andshewn inconclusive. 255

, areI y doubts, if he offers to dispute with

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s n sdf whether they are-, or to convince them

-Sings themselves, in order to be satisfied

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they are not: for this disputing supposes_ e reality of the thing he pretends to doubt\£). But when one undertakes to demon-strate

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^ fide. And a certain great Author is sometimes^ and gives us a scheme of virtue independent

<l e sy s^eity; and sometimes a regular and precise Aca«t yt, tt There is nothing so foolish and deluding (faysi t ' a s -a partial Scepticisin. For while the doubt isit ^ only on one side, the certainty grows so much% r ° n £ e r on the other.” Can any thing be morethan to cast the doubt upon two opposite and con-1 (j propositions, as if both might be false, or both true!th > mean that objections should not be put with allH^’ r f °rce: but there are some truths so glaring that aCa nnot cas doubt upon them, without committingto v, olence on his reason. The art of writing is madetti e in keeping an æquilibrium between the argu-i'fitis 8 ° n opposite sides. This may catch a little vain ap-^' s a S a * n fi the interests of truth, and a-

itl^ ^- r - Woollason fays, [Sect. 3. Prop. 4. pag. 43.

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