AS AN INDIVIDUAL

The business of man not to pry into God, but to study himself. His middle nature; his powers and frailties. The limits of his capacity. The two principles of man, self-love and reason, bothnecessary. Self-lovethe stronger, and why. Their end the same. The passions, and théir use. The prédominant passion, and its force. Its necessity, in directing men to différent purposes. Its providential use, in fixing our principle, and ascertaining our virtue. Virtue and vice joined in our mixed nature; the limits near, yet the things separate and évident : what is the office of reason. How odious vice in itself, and how we deceive ourselves into it. That, however, the ends of Providence and gênerai good are answered in our passions and imperfections. How usefully thèse are distributed to ail orders of men. How useful they are to Society, and to individuals, in every state, and every âge of life.

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