nation of creature to creature, and of all creatures to man. The gradation of sense, instinct, thought, reflexion, reason; that reason alone countervails all the other faculties, 199 to 224. How much farther this order and subordination of living creatures may extend above and below us; were any part of which broken, not that part only, but the whole connected creation must be destroyed. The extravagance, madness and pride of such a desire, 225 to 260. The consequence of all, the absolute submission due to providence, both as to our present and future state, 273, &c.
EPISTLE II.
Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to Himself as an individual.
THE business of man not to pry into God, but to study himself. His middle nature; his powers and frailties, and the limits of his capacity, Ver. 43. The two principles of man, self-love and reason, both necessary; self-love the stronger, and why; their end the same, 83. The passions, and their use, 83 to 120. The predominant passion and its force, 122 to 150. its necessity in directing men to different purposes, 153, &c. its providential use, in fixing our principle and ascertaining our virtue, 167. Virtue and vice joined in our mixed nature; the limits near, yet the things separate and evident. What is the office of reason? 187, &c. How odious vice in itself, and how we deceive ourselves into it, 209. That, however, the ends of providence and general good are answered in our passions and imperfections, 230, &c. How usefully they are distributed to all orders of men, 233. how useful they are to society, 241. and to the individuals, 253. in every state, and in every age of life, 263, &c.
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