Of that which is called the State of Nature, ver. 147. Reafon inftructed by Instinct in the invention of Arts Origin of Political Societies, Origin of Monarchy, Patriarchal government, ver. 199. ver. 210. ver. 216. Origin of true Religion and Government, from the fame Principle of Love, Origin of Superftition and Tyranny, Principle of Fear, The influence of Self-love operating to public Good ver. 235, &c. from the fame ver. 237, &c. ver. 269. Refloration of true Religion and Government on their first principle, ver. 283. EPISTLE IV. Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to HAPPINESS. As it is neceffary for Order, and the peace and well- But notwithstanding that inequality, the balance of Happiness among Mankind is kept even by Provi- dence, by the two Paffions of Hope and Fear, ver. 67. What the Happiness of Individuals is, as far as is confiftent with the conftitution of this world; and that the good man has here the Advantage, ver. 77. The error of imputing to Virtue what are only the calamities of Nature, or of Fortune, ver. 93. The folly of expecting that God should alter his ral Laws in favour of particulars, That we are not judges who are good; but that, who- That even these can make no Man happy without [1] A N ESSAY on MAN: A EPISTLE I. WAKE, MY ST. JOHN! leave all meaner things my To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. Let us (fince Life can little more supply A mighty maze! but not without a plan; NOTES VER. 1. Awake, my ST. JOHN !] The opening of this poem, in fifteen lines, is taken up in giving an account of the Subject; which, agreeable to the title, is an ESSAY ON MAN, or a Philofophical Enquiry into his Nature and End, his Paffions and Pursuits. The Exordium relates to the whole work, of which the Efay on Man was only the first book. The 6th, 7th, and 8th lines allude to the fubject of this Essay, viz. the general Order and Defign of Providence; the Conftitution of the human Mind; the origin, use, and end of the |