of the soul considered. ^S9

part of the effect might as well exist withouta cause, as another. And then I suppose itWould be needless to philosophize fartherabout any thing. If it were possible that any-one truth could fall , or be not-truth ; noother truth could be trusted to: but ratherall truth would fall with it; because alltruth proceeds equally from the same eternalReason or Mind, and is equally necessary init. And the final result of all would be, thedenying this eternal Mind itself: and thenindeed an endless night of darkness wouldcover the understanding, and the differencebetween truth and fallhood cease for ever.For as eternal Truth leads to an eternalMind , where it was eternally known, andsubsisted : so, supposing that away, the rea-son of things fails. And what man can en-dure to think of a necejfary absence of reasontn nature, an universal defect of truth! Yetthis abhorred confusion doth the taking awaythe above principle lead us directly to, TheSceptic could not then have a reason for de-nying. Denying supposes truth ; some certainprinciple : and therefore an eternal Reason.So inconsistent is he with himself! to be con-sistent, he should be for ever silent. His ve-A a 4 ry