rn the Soul of Man. 13 ther's welfare. Again, in r~gard of edu– cation, fome have never been taught to follow any other rules, than thofe of plea~ fure or advantage: but others are fo i·n .... ured to obferve the firicrefl: rules of decen-– cy and honour, and fon1e infiances of virtue, that they are hardly capable of doing any thing which they have been accufiomed to look upon as baie and unworthy. . In fine, , it _is no fi11all difference in the deportment of mere natural men, that cloth arife fron1 the firength or weaknefs of their \Vit or judgtnent, and fron1 their care or negligence in ufing then1. Inte1nperance · and lufl:, inju"fiice and oppreffion, and all thofe other in1pieties which abound in the \vorld, and render it fo miferable, are t··he ilTues of felf-love, the effect of the animal life; when it is· neither overpo\vered by · religion, nor governed by natural reafon. But if it once take hold of reafon, and get judgment an-d wit to be ofits party, it will many tin1·es difdain the grofler fort of vices, and fpring up unto fair imitations ofvirtue and goodnefs. If a man have but fo much reafon as to confider the· prejudice ·Which intemperance and inordinate· lufl: do bring unto his health, his fortune, and his reputation, fclf love 1nay fuffice B to
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