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actions in the moral world, as between
what are called causes & effects in the
natural world: and therefore that
as in the latter case from this experience
we are allowed to infer, that
such a cause will produce such an
effect, so in the moral world, we
may infer, that at all times the &
among all men, the same motives,
& the same circumstances supposed,
the same actions will follow. Even
this will not be sufficient to justify our
Author's assertion that man must
inevitably & in all things obey
the Will of his Creator, unless he
supposes too that the Creator has
placed every man in such circumstances,
that the motives to obedience
must be always present, and always
effectual. And if he assert that,
our question recurs with equal
force — To what purpose a System
of Laws? And if he does not suppose this,
it is absurd to apply the term of Law to motion
gravitation &, in the same sense as he
applies it to the moral conduct of an intelligent
Being. It

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Folio number	003	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c5 / c6
Penner	168	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[quartered royal arms motif]]]
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Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	[[notes_public::"to be copied" [note not in bentham's hand]]]	ID Number	31007
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