A N T I E N T 



M E T A P H Y S I C S. 



BOOK I. 

 Of the Being of God. 



CHAP. I. 



\the fuhjeEi of this volume, 'Theological ; — to contain a demonjlration of 

 the Being and Attributes of God. — Dr Clarke s demonjlration en- 

 tirely Metaphyfical : — The Author s demonf ration to be drawn from 

 the works of God. — The exiflence of every thing to be proved only 

 by its operations : — In this ijoay lue know our own exiflence. — Des 

 Cartes argument, drawn from the operation of his mind, not iden- 

 tical. — Our fenfations thefoiirce of all our knowledge in this life.-— 

 By confcioufnefs we are dijlinguifhed from the brute. — Without the 

 exifence of the material world, we could have no knowledge . — Ab- 

 furdity of the fcepticifin of Bifhop Berkeley and Mr David Hume. 



THIS laft volume of my Metaphyfics, probably the laft volume 

 of any kind that I fhall publifh, will be entirely Theological ; 

 which I think is a proper conclufion of Metaphyfics : For Theolo- 

 VoL. VI. A o-v 



