368 Matter not eternal and uncaused-

in denying that ever it was thus passiveany thing, or at any time. In short, it i s t0bid us shut our eyes, and make no fa rt ^5enquiry, but allow matter to be an eternalp a JJive lump. If we fay a thing was done, al ?at no time, we deny that it was done:the fame manner, if we fay an effect ^performed and by no cause , we deny it toan effect. To fay matter was eternallygured, or extended, is an affeBed ,, unial egible expression, which, attentively confi^ed, grows into a contradiction; for anydone , as matter figured, extended, &£• lS ^thing done, must partake of the comrn 011 ^sections of time, place , and a cause; info 113 ? .that if we deny any of these inseparabletions concerning the thing done, we det>f ^thing itself to be done. Matter extended, 3

yet by no cause , and at no time , or nois matter not extended, no matter.

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XIII. And for this reason that a t ^done must be done in some time, 1113 ^cannot be an eternal effect of an eternal s®which is the second hypothesis I mentio^^by which some philosophers have endea ved to maintain the eternity of matter. ^|j2