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as_o this_o before_o we_o charge_n nonsense_n and_o heresy_n two_o very_a vile_a word_n upon_o all_o that_o subscribe_v not_o to_o this_o his_o new_a and_o before_o unheard_a of_o opinion_n i_o must_v profess_v i_o never_o meet_v with_o the_o like_a in_o any_o sober_a author_n and_o hardly_o in_o the_o most_o licentious_a libeler_n the_o nature_n of_o the_o subject_a i_o have_v according_a to_o my_o poor_a ability_n discuss_v and_o find_v myself_o thereupon_o extreme_o to_o dissent_v from_o this_o author_n be_o yet_o by_o no_o mean_n willing_a to_o pass_v for_o a_o nonsensical_a heretic_n for_o my_o pain_n for_o must_v it_o be_v nonsense_n not_o to_o own_o contradiction_n viz._n that_o one_o infinite_a spirit_n be_v three_o distinct_a infinite_a spirit_n or_o must_v it_o be_v heresy_n not_o to_o subscribe_v to_o tritheisme_n as_o the_o best_a and_o most_o orthodox_n explication_n of_o the_o article_n of_o the_o trinity_n as_o for_o nonsense_n it_o must_v certain_o imply_v the_o 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st._n austin_n will_v have_v no_o person_n who_o be_v so_o charge_v to_o be_v silent_a why_o in_o the_o first_o place_n we_o must_v search_v and_o inquire_v whether_o it_o be_v so_o or_o no_o and_o here_o if_o my_o life_n lie_v upon_o it_o i_o can_v find_v either_o in_o irenaeus_n adversùs_fw-la haereses_fw-la or_o in_o tertullian_n prescription_n contra_fw-la haereticos_fw-la cap._n 49._o nor_o in_o philastrius_n catalogue_n nor_o in_o epiphanius_n nor_o in_o st._n austin_n nor_o in_o theodoret_n nor_o in_o johannes_n damascenus_n book_n de_fw-la haeresibus_fw-la nor_o in_o the_o latter_a haeresiologist_n such_o as_o alphonsus_n à _fw-fr castro_n &_o prateolus_n with_o several_a other_o i_o can_v i_o say_v find_v in_o all_o or_o in_o any_o one_o of_o these_o the_o heresy_n of_o not_o assert_v the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n to_o be_v three_o distinct_a infinite_a mind_n or_o spirit_n no_o nor_o yet_o the_o heresy_n of_o deny_v they_o to_o be_v so_o but_o where_o 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but_o what_o be_v this_o to_o our_o author_n purpose_n and_o how_o do_v he_o prove_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v mutual_a consciousness_n why_o true_o by_o no_o argument_n or_o reason_n produce_v or_o so_o much_o as_o offer_v at_o by_o he_o but_o only_o by_o a_o confident_a over-bearing_a affirmation_n that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o account_n to_o be_v give_v of_o that_o mutual_a in-being_a of_o the_o divine_a person_n in_o each_o other_o which_o the_o father_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o by_o mutual_a consciousness_n page_n 125._o line_n 6_o 7_o 8._o but_o by_o his_o leave_n i_o must_v debate_v the_o case_n a_o little_a with_o he_o before_o he_o carry_v it_o off_o so_o and_o in_o order_n to_o this_o i_o must_v tell_v he_o in_o the_o first_o place_n that_o the_o question_n be_v not_o whether_o mutual_a consciousness_n best_o explain_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o whether_o it_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d itself_o and_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n in_o the_o three_o person_n and_o in_o the_o next_o place_n i_o demand_v of_o he_o whether_o our_o saviour_n word_n do_v not_o plain_o and_o express_o signify_v the_o mutual_a in-being_a or_o in_o existence_n of_o the_o person_n in_o one_o another_o without_o any_o signification_n of_o their_o mutual_a consciousness_n at_o all_o and_o if_o so_o let_v i_o hear_v a_o reason_n why_o we_o shall_v not_o take_v our_o saviour_n meaning_n from_o the_o native_a signification_n of_o his_o own_o word_n rather_o than_o from_o those_o of_o this_o author_n for_o will_v he_o