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Oſervat ons on Lord Boling of nature. 35 Sutr it 10 5, 2 niir and ol the meaneſt under)i that men cannot l about it. Tbe contrar)y 1ſ edν‿n from his owon« ment. He makes ſeij wbhich our moral quli poſes univerſ⸗ of our nature. He the lawy of nature to

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ſpame or modéſty!. The account be gives of the of the law of nature, c red. He adnits noſe of tbat law with reſpelt to individuals. quences of his ſcheme io the intereſts of m

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F AROM the obſetva tions that have been made in the fore-

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going letters, l think it ſufficiently appears that Lord Bo- gbroke hath esdeavoured to ſubvert, or at leaſt to perplex

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aine the a of the law of nature conſidered 6 fewn aently ſpeaks in the higheſt terms of

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the clearneſs, the ſu ufnlen ncy, and d verieston of that law. He

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evelation of the will of Sverh other revelarion needleſs. ry learned and able men have treated of the law of nature:

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itten on that ſubject. He ſays, they have ben more in- tent to ſhew their learning and acuteneſs, than to ſet their