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commonwealth form'd on a warlike plan; they deletion accounted & /deletion addition deletion unclear /deletion Esteem'd /addition underline this exposition /underline deletion unclear private affections is ye. unclear ye. publick /deletion praiseworthy, ^ addition unclear they /addition prefer ye. Publick, to ye. most endearing private Affection. They fell into this mistake by supposing a competion between ye. two interests, not by divesting themselves of parental affection; they would have avoided this, if deletion they /deletion ^ addition underline their system of policy /underline /addition had been more defin'd & extensive. In some countries they put their ag'd parents to death, deletion but yt. /deletion is ^ addition it /addition for want of natural Affection? No, but they think to release them form ye. miseries of old Age. In short neither excessive ingratitude, nor any other immoral form, are ever approv'd. men only are mistaken in ye. tendency, consequently & other circumstances of ye. Action. It may appear addition in /addition different ^ addition fights /addition according to ye. various opinions, passions, & other circumstances, of ye. Moral Actor; but yet ye. general rule is allow'd, ye. Moral quality admir'd, & ye. deviation from it condemn'd. Thus all condemn inhumanity, yet by deletion some /deletion ^ addition a certain underline Religion /underline /addition persecution is approv'd in yt. case, out of an opinion yt. 'tis for ye. Honour of God, t o which principle all humanity should yield; yet to a well inform'd mind this doctrine, with whatever pious name is is Sanctify'd ^ must appear cruel & inhuman. Malice is dislik'd, yet to hate a wicked man, or resent an injury is thought conducive to private security as Publick good, & ye Actors think it a noble indignation of vice, then when in their most outrageous sallies. a Highwayman condemns injustice, & resents ye. knavery of his accomplice; but to excuse himself, say necessity has no law, & self preservation must be obey'd. From these & ye. like instances, it appears not difficult to account for ye. different opinions concerning Moral Obligation; addition underline viz /underline /addition from ye. nature of happiness, ye. partial connections Men have form'd, ye. false opinions in Religion, & ye. violent passions which make them not attend to ye. Moral quality as they ought. Therefore by separating What is foreign, &