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ra  ran(
Mr.  LEIeNIrz  s  First
Paper.
BEING
An  Extract  of  a  Letter  Written  in
November,  1715.
Atural  Religion  it  self,  seems
to  decay  (in  England)  very
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much.  Many  will  have
.
Human  Souls  to  be  material:
Others  make  God  himself  a  corporeal  Being.
2.  Mr.  Locke,  and  his  Followers,  are
uncertain  at  least,  whether  the  Soul  be  not
Material,  and  naturally  perishable.
3.  Sir  Isaac  Newton  says,  that  Space  is
an  Organ,  which  God  makes  uſe  of  to  perceive ¬
  Things  by.  But  if  God  stands  in
need  of  any  Organ  to  perceive  Things  by,
it  will  follow,  that  they  do  not  depend  altogether ¬
  upon  him,  nor  were  produced  by
him.
4.  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  and  his  Followers,
have  also  a  very  odd  Opinion  concerning
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