WhetheritbethattheMolinistdoctorswouldnotcondescendsofarastoenlightenusonthepoint，orforsomeothermysteriousreason，thefactistheyhavedonenothingmorethanpronouncethesewords：\"Thispropositionisrash，impious，blasphemous，accursed，andheretical！\"Wouldyoubelieveit，sir，thatmostpeople，findingthemselvesdeceivedintheirexpectations，havegotintobadhumor，andbegintofallfouluponthecensorsthemselves？
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Arnauld’sinnocence。\"What！\"theyaresaying，\"isthisallthatcouldbeachieved，duringallthistime，bysomanydoctorsjoininginafuriousattackononeindividual？Cantheyfindnothinginallhisworksworthyofreprehension，butthreelines，andtheseextracted，wordforword，fromthegreatestdoctorsoftheGreekandLatinChurches？Isthereanyauthorwhateverwhosewritings，wereitintendedtoruinhim，wouldnotfurnishamorespeciouspretextforthepurpose？Andwhathigherproofcouldbefurnishedoftheorthodoxyofthisillustriousaccused？\"Howcomesittopass，\"theyadd，\"thatsomanydenunciationsarelaunchedinthiscensure，intowhichtheyhavecrowdedsuchtermsas’poison，pestilence，horror，rashness，impiety，blasphemy，abomination，execration，anathema，heresy’—
themostdreadfulepithetsthatcouldbeusedagainstArius，orAntichristhimself；andalltocombatanimperceptibleheresy，andthat，moreover，withouttellingaswhatitis？Ifitbeagainstthewordsofthefathersthattheyinveighinthisstyle，whereisthefaithandtradition？IfagainstM。Arnauld’sproposition，letthempointoutthedifferencebetweenthetwo；forwecanseenothingbutthemostperfectharmonybetweenthem。
Assoonaswehavediscoveredtheeviloftheproposition，weshallholditinabhorrence；butsolongaswedonotseeit，orratherseenothinginthestatementbutthesentimentsoftheholyfathers，conceivedandexpressedintheirownterms，howcanwepossiblyregarditwithanyotherfeelingsthanthoseofholyveneration？\"Suchisthespecimenofthewayinwhichtheyaregivingventtotheirfeelings。Butthesearebyfartoodeep—thinkingpeople。YouandI，whomakenopretensionstosuchextraordinarypenetration，maykeepourselvesquiteeasyaboutthewholeaffair。What！