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Rh Advantage to Society in general, that Mankind hould believe the Soul to be immortal; Faith commands us to do this; nothing more is requir'd, and the Matter is clear'd up at once. But 'tis otherwie with repect to its Nature; 'tis of little Importance to Religion, which only requires the Soul to be virtuous, what Subtance it may be made of. 'Tis a Clock which is given us to regulate but the Artit has not told us what Materials the Spring of this Clock is compos'd.

I am a Body and, I think, that's all I know of the Matter. Shall I acribe to an unknown Caue, what I can o eaily impute to the only econd Caue I am acquainted with? Here all the School Philoophers interrupt me with their Arguments, and declare that there is only Extenion and Solidity in Bodies, and that there they can have nothing but Motion and Figure. Now Motion, Figure, Extenion and Solidity cannot form a Thought, and conequently the Soul cannot be Matter. All this, o often repeated, mighty Series of Reaoning, Rh