...SMITH refers it to the principle of sympatlig. Mr. Archdeacon PA LEY defines virtue to be, " the doin? good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." About fifty years ago, Mr. jAMtsoN, a Scotch clergyman, published a treatise to shew, that the obligation...

...words the moft favourable fenfe which they will bear. " The Archdeacon having defined virtue to be, " the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the fake of everlafting happinefs", proceeds to (how, that " private happiucf«; is our motive to virtue,...

...in which virtue is defined, as a fundamental principle, " The doing good to mankind, in obedii ence to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness." The two Systems are indeed substantially the same ; and in one respect the original has I think the...

...habitual virtue. By the definition of virtue, placed at the beginning of this Chapter, it appears, that the good of mankind is the subject, the will of God the rule, and everlasting happiness the motive and end of all virtue. Yet in fact a man shall perform many an act of virtue, without having either...

...to our own interest." Dr. Smith refers it to the principle of sympathy ; and Paley defines it to be the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. Some of these definitions are certainly objectionable. Perhaps those who place it in the love of God...

...knowledge, power, and goodness ; ' who is also our Friend and Father.' * 12. DR. PALEY defines virtue, ' doing * good to mankind, in obedience to the ' will of God, and for the sake of everlast1 ing happiness.' ' THE good of mankind is the subject, ' the will of God is the rule, and...

...has summed up with great succinctness the opinion of his school. 'The good of mankind,' he says, ' is the subject, the will of God the rule, and everlasting happiness the motive and end of all virtue.' * We have seen that the distinctive characteristic of the inductive school...

...to our own interest." Dr. Smith refers it to the principle of sympathy ; and Paley defines it to be the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will...of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness. Some of these definitions are certainly objectionable. Perhaps those who place it in the love of God...

...to the mil (jf Gorf, and for the sake of everlasting hafipinrts. The ' good of mankind,' therefore, is the subject, the ' will of God' the rule, and ' everlasting happiness' the motive of human virtue.f Mi obligation consists in being urged by a violent motive resulting from the command of another....

...no advantage over virtue, even with respect to this world's happiness. CHAPTER VII. VIRTUE. VIRTUE is " the doing good to mankind, in " obedience to...the " will of " God," the rule ; and " everlasting happi** ness," the motive, of human virtue. Virtue has been divided by some moralists into benevolence,...