33s 0e ptentonp of tieZ íbfne Ifttríbutez Chap. r 7, delivers many things that are deftructive ofmoral hone.. fty. Hediffolves the molt facred bandofhumane foci- ety, ordaining inhis Common wealth a Communityof Wives. He allows an honeft man to lie in fome occa- fions ; whereas theRule is eternal,. We muffnot do evil, that goodmay come thereby. In fhort, a confidering Eye si cosinrpicia- ntns uc Pagani, will difcover many fpots,as well as beauties,in their molt Chriftianè admired Inftitutions. They commend thofe things as Chrüliani, runr, r Vertues which are Vices, and leave.outthofe Vertues uc C Pa mice. E- which arenecef ary for the perfectionofour nature;and rajMISS. the Vertues they commend, are defective in thofe qua- lities that are requifite to make them fincere. If Philo- fophy were Incarnate, and had expreft the Purity and Efficacyof all its Precepts in real actions; yet it had a- bundantly fallen fhortof that Supernatural, Angelical, DivineHolinefs which the Gofpel requires Till the Wifdom of God removed his Chair frotrPHeaven to Earth to inftruct the World,not only thedepravationof the lower faculties, but the darknefs of the humane underftanding, hindred Men from performing their univerfal duty. The Gofpel alone brings Light to the Mind, Peace to theConfcience, Purity to the AfFectb vns,andRectitude to the Life.. CHAP..
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