venture_v to_o affirm_v that_o the_o father_n can_v be_v in_o the_o son_n and_o the_o son_n in_o the_o father_n by_o a_o mutual_a in-existence_n in_o one_o another_o but_o only_o by_o a_o mutual_a knowledge_n of_o one_o another_o let_v he_o take_v heed_n what_o he_o say_v and_o how_o he_o venture_v beyond_o his_o depth_n or_o will_v he_o say_v 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authority_n of_o the_o father_n which_o be_v the_o grand_a thing_n undertake_v by_o he_o in_o this_o his_o four_o section_n and_o here_o as_o for_o the_o father_n he_o both_o despises_n and_o reproach_n they_o and_o that_o very_o gross_o too_o for_o first_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o such_o a_o union_n among_o the_o divine_a person_n as_o be_v express_v by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o all_o agree_v in_o but_o how_o to_o explain_v it_o they_o know_v not_o page_z 125._o line_n 17_o 18._o and_o why_o then_o in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n do_v he_o refer_v to_o the_o father_n to_o justify_v his_o explanation_n of_o that_o which_o in_o the_o very_a same_o breath_n he_o say_v they_o know_v not_o how_o to_o explain_v and_o the_o truth_n be_v the_o father_n never_o own_v themselves_o able_a to_o explain_v it_o and_o that_o for_o a_o very_a good_a reason_n viz._n because_o they_o hold_v it_o unexplicable_a and_o unconceivable_a and_o not_o for_o that_o scandalous_a reason_n give_v by_o he_o viz._n that_o they_o have_v gross_a material_a conception_n of_o the_o deity_n by_o conceive_v of_o it_o as_o of_o a_o substance_n page_n 125._o line_n 27_o 28._o for_o say_v he_o within_o two_o line_n after_o have_v they_o contemplate_v god_n as_o a_o pure_a mind_n it_o have_v be_v easy_a to_o explain_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o indwell_v of_o the_o divine_a person_n in_o each_o other_o good_a god_n that_o any_o professor_n of_o divinity_n shall_v call_v that_o easy_a to_o explain_v which_o the_o reason_n of_o all_o mankind_n have_v hitherto_o bend_v under_o as_o a_o thing_n too_o great_a and_o mysterious_a for_o it_o to_o comprehend_v or_o to_o grapple_v with_o so_o that_o if_o ever_o we_o have_v cause_n to_o cry_v out_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v here_o or_o that_o he_o shall_v tax_v all_o those_o who_o own_v themselves_o at_o a_o loss_n about_o it_o for_o not_o contemplate_v god_n as_o a_o pure_a mind_n but_o to_o he_o i_o confess_v 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the_o three_o divine_a person_n only_o three_o modes_n of_o the_o deity_n or_o only_a modally_n distinguish_v whereas_o according_a to_o his_o doctrine_n there_o be_v no_o modes_n in_o the_o deity_n and_o much_o less_o can_v a_o mode_n be_v god_n and_o that_o as_o all_o must_v grant_v that_o the_o father_n be_v not_o a_o mode_n of_o the_o deity_n but_o essential_o god_n so_o no_o man_n can_v think_v that_o the_o father_n beget_v only_o a_o modus_fw-la and_o call_v it_o his_o son_n whereas_o a_o son_n signify_v a_o real_a person_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n but_o distinct_a from_o the_o father_n thus_o he_o discourse_v pag._n 83._o 84._o and_o be_v not_o this_o close_a and_o profound_a reason_n but_o as_o profound_a as_o it_o be_v if_o it_o be_v at_o all_o to_o his_o purpose_n his_o argument_n must_v lie_v in_o this_o that_o all_o the_o forementioned_a absurdity_n unavoidable_o follow_v from_o derive_v the_o distinction_n of_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n from_o three_o distinct_a 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the_o church_n and_o bishop_n of_o poitiers_n and_o albaspinaeus_n archbishop_n of_o orleans_n eminent_a for_o his_o learned_a work_n and_o nonnus_n who_o write_v a_o paraphrase_n upon_o st._n john_n gospel_n