wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted, and

57THE TRUEINTELLECTUAL SYSTEMO FT H EUNIVERSE.BOOK I.CHAP.II.in this Chapter are contained all the grounds of reafon for the atheifiick hypothefts.I. ^hat the Democritick philofophy, which is made up of thefe twoprinciples^ corporealifm and atomifm complicated together., is effentiallyatheiflical. 2. Though Epicurus, who was an Atomical-Corporealift, pretendedto affert a democracy of Gods, yet he was, for all that, an cibfolutejitheijl : and that Atheifis commonly equivocate and difguife themfelves.3. That the Democritical philofophy is nothing elfe but afyjlem of atheology,or athetfm fwaggering under the glorious appearance of philofopJjy. Andthough there be another form of atheifm, which we call Stratonical, yetthe Democritick atheifm is only conftderable ; all whofe dark 7nyjieries will behere revealed. 4. That we being to treat concerning the Deity, and to produceall that profane and unhallowed fluff of Atheifis in order to a confutation,the divine afjijtance and dire£lion ought to be implored. 5. That there aretwo things here to be performed : firjl, to Jloew what are the Atheifis pretendedgrounds of reafon againji the Deity ; andfecondly, how they endeavoureither to folve or confute the contrary ph^enomena. The firfi of thofe grounds,that no man can have an idea or conception of God., and that he is an incomprehenftblenothing. 6. The fecond atheifiick argument, that there canbe no creation out of nothing, nor no omnipotence, becaufe nothing cancome from nothing ; and therefore whatfoever fubfiantially is, was from eternityfelf-exijient, and uncreated by any Deity. 7. The third pretetidedIreafoit