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 what Law he received, or what Law uits him bet. All we can plainly ditinguih in regard to that Law, is that not only, for it to be Law, the Will of him whom it obliges mut ubmit to it with Knowlege of uch Obligation, but likewie that, for it to be natural, it mut peak immediately by the Voice of Nature.

Laying aide therefore all the cientific Treaties, which teach us merely to conider Men uch as they have made themelves, and confining myelf to the firt and mot imple Operations of the human Soul, I think I can ditinguih in it two Principles prior to Reaon, one of which interets us deeply in our own Preervation and Welfare, and the other inpires us with a natural Averion to ee any other Being, but epecially any Being like ourelves, uffer or perih. It is from the Concurrence and the Combination our