A treatise concerning eternal and immutable morality . ,, () () K Immutable Morality, 237 BOOK IV. CHAP. IV- O Individual Material Thingis always neceflarily the famewith it felf, but Mutable andchangeable. And our SenfiblePerceptions of them, are nothing but Paffionsor Affedtions in the Soul from fome LocalMotions in our Body caufed by them 5 whichPaffions alfo are a Kind of Motions in theSoul, whereby we do not comprehend the Im-mutable Ratio or Effence of any thing. ButIntelle&ion and Knowledge are the AftiveComprehenfion of fomething, that is fixedand Immutable, and hath always a neceflary
A treatise concerning eternal and immutable morality . ,, () () K Immutable Morality, 237 BOOK IV. CHAP. IV- O Individual Material Thingis always neceflarily the famewith it felf, but Mutable andchangeable. And our SenfiblePerceptions of them, are nothing but Paffionsor Affedtions in the Soul from fome LocalMotions in our Body caufed by them 5 whichPaffions alfo are a Kind of Motions in theSoul, whereby we do not comprehend the Im-mutable Ratio or Effence of any thing. ButIntelle&ion and Knowledge are the AftiveComprehenfion of fomething, that is fixedand Immutable, and hath always a neceflaryIdentity with it felf. For that which is notone Steady and Immutable Thing, cannot as1 fuch, 2 $8 Concerning Eternal and fuch, be an Objeft of Intellection or Know-ledge, neither can the Mind fix it felf uponit; for it muft needs mock and delude theUnderstanding, perpetually Gliding and Roll-ing away from it, when it Endeavours tografp or comprehend it. Neither can it bethe Bafis or Subjeft of any Scientifical Theo-rem or Proportion ; For how can
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