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misled by sound, as to imagine that the action Or perhaps we mistake our Author's meaning. by We supposeng the idea of obligation to imply a power of choice, a
of the stone, which he drops from his hand, is power of doing or not doing; whereas our Author means all the while that we are not bounden by the Laws of another unless they do by
the same kind of action as the action of a free some natural violence so constrain us, as to render it impossible for us to act otherwise than as they direct us. And indeed
+ Vol.1.p.57. agent. Could he with any propriety, say, that in another place,+ our Author <add>he declares this to be the strict sense of obligation.</add>
the stone is bound, is under an obligation, toHence I suppose it is that he tells us here — that
gravitate.a "Man, considered as a Creature, must necessarily be subject to the Laws of his Creator- for he is entirely a dependent Being:

The reader, perhaps, might not have known, "And again that a state of dependence will inevitably oblige the
whether the learned author meant to elevate "inferior to take the will of him on whom he depends, as the "rule of his conduct, in all those points wherein his dependence
inactive matter to the rank of a free Agent "consists;— & therefore that as a man depends absolutely upon his maker for every thing, it is necessary that he should in all
or to degrade man to the level of inactive matter. "him to conform to his maker's will. This restriction of the word sense of the word "bounden" may
In the next page his doubts will be satisfied: remove the contradiction, of applying the idea of obligation <add>term Law to things animate & inanimate: But then it brings a greater
for the author there tells him that, "Man, as a p 39. difficulty in it's stead.— For if it be true, as these words of our author do declare, that the moral conduct of a man
"considered as creature, necessarily be subject to the is no more left to his own will, than digestion, secretion, or any
will laws of his Creator, for he is entirely a dependent other act<add>branchof meer vital oeconomy, but is directed in the same</add>
involuntary

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Image	003	Titles	section i / account of laws in general
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
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