PART II. 



jA Calculation of the Credibility of 

 Humane Teftimony. 



MOral Certitude j4bfolute 7 is that ill which 

 the Mind of Man entirely acquiefc 

 ces, requiring no farther Aflarance i 

 As if one in whom I absolutely confide, fhall 

 bring me word of 1160 L accruing to me by 

 Gift, or a Ship's Arrival, and for which there- 

 fore I would not give the leaft valuable Con- 

 fideration to be Enfur'd. 



Moral Certitude Tvcontpleat, has its feverai 

 Degrees to be eftimated by the Proportion it 

 bears to the Abfolute. As if one in whom I 

 have that degree of Confidence, as that I would 

 not give above One in Six to be enfur'd of the 

 truth of what he fays, fhall inform me, as a- 

 bove, concerning 1 200 /. I may then reckon 

 that I have as good as the Abfolute Certainty 

 of a 1000 /. or five lixths of Abfolute Gertainty 

 for the whole Sumtn* 



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