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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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Natural Relision (0 Far 25 it gOC5. X0n
place Natural Relioion ((aYS he) L thinte in
the beliet of the Beins of a Cod, and of O-
bedience due to bim. This is esod so far as
it soes, and is well supported. Bui the ne-
stron is, rhat Laos those are that me ourht to
obey, or how ve can knom them withont Re-
velation, unless yon cahe in Natural Consci-
ence for a distinction of O00d and Pvil, or
another Idea of Cod than what von have
sivenus. Flarins alreads anticipated chis
DouE, bY Mermine horr the MOraL AE-
tribuces ot God arc deduciblo trom
Mr. LockS Principles, and hon re tnom
irhat his Will is, by the contormity or
repugnanes ot chinss ioour Reaton, and
rith respect to Humane Nature, of irhich
heis the Auchor, I necd not sire a par-
ticular ansiver to this Ouestion: But lince
the Remarber lars I0grent a srels upon
his Principle of Natural Conscience in that
Sense and Notion vrhich he has siren ot
P. 50
it, thac he takes it to be the Foundation of e. 4 e 5
Natural Relision, and chinks the distinction
of C0od and Fvil, is manifested, and sup-
porred by it: let us tarther consider IE.
IE woildbc t0o tedious to repeat ai
thacthe Kemarker lays on this Subieet, From
the beginnins of his Third Letter to etie
15th Pase; Lneedonls hint at lome OB.
berrations, hy rrhich it willappear, that
he has nor secled in his omn Mind a de
terminate Idca of his Principle of Nacurat
Conscience, but arsues for it lometimes in
onesense, and sometimes in anocher; thaL
MP. Lock