íYt Cßritribgttg ton 't 5 I i. There is a ftrong inclination in Man to Happi- Chap. 1V. nefs. This delre is born and brought up with him, ..) and is common to all that partake of the reafonable Nature. From the Prince to the pooreft wretch; from the molt knowing to the meaneft in underftand ing, every one deliires to be happy : As the great flames and the Iittle (parks of fire all naturally afcend to their fphere. 2. The conftituting of any thing to be our Happi- nefs, is thefirfl and univerfal Maxime, from whence all moral confcquences are deriv'd. 'Tis the rule of our Defires, and the end of our ac`lions. As in natural things, the principles of their produ&ion operate ac- cording to their quality, fo in moral things the end is as powerful to form theSoul for its Operations in order to it. Therefore as all delire tobe happy, fo they ap- ply themfelves to tholemeans, which appear to be con- venient for the obtaining of it. 3. Every one frames a Happinefs according to his ó3-070- temper. The apprehenfions of it are anfwerable tog ,5i, the difpofitions of the perfon. For Felicity is the 70170 0.17 pleafure which arifes from the harmonious agreement 74?` .u7r.' between the Objeil and the Appetite. Now Man by T Ar¡at(i. á L¡b. 3. his original and contra&ed corruption is altogether Ethic. carnal, he inherits the serpents curie to creep on the earth, he cleaves to defiling and debating objects, and is only qualified for fenfual fatisfa&ions. The Soul is incarnated, and it fhapes a Happinels to it fell, in the enjoyment of thole things which are delicious to the Senfes. The fhadow of felicity is purfued with equal ardour, as that which is real and fubflantial. The fu- preme part of Man, the Underllanding, is employ'd to ferve the lower Faculties, Reafon is ufed to make him more ingenious and luxurious in senfuality ë So much more brutif than the Brutes is he become, when be- H 2 fides
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