in_o greek_a verse_n be_v every_o one_o of_o they_o know_v and_o celebrate_v by_o all_o but_o as_o for_o st._n hillary_n albaspinus_n and_o nonna_n i_o never_o hear_v of_o they_o till_o this_o author_n be_v please_v to_o bless_v the_o world_n with_o these_o new_a name_n as_o for_o erroneous_a instead_o of_o erroneous_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v small_a thing_n and_o aught_o to_o make_v no_o difference_n among_o friend_n though_o i_o have_v know_v many_o a_o poor_a schoolboy_n force_v to_o water_n his_o plant_n for_o a_o less_o mistake_n but_o there_o be_v a_o word_n of_o singular_a note_n which_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o at_o least_o six_o or_o seven_o time_n in_o this_o book_n and_o four_o time_n in_o one_o page_n 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doubt_n be_v a_o admirable_a various_a lection_n of_o which_o this_o author_n ought_v to_o have_v the_o glory_n upon_o the_o text_n of_o such_o a_o father_n but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o the_o blunder_n which_o this_o fruitful_a sentence_n afford_v we_o there_o be_v yet_o another_o viz._n recedit_fw-la for_o resedit_fw-la and_o that_o such_o a_o one_o as_o utter_o pervert_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o author_n who_o speak_v here_o of_o some_o who_o leave_v and_o some_o who_o remain_v in_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n oppose_v they_o in_o this_o respect_n to_o one_o another_o as_o aut_fw-la ivit_fw-la uxor_fw-la aut_fw-la resedit_fw-la maritus_fw-la aut_fw-la parent_n seducti_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o silij_fw-la sequi_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la aut_fw-la stetit_fw-la frater_fw-la migrante_fw-la sorore_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o the_o father_n here_o speak_v but_o pray_v what_o opposition_n can_v there_o be_v between_o aut_fw-la ivit_fw-la uxor_fw-la aut_fw-la recedit_fw-la maritus_fw-la any_o more_o than_o there_o be_v between_o go_v away_o and_o depart_v beside_o that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o verb_n run_v in_o the_o preterperfect_a tense_n this_o must_v needs_o do_v so_o too_o or_o make_v a_o very_a gross_a fault_n in_o the_o construction_n so_o that_o this_o be_v a_o illiterate_a perversion_n of_o the_o sense_n of_o this_o father_n upon_o which_o as_o well_o as_o upon_o other_o occasion_n i_o look_v upon_o this_o as_o the_o only_a sure_a rule_n of_o deal_n with_o this_o author_n quotation_n viz._n to_o trust_v they_o no_o further_o than_o one_o can_v see_v they_o in_o their_o original_n in_o like_a manner_n page_z 178._o in_o the_o place_n there_o quote_v in_o the_o margin_n out_o of_o st._n cyprian_n 55._o epist._n and_o not_o the_o 52d_o as_o this_o author_n there_o mistake_v it_o we_o meet_v with_o these_o word_n à _fw-la coepiscoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la corpore_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la unitate_fw-la discisserit_fw-la but_o the_o word_n in_o st._n cyprian_n be_v as_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v descisceret_fw-la from_fw-la descisco_fw-la to_o fall_v off_o between_o which_o and_o the_o other_o word_n use_v by_o this_o author_n there_o be_v a_o wide_a difference_n descisceret_fw-la be_v a_o most_o proper_a latin_a word_n but_o discisserit_fw-la so_o far_o from_o proper_a that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o latin_a and_o in_o page_n 187._o line_n the_o last_o we_o find_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o make_v the_o whole_a period_n neither_o sense_n nor_o greek_a again_o page_n 188._o line_n the_o last_o but_o one_o we_o have_v this_o passage_n videte_fw-la anon_o dicantur_fw-la martyr_n sed_fw-la aliquid_fw-la alium_n dici_fw-la