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^ formed by rays of light, which are corporeal things.e% ei -^ er Can ^ lere be an y objection from the power of anl $ oten t Being, who may exhibit extended, figured ima-^ ' without any extended, figured subject, in whichrnay inhere. To bring in Omnipotence to helpan objection, by performing a contradiction, such^ake properties exist by themselves without a sub-ridiculous to the last degree.

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led.

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ers will determine how far this realizes our know-

C concerning matter and material objects, Mr. Locke^ e aks 0 f fi en jif ive knowledge with much fairness and0 j. a ° r 5 giving it the third place, or making the degreesfe /~ Q *.' r knowledge to be intuitive, demonstrative, and' (fee Note (x) N° 23.) but with much fubmis-

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^ 5 tr, e existence of matter in general, or at least of

tu e eria ^ fenfories to which the foul is united, seems to

^ 1 what has been said, to be nearer intuitive than

^ n fi r ative knowledge, if the same perception of parts

^ , Ves to us both the spirit and a materialsensory. Be it

t 0 . 'rill there is but one step in the Demonstration, viz.

but V t h at perceptions, as in the mind, have no parts.

B. confounds perception as in the mind itself,

*-be image perceived in the sensory; and thus endea-

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to make our own perceptions of no use to us in

la ^ the existence of matter. We had the conviction

b e j- °Wn consciousness and perception-, but he made usit ^ Ve We had it not; and then we were at a loss to find

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an y Where else. A certain great Author seems to follow

f^stie. Ct »in f

tract.-" But thought (fays he J we own pre-

t( 2nd confess the reallest of Beings, the only ex-

ence °f which we are made sure by being conscious.

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