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A61116
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Aut Deus aut nihil God or nothing, or, a logicall method comprised in twelve propositions, deducing from the actual being of what we evidently experience, the unavoidable necessity of a God, against the atheists of our age and nation / by Vincent Hattecliffe.
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Hattecliffe, Vincent.
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Wing S4956; ESTC R25783
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press_v as_o little_a to_o instance_n in_o the_o imaginary_a moment_n of_o precedent_a time_n begore_o any_o thing_n be_v produce_v by_o a_o cause_n which_o be_v infinite_a à _fw-la parte_fw-la ante_fw-la and_o yet_o come_v to_o a_o end_n à _fw-fr parte_fw-la post_fw-la when_o thing_n be_v first_o cause_v for_o i_o answer_v that_o those_o moment_n be_v pure_a nothing_o and_o mere_a fictious_a or_o false_a conceit_n of_o our_o understanding_n for_o time_n be_v nothing_o but_o either_o the_o measure_n of_o mutable_a thing_n or_o rather_o the_o mutability_n or_o mutation_n itself_o as_o i_o shall_v declare_v hereafter_o when_o therefore_o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o no_o mutable_a thing_n be_v in_o actual_a be_v it_o be_v impossible_a to_o conceive_v true_o that_o there_o be_v any_o time_n for_o those_o feign_a moment_n be_v nothing_o else_o than_o that_o improducible_a and_o immutable_a cause_n which_o have_v power_n to_o produce_v something_o actual_a and_o mutable_a which_o shall_v have_v be_v before_o all_o other_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v cause_v as_o the_o imaginary_a moment_n possible_a to_o be_v hereafter_o be_v nothing_o save_o the_o same_o cause_n either_o alone_a or_o with_o other_o cause_n which_o can_v produce_v mutable_a effect_n after_o all_o those_o which_o shall_v have_v be_v actual_o produce_v by_o reason_n therefore_o that_o this_o power_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n be_v without_o beginning_n or_o end_v as_o be_v whole_o immutable_a and_o so_o not_o measurable_a by_o time_n we_o conceit_n that_o time_n possible_a in_o precedency_n and_o of_o futurition_n be_v compose_v of_o successive_a moment_n thus_o therefore_o have_v pass_v through_o these_o occur_v difficulty_n i_o return_v to_o my_o former_a argument_n and_o press_v it_o thus_o all_o the_o effect_n which_o now_o be_v in_o actual_a be_v even_o according_a to_o the_o adverse_a opinion_n have_v necessary_a dependence_n mediate_a or_o immediate_a of_o all_o the_o cause_n which_o have_v precede_v they_o in_o the_o line_n of_o their_o causation_n therefore_o it_o be_v a_o truth_n and_o a_o proper_a expression_n to_o say_v that_o all_o those_o cause_n have_v concur_v mediate_o or_o immediate_o to_o these_o present_a effect_n but_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o all_o those_o precedent_a cause_n shall_v be_v produce_v by_o a_o cause_n for_o than_o they_o will_v be_v all_o and_o not_o all_o as_o i_o have_v already_o prove_v therefore_o among_o the_o cause_n which_o in_o the_o line_n of_o causation_n have_v concur_v immediate_o or_o mediate_o to_o these_o present_a effect_n there_o must_v be_v at_o least_o some_o one_o which_o be_v a_o produce_v only_o and_o not_o a_o produce_v cause_n which_o be_v my_o five_o proposition_n hitherto_o i_o have_v only_o labour_v to_o evince_v that_o such_o being_n as_o be_v subject_a to_o continual_a generation_n and_o corruption_n and_o which_o by_o a_o line_n of_o succession_n follow_v one_o another_o in_o production_n and_o desition_n must_v have_v have_v some_o improducible_a cause_n some_o difficulty_n may_v yet_o remain_v in_o these_o great_a and_o more_o solid_a part_n of_o this_o universe_n as_o the_o earth_n water_n air_n heaven_n sun_n moon_n star_n etc._n etc._n for_o these_o still_o remain_v so_o far_o as_o we_o can_v judge_v by_o our_o experience_n in_o that_o main_a substantial_a be_v which_o they_o ever_o have_v may_v occasion_v a_o difficulty_n how_o they_o come_v to_o be_v forasmuch_o therefore_o as_o touch_v this_o present_a propostion_n either_o it_o must_v be_v say_v that_o they_o be_v of_o themselves_o and_o never_o have_v any_o produce_v cause_n and_o then_o my_o present_a proposition_n be_v in_o part_n affert_v that_o among_o all_o actual_a being_n there_o must_v be_v improducible_a cause_n or_o that_o they_o be_v produce_v by_o cause_n successive_a one_o to_o another_o and_o all_o cause_v which_o i_o have_v already_o confute_v or_o that_o they_o be_v cause_n one_o above_o another_o and_o one_o produce_v another_o without_o end_n and_o all_o actual_o and_o eternal_o existent_a which_o i_o have_v à _fw-fr fortiori_fw-la evince_v to_o be_v false_a by_o my_o former_a argument_n against_o infinite_a successive_a cause_n for_o it_o will_v be_v both_o