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#13 [Manuscript] on miracles / [Isaac Newton].

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For Miracles are so called not because they are the works of God But because they
 
For Miracles are so called not because they are the works of God But because they
happen seldom & for that mason creak wonder. If they should happen constantly
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happen seldom & for that reason create wonder. If they should happen constantly
according to certain laws inprest upon the nature of things, they
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according to certain laws inprest <s><undecipherable></s> upon the nature of things, they
  
                                                 or miraculous
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                                                 or miracles
would be no long wonders^but might be considered in Philosophy as a
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would be no longer wonders^but might be considered in Philosophy as a
part of the Phenomena of Nature {not withstanding their knowing the effects
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part of the Phenomena of Nature [notwithstanding their being the effects
of Gods laws impressed upon Nature By life powers of God] notwithstanding
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of <s>Gods</s> laws impressed upon Nature By the powers of God] notwithstanding
Has been explored not be because their causes an unknown to us But Because
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have been explored not be because their causes an unknown to us But Because
 
By giving that name to the specific qualities of things,
 
By giving that name to the specific qualities of things,
 
a stop Has been put to all inquiry into the causes of if [undecipherable] could
 
a stop Has been put to all inquiry into the causes of if [undecipherable] could

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Philosophy is not to <undecipherable>

For Miracles are so called not because they are the works of God But because they happen seldom & for that reason create wonder. If they should happen constantly according to certain laws inprest <undecipherable> upon the nature of things, they

                                                or miracles

would be no longer wonders^but might be considered in Philosophy as a part of the Phenomena of Nature [notwithstanding their being the effects of Gods laws impressed upon Nature By the powers of God] notwithstanding have been explored not be because their causes an unknown to us But Because By giving that name to the specific qualities of things, a stop Has been put to all inquiry into the causes of if [undecipherable] could not be known because the grand Philosophy [undecipherable] was able to find [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the signification of the words that for may make use of them in exploring (I do not say confusing) then Philosophy of Isaac Newton so far as if reliable to the argument for proving a Deity from the phenomena of nature. And as the