mereantur_fw-la which_o be_v there_o put_v for_o aliud_fw-la be_v a_o downright_a solecism_n and_o last_o in_o page_n 198._o in_o the_o quotation_n in_o the_o margin_n we_o have_v those_o remarkable_a word_n simiarum_fw-la more_fw-it qui_fw-la cum_fw-la homines_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la homines_fw-la tamen_fw-la imitantur_fw-la which_o be_v another_o solecism_n every_o whit_n as_o bad_a and_o scandalous_a as_o the_o former_a now_o all_o these_o word_n and_o passage_n i_o assure_v the_o reader_n as_o they_o stand_v in_o the_o author_n from_o whence_o they_o be_v quote_v carry_v a_o very_a different_a face_n from_o what_o this_o writer_n have_v give_v they_o which_o show_v that_o whensoever_o the_o word_n of_o the_o father_n be_v transcribe_v into_o any_o of_o his_o book_n they_o be_v quite_o out_o of_o their_o element_n for_o among_o they_o as_o they_o stand_v here_o there_o be_v some_o such_o vile_a fault_n or_o rather_o such_o clamorous_a sin_n in_o grammar_n that_o shall_v a_o schoolboy_n tender_v a_o exercise_n to_o his_o master_n with_o but_o two_o or_o three_o such_o in_o it_o he_o will_v soon_o find_v himself_o very_o roundly_o and_o severe_o take_v up_o for_o they_o and_o that_o perhaps_o more_o way_n than_o one_o but_o hand_n that_o can_v restore_v dispossess_v prince_n may_v write_v any_o thing_n and_o authorize_v what_o they_o have_v write_v by_o their_o very_a write_v it_o for_o otherwise_o the_o truth_n be_v the_o latin_a which_o the_o forecited_a passage_n be_v dress_v up_o in_o seem_v a_o sort_n of_o providential_a latin_a as_o be_v above_o all_o rule_n and_o law_n of_o speak_v and_o write_v whatsoever_o as_o for_o fault_n about_o accent_n such_o as_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vind._n p._n 102._o line_n 3._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d page_n 113._o line_n 2._o of_o the_o quotation_n in_o the_o margin_n and_o the_o like_a they_o be_v too_o numerous_a for_o i_o to_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o but_o this_o i_o desire_v he_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o upon_o the_o whole_a that_o have_v be_v produce_v by_o i_o that_o as_o none_o of_o the_o forementioned_a fault_n be_v in_o the_o table_n of_o the_o errata_fw-la so_o some_o of_o they_o in_o the_o first_o edition_n of_o his_o vind._n trin._n stand_v correct_v in_o the_o second_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d page_n 115._o line_n 1._o of_o the_o quotation_n in_o the_o margin_n of_o the_o first_o be_v correct_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o second_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d page_n 121._o line_n 21._o in_o the_o former_a be_v change_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o latter_a and_o therefore_o according_a to_o the_o old_a maxim_n that_o exceptio_fw-la firmat_n regulam_fw-la in_o non_fw-la exceptis_fw-la it_o be_v to_o i_o a_o sufficient_a proof_n that_o since_o this_o author_n correct_v some_o passage_n and_o not_o other_o which_o yet_o need_v correct_v as_o much_o if_o not_o more_o it_o be_v because_o his_o acuteness_n do_v not_o see_v that_o these_o last_o need_v any_o correction_n at_o all_o and_o in_o such_o a_o case_n some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o where_o the_o word_n escape_v it_o the_o author_n himself_o ought_v to_o have_v it_o but_o because_o some_o perhaps_o will_v hardly_o be_v satisfy_v with_o so_o general_a a_o charge_n without_o a_o allegation_n of_o more_o particular_n i_o shall_v here_o give_v the_o reader_n a_o catalogue_n of_o this_o author_n greek_a errata_fw-la in_o the_o second_o edition_n of_o his_o vindication_n of_o the_o trinity_n which_o shall_v in_o reason_n be_v think_v the_o most_o correct_v together_o with_o their_o correction_n