a_o actu_fw-la infinitum_fw-la and_o as_o hard_o to_o understand_v or_o believe_v as_o a_o first_o improducible_a cause_n and_o it_o will_v destroy_v itself_o by_o be_v as_o impossible_a as_o that_o of_o succeed_a cause_n etc._n etc._n neither_o will_v the_o instance_n of_o infinite_a divisible_a part_n less_o and_o less_o without_o end_n in_o continuo_fw-la make_v a_o parity_n with_o infinitum_fw-la actu_fw-la for_o first_o that_o opinion_n be_v not_o certain_a and_o second_o if_o it_o be_v true_a i_o answer_v that_o part_n whilst_o they_o be_v in_o continuo_fw-la be_v only_o potential_a and_o not_o actual_a part_n no_o nor_o entia_fw-la actu_fw-la for_o nothing_o be_v a_o actual_a be_v but_o the_o totum_fw-la itself_o and_o when_o that_o be_v divide_v of_o one_o totum_fw-la or_o whole_a thing_n there_o be_v make_v two_o and_o if_o each_o of_o they_o be_v divide_v they_o become_v two_o less_o totum_n and_o so_o without_o end_n by_o each_o division_n a_o new_a totum_fw-la will_v begin_v to_o be_v which_o be_v only_o in_o potentia_fw-la before_o for_o so_o long_o as_o they_o be_v in_o continuo_fw-la they_o be_v the_o continuum_fw-la without_o any_o beginning_n end_v term_n or_o determination_n save_v only_o the_o term_n of_o the_o whole_a continuum_fw-la so_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o say_v the_o part_n a_o be_v of_o this_o determinate_a length_n breadth_n or_o profundity_n so_o long_o as_o it_o remain_v in_o continuo_fw-la for_o it_o have_v nothing_o to_o terminate_v it_o till_o it_o come_v to_o the_o utmost_a superficies_n or_o point_n of_o the_o continuum_fw-la and_o see_v every_o actual_a be_v must_v be_v determinate_a and_o no_o indeterminate_a thing_n can_v be_v ens_fw-la actu_fw-la there_o will_v be_v nothing_o actual_a in_o continuo_n save_o the_o totum_fw-la itself_o or_o the_o continuum_fw-la because_o that_o only_o be_v ens_fw-la determinatum_fw-la have_v its_o fix_a and_o determinate_a limit_n so_o that_o in_o every_o continuo_fw-la there_o be_v only_o one_o actual_a thing_n contain_v in_o potentia_fw-la many_o thing_n which_o by_o actual_a division_n may_v become_v acta_fw-la less_o continuum_n than_o that_o be_v wherein_o they_o be_v contain_v and_o so_o every_o continuum_fw-la contain_v in_o potentia_fw-la in_o a_o great_a will_v be_v less_o than_o its_o continent_n when_o it_o become_v a_o continuum_fw-la by_o a_o new_a division_n and_o this_o without_o end_n there_o be_v then_o no_o actual_a determination_n of_o different_a part_n in_o continuo_fw-la there_o can_v be_v no_o actual_a distinction_n of_o they_o and_o if_o no_o distinction_n no_o actual_a number_n and_o if_o no_o actual_a number_n there_o can_v be_v no_o actual_a infinity_n or_o infinitum_fw-la actu_fw-la thus_o i_o have_v prove_v my_o five_o proposition_n and_o have_v be_v something_o prolix_a in_o it_o because_o it_o contain_v the_o main_a difficulty_n of_o the_o whole_a deduction_n against_o the_o three_o last_o precedent_n proposition_n may_v be_v object_v that_o there_o appear_v no_o contradiction_n in_o constitute_v the_o essence_n of_o something_o not_o absolute_o and_o always_o necessary_a but_o yet_o have_v a_o necessary_a and_o essential_a connection_n with_o such_o a_o determinate_a term_n of_o time_n v._o g._n that_o it_o have_v a_o essence_n require_v necessary_o to_o begin_v its_o actual_a be_v in_o the_o determinate_a instant_n a_o and_o to_o continue_v till_o the_o determinate_a instant_n g_z and_o the_o same_o be_v of_o so_o many_o determinate_a hour_n day_n month_n year_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o without_o any_o cause_n at_o all_o but_o of_o its_o particular_a essence_n or_o of_o itself_o whence_o will_v follow_v that_o one_o thing_n may_v begin_v to_o be_v actual_o in_o such_o a_o term_n of_o time_n and_o then_o cease_v to_o be_v and_o after_o many_o revolution_n of_o time_n another_o thing_n may_v begin_v and_o desist_v from_o be_v in_o another_o discontinue_v portion_n of_o time_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o a_o time_n may_v be_v give_v wherein_o there_o be_v nothing_o at_o all_o nor_o shall_v be_v any_o thing_n though_o there_o be_v something_o now_o in_o actual_a be_v i_o answer_v that_o such_o a_o essence_n as_o this_o imply_v a_o manifest_a contradiction_n in_o our_o present_a supposition_n of_o no_o be_v at_o all_o for_o suppose_v once_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o at_o all_o it_o can_v be_v suppose_v that_o there_o be_v any_o determinate_a instant_n or_o part_n of_o time_n to_o which_o that_o being_n can_v have_v any_o necessary_a and_o essential_a relation_n for_o those_o instant_n or_o part_n must_v be_v something_o and_o so_o this_o objection_n suppose_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o be_v and_o yet_o something_o to_o be_v which_o be_v a_o clear_a contradiction_n and_o hence_o also_o follow_v