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iSi THE GENUINE HISTORY OF<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are <strong>the</strong> four reafons, which, '* though<br />

** obvious/' were faid to be " new and decifive,"<br />

and triumphantly boafled " to conclude <strong>the</strong> con-<br />

*' troverfy for ever,'* and " to quafh for ever<br />

*' a fyftem that has been fo long imp<strong>of</strong>ed for<br />

** truth upon <strong>the</strong> world." And what have<br />

<strong>the</strong>y proved upon trial ? <strong>The</strong> mere gh<strong>of</strong>ts <strong>of</strong><br />

former arguments, again introduced upon <strong>the</strong><br />

Hage to furprize and elevate, and, like true<br />

gh<strong>of</strong>ts, pretending to a greater power and au-<br />

thority on <strong>the</strong>ir fecond appearance, than <strong>the</strong>y<br />

had in <strong>the</strong>ir original condition; <strong>the</strong> formations<br />

<strong>of</strong> fancy, <strong>the</strong> creations <strong>of</strong> darknefs, and actually<br />

Tcfolving <strong>the</strong>mfclves into nothing at <strong>the</strong> approach<br />

<strong>of</strong> light.<br />

vni.

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