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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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TC
not litro his sood old Diltinction, and
that I think the Parts are Coincident;
P. lino not irhether hewilt hare a bet
ter Opinion oF me, Wwhren P tcIl him I
do not mean it in the war Whrich he in
jurioullr insiniates to be Mr. LockS, but
that nothine can De truly Protitable,
that is not Hlonest. Flovever, not to
caril about Words, this I am ture of,
that thore is no Ground For the Re-
Inartors Rofection in thole Principles
Wrhich hre is dislatistr d With, viz. That.
morally G00d and Lvil, is the Conformity:
or Disagreement of our Actions tothe Diviné.
Lam 3 Wrtich Mr. Lock Cays is the ontu
true Touchstone of Moral Rectitude, and
that by comparins them to this Law, Men
judse of the most considerable Moral G00d
or sevil of their Actions; that is, mhether
as Dutres or Sins; they are like to pros
cure them Tappiness or Misery from the
Fands of. ihe Aimichty. Vpon thete Prin-
cirles Bonum Otile, can never De Supe.
rior to Bonum Fonestum, In NIF. Locks
Way, till ehie Remarker ean Per him
Fome Moral Fvil, that is not contrarr
1o the Dirine Lar, Or a Wav t0 el.
Cape the Fands oF the Alimieher, wrten
ve dilober hiim.
Wrhrat has been laid, will be Cutticient.
1o antirer all that the Remarkrer has
said directlr on this Point, but what
Fuxther concerris it, os Natural Consci-
ence, and the Proots oF the Morat Attri
hutes
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