<meta content="urn:uuid:fb05077e-9eb0-4d84-816a-a0dbb176445c" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p class="p11"><a id="a176"/><a id="a175"/><span class="t12">THERE IS NO NATURAL RELIGION </span></p> <p class="p18">I<br/>Man’s percepti-<br/>-ons are not bound<br/>-ed by organs of<br/>perception. he per-<br/>-ceives more than<br/>sense (tho’ ever<br/>so acute) can<br/>discover</p> <p class="p18">II<br/>Reason or the ra-<br/>-tio of all we have<br/>already known is<br/>not the same that<br/>it shall be when<br/>we know more</p> <p class="p18">IV<br/>The bounded is<br/>loathed by its pos-<br/>-sessor.The same<br/>dull round even<br/>of the univer[s]e, would<br/>soon become a<br/>mill with complica-<br/>-ted wheels.</p> <p class="p18">V<br/>If the many bec-<br/>-ome the same as<br/>the few, when pos-<br/>-sess’d, More! More!<br/>is the cry of a mista-<br/>-ken soul, less than<br/>All cannot satisfy<br/>Man</p> <p class="p18">VI<br/>If any could de-<br/>-sire what he is in-<br/>-capable of posses-<br/>sing, despair must<br/>be his eternal<br/>lot</p> <p class="p18">VII<br/>The desire of<br/>Man being Infi-<br/>-nite the possession<br/>is Infinite & him-<br/>-self Infinite</p> <p class="p18">Application<br/>He who sees the In-<br/>-finite in all things<br/>sees God. He who<br/>sees the Ratio only<br/>sees himself only</p> <p class="p18">Conclusion<br/>If it were not for the<br/>Poetic or Prophetic<br/>character, the Philo-<br/>-sophic& Experimen-<br/>-tal would soon be<br/>at the ratio of all<br/>things, & stand still,<br/>unable to do other<br/>than repeat the same<br/>dull round over a-<br/>-gain</p> <p class="p18">Therefore<br/><span class="t6">God becomes as</span><br/><span class="t6">we are, that we</span><br/><span class="t6">may be as he</span><br/><span class="t6">is</span></p> </body> </html>