mounts to no more than this; I am abſolutely ignorant what Matter is; I gueſs, but imperfectly, ſome Properties of it; now, I abſolutely cannot tell whether theſe Properties may be joyn'd to Thought. As I therefore know nothing, I maintain poſitively that Matter cannot think. In this Manner do the Schools reaſon.
Mr. Locke addreſs'd theſe Gentlemen in the candid, ſincere Manner following. At leaſt confeſs your ſelves to be as ignorant as I. Neither your Imaginations nor mine are able to comprehend in what manner a Body is ſuſceptible of Ideas; and do you conceive better in what manner a Subſtance, of what kind ſoever, is ſuſceptible of them? As you cannot comprehend either Matter or Spirit, why will you preſume to aſſert any thing?
The ſuperſtitious Man comes afterwards, and declares, that all thoſe muſt be burnt for the Good of their Souls, who ſo much as ſuſpect that 'tis poſſible for the Body to think without any foreign Aſſiſtance. But what would theſe People ſay ſhould they themſelves be prov'd irreligious? And indeed, what
