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XX It is evident yt. such a conduct of ye. powers & passions will be agreable to ye dictates of reason; for if we examine ye. consequences of things, or ye. relations & aptitudes of means to ends, reason plainly shews, & experience confirms it, yt. to have our defensive passions equal to our danger, is ye. Most ready way of avoiding them, & of obtaining ye. wish'd for security. yt. to proportion our private passions to our watns is ye. best means to supply them, & yt. to adapt our publick affections to our social relations, & ye. good of others, is ye surest method of fulfilling ye. one & procuring ye. other. So yt. in this sense ^ addition Virtue /addition may very properly be term'd. a conduct conformable to reason, as reopen finds deletion is ready /deletion ^ addition an aptness in such are order & oeconomy /addition to answer ye. End for