There is no natural religion

There is No Natural Religion [a]



Man has no notion of moral fitness but from Education. Naturally he is only a natu- ral organ subject to Sense.

Man cannot naturally Per- ceive, but through his natural or bodily organs

Man by his reason- ing power. can only compare & judge of what he has already perceiv'd.

From a perception of only 3 senses or 3 ele -ments none could de- -duce a fourth or fifth

None could have other than natural or organic thoughts if he had none but organic perceptions

Mans desires are limited by his percepti ons. none can de- -sire what he has not prceiv'd

The desires & percepti- -ons of man untaught by any thing but organs of sense, must be limited to objects of sense.

There is No Natural Religion [b]

Man's percepti- -ons are not bound -ed by organs of perception. he per- -ceives more than sense (tho' ever so acute) can discover

Reason or the ra- -tio of all we have already known is not the same that it shall be when we know more

The bounded is loathed by its pos- -sessor.The same dull round even of the univer[s]e, would soon become a mill with complica- -ted wheels.

If the many bec- -ome the same as the few, when pos- -sess'd, More! More! is the cry of a mista- -ken soul, less than All cannot satisfy Man

If any could de- -sire what he is in- -capable of posses- sing, despair must be his eternal lot

The desire of Man being Infi- -nite the possession is Infinite & him- -self Infinite

He who sees the In- -finite in all things sees God. He who sees the Ratio only sees himself only

If it were not for the Poetic or Prophetic character, the Philo- -sophic& Experimen- -tal would soon be at the ratio of all things, & stand still, unable to do other than repeat the same dull round over a- -gain

Therefore God becomes as we are, that we may be as he is