A Treatise of the Laws of Nature. Richard Cumberland

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TWO Introductory ESSAYS

      I. Concerning the CITY, or KINGDOM, of GOD in the Rational World, and the Defects in HEATHEN DEISM.

      II. Concerning the Imperfectness of the HEATHEN MORALITY; from both which, the Usefulness of REVELATION may appear.

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      Printed in the YEAR, MDCCXXVII.

ESSAY I

       Of the City, or Kingdom, of God in the Rational World, and the Defects in Heathen Deism

      Man consider’d in his various Capacities.

      “Know thy-self,” was certainly the Wisest of the Sayings of the seven Wise-Men of Greece; that Knowledge being the greatest Wisdom, as being the only Method, by which we are enabled to discharge those Duties and Obligations we lie under, and to obtain Happiness.

      Man is consider’d, in a double Capacity, Natural and Political.

      Man, in his natural Capacity, is compos’d of two Parts, Body and Mind.

      His Body is consider’d, by the Anatomist, as it is an Organiz’d Body; and by the Physician, and Surgeon, as it is a Body liable to Distempers, that may be prevented, or remedied.

      The Natural Philosopher, commonly so call’d, considers СКАЧАТЬ