Bishop Butler, An Appreciation ; With the Best Passages of His Writings
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A direction of the Author of Nature, given to creatures capable of look- ing upon it as such, is plainly a command from Him ; and a command from Him necessarily includes in it, at least, an implicit promise in case of obedience, or threatening in case of disobedience. — Angus, p. 121. That which renders beings capable of moral government, is their having a moral nature, and moral faculties of perception and of action. Brute creatures are impressed and actuated by various instincts and propensio...ns : so also are we. But additional to this, we have a capacity 102 Butler's Best Passages of reflecting upon actions and characters, and making them an object to our thought : and on doing this, we naturally and unavoidably approve some actions, under the peculiar view of their being virtuous and of good desert ; and disapprove others, as vicious and of ill desert. That we have this moral ap- proving and disapproving faculty, is certain from our experiencing it in ourselves, and recognising it in each other.
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