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ftituted, that we naturally seek to prolongthe union, that it may appear how we ap-prove ourselves, in this bur state of novitiate.

I might mention here another kind of incon-sistencies that would ensue from this powermdistged to the foul, to the overturning ofhuman society: if we consider the luji , ava-r i'ce, revenge, &c. of mortals, who Wouldthus come to know more perfectly the means°f accomplishing all their bad designs. NoMethod of security would be safe, or secret;si °r any method of ruin unknown to theUtter confusion of the world. How muchbetter is it then that it should be otherwise or-dered ! It is true, in steep the foul acts, andis acted upon, by a different method fromthe ministry of the fenses; but it is all thetvhile in the body, and not trusted to its°Wn discretion.

But this whole appearance of dreamsihall be considered at large a little farther on.In the mean time, I cannot help beingconcerned to find some great and learnedmen taking the wrongJide of ambiguous ap-pearances, and falling in with the scepticalUotions of the world, by insinuating that thes°ul owes the perfect ion of rational thinking1 to the body ; and this in order to maintain an-other