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| − | + | Having examin'd ye. Constitution & connections of Man, & | |
| + | [[unclear]] System of Moral obligation on them, agreable to reason, | ||
| + | his own conscience & ye. experience of Mankind; & having | ||
| + | also trac'd his Moral affections to ye. purposes they answer both | ||
| + | in ye. private & publick System; we can plainly perceiv yt. | ||
| + | there are three classes of Duties, ye. 1st man owes to himself | ||
| + | ye. 2d. to Society, & ye. 3d. to his Creator. | ||
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| + | As to 1st they are chiefly founded on ye. defensive & | ||
| + | private passions, yt. make him pursue what is for his [[deletion]] private [[/deletion]] | ||
| + | good, & avoid what [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] ^ [[addition]] is detrimental to [[/addition]] him. Prudence is ye. preferring | ||
| + | [[deletion]] what is ye. best, [[/deletion]] [[addition]] ye. greatest good, [[/addition]] & ye. avoiding ye. greatest., [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] [[addition]] be discreet in [[/addition]] | ||
| + | [[deletion]] discreet [[/deletion]] [[addition]] us in ye. halt [[/addition]] means to procure ye. good & avoid ye. evil; this in our | ||
| + | intellectuals corresponds with sagacity, or a quickness of sense | ||
| + | in our outward Frame. | ||
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ye Principal distinctions of Duty or Virtue
Having examin'd ye. Constitution & connections of Man, & unclear System of Moral obligation on them, agreable to reason, his own conscience & ye. experience of Mankind; & having also trac'd his Moral affections to ye. purposes they answer both in ye. private & publick System; we can plainly perceiv yt. there are three classes of Duties, ye. 1st man owes to himself ye. 2d. to Society, & ye. 3d. to his Creator.
As to 1st they are chiefly founded on ye. defensive & private passions, yt. make him pursue what is for his deletion private /deletion good, & avoid what deletion unclear /deletion ^ addition is detrimental to /addition him. Prudence is ye. preferring deletion what is ye. best, /deletion addition ye. greatest good, /addition & ye. avoiding ye. greatest., deletion unclear /deletion addition be discreet in /addition deletion discreet /deletion addition us in ye. halt /addition means to procure ye. good & avoid ye. evil; this in our intellectuals corresponds with sagacity, or a quickness of sense in our outward Frame.
