Part H. The Living Temple. his doing whatfoever is requi(ite, for fupporting the Honour and Dignity of his Government, , and can permit no- thing, that (hall detra& from it, or render it lefs auguft and awful. Yet need we not here, over fcrupu- foully, defend the Common Notion of fnflice, in the utmoft ffriECnefs of it, that makes it converfant [only] about another's Right, and feems, therefore, to imply, that a Man can owe nothing to himfel f r That, Love to others, which comprehends all our Duty to them, is tobe =attired by Love to our felves, which feems equally comprehenfiveof Duty, which we are fuppofed to owe to our felves ; nor (hall we difpute whether, in no Senfe, one can be both Creditor, andDebtor 5 or whether In- fóbrietybe not properly'Zlnrighteoufnefs, and Sobriety, 7uuli ce even towards. one- fclf. Subordination to God being ftill preferved, render whom, and for whom only, we can owe any thing to our felves, or others. Only fuppofing, among Men, fuch a thing as Self Stu fiice, it is with them a weaker, and more debile Principle, that may betray, and lofe their Rights, which then, no juftice can reclaim. Whereas, s
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