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A84410 A refutation of some of the false conceits in Mr. Locke's essay concerning humane understanding Together with a brief answer (in Latine) to the argument of Gerardus de Vries against the innate idea of God. By Edmund Elys, sometime fellow of Baliol-Colledge in Oxford. Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. 1697 (1697) Wing E692A; ESTC R231994 10,365 37

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gross_a falsehood_n that_o we_o may_v as_o well_o think_v the_o use_n of_o reason_n necessary_a to_o make_v our_o eye_n discover_v visible_a object_n as_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v need_n of_o reason_n or_o the_o exercise_n thereof_o to_o make_v the_o understanding_n see_v what_o be_v original_o engrave_v in_o it_o we_o hope_v this_o gentleman_n upon_o a_o more_o mature_a consideration_n will_v not_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o any_o object_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o understanding_n as_o impress_v upon_o it_o or_o propose_v to_o it_o before_o it_o can_v be_v perceive_v know_v or_o assent_v unto_o as_o a_o verity_n or_o that_o which_o real_o be_v a_o thing_n visible_a must_v be_v in_o sight_n that_o be_v to_o say_v it_o must_v make_v some_o impression_n upon_o the_o visive_n faculty_n before_o it_o can_v be_v see_v so_o a_o object_n of_o the_o intellect_n must_v make_v some_o impression_n before_o it_o can_v be_v actual_o perceive_v or_o know_v chap._n 3._o sect._n 1_o the_o ignorance_n wherein_o many_o man_n be_v of_o they_o viz._n practical_a principle_n and_o the_o slowness_n of_o assent_n wherewith_o other_o receive_v they_o be_v manifest_a proof_n that_o they_o be_v not_o innate_a answ_n this_o ignorance_n and_o slowness_n be_v manifest_a proof_n that_o there_o be_v a_o perverseness_n in_o the_o will_n hinder_v the_o understanding_n from_o a_o due_a reflection_n upon_o those_o practical_a principle_n which_o be_v all_o imply_v in_o the_o notion_n or_o idea_n of_o the_o one_o be_v infinite_a in_o all_o perfection_n for_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o manifest_a than_o this_o that_o this_o be_v be_v to_o be_v love_v with_o all_o our_o heart_n and_o with_o all_o our_o soul_n upon_o this_o depend_v all_o other_o practical_a principle_n chap._n 3._o sect._n 8._o conscience_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o our_o own_o opinion_n of_o our_o own_o
bound_v a_o parte_fw-la ante_fw-la and_o consquent_o can_v never_o be_v boundless_a or_o infinite_a sect._n though_o say_v he_o in_o his_o own_o essence_n god_n be_v simple_a and_o uncompounded_a yet_o i_o think_v we_o have_v no_o other_o idea_n of_o he_o but_o a_o complexion_n of_o existence_n knowledge_n etc._n etc._n to_o this_o i_o answer_v first_o that_o the_o simple_a idea_n of_o necessary_a existence_n imply_v the_o infinity_o of_o knowledge_n power_n etc._n etc._n second_o here_o i_o observe_v another_o instance_n of_o the_o force_n and_o efficacy_n of_o the_o innate_a idea_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n in_o the_o soul_n of_o this_o man_n in_o that_o he_o acknowledge_v that_o god_n in_o his_o own_o essence_n be_v simple_a or_o uncompounded_a which_o every_o man_n must_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v true_a so_o far_o as_o he_o reflect_v upon_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o only_a ground_n of_o all_o true_a rationcination_n sect._n 36._o this_o far_a be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o there_o be_v no_o idea_n we_o attribute_v to_o god_n which_o be_v not_o also_o a_o part_n of_o our_o complex_fw-la idea_n of_o other_o spirit_n ans_fw-fr any_o conceit_n of_o the_o nature_n or_o essence_n of_o god_n which_o do_v not_o imply_v absolute_a infinity_o be_v not_o the_o true_a idea_n of_o god_n but_o a_o idol_n book_n 4_o chap._n 10._o sect._n 7._o i_o think_v this_o i_o may_v say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o ill_a way_n of_o establish_v this_o truth_n and_o silence_v atheist_n to_o lay_v the_o whole_a stress_n of_o so_o important_a a_o point_n as_o this_o upon_o that_o sole_a foundation_n and_o take_v some_o man_n have_v that_o idea_n of_o god_n in_o their_o mind_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a some_o man_n have_v none_o and_o some_o worse_a than_o none_o and_o the_o most_o very_a different_a for_o the_o only_a proof_n of_o a_o deity_n and_o out_o of_o a_o over_o fondness_n of_o that_o darling_n invention_n cashier_n or_o at_o least_o endeavour_n