17. No complete idea of eternal being.
I think it unavoidable for every considering, rational creature, that will but
examine his own or any other existence, to have the notion of an eternal, wise Being, who had no beginning: and
such an idea of infinite duration I am sure I have. But this negation of a beginning, being but the negation of a
positive thing, scarce gives me a positive idea of infinity; which, whenever I endeavour to extend my thoughts to,
I confess myself at a loss, and I find I cannot attain any clear comprehension of it.
