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RV 11 (Rh) not in their nature necessarily good, they rather take the name of.

believe therefore that every thing is govern'd, order'd, or regulated for the best, by a designing Principle, or Mind, necessarily good and permanent, is to be a perfect.

believe nothing of a designing Principle or Mind, nor any Cause, Measure, or Rule of Things, but Chance; so that in Nature neither the interest of the Whole, nor of any Particulars, can be said to be in the least design'd, pursu'd, or aim'd at; is to be a perfect.

believe no one supreme designing Principle or Mind, but rather two, three or more, (tho in their nature good) is to be a.

believe the governing Mind, or Minds, not absolutely and necessarily good, nor confin'd to what is best, but capable of acting according to mere Will or Fancy; is to be a.

are few who think always consistently, or according to one certain Hypothesis, upon any subject so abstruse and intricate as the Cause of all Things, and the OEconomy or Rh