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other objection, the material changes can be known to us 

 only by the changes of mind, and must, of consequence, be 

 liable to all their uncertainty. The theory of Dr. Darwin, 

 therefore, has not made us more acquainted with the mys- 

 tery of ourselves ; and whatever praise it may deserve as in- 

 genious, its principles cannot be adopted as just." 



Those who would see a more detailed view of the defects, 

 errors, and gross inconsistencies of the metaphvsical theorv of 

 this celebrated physician, will do well to consult Observations 

 on Zoononua, by Thomas Brown, Esq. Edinburgh. 8vo. 

 1798; a work which, though it contains, perhaps, some 

 groundless strictures, manifests great acuteness, learning, taste 

 and urbanity. 



Controversy respecting the Soul. p. 33. 



In 1702 William Coward, an English physician, pub- 

 lished a work, entitled, Thoughts on the Soul, in which he 

 maintained that it is material and mortal. He was answered 

 by the Rey. Thomas Broughton, and others, and defended 

 himself with great zeal. The House of Commons at length 

 interfered in the dispute, and ordered his work to be burned by 

 the hand of the common hangman. In 1706 Henry Dod- 

 well 5> a learned writer of South-Britain, published a singular 

 work, in which he attempted to prove, from the Scriptures and 

 the early Fathers, that the soul of man is a principle naturally 

 mortal, but actually immortalized by the pleasure of God, by 

 virtue of its union with the divine baptismal Spirit; and that, 

 since the apostles, none have the power of giving this divine 

 immortalizing Spirit excepting the bishops. This publication 

 occasioned a controversy of considerable warmth and interest, 

 in which Dr. Clarke, Mr. Norris, and others, wrote 

 against Dodwell, and in which the subject received much 

 elucidation. After Dr. Clarke, Andrew Baxter, a dis- 

 tinguished writer of North-Britain, undertook, in a large 

 work, to establish the immateriality of the soul. This work 

 is generally considered as among the most able and satisfac- 

 tory ever written in defence of the truth which it supports. 



Clarke, p. 33. 



Samuel Clarke, D. D. was born at Norwich, in South- 

 Britain, in the year 1675. He was educated at the Univer- 



