An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches

Ad 4. You say (Future is nothing; ergo, •• thing is future.) I am glad that the Creed a[…] Bible are not thus worded: Future in your fir[…] Proposition signifieth the Affection or somewh[…] real of the thing future, and so it is nothing; […] you take future so in the second, it is futile […] true, being but a gross expression of (Nothing hath real Futurity, which is aliquid rei.) But according to common use, your second Propositio[…] will be taken for a denial of the Saying (Somewhat will be) and this is a real truth. You say th[…] Proposition is identical, as (Nothing is Nothing.) We speak not of the Being or truth of Propositions or Conceptions, but of futurity it self as incomplexum. You after confess I told you so May you not equally say (Negations, Non-existents, Non-futurity are nothing; ergo Nothing is a Negation, Non-existent, Non-future?) Answer one and you answer the other. Negations in meant are Thoughts, and in the Mouth they are Words, but in re negata they are nothing: So I say of Non-futurity and Non-existence. Frail Man dreameth that the mundus naturalis is the same with the mundus fantasticus & notionalis in his Brain; and Oh! how commonly do Words and Thoughts go in Disputes for Extrinsic Realities?

Ad 4. You say (Future is nothing; ergo, •• thing is future.) I am glad that the Creed a〈…〉 Bible are not thus worded: Future in your fir〈…〉 Proposition signifieth the Affection or somewh〈…〉 real of the thing future, and so it is nothing; 〈…〉 you take future so in the second, it is fu•ile 〈…〉 true, being but a gross expression of (Nothing hath real Futurity, which is aliquid rei.) But according to common use, your second Propositio〈…〉 will be taken for a denial of the Saying (Somewhat will be) and this is a real truth. You say th〈…〉 Proposition is identical, as (Nothing is Nothing.) We speak not of the Being or truth of Propositions or Conceptions, but of futurity it self as incomplexum. You after confess I told you so May you not equally say (Negations, Non-existents, Non-futurity are nothing; ergo Nothing is a Negation, Non-existent, Non-future?) Answer one and you answer the other. Negations in mente are Thoughts, and in the Mouth they are Words, but in re negata they are nothing: So I say of Nonfuturity and Non-existence. Frail Man dreameth that the mundus naturalis is the same with the mundus fantasticus & notionalis in his Brain; and Oh! how commonly do Words and Thoughts go in Disputes for Extrinseck Realities?