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Show "UNI/Ill!" " 1 11 l [ r5 ] from being ufeful to the(o111m1111ity, the whole Man fhould be allowed, and even encouraged mull: fufier; and lyranny annOpp rellion, Po« to be. :11dul‘rrious in all lliCll Ways as will 111-v1 verty and Slavery, more or leis, mult una- voidably take Place. This is called the F eedom of Commerce ~, and. this is the Foundation both of private lndtsWy, and of n?tional l'roliierity 11i ini‘v‘eriiii1iti‘1‘1y. And AND now after having;T given thee particular Inltanes asllluUraL'ci or the gene ;11Do€t1‘i11e, can Tueh a Maxim, Llll'1l< yo 11, 1e cont: 33ttl‘o1y 1 would beg Leave to conclude with a few thort Remarks. to the Interefis of lound lien-m,1.P can it clain IF theTeth1ee Syflems of Relicion, Go- with the {acred Rule of I1 re :1l1eady lair. down vernment, antt Commeite, are only To many for the Government 01 the PalTions, and the Re- gulation of human Conduct? No, by no Means: Parts of one general l'lan, it is very evident, that when e come to examine any particular For when you apply this Maxim to Religion, Inl'titution in one of them, it cannot be right if you will find, that it both keeps the Thoughts it plainly is found to be repugnant to either of and Time of Mankind properly emp/oyezz' (an Alrair of infinite Confequence to Morality and 1 Virtue) an: alfo enables Men-t0 do Good to the others. Thus, for Example, That Syfiem of Religion which is contradi€tory to good Go- vernment, and to the Plan of lafling and ex- other , whillit they areloing Good to themfelves. tenfive Commerce, cannot be the true one, It enlarges the the1eof locial Duties and puts however fpecious. It cannot be the rigght Method Men111 :1 Capacity 01 doino g1eat Good many Times, eve11 without perlonal t111pente, and of moderating our PafTions, of 1egulating our BChaViOUI‘, and employing our Time -,---becaufe 0f COP-Ell"it 115; largely and chaiitably wheie the Works of God are all uniform, all profitable fuch EXPUlCCS a1eneccfla1‘y.Laltly, lhould you apply the fame le1ding idea to the Concerns to Mankind, and cannot contradict one anOther. of Government, you mutt iee, you cannot help oblervinn, that Government cannot make any tolerablelltTLll‘C upon any other Plan. ForGo-- vernment is theb Jnion or the Int t-ie‘tts of?ll the Individuals1n one com non Center, and if one Part or the Society is rel‘trained by the other from THAT Syltem of Government, which is repugnant to the Interel'ts of true Religion, or to the general Plan of Commerce, mull: be Wrong in its own Nature -, becaufe we know, that were it right, it would be afiifting to both, infiead of oppofing them. THAT e. iiimfelfaiitl the Public together. awestr-,5'Whiz-1,. 1 1311i!"LA»! .. AM‘L‘; . ~l "‘Fl‘lglb Vi}.11: -‘ smu- ;.‘- " ‘ [ 3. A leadint.1 lnea1n Comnzice is, that every |