Soul, at its coming into the Body, is inform'd with the whole Series of metaphyſical Notions; knowing God, infinite Space, poſſeſſing all abſtract Ideas; in a Word, completely endued with the moſt ſublime Lights, which it unhappily forgets at its iſſuing from the Womb.
Father Malbranche, in his ſublime Illuſions, not only admitted innate Ideas, but did not doubt of our living wholly in God, and that God is, as it were, our Soul.
Such a Multitude of Reaſoners having written the Romance of the Soul, a Sage at laſt aroſe, who gave, with an Air of the greateſt Modeſty, the Hiſtory of it. Mr. Locke has diſplay'd the human Soul, in the ſame Manner as an excellent Anatomiſt explains the Springs of the human Body. He every where takes the Light of Phyſicks for his Guide. He ſometimes preſumes to ſpeak affirmatively, but then he preſumes alſo to doubt. Inſtead of concluding at once what we know not, he examines gradually what we wou'd
