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latter not eternal and uncaused. 34.3° n sf these ways , and yet neither of them ,

. c " is a repugnancy. This argument holdsrespect tothe^locationof matter in someParticular part of space, since the quantity of1S not immense with respect to the figurehe mass, or of its separate parts; their di-nce > or situation ; its slate of rest ox motion ,the diretiion or velocity oi the motion, if 'be supposed to move. In short, indif-s nc ? as to the manner of existence (that is,nere more ways of existence are all equally£ "hie) is inconsistent with necessity of exi-J nce for all the-'ways being, by supposition,t jj u al!y possible, the necessity of any one ofprevented; and therefore the necessitymanner of existence, or the necessity of^ l "etice in general. In this cafe we are forc-k an external cause determining

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^Particular manner of existence ouiuic 1 hle ones. And this is applicable to thede j l ^ 0n matt£r particularly: for being a^ t ^ tTla dlive substance, as has been made ap-dy and indifferent to the several ways of itsant ^ "ot being able to determine this^in rCnce an externa l cause todeter-rig e ^he manner of its existence is absolutelye uary ; an q g nce j t could not exist at all' 7 -< but