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existing. Hence again we have the knowledge of 

 the relation he bears to us, as our Creator and our 

 Preserver. From these relations flow all the duties 

 of piety ; such as love, reverence, praise, and prayer. 



Again. When we consider the relation we bear to 

 our fellow- creatures, of the same nature and degree 

 in this world, hence we come to be sensible of our 

 obligations to justice and humanity?. And when we 

 distinguish these by particular, nearer relations, such 

 as parent or child, servant or master, hence we de- 

 duce all the duties necessary to the well-being of the 

 whole kind, and of every individual. 



Lastly, When we consider the relation we bear to 

 ourselves, the regard every man ought to have for 

 his own happiness ; hence we may infer all those du- 

 ties, that naturally tend to promote the good either 

 of our body or mind. And all comprehended under 

 this second head, [is properly natural religion. For 

 the sanction of this, and to shew the tendency of its 

 precepts to our future happiness, the understanding 

 proceeds thus. From the unequal distribution of re- 

 wards to those, who observe them, and of punish- 

 ments to those, who transgress them in this life, so 

 evidently inconsistent with the goodness and justice 

 of an All-perfect Being, we infer the necessity of fu- 

 ture rewards and punishments, and consequently the 

 immortality of human souls. 



