As we should not be obliged to obey the laws, or the magistrate, unless rewards or punishments, pleasure or pain, somehow or other depended upon our obedience; so neither should we, without the same reason, be obliged to do what is right, to practise virtue, or to obey the commands of God." 'Paley's Moral and Polit.

Philosophy', B.II.c.

2.
"The difference, and the only difference, ('between prudence and duty',) is this; that in the one case we consider what we shall gain or lose in the present world; in the other case, we consider also what we shall gain or lose in the world to come." Ib.c.

3 .-- Ed.] [Footnote 6: Friend, Vol.

I.Essays X.and XI.