I. v. 17 &c. _That we can judge only with regard to our_ own
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I. v. 35, &c. _That Man is not to be deemed_ imperfect, _but a Beingsuited to his_ place _and_ rank _in the creation,agreeable to the_ general Order _of things, andconformable to_ Ends _and_ Relations _to him unknown_. III. v. 77, &c. _That it is partly upon his_ ignorance _of_ future_events, and partly upon the_ hope _of a_ future_state, that all his happiness in the presentdepends_. IV. v. 109, &c. _The_ pride _of aiming at more knowledge, andpretending to more Perfections, the cause of Man'serror and misery. The_ impiety _of putting himself inthe place of_ God, _and judging of the fitness orunfitness, perfection or imperfection, justice orinjustice of his dispensations_. V. v. 131, &c. _The_ absurdity _of conceiting himself the _final cause_of the creation, or expecting that perfection in the_moral _world, which is not in the_ natural. VI. v. 173, &c. _The_ unreasonableness _of his complaints against_Providence, _while on the one hand he demands thePerfections of the Angels, and on the other the bodilyqualifications of the Brutes; though, to possess any ofthe_ sensitive faculties _in a higher degree, wouldrender him miserable_. VII. v. 207. _That throughout the whole visible world, an universal_order _and_ gradation _in the sensual and mentalfaculties is observed, which causes a_ subordination_of creature to creature, and of all creatures to Man.The gradations of_ sense, instinct, thought,reflection, reason; _that Reason alone countervailsfill the other faculties_. VIII. v. 233. _How much further this_ order _and_ subordination _ofliving creatures may extend, above and below us; wereany part of which broken, not that part only, but thewhole connected_ creation _must be destroyed_.
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