous appearances I mean, thosepha# 0 'tnena in a fate of union , which seem at fit'sfight to infer the materiality of the soul-,upon a near er view are sound to be veryfiftent with its immateriality. The symptom*and disorders of the body, which the f° umust be sensible of in a state of union ; b?cause the foul mufi be sensible of them,been artfully given out for the fympto^and disorders of the foul itself: where j £ 1

obvious