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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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Which he has made Hnorable to us b
the L Ieht ot Nature.
But that we can ontr lnow thele
thines to be his Will Dr their Contor-
mity to our Nature, and that theretore
ther cannot be Arbitrarr, Ihare betore
Teun; and that he will Punitt or Re-
ard us accordins to our Obedience or
Dilobedience to it; is a consequence oF
his Nature; Cothat, tho MIT. Lock Cays
that the Wriil ot God, Rervards and Pu-
nittiments, can ontr sive Moraliey the
Force Ot a LaW, that does not malre
them the first Croinds ot Good and F-
vil, since br his Principles, to unor
irtiat the Will oF God is (antecedentir
to Revelation) we must Unoir wtrat is
Co0d by the Contormitr it has to oux
pature Dy vtrich re come to noir the
Nature ot God, Which theretore mar De
to him the firstCround or Rule of Cood;
on
tho the Will of God, 8c. can orty en-
Force it a5 a Lav.
Tcannot here omit to takre notice ot
2 Ouestion the Remarteer askes on this
Subject; Flor, Pray vou, upon thelc2. R. P. 28.
Principles, do rou prelerre the Distin-
etion (that good old Diltinction, Wrhicti
it mar be rou despise) ot Bonum etile
and Hlonectum: In rour var, cithes the
Parts are Coincident, or Bonum Otile, ls
Superiour to Bonum Jonestum. Pm a-
Fraid the Kemarker will have hard
Chouehes of me, il i Mould Cay I do
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