352 Matter not eternal and uncaufe^'

matter, a self-existent cubical atom.ration is one of those things which unavo^

1

necessarily; but matter must exist particularly , _ ,jnot what Logicians call an Universals a partetherefore its particular existence muss be deters ^Now since matter can only exist particularly, ^l>dno general existence, it cannot exist withouttermined by an external cause as to place. An , ^its existence hath no necejfary relation to place,necejfary. Here the Objeblor supposes matter osl ceas to place, (or once determined in itsexistence) no matter how: and having supp°‘ ehe contends no determination is necessary, and ^ ^argument from determining its particular location I ,aforce to shew that it could not be felf-exstent.

The argument which writers make use of tomatter doth not exist necesiarily, is this: If inat tet ^ r j}ynot necessarily in this place, it doth not exist ^in another place; and therefore it exists necess ari -place. The strength of this argument would be h c j gfl gtb)ceived perhaps, if it were drawn out at greaterwhich may be done in the following manner- pe-ls matter exists necessarily at all, it either eX ^cessarily in no place ; or in all places ; or lastly* fapp 0 'place it is supposed to be in. These are allsitions that can be made, and yet they are adictory. As to the firsts if matter be said to eX| ^ <jll.sarily in no place , it is denied to exist necestaU^ p^,The property which its existence hath in no p p 6 rty