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III. Now as all truth is consistent with it-self, and as the denying this principle leadsto downright Atheism; so we may observeby the by, that (vice versa ) from the forceof this principle it appears an express contra-diction to assert, that there is no other causebut dead matter in the world. For suppos-ing it some way to have got existence, andnot examining how it could be moved; if°nce there had been nothing but matter, any^ay moved, no effect could have been pro-duced, nor no perfection existed, beyond'vhat is in dead matter; nor active power everhave been exerted: and from this again thenecesiity of an immaterial Being, the causeof the material Universe, is obvious. But

taneous motion by the act of the will. I have (hewn' Ve do no more. The rest is committed to another agency24. sect. 2.) and performed by a steady, unerringcourse of nature (see the Note (z) N-> 35. sect. 2.) andevery thing comes out regular, and in proportion to itscauses. Though the effect doth not answer our design,to which our conduct was diiproportionate; it answersto nature’s steady laws. All this will be applicable to theEjection of the painter and his colours. Where freecausa intervene to disturb the effect, there is no objec-ts or dispute. not