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The fourth Proposition. There shall alwayes be something in actuall being.
Proof.
THere is now, and ever hath been something, as is proved; if there∣fore it could ever happen that all things should cease to be; either something es∣sentially necessary (if there be any such being amongst all things) must cease to be, which is impossible; for if it be essen∣tially necessary, it cannot but be; for every thing must alwayes be what it is essentially: or if there be nothing essen∣tially necessary, all things contingent must cease to be; but that is impossible: for seeing every contingent thing must have its being from some cause really distinct from it, so long as that cause is apt, and able to conserve it in being; and that there is no other cause present, and en∣abled to destroy it, it must remain in its