explained and recommended. 3 9 tween a naked affent to truth, and a deep SE R M. affecting impreflion of the fubject, as of the XV. higheft dignity and worth, or of the utmoft confequence to ourfelves ; the former, be it ever fo firm, frequently reviewed, and care- fully attended to, bath no influence at all on the fprings of action : Thus we know there are many fpeculative truths difcovered by diligent obfervation and abftract reafon- ing, molt certainly believed, and very en- tertaining to the mind, which yet have no relation to, nor any effe& on practice ; but there are certain inftincts or determinations in our nature, which fet all its active powers a -work, and without firft moving them, no object can have any íhare in determining our conduct, or can engage our purfuit, what- ever light it may appear in to the under - ftanding. There is a determination in the human mind to approve of moral excellence, and affections to it are a part of our confti- tution ; felf -love alto is infeparable from our nature ; but neither of thefe operateth ne- ceffarily in the belt manner, and to their producing their proper and regular effects. The objects mull be fet in a juft light, which is the province of faith : We cannot help approving moral rectitude and goodnefs when it is fairly reprefented ; but it is in C c .. our
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