Excerpt from Free-Thinking Rightly Stated: Wherein a Discourse (Falsly So Call'd) Is Fully Considered III. After a lhort, and at leafi fomewhat oh_ fcur'e Definition of Free-fhinhz'rg, this Author pafies immediately to give many Reafo'nsfgx it, upon fu'ppofition that there is here a Ref'traint from Free-thinking, and a Difcouragement to it, Which he alfo very often complains of in exprefs Terms. But as fomefof his Reafons are weak and little to the Purpofe 3 fo there was no great: Neceflity of producing and enlarging 11n Rea fons for F tee-thinking, when the Obligation toit: is and will be own'd by all Men of Senfe. Ifthe Notion of F tee-thinking had been a little clear'd, if certain Infirue'tions, proper Rules, and a right Method for the Performance of it had been pro pofed, it would have made his Difcourfe'more ufeful. It is fit, yea 11eceflary, to know 'fome-fl thing of Thefe, otlierwife one {hall never think wifely, neither be able to know or underl'tand the Truth. Wherefore I {hall propofe fome fhort, ' Thoughts about them, and then proceed to make Remarks upon forne Things delivered and advan;t 'ccd in this Difcourfe. IV. F ree - thinking in the only proper Senfe, is, to be underflood, in' oppofitiona to Ignorance and Stupidity, which hamper and confine the Um derfianding, (0 that it Cannot exert it felf aright. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.