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therefore deletion what has /deletion addition ye. conclusion /addition drawn from it are also chimerical. Hobbes thought all Men either Knaves of Fools, & wanted to make a system of Government agreable to ye. corrupt task of ye. reigning powers, & to ye. genius of a most abandon'd Court, a Government plan'd to make a small part of Mankind tyrants & all ye. rest slaves. He only measur'd Virtue by deletion will /deletion Utility, & while pretending to be ye. first yt. found this connection, & yt. gave true reasons for ye. practice of honesty, iether wilfully, or deletion unclear /deletion addition inadvertantly /addition deletion inadvertantly /deletion addition he has pass'd over /addition its true nature, & inseperable connection with ye. perfection & happiness of ye. Individual.

Other moralists establish Morals upon ye. positive appointment of ye. deity, & deletion call /deletion addition define /addition virtue to be ye. conformity of yt. appointment. They say yt. all obligation supposes one who has a right to prescribe, & can reward ye. obedient, & punish ye. disobedient, this can only be Our Creator. His Will is therefore our Law, Which we are bound to obey; & they say this alone is able to deletion oblige /deletion addition bind /addition such corrupt creatures as we are, who ^ addition are /addition but slightly touch'd with a sense of ye. beauty & excellency of Virtue, & are stronly sway'd by views of interest.

yt. Virtue is agreable to ye. Will of God is certain, yt. conduct being pointed out to us by our minds, which is ye. effect of ye. will, or appointment of ye. Deity; so yt. whatever is agreable to our mental faculties, must also be agreable to ye. Will of God; & therefore all ye. indications, & sanctions of our Duty, which are enforc'd by our minds, may look'd on as indications or sanctions of ye. will of ye. Creator. If this inattention or Abuse of ye.