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difficulty in our present situation, if depriv'd of ye. different ranks of passions, which we are induced with. He who settl'd our condition & connections, must also have ordain'd yt. conduct of Powers, & ballance of Passions, which is so entirely adjusted to yt. condition & connections. Such an order of creatures being suppos'd, & such a condition & connection such a conduct as has been traid out, must always be obligatory, to a creature so plac'd & connected. If man had been a spider or Hound, different duties would have been necessary; ye. Wels, ye. Vigilance, & rapacity of ye. former; ye. sagacity, lone of game, & swiftness of ye. latter, & ye. pleasure of appetite, propogation, & love of Offspring, common to both, would have been his proper business & oeconomy. But Man being a creature not only sensible. deletion unclear /deletion addition active [[/addition] social, but also rational, Political, & Religious, he has more numerous, & important obligations to fulfil. & if afterwards he shall be set in a superior Station, his Duties, & obligations will increase in ye. same proportion. If therefore man had been form'd to approve of treachery & c. such a temper would evidently have prov'd destructive of his happiness. How if ye. Deity prefers our happiness to our misery, we will of course ye. means most fitted yt. end; deletion therefore /deletion addition consequently /addition ye Deity being Wise & good, could not have implanted in us such dispositions as would necessarily overturn our happiness; therefore among ye. various possible constitutions, vice could never be approveable, & obligatory. This scheme of Human Nature, retss on ye. same foundation as ye. Divine Wisdom & goodness, & ye. scheme of Moral obligation built on it, must as immutable & immortal; & all ye. Works of Nature prove their Creator to be supremely & universally wise & good.