Matter not eternal and uncaused\ 357

^em. There are not more marks of an effecta ^out a house , or astatue, than can be (hewna bout the rudest piece of matter; not so ma-n y> as about the least assignable part of it, ifconsider the constituent particles of an af~! § n ab!e part, and the parts of a house, or sta-as such. Why ssiould I allow, if I finda piece of wood shaped, that this ssiape was^ v en it by something ? and if I consider any^her part of matter as ha vingstoape, that this^ a pe was given it by nothing? Or if I finde piece of wood tying anywhere, that it was

./opt there, or laid there, by something; and.rtof ma ttcx as placed, that

* — tno- ?

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. 1 consider any part 01 mau.. ... x

laid there, ox placed there by nothing?ef tainlyif we consider this point cooly, the^ re -> the quantity, the location of any partlatter, will as readily lead our thoughtsa cause of them, not matter ; as the dimen-'figure, &c.of a house, lead us to a cause

^heirg not the house itself.

j. Moreover, matter is a thing movcahle,fituable , with respect to other mat-Ho ' ^ e *" e are P a hive qualities of matter,powers in it, but capacities or properties,

creby it j s capable of being variousty af-A a 3 feetcd