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# Title: A Defence Of The Essay Of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 3; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 3)
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betrue, supposins thole thines to Wrhich
ut celatos, to. exit.
But here the Remarkcers Ouection wils
Be maco, EDon What Crounds must il
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t 0 IF 600d and Fvil, Vertue and
Picez: are not such in their omn Na-
tuxe, thei must be so fromthe Arbitrary W’ill
os God and al Thines are indifferent, till
he declare This. Or That, to be din, accor-
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dine te hes lleasure: Phat, 15, he misht if
de hradt so pleasd, have made Vertue,
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Vice: and. 2cc, V’ertue: Po vrtrich, l an-
Tiver, Thac God havins made Man such
aCrcature a5 ho 25; It is as impollibsothat
Good ard lvil thousd change their se-
Specto ro trum, as that Pleasure can De Poin-
anc Pain Pleasure prhichno oneinhis Senses
vill actim, and vet, e chink, 10 B0.
dy tras sopposd them to b0 real fixi-
Prences, independent ot any Subject:
And if tho Relation Which Moral G00d
and Evil has to Natural Good and F-
vil, Wrere Custicientr observed, there
rould beas little dispute abont the Na-
ture and Realier oF Vertue and Vice:
Ptiose who think ther are onlr HO-
tions in tho Mlind, rould be convinced
ther arc as Real as Natural, Good and
Lvil; all Moral Ci0or consisting in Doino
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Willins, or Chusiris, For ones SclE OF
Ottrers, rtat ever 15 a Natural 600d:
and ail Morat Fvil, in Doins, Willins.
Ox Chusino ihaterer is a Natural svil,
Eo ones TelE Ox Others. PhIS, I doube
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