496 Necejjity of Divine Revelation. [Book X. 



pleafures of imagination, we can therefore bear to re- 

 flect upon them. 



Should we reject on thefe grounds the doctrine of an 

 inftinctive moral fenfe, the argument will, in my opi- 

 nion, be extremely cogent in favour of the neceffity of 

 a divine revelation to confirm men in the right path of 

 reafon, and counteract thofe errors which falfe aflbcia- 

 tions may produce. 



