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THE

CONTENTS.

EPISTLE I

Of the Nature and State of Man, with respect to the UNIVERSE.

F Man in the abstract, That we can judge only with regard to our own fyftem, being ignorant of the relations of fyftems and things, ver. 17, &c. scicles That Man is not to be deemed imperfect, but a Being paited to his place and rank in the creation, agreeable to the general Order of Things, and conformable to Ends and Relations to himunknown, ver. 33 &c. That it is partly upon his Ignorance of future events, and partly upon the Hope of a future ftate, that all his Happiness in the prefent depends, ver. 77, &c.

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ver. 259

The extravagance, madness and pride of such a de-
fire.
The confequence of all, the abfolute fubmiffion due to
Providence, both as to our present and future ftate,
v. 281, &c. to the end.

EPISTLE II.

Of the Nature and State of Man, with respect

to Himself, as an Individual.

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THE bufinefs of Man not to pry into God, but
to ftudy himself, his Middle Nature; his Power

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Its providential Use, in fixing our Principle, and
afcertaining our Virtue,
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ver. 175.

Virtue and Vice joined in our mixed Nature; the
limits near, yet the things separate and evident :
What is the office of Reason,

ver 195, &c.
How odious Vice in itself, and how we deceive our
felves into it,
ver. 217, &c.
That, however, the Ends of Providence and general
Good are answered in our Paffions and Imperfec-

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In every ftate, and every age of life, ver. 271, &c.

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