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A view of that part of the late considerations adderest to H.H. about the…A view of that part of the late considerations addrest to H.H. about the…
A view of that part of the late considerations adderest to H.H. about the Trinity which concerns the sober enquiry, on that subject : in a letter to the former friend.A view of that part of the late considerations addrest to H.H. about the Trinity which concerns the sober enquiry, on that subject : in a letter to the former friend.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1695
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
That Precept which Josephus inserts among those given the Jews, 1doth for the reason it hath in it, abstracting from its Authority, deserve to be considered. It seems to import a decency to the rest of Mankind, whose notions of a Deity did not argue them sunk into the lowest degrees of Sottishness and Stupidity. Good Sir, what needed (think you) so adventurous Boldness, in so lubricous a Case! It gains nothing to a Man's Cause either of Strength or Reputation with wise and good Men. A sound Argument will be as sound without it. Nor ⟨p. 8⟩should I much value having them on my side, whom I can hope to make laugh at so hazardous a Jest. I can never indeed have any great Veneration for a morose Sourness, whatsoever affected appearance it may have with it, of a simulated Sanctimony or Religiousness; but I should think it no hardship upon me to repress that Levity, as to attempt dancing upon the brink of so tremendous a Precipice. And would always express my self with suspicion, and a supposed possibility of being mistaken, in a case wherein I find many of noted Judgment and Integrity, in the succession of several Ages, differing from me.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew]. Lib. 4. Jud. Antiq.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Lib. 4. Jud. Antiq.
But go we on to the Cause it self, where he pretends,
1. First to give a View of the Sober Enquirer's Hypothesis.