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XVI.

OF A THEISM.

I HAD rather believe all the fables in the " Legend,"
and the " Talmud,'-* and the '* Alcoran" than that this
universal frame is without a mind. And, therefore,
God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, be¬
cause His ordinary works convince it.   It is true that

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a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism;
but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about
to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon
second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in
them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the
chain of them, confederate and linked together, it
must needs fly to Providence and Deity. Nay, even
that school which is most accused of atheism doth
most demonstrate religion ; that is the school of
Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus. For it
is a thousand times more credible that four mutable
elements, and one immutable fifth essence, duly and
eternally placed, need no God; than that an army of