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 Rh are Uppermost : Now I am for the latter part of the Disjunction ; and lay it down for a ground in the first place, that I am part of that Whole which is all under Natures Government. Secondly, I am in some measure Related to those Beings which are of my own Order and Species. These Points being agreed, I shall apply them : Insomuch then as I am apart of the Universe, I shall never be displeas'd with the General Appointment : For that can never be prejudicial to the parts, which is serviceable to the whole. Neither is the Universe clog'd with any Incumbrance. For the Nature of no Being is an Enemy to it self. But the World has this Advantage above other particular Beings, that there is nothing to Limit, or Over-rule it : No Foreign power to force it upon Unfriendly Productions. Since therefore I am a Member of so Magnificent a Body, and belong to such an Uncontrolable Soveraignty, I shall freely Acquiess in what ever happens to me. Farther, in as much as I have a particular Relation to my own Species, I will never do any thing against Common Right, or the Interest of Society, On the other hand, I shall make it my Business to Oblige Mankind , lay out my whole Life for the advantage of the Publick, and Rh