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Practical rules for the regulation and improvement of the moral sense 532

General corollaries to the seven last Sections 533

Sect. IX.

The Rule of Faith.

An inquiry how far faith in natural and revealed religion, also in the particular tenets of christian churches, is necessary for the purification and perfection of our natures 537

CHAP. IV.

THE EXPECTATIONS OF MANKIND, HERE AND HEREAFTER, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR OBSERVANCE OR VIOLATION OF THE RULE OF LIFE.

Sect. I.

The Expectation of Individuals in the present Life.

It is probable, that most or all men receive more happiness than misery in their passage through the present life 545

The balance cannot be much in favour even of the most happy, during the present life 546

Virtue has always the fairest prospect even in this life, and vice is always exposed to the greatest hazards 547

And yet it does not seem at all probable, that happiness is exactly proportioned to virtue in the present life 548