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May we not here say, that this is a cowa y of doubting, which forces Des Ca } ^to make an almighty devil of the Deity 0fore he can make his doubting feasible? *■, 'who have the lamest notions of the B^ty'conceive him as something perfect: heelsewhere, Ex quibus. satis pat et ilium \

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to such men as Cartes , and I believe n°dy will deny it; was it philosophical if 1to suppose God a deceiver, merely tb^splight doubt os truths, which othct^ 1 jforced his assent ? Pray observe wheth es .do him injustice. He says, Nam fi'° e .^lem> five dormiam , duo & tria ftmulfunt quinque, quadratumque non pluf abet lat er a qudm quatuor-, nec fieridetur ut tdm perfpicuœ veritatis in foJ* 6 ,nem falfttatis incurrant: and yet in th ery next sentence the reason why he tof these self-evident truths, is no betterbecause God may be a deceiver. -* S / mmighty inconsistent to suppose an e<V j a iJi