confront_v they_o greek_z errata_fw-la correction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quotat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d punctum_fw-la interrogationis_fw-la post_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la semicol_n  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quotat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d punctum_fw-la interrogationis_fw-la post_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la semicol_n  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quotat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bis_fw-ge 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
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subjoin_v that_o he_o intend_v it_o not_o as_o a_o reflection_n upon_o the_o church_n itself_o but_o only_o to_o remind_v this_o man_n of_o his_o relation_n to_o that_o church_n which_o he_o there_o say_v to_o his_o knowledge_n teach_v better_a learning_n and_o better_a manner_n in_o the_o next_o place_n as_o for_o the_o falseness_n of_o the_o charge_n in_o his_o usual_a application_n of_o this_o word_n i_o will_v have_v he_o know_v that_o the_o charge_n of_o nonsense_n do_v not_o proper_o lie_v against_o every_o one_o who_o assert_n a_o false_a proposition_n or_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o mistake_n for_o nonsense_n be_v not_o proper_o oppose_v to_o strict_a truth_n but_o to_o such_o plain_a and_o manifest_a truth_n as_o be_v obvious_a to_o common_a sense_n for_o truth_n oftentimes_o lie_v deep_a and_o abstruse_a and_o require_v a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a sagacity_n to_o reach_v and_o fetch_v it_o out_o which_o that_o low_a pitch_n of_o reason_n which_o we_o call_v common_a sense_n can_v always_o do_v for_o in_o discourse_n a_o man_n may_v be_v sometime_o mistake_v in_o lay_v his_o foundation_n or_o principle_n and_o yet_o be_v very_o clear_a and_o rational_a in_o the_o consequence_n he_o draw_v from_o it_o and_o sometime_o he_o may_v fail_v in_o draw_v consequence_n from_o a_o true_a and_o well-laid_a principle_n in_o both_o which_o case_n the_o whole_a discourse_n be_v certain_o false_a and_o inconsistent_a nevertheless_o according_a to_o the_o common_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n this_o can_v be_v call_v nonsense_n it_o may_v indeed_o be_v call_v error_n or_o mistake_n which_o be_v a_o weakness_n cleave_v too_o close_o to_o humane_a nature_n for_o any_o one_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n to_o reproach_v another_o for_o it_o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a if_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o strict_a demonstration_n and_o certain_a truth_n must_v pass_v for_o nonsense_n i_o fear_v it_o will_v overlie_v whole_a volume_n and_o not_o only_o prevent_v the_o 2d_o 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ingenious_a contrivance_n but_o whether_o it_o be_v the_o author_n be_v or_o the_o bookseller_n be_v a_o question_n though_o some_o think_v it_o use_v to_o be_v do_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o mutual-consciousness_n between_o both_o but_o to_o return_v to_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n according_a to_o the_o common_a use_n of_o the_o word_n nonsense_n he_o who_o discourse_v of_o thing_n obvious_a to_o the_o ordinary_a apprehension_n of_o man_n with_o gross_a and_o palpable_a contradiction_n of_o one_o thing_n to_o another_o or_o with_o a_o plain_a manifest_a incoherence_n of_o one_o part_n of_o his_o discourse_n with_o the_o other_o that_o man_n be_v proper_o and_o just_o chargeable_a with_o nonsense_n and_o let_v those_o in_o the_o name_n of_o sense_n and_o reason_n take_v it_o to_o themselves_o who_o have_v most_o claim_n to_o it_o but_o because_o the_o