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of conduct, and the doctrines only, are
the rule of faith: the one are intended to
teach us what we ought to do: the other hold
out to us, motives for so doing. + + Qu? this. If this, do then are they parts of Laws. That which holds out motives is a Sanction: and the Sanction is one part of a Law: the Precept being the other. It seems the doctrines are nothing but accounts of matters of fact. We might have
just have noticed this mistake of our author's
in the preceding section: for he had before where he told
us, that the doctrines delivered by immediate
revelation were called the divine law:
He might have learned clearer ideas even from
whereas every sensible theology has
confused as they generally are, yet they do distinguish
carefully distinguished the doctrines from the
precepts.

[He has distinguished the rule of civil conduct
from the rule of moral conduct. whereas
As our author draws some very curious consequences from this distinction
we must examine it with some attention.
had he understood the nature of morality, he it must not be slightly past over
Morality considered as a Science, is the doctrine of would social
duties. — a Rule of moral duties conduct, would be a rule directing us
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Box	096	Main Headings	comment on the commentaries
Folio number	033	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c84 / c85 / c86 / c87
Penner	168	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [quartered royal arms motif]]]
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Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
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