Productions. Biſhop Stillingfleet got the Reputation of a calm and unprejudic'd Divine becauſe he did not expreſsly make uſe of injurious Terms in his Diſpute with Mr. Locke. That Divine entred the Liſts againſt him, but was defeated; for he argued as a Schoolman, and Locke as a Philoſopher, who was perfectly acquainted with the ſtrong as well as the weak Side of the human Mind, and who fought with Weapons whoſe Temper he knew. If I might preſume to give my Opinion on ſo delicate a Subject after Mr. Locke, I would ſay, that Men have long diſputed on the Nature and the Immortality of the Soul. With regard to its Immortality, 'tis impoſſible to give a Demonſtration of it, ſince its Nature is ſtill the Subject of Controverſy; which however muſt be thoroughly underſtood, before a Perſon can he able to determine whether it be immortal or not. Human Reaſon is ſo little able, merely by its own Strength, to demonſtrate the Immortality of the ſoul, that 'twas abſolutely neceſſary Religion ſhould reveal it to us. 'Tis of
