Advantage to Society in general, that Mankind ſhould believe the Soul to be immortal; Faith commands us to do this; nothing more is requir'd, and the Matter is clear'd up at once. But 'tis otherwiſe with reſpect to its Nature; 'tis of little Importance to Religion, which only requires the Soul to be virtuous, what Subſtance it may be made of. 'Tis a Clock which is given us to regulate but the Artiſt has not told us what Materials the Spring of this Clock is compos'd.
I am a Body and, I think, that's all I know of the Matter. Shall I aſcribe to an unknown Cauſe, what I can ſo eaſily impute to the only ſecond Cauſe I am acquainted with? Here all the School Philoſophers interrupt me with their Arguments, and declare that there is only Extenſion and Solidity in Bodies, and that there they can have nothing but Motion and Figure. Now Motion, Figure, Extenſion and Solidity cannot form a Thought, and conſequently the Soul cannot be Matter. All this, ſo often repeated, mighty Series of Reaſoning, a-
