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Show 18 of M J1 N; Park I; Chap; "i ‘ C H A 1) V4 _i i , c . " Of R E A S O N, and S C I EN C E. " Rc-vfimww ‘ x 7 Hen a man Reaflmeth, hee does nothing elfe but conceiVe " '15 of M A N. ‘ 1 , Cbrzps. afumme torall, from Additian of parcels-7 or conceive a mined, by no or er mens reafon but their own , it is as Intolerable in therzwhiclmifitbe done by Words,).is conceiving of the confe- the fociety of men, as it is in play after trump is turned, to _ufe for trump on every occafion, that [rate whereof they have mof'c in their quencc of the names of all the parts, to the name of the whole; or hand. For they do norhing 615, that will haVC every of theirlpallions, from the names of the Whole'and one part, to the name of the other part. And thoughin fome things, ( as in numbers,) befides Adding as it comes to bear fivay in them, to be taken for right Rea on, and that in their own controverfies:bewraying their want of right Rea- men name other 0 erations, as Mulrz‘ l in and x; an account, the parties muff by their own accord, fer, up for right Reafon, the Reafon of fome Arbitrator, or judge, to whole fentence they will both Rand, or their controverfie muft either come to blowes, or e undecided, for want of a right Reafon confhtuted by Nature -, f0 is it alfo in all debates of wh'atltind foever : And when men that think themfelves wifer than all others, clamor and demand right Reafon for jud e ,yet feek no more, but that things fliould be deter- Remainder, from suéflmgim of one fumme from ano- and Sub mffz'n . fon, by the claym they lay to it. . Drawing -, yet they are the fame 3 forlh/[ultiplicatiom is bliity Afiding together of things equall; and DiVifion, but Subf'traéting of one The life and End of Reafon, is not the finding of the flimme, and Marc .3" truth of one, ora few confequences, remote from the firft definiti- Rte/W'- thing, as often as we can. Thefe operations are not modem to Num- bersonely, but to all manner of things that can be added together, and taken one out of another. For as Arithmeticians teach to adde and {uhlh‘aét in mam/2m; {0 the Geometricians teach the fame in ons, and fettled fignifications of names -, but to begin at thefe, and proceed from one confequence to another. For there can be no cer- tainty of the laft Concluiion, Wltliouta certainty of all thofe Afiir- mations and Negations, on which it was grounded, and inferred. As lmcrjgures (folid and fuperficiallg angler, Praportiom, times, degreesot Vfiitzftnefle,forre,power, and the like; The LOgIClans teach the lame in C tmjcqucuccs of murals, adding together two Names, to when a matter of a family, in taking an account, caiteth up the fiimrns make an A111mm," .3 and rm, Affirmations, to make a 3,11%va and account in grofle, truiting toeVery or the accountants skill and home- fly: {0 alfo in Reafoning of. all other things,‘he that takes up conclu- of Politiques, adde together Paffz'om, to find mens fions on the truft of Authors, and doth not ferch them item the firfi {lat/(=5 5 and Lawyers, Lamar, and {[1575er find what is right and 22ng lI‘lllK‘ aetions of private men. In fumme, in what matter foeverthere lsplace for aria/11:01: and fu/Iflraflion, there alfo is place for Rea- Items in every Reckoning, ( which are the {ignihcations of names ("dad by ‘lChnmonsb 10165 his labour 5 and d9" "0‘ know any thing;but OHCIY beleeveth. . f0" 3 and where thele have nO place, there Reafon has nothing at all .. Qutof . When a man reckons Without the "f6 0fwords, ‘Vthh may be done OfEr/W?‘ in particular thing, (as when upon the fight of any one thing, wee .zmi Alt/Gm: all which womay this (that is to fay determine )what that", which is memo by define, word Reafm when wee reckon it (onlm‘mWIW‘VflS "Mylo haVC Preceded: 01' is hde to fbllow‘m'l' upon it; )if that which he thought likely to aniong‘fl [he Faculties of‘the mind. For R F A 9:»: in this fenfe is no- that which he thought likely to have preceded it, hath nor preceded tiling mt "flowing ( that is, Adding and Subflraé‘ting) of th; Con- ct uencesot uenera "0‘ I . -. - mi, of Ih,"oi,3ia"?Efrsniiiiifgufii‘thJViii fii'fg'gi "VS" lthLS 31nd naming when we demonfirzite 7 on y our ningsio other. men. 3 fl'V".‘~"'Kw , < as _ in Arithmet ‘ a'f '1 v And _ iquc 3 un P13 ied 301 apptoVe our reckoi follow, Followes not; or it, this is calied Eitaoa -,t0 which even the molt prudent men are {ub- 'ec‘t. But w icn ' i i. ' 0 ‘ i ‘ ' l‘all upon a will}3121322?"$le‘5: Sire?Tii‘ilifinéicfigfii'wild called Error it is indeed an A B SIIRDITY 701' lenbflefle S eech FoX men muf't, and Profeflbrs Error is butddeception in refumin that lmeWll'lt is P aft I r tL . f w 1'iic h,t 1‘10quofiitwtie P ' O _ 30 ‘ P g k . t come ,o intimtlycb 9"," often Cl‘I'C, and cait up falfe, f0 alfoin any other {ub- um no impnifibility dilcovcrable. But when we make a generall af- 3iffl‘iii‘tf'3:ili'iélliibii‘l‘i'fil?‘lah?""Meme nor pail, 01 not to come, yet there assailant?25:12:22:tartan; {inlmgmfiVI-lbl‘" lltaionit \ , a felte . ‘ is;il\\‘d)'c C conclufi _ ‘;l{iirlir :~ 1:31:in 335 well as ons‘5No Aiithmettbut ique that IS a attain .tl‘ltllllldlllblc AH: But no one mans Reafon, nor the Reafon (all Aifur(,Ifl/l l ' (‘fllhlcafl ‘0 l. ‘ t, ant ' i VNon‘-feufe. 11/"? uAnd ' ‘ t l)L"k':i mic itiefme1?'HO if a man fllould talk to me of a round Quadrangle; or amide/its of Bread in filicoiihtlil él'Of memmalt es the morehave e; nomen thanuna- an "111101" jillitl'i-mfb IL 9mm"Cdfi up,beca agreat mahy ule certainti ‘ .‘ ‘ll‘Pim ed it. And tlicrtore,35 when there is acontrovei‘fy in Chef?" Immawifl llS‘Wl' or 0f"!byf'" "@685 lmes 3 tll‘Cd A fier‘W/U?‘ or any Free,.btlt leCfl'Ol‘i 1bilnallln oppofitio n, I {liould not ‘ ' an , of all the bills of expence, into one {um -, and not regarding how each bill is fummed up, by tliofe that give them in account -, nor what it _is he payes. For 3 he advantages himfelf _ no more, than if he allowed the m", 5‘, 1"".Q'fm" to make a Demonflr"1-0,, a and from the fumme, or COM/"£10" Of a {Magi/"W, they lubf'craé‘c one Propafitz'orz, to finde the mh". "hm" to do. m1, Par; -t.‘ £1th were m an hymn" 5 but that [1" words were "mm": meaning ‘ l) that is ID lay, Ablurd I I |