to_o invalidate_v all_o other_o argument_n and_o forbid_v we_o to_o hearken_v to_o those_o proof_n as_o be_v weak_a or_o fallacious_a which_o our_o own_o existence_n and_o the_o sensible_a part_n of_o the_o universe_n offer_v so_o clear_o and_o cogent_o to_o our_o thought_n that_o i_o deem_v it_o impossible_a for_o a_o consider_a man_n to_o withstand_v they_o ans_fw-fr we_o affirm_v that_o every_o creature_n every_o part_n of_o the_o universe_n prove_v the_o existence_n of_o the_o creator_n as_o the_o prime_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o event_n sin_n only_o except_v but_o we_o affirm_v also_o that_o what_o he_o signify_v to_o moses_n by_o call_v himself_o jam_fw-la he_o signify_v to_o every_o rational_a soul_n that_o he_o be_v absolute_o or_o universal_o he_o be_v actual_o all_o that_o can_v be_v this_o signification_n idea_n or_o intellectual_a representation_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n every_o creature_n every_o effect_n of_o the_o divine_a power_n that_o come_v to_o our_o notice_n suggest_v unto_o we_o or_o propose_v to_o our_o contemplation_n this_o truth_n be_v most_o certain_o signify_v by_o these_o word_n of_o the_o bless_a apostle_n rom._n 1._o 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o he_o be_v understand_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mind_a observe_v reflect_v upon_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v as_o the_o mean_n or_o occasion_n of_o such_o reflection_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v clear_o see_v be_v perceive_v or_o apprehend_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o intuitive_a knowledge_n the_o eye_n of_o the_o understanding_n be_v fix_v upon_o a_o idea_n a_o intelectual_a image_n or_o representation_n of_o he_o which_o image_n be_v that_o concern_v which_o we_o have_v this_o divine_a testimony_n genes_n 27._o god_n create_v man_n in_o his_o own_o image_n power_n and_o godhead_n be_v synonymous_n term_n each_o of_o they_o signify_v the_o one_o almighty_a the_o one_o be_v infinite_a in_o all_o perfection_n of_o he_o and_o through_o he_o and_o to_o he_o be_v all_o thing_n to_o who_o be_v glory_n for_o ever_o amen_o ερχου_n κυριε_n ιησου_n gerardus_n de_fw-fr ury_n in_o exercit._n 2._o sect._n 7._o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la habet_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la aiunt_fw-la ex_fw-la nostris_fw-la ideis_fw-la requirit_fw-la causam_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la vel_fw-la formasiter_n vel_fw-la erninenter_fw-la contineantur_fw-la perfectiones_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o idea_n representantur_fw-la habemus_fw-la autem_fw-la ideam_fw-la dei_fw-la tanquam_fw-la entis_fw-la infinite_a perfecti_fw-la ergo_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ejus_fw-la causa_fw-la erit_fw-la in_fw-la se_fw-la vel_fw-la formaliter_fw-la vel_fw-la eminenter_fw-la perfectiones_fw-la illas_fw-la continens_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o idea_n tali_fw-la repraesentantur_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la infinitas_fw-la in_o nullo_n ero_fw-la finito_fw-la infinitas_fw-la perfectiones_fw-la existunt_fw-la ergo_fw-la datus_fw-la aliquod_fw-la infinite_a perfectum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la omnes_fw-la illae_fw-la perfectiones_fw-la contineantur_fw-la quodque_fw-la adeo_fw-la sit_fw-la illius_fw-la ideae_fw-la causa_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la quae_fw-la notandum_fw-la ideam_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la deum_fw-la representat_fw-la sic_fw-la ut_fw-la a_o parte_fw-la svi_fw-la existit_fw-la necessario_fw-la poscere_fw-la infinitam_fw-la svi_fw-la causam_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la talis_fw-la est_fw-la infinita_fw-la at_o vero_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la ideam_fw-la ut_fw-la mens_fw-la humana_fw-la habeat_fw-la tantum_fw-la abest_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la quidem_fw-la habere_fw-la possit_fw-la constat_fw-la enim_fw-la vim_o concipiendi_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la ipsa_fw-la ment_fw-la majorem_fw-la quare_fw-la cum_fw-la haec_fw-la finita_fw-la sit_fw-la etiam_fw-la illam_fw-la esse_fw-la talem_fw-la unde_fw-la conficitur_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la finitam_fw-la nostram_fw-la mentem_fw-la clara_fw-la aliqua_fw-la idea_n sibi_fw-la positive_a repraesentare_fw-la perfectiones_fw-la infinitas_fw-la tanquam_fw-la