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In this Chapter are contained all the pretended Grounds of Reafon fct l. That the Democritick fhilojophy which the Athcijiic Hypothecs, is made up of theje two Principles, Corporeahfm and Atomtjmcowplicated together, is EJJentially Atheifiical. 1. Though Epicurus, who was an Atomical-Corporeuliji, pretended to ajfert a Democracy of Cods, yet he was, for all that, an Abfolute Athe/Ji: And that Atheijis commonly Equivocate and Dijguije themfclves. g. That the Demoelje hut a Syjiem of Atheology, or AAnd theifmfwaggcring under the glorious Appearance of Philojophy. though there be another Form of Atheiftn which we call Stratonical, yet the Democriticl^ Atheifm is only confiderable 5 all whofe Darl^ Jllyjieries will be here revealed. That we being to treat con' 4. cerning the Deity, and to produce all that Profane and "Unhallowed Stuff of Atheifis in order to a Confutation, the Divine Ajjljiance and critical rhilefophy is nothing That there are Two things here 5 . performed: Firji, to fiew what are the Atheiji's pretended Grounds of Reafon againji the Deity $ and Secondly, how they endeavour either to Salve or Confute the Contrary Phenomena. The Firji of thoje Grounds, That no man can have an Idsa or Conception of God, and that he is an Incomprehenfible Nothing. 6. The Second Atheijiicl^ Argument, That there can be no Creation out of Nothing, nor no Omnipotence, becaufe Nothing can comcfromNothing. and therefore whatfoever Subji ant i ally is, was from Eternity Self The Third pretended cxillent, and Uncreated by any Deity. J. Reafon againll a Deity, That the Strictest Notion of a God implying him to be Incorporeal;, there, can be no fuch Incorporeal Deity, becaufe The Atheijis Pretence,That there is no other Subjiance but Body. 8. Direction ought to be imploredt to be Dollrine of Incorporeal Subjiances fprung from a Ridiculous MisThey Impudent-* taking of AbjiraSt Names and Notionsfor Realities. ly make the Deity to be but the Chief of SpeStres, and an Oberon or Their Fourth Argument against a Prince of Fairies and phancies. Deity, That tofuppoje an Incorporeal Mind to be the Original of all the make a mere Accident and Abjlraff Notion to be the Their Fifth Argument, a Confutation of a 9. Corporeal Deity from the Principles of Corporeahfm itj'elf, That Matter being the only Subjiance, and all other Differences of things nothing but Accident 9 Generabk and Corruptible 5 no Living "Under things, is but to Firji Caufc of all.nding {{right|}}