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Slaves raised to Tyrants, avenging themselves (as
will always happen) is sure to be the case upon others that come after slaves below them
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Conformists <add>these</add> making themselves amends by the humiliation
of other conformists for the trouble they
themselves had to conform.
vexation it cost themselves
The train of reasoning is natural — Faith is a duty
a merit: the greater the difficulty [of doing a any thing]
the greater the merit. the greater difficulty in believing
a thing the greater the merit in believing it
the more absurd and improbable a thing, the
greater difficulty in believing it. The more absurd & improbable therefore, the greater merit. This train
of reasoning believed was calculated to produce the greatest absurdities:
extravagencies of credulity & greater absurdity there it has produced
cannot be imagined.
In some, men of warm temperaments & strong imagination credibility flatter'd by rewards, became
insatiable — rewards of inestimable value,
were understood to be offer'd for the sacrifice
of reason; no wonder if men flocked in multitudes
to rid themselves of so burthensome a
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commodity: the mite of it which each man
possessed had was cast with eagerness into the treasury.
He might as well: [+]
[+] do it with a good
grace -
if he did not of himself, there
were enough to [force him] snatch it from him.
He might as well, for he scarce lost any thing by the bargain.
When a man has
but little, that little
is often a plague to
him — The Indians would
not put the
in Paraguay condition of the Indians
in Paraguay in
comparison with that
of men in England
When a man has but little of the commodity called Reason, that little is often
a plague to him - [+]
[+] The Indians of
Paraguay I would
never think of putting
in comparison with
British citizens. But
The Indians of Paraguay
I doubt not, find their account very well in
being without that small glimmering they might
possess if they were they upon a footing with the
rest of the subjects of Spain and were less
absolutely under the dominion of the Jesuits
their instructors.
For a System of conduct thus indefensible, it is
always at hazard that we are reduced to decide
between 2 or 3 that offer themselves in order to
find the genuine motive. It may often be
bigotry, or it may be worldly interest, or what perhaps
is the most common, for any thing we can tell a mixture of the two.
[In short] For how can it be expected that strangers
should always be able to tell them what passes
in their own minds when they do not know themselves.
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To know what degree of credit is due to these professions,
let us appeal to undeniable experience
[What nobody can see, they will deny: — it may
be worth their while: there is a chance of
their gaining credit —] What every man
may see they will not deny - it would be to
no purpose.
When we call God to witness we do a thing
we do it; when we call God to witness we believe,
we do believe. When we promise to
do a thing, & call God to witness of that promise,
we intend resolve to do it. We do it accordingly -
The Sanction may be annexed to Oaths, it may
be annexed to Vows: it is the
our respect for it is the same - it is the Sanction
we revere.
[ why? it is the Sanction we revere - and that
Sanction is the same.]
Call God to witness to a lie? we abhor it — to
say that we abhor it not is calumny.
When we persuade +
+ oblige
young men to call God to witness
they do a thing: we believe they do it: it we
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All that is to be done is, to hold up to them:
sometimes one picture sometimes another and
bid them choose — All the penetration
in the world
No sagacity can prevent
their enjoying sometimes now & then the triumph
of Forgard in the play & [proving to themselves the justice
of one charge reproach by the injustice of another.]
can not be certain: but at least we believe it
probable they may do it. When we call persuade
young men to call God to witness they believe
a thing, we believe they do believe it: we cannot
be certain but at least we believe it probable
they may. do it
Could We sit easy, and be the cause that men
call God witness to a lie? we abhor it - to say
that we abhor it not is calumny.
O Hypocrites! is this then calumny? Let the
nation (since even ye may interest the nation
by your crimes misdeeds) let the nation then be judge. +
+ then begin a
chapter with
The Equivicator
- v N-S
IV. . .
plunging into the middle
of the argument in the
way of hyperbaton.
When we
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