tale_n cognoscere_fw-la tamen_fw-la pro_fw-la modulo_fw-la infinite_a perfectum_fw-la fateor_fw-la verum_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la quam_fw-la perfectiones_fw-la finitas_fw-la multiplicando_fw-la iisque_fw-la omnes_fw-la limit_n ac_fw-la imperfectiones_fw-la detrahendo_fw-la ac_fw-la denique_fw-la judicando_fw-la majus_fw-la id_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o finita_fw-la ment_fw-la comprehendi_fw-la queat_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la cum_fw-la a_o ment_fw-la nostra_fw-la fieri_fw-la possint_fw-la ideae_fw-la infiniti_fw-la entis_fw-la causam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la extra_fw-la mentem_fw-la quaerere_fw-la nil_fw-la est_fw-la necesse_fw-la nedum_fw-la ut_fw-la et_fw-la statuatur_fw-la infinita_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la inquit_fw-la quam_fw-la perfectionor_n finitas_fw-la multiplicando_fw-la resp_n nequaquam_fw-la coneipimus_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la infinitum_fw-la seu_fw-la deum_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o aeternum_fw-la perfectiones_fw-la finitas_fw-la multiplicando_fw-la nam_fw-la hoc_fw-la esset_fw-la existimare_fw-la perfectiones_fw-la in_o creaturis_fw-la esse_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la generis_fw-la cum_fw-la perfectionibus_fw-la seu_fw-la attributis_fw-la divinis_fw-la quae_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la divina_fw-la sou_n ipsum_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la infinitum_fw-la a_o meat_n nostra_fw-la conceptum_fw-la sub_fw-la variis_fw-la cogitandi_fw-la modis_fw-la cum_fw-la respectu_fw-la ad_fw-la varios_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la infiniti_fw-la effioientis_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la finitis_fw-la effectus_fw-la dissertat_fw-la de_fw-la conceptu_fw-la infiniti_fw-la sect._n 7._o ego_fw-la prorsus_fw-la autumo_fw-la conceptum_fw-la infiniti_fw-la qua_fw-la talis_fw-la in_fw-la ment_fw-la nostra_fw-la negativum_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la positivum_fw-la demonstro_fw-la quicquid_fw-la positive_a concipimus_fw-la id_fw-la intellectui_fw-la nostro_fw-la tanquam_fw-la illi_fw-la approportionatum_fw-la occurit_fw-la fieri_fw-la namque_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la positive_a a_o ment_fw-la nostra_fw-la attingatur_fw-la quod_fw-la capio_fw-la ejus_fw-la excedit_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la ni_fw-fr mirum_fw-la eum_fw-la excedit_fw-la quoniam_fw-la implicat_fw-la intellectum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la positivo_fw-la modo_fw-la versari_fw-la circa_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la sva_fw-la natura_fw-la est_fw-la extra_fw-la ejus_fw-la sphaeram_fw-la activitatis_fw-la resp_n contradictionem_fw-la implicat_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la summè_fw-la positivum_fw-la quod_fw-la mens_fw-la nostra_fw-la aprehendit_fw-la sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la seu_fw-la idea_n simpliciter_fw-la infiniti_fw-la quod_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la infinitè_fw-fr nostram_fw-la excedere_fw-la sphaeram_fw-la activitatis_fw-la intellectivae_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la posset_n mens_fw-la nostra_fw-la comprehendere_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la hinc_fw-la sequitur_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la infinitum_fw-la a_o mente_fw-la nostra_fw-la seu_fw-la intellectu_fw-la positive_a non_fw-la attingatur_fw-la quicquid_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la mens_fw-la nostra_fw-la concipere_fw-la potest_fw-la per_fw-la aliquam_fw-la ideam_fw-la seu_fw-la conceptum_fw-la a_o seipsa_fw-la formatum_fw-la hoc_fw-la certe_fw-la est_fw-la ipsi_fw-la intellectui_fw-la approportionatum_fw-la sed_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la proportio_fw-la inter_fw-la mentem_fw-la nostram_fw-la atque_fw-la ipsum_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la infinitum_fw-la deum_fw-la opt._n max_n cujus_fw-la notio_fw-la seu_fw-la idea_n ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la in_o mente_fw-la nostra_fw-la est_fw-la formata_fw-la in_fw-la quam_fw-la mens_fw-la nostra_fw-la seu_fw-la intellectus_fw-la se_fw-la potest_fw-la reflectere_fw-la sed_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la potuiteam_n formare_fw-la seu_fw-la efficere_fw-la sect._n 2._o quamvis_fw-la sit_fw-la certissimum_fw-la