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one disjunctive and two hypothetical syl- 
logisins may be used against 1t: 
Major.—Aut status futurus non patet ex 
lumine nature, aut justitia Dei patet ex lu- 
Mine nature. 
Minor.~-Sed justitia Dei non patet ex lus 
mine nature. 
Cons.—Ergo status faturus non patet ex lu- 
mine nature. 
‘he Minor being false, the respondent 
denies it, therefore the opponent pro- 
cecds in the next syllogism to prove it; 
thus, 
Major.—Si jn statu rerum presenti sepe- 
numero bonis miseria impertiatur, malis vera 
felicitas, tum Justitia Dei non patet ex Jumine 
Nature, 
Minor.—Sed in statu ated, seepenumero 
bonis miseria, malis vero felicitas, impertitur. 
Cons.—Erzo justitia Dei non patet, &c. 
Here the Consequence must be denied, 
and therefore the opponent must endea- 
your to prove in the following syllogisin : 
Major.—Si justitie Dei consentaneum sit 
bonos premiis remunerari, malos vero affiti, 
tum justitia Dei non patet ex lumine nature: 
Minor.—Sed justitiz consentaneum est, oc, 
Cons.——Ergo justitia Dei non patet ex lu- 
mine naturw, et proinde neque status futurus. 
This is the conclusion of the argument, 
but for conciseness sake it is usual in the 
schools to read it in the following man- 
ner: 
Aut cadit questio, aut justitia Dei patet 
etiam ex lumine nature. 
Sed justitia Dei nos patet. ex lumine na- 
ture. 
Ergo cadit questio, 
Si in statu rerum presenti bonis miseria 
impertiatur, malis vero felicitas; valet Minor. 
Sed in statu, &c. Ergo valet Minor. 
Si justitia Dei consentaneum sit bonos pre- 
miis ee malis vero premiis athci; 
Valet Consequentia. 
Sed justitia Dei, &c. 
quentia et, Argumentum. 
Ergo valet Conse- 
The afeument being concluded, the re- 
spondent proceeds to refute it; to do 
which, he examines, whether the ‘tonclu- 
sions be fairly deduced from the premises, 
and if so, whether it affects the question ; 
how far it affects it; and whether the op- 
ponent does nut suppose more to bave 
been granted than really was wm the for- 
mer syllogisms. ‘Thus, ‘in the last ar- 
gument, we may grant, that it is agreeable 
to the divine justice to reward the good and 
to punish the bad, but then we should 
add, ether zn this world or a future one ; 
for the divine justice does not necessa- 
rily require, that it should be done in 
the present state ; as this attribute of the 
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Deity may be deduced in general from 
his infinite power, wisdom, and benes 
volence, which may be from. the works 
of the creation, and the abundant pro- 
vision made hy him far. the happiness of 
mankind. 
Rules ta he observed by the Respondent. 
1. Yo understand the syllogism bes 
fore he denies it; and if it be not intel- 
ligible, to-ask the yest ie for an ex- 
planation, 
2. Vy deny the Minor, in preference 
to the Consequence, if the truth of it be 
at all seispicious. 
8. If what is ocd in the. Minos 
generally be only true in particular cases, 
to wali It to those cases, 
4. If authoritics against the question 
he quoted by the opponent, to quote 
other authorities in favour of it. 
5. Ifat the conclusion of the argument 
any of the foregoing steps be forgotten, 
or their connection be not preserved, to 
require the opponent to enunierate and 
explain them. 
Rules to be observed by the Opponent. 
1. To see that the arguments be drawn 
up distinctly and intelligibly. 
2. Yo be able to explain the several 
fig? of them clearly and precisely. 
. Yo have in readiness a proof for 
the 1 Minor, in case it should be denied, 
when the next syllogism i is 1n proof of the 
Consequence. 
4. In quoting authorities, to give the 
true meaning of the authors. 
_5. At the conclusion of the argument, 
to be able to sum up the several steps in 
clear and concise terms; to explain their 
connection; and to shew how the argu- 
ments affect the question, 
EE 
fo the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HE. request of your cotrespondent, 
under the signature of ** Common 
Sense,’ ’ having drawn forth the commas. 
nications of several popular remedies, as 
detailed in your Magazine for March, 
I beg leave to offer a few observations on 
such remedies, and how far a reliance 
upon them may be attended with success, 
or disappointment, 
From the present advanced and dif- 
fused state of general science, with the 
more just and accurate reasoning, as ape 
plied to almost all the concerns "of lite, 
the almost universal belief in the efficacy 
of nostrums in the cure of diseases, . 
which prevailed in the more unenlight- 
ened periods of wur history, has very 
much abated ; yet there is a large portion 
of 
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