These being taught them as soon as they have any apprehension; and still as they grow up confirmed to them, either by the open profession or tacit consent of all they have to do with; or at least by those of whose wisdom, knowledge, and piety they have an opinion, who never suffer those propositions to be otherwise mentioned but as the basis and foundation on which they build their religion and manners, come, by these means, to have the reputation of unquestionable, self-evident, and innate truths.
Haurrei ezein atzemate dutenetik irakasten eta hazi ahala finkatzen zaizkie doktrina horiek, beraiekin harremanak dituzten guztien agerpen nabariz edo baiespen tazituz, edo jakituria, ezagupen eta jainkozaletasunaren jabe omen direlako beraiengan itzala dutenen eraginez; hauek, berriz, ez dute permititzen proposizio horiek erlijio eta ohitura onen oin eta zimentarri moduan izan ezik aipatzerik eta, horretara, sortzetiko egia eztabaidaezin eta begi-bistako izatera heltzen dira.