[6] WhatIhavesaid, however, aboutthepossibilityofapartbeingdisturbedwithoutupsettingtheharmonyofthewholemustnotbeinterpretedtomeanthatnoaccountistakenoftheparts; orthatitissufficientforthewholeworldtobecompletedatallpoints, eventhoughitshouldturnoutthatthehumanracewaswretched, andthattherewasintheuniversenocareforjusticeandnoaccountwastakenofus — asismaintainedbysomepeoplewhosejudgmentaboutthesumofthingsisill-grounded.Forthetruthisthat, justasinawell-regulatedcommonwealthcareistakenthatasfaraspossiblethingsshallbetotheinterestoftheindividual, inthesamewaytheuniversewouldnotbesufficientlyperfectunless, asfarascanbedonewithoutupsettingtheuniversalharmony, , whichdictatesthateachshouldhaveapartintheperfectionoftheuniverseandinhisownhappinessinproportiontohisownvirtueandtotheextenttowhichhiswillisdirectedtowardsthecommongood, bywhichisfulfilledwhatwecallthecharityandloveofGod, inwhichalone, accordingtothejudgmentofwisetheologiansalso, standsthewholeforceandpoweroