XI CONTENTS. 



Matter, the Foundation of Atheifm — Anfwer to the Objedions, that this Syftem 

 multiplies Minds — that it makes all Nature to be a Wonder, and a Miracle— The 

 Atheifl is the greateft of all Believers — Vanity the great Source of Atheifm — Cure 

 propofcd for this Vanity Page 228 



C H A P. XIX. 



The Philofophy of this work fdifFerent from the Newtonian Philcfophy — particularly 

 concerning the Motion of the Celeftial Bodies — Opinion of the Ancients, that thefe 

 Motions were carried on and condutled by Mind — All Motion on Earth both begun 

 and carried on by Mind — The fame in the Celeftial Regions, according to the an- 

 tient Philofophy — The Newtonian Philofophy not fo uniform or confiftent with itfelf 

 — The combined Motion of the Planets, according to the Newtonian Syftem, not ne- 

 ceflary nor probable — gives too great an Advantage to Atheifm — lays not the Foun- 

 dation of Theifm broad enough, by fuppofing the World to have been produced at 

 a certain Time — Opinion of all the Antients that it was eternal — If Mind moves the 

 Celeftial Bodies, it muft be by a fimple and uncompounded Motion — Sir Ifaac's Gra- 

 vitation of the Celeftial Bodies a Fa6ly not a Caiifc — The Subtile Spirit pervading all 

 Bodies an Occult Caufe — favouring a little of Miterialifm — But this corretled in the 

 Q^ery annexed to his Optics— Three Opinions concerning the Origin and Conti- 

 nuance of Motion— Dr Clarke's Opinion in this Matter dift'srent from Sir Ifaac's 



p. 251 



CHAP. XX. 



Chance numbered among the Caufes of Things — NtcefTary to inquire what fort of a 

 Caufe it is — The common Opinion concerning Chance-— Al^h'w.g not by Accident, 

 bccaufe we do not know the Caufe of it — Examples of that in the Weather, Dice, 

 and Cards — Chance refers to an End propofed by Nature or Man — Examples of this 

 — Things happening befides that end not always fortuitous — Examples of this 

 — Fortuitous, and by Accident^ not the fame — Different Names given, in Greek, to 

 what happens hcfida the End intended by Nature, and that which is intended by 

 Man — Definition oi Chance from the foregoing Inveftigation — Confequence of this 

 DoiStrine of Chance p. 2S4 



CHAP. xxr. 



No Difpute among the Antient Philofophers concerning Free-vjill ^Vid^Neceffity — Rcafon 

 of this — The Diftin<Si:ion betwixt Senje and IntelleB neceffary to be made for under- 

 ftanding this Matter— Definition oi JVill—JVili &nd Free -will ihe fame — Difference be- 

 twixt 



