Ci. 3 g. of the iffite of Beleevers. 337 but as much wronged to have fuch a monster of absurdities (as is contained in that Proposition) obtruded upon me ; my thoughts are over -high of Chamier to beleeve any fuch weakneffe in hire, when Mafter Tombes fhewes it me in him (having yet given his Reader no account where it may be found) I (hail fubfcribe ro that Proverb, N "um magnum ingenium fine aligaaa mixtura dementi , But let us fee what Mailer 2 ombes bath to fay for it, being de- manded whether the PropoGtion be of all parents in general,or of all parents with this limit, where one is a beleever another an un- beh ever, he anfwers in his Apology, page 123, "The PropoGtion `' is, of an unbeleeving husband and a wife, and yet the Propofiti- " on muff be of all parents,that will prove it, as he that will prove, " If an Engli(h.man be noble,he is honourable muff prove it by this `' univerfal or general, Al! Noblemen are honourable; and not " put in all Englishmen Noble, for then the antecedent and the "conclusion would be all one., whereas the PropoGtion proving, "matt be larger then the PropoGtion proved, else we might con- '` dude ex merir particula bus ; To fay if the unbeleeving husband were not fane}ified by the wif, your children were unclean, is all " one with this, All the children of the unbeleeving husband `s not fanEtified to the wife are "uncleane. Here is a wilde parallel well worthy of fuch a monfirous áffertion the Pròpofiti- on is of two (landing in full difparity, he illuftrates it in an in- fiance where there is no difparity, in a finale person, and by two adjuno }s which are Synonym %: I delire to know how this lequel may be proved, if a wife of an ignoble birth be not made Noble by her husband, her iflùe is ignoble ; muft it be proved by this PropoGtion, The iffue of every wife not made noble by her husband, is ignoble ? or will it ferve, The ifï'ue of every ignoble wife not made noble by her husband is ignoble ? If a poore man take a wife, and is not enricht by her, he hill remaines in a poore condition; (hall this be made good by a PropoGtion That all men taking wives, and not enricht by them are in a poore conditi- on, or will it ferve that every poore man taking a wife, and not enricht by her, is in a poore condition ? Yea, what he affirmes in his own inflance is molt false, to prove that if an Englifhman be noble, he is honourable, it is fufficíent to prove it b this Propo- Gtion ; All Englifhmen noble, are honourable, let Matter Tombes tell me how he will make good this Propoftion; If a Dutchman X la be , ñ
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