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four hours to guess if you have never read<lb/> Brown, or Warburton, & two | four hours to guess if you have never read<lb/> Brown, or Warburton, & two | ||
hours if you<lb/> have.— Why "Because", says our Author, <lb/>"in the first place, the quiet enjoyment &<lb/>protection of all our civil rights, & liberties, <lb/>"which are the sure and "general consequence —(he should have said "or")"general conse quences of obedience to the municipal Law, are in themselves the best & most valuable "of all rewards." —What! the | hours if you<lb/> have.— Why "Because", says our Author, <lb/>"in the first place, the quiet enjoyment &<lb/>protection of all our civil rights, & liberties, <lb/>"which are the sure and "general consequence —(he should have said "or")"general conse<lb/> quences of obedience to the municipal<lb/> Law, are in themselves the best & most valuable<lb/> "of all rewards." —What! the sanctions of<lb/> human Laws do not consist in rewards; because<lb/> the sure, or at least the general consequence<lb/> of obedience to them are the best & most<lb/> valuable of all rewards! —Surely this<lb/> unhappy word "because" was never put to so hard<lb/> a task before.— But this perhaps is not an<lb/> "actual" reward, because it <del>does not</del> <hi rend='superscript'>is</hi> paid down before<lb/> hand: or it is not a particular reward<lb/> because others are to participate in it. If<lb/> so, I am afraid, that divine Laws as well<lb/> as human, will be found deficient in<lb/> particular rewards; for the Joys of Heaven, like the sweets of civil society<lb/> are offered indiscriminately to all who<lb/> obey. | ||
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four hours to guess if you have never read
Brown, or Warburton, & two
hours if you
have.— Why "Because", says our Author,
"in the first place, the quiet enjoyment &
protection of all our civil rights, & liberties,
"which are the sure and "general consequence —(he should have said "or")"general conse
quences of obedience to the municipal
Law, are in themselves the best & most valuable
"of all rewards." —What! the sanctions of
human Laws do not consist in rewards; because
the sure, or at least the general consequence
of obedience to them are the best & most
valuable of all rewards! —Surely this
unhappy word "because" was never put to so hard
a task before.— But this perhaps is not an
"actual" reward, because it does not is paid down before
hand: or it is not a particular reward
because others are to participate in it. If
so, I am afraid, that divine Laws as well
as human, will be found deficient in
particular rewards; for the Joys of Heaven, like the sweets of civil society
are offered indiscriminately to all who
obey.
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