ínC4tttríbfna etitt'IVtieaentptíort. 337 all fins are equal ; that the :killing a Bird is of the Chá: r7, fame guiltwith the murdering a Parent: a Principle that breaks the reftrainrs of fear and thane, and opens a ro- paflage to all licentioufnefs. They commended Self- i:riof ;in eft Murder in feveral cafes ; which unnatural fury is culpa- raptovi' ere, .t cocaspulct;cr- ble in many refpeds, ofrebell on againft:God,.in ufiice rimum ufcb to others, and cruelty toones felt. Zeno the founder mori. ofthat Sepprodded his own Dotrine. For falling to Arpicc Crcnn.,facio the ground, he +nrerpreted, it to be a _Summons to ap- illopeaari pu- pear in another World, and ftrangledhimfelf. Ariflotie fs- inniasmanus admoi onion; allows the appetite of revenging injuries, tobe as natu- & vulnera pa_ ral as the inclination to g ratitude, judging according taza to cum ntem. dentifra the commonRule that one contrary is the meafureof a- Senec. nother. Nay ,he condemns the putting up an injury as degenerous and fervile. Hemakes indignation at the profperit of unworthy Men a Vertue, andato prove it, tells us thCretians attributed into their Gods as a paíffion becoming the excellency of their natures. But if we confider the Supreme Difpofer of all things may do what he pleafes with his own, thathe is inñriitelyWife, and in the next World will difpenfe Eternal recompen- ces ; there is not the leaft caute of irritation for that feeming diforder. He alto allows:Pride to.bre:a.uo le Vid Lib. , temper that proceeds from a fublirne Spirit. He repre- Ethic. fonts his Hero by this among other charaders,that he is difpleafed with thofe whomention to him thebenefits he bath received,which make him inferiour to thofe that gavethem; as iffHumility and Gratitude were qualities contrary to Magnanimity. He condemns Envy as a vice that would bring down others toour meanuefs,but commends Emulation which urges to afcend to the height of them that are above us. But t his is no real Vertue, for it Both not exciteus by the worth of moral good, but from the vain defireof equaity or preemi- nence. And Plato himfelf, though fined Divi :.e, yet X x delivers
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