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Laws. In this variety of relations with which he is encompass'd, & of contingencies, to which he is liable, he feels a strong attraction to ye. good, & repulsion from ye. evil. But as good & evil are deletion unclear /deletion addition often /addition blended ^ addition together /addition, & these effects deletion are often /deletion addition being frequently /addition ye. consequence of hidden relations, & general Laws, ye. force of which he is not a proper judge of, it is easy for him to mistake Good for evil, & evil for good, so yt. he may often be attracted by what is destructive, or may repel what is salutary. He is of so tender a constitution, yt he is frequently troubl'd with sickness, Cold, Heat, Fatigue, & innumerable Wants; yet he has so little knowledge, & his reason is so weak, yt. he frequently cannot judge in ye. way of reasoning, of ye. connections of those effects with their respective causes, or of ye. various latent energies of natural things. The Experience of certain senses, or organs of perception, teach him this connection, which ^ addition lay a /addition mechanical ^ addition underline instantaneous motion. /underline /addition feel ye. good & evil receive pleasure from one, & pain ^ from ye. other; by these ^ addition underline without any Reasoning /underline /addition he is taught to choise what is for his advantage, & to avoid what tends to his unclear. Thus by taste & smell, he finds what agrees with his constitution, & by pain, he knows what disagrees with it; but not by those conversant in ye. inward deletion Natural constitutions of things. /deletion addition constitutions of things. /addition
Some of ye. senses are subject to pain, yt. he may be forc'd to follow ye. Objects yt. are suited to them; thus Hunger, Thirst, Cold & by their painful importunities, compel him to get food, Drinks, clooths, Shelter & c. Those instincts Which prompt us with some degree of commotion to deletion attract /deletion addition pursue /addition good, & avoid evil, we call Appetites & passion. Our senses therefore shew us what is good or evil to ye. deletion unclear /deletion addition individual, & our Private /addition appetites & passion, force us to ye. one, & restrain us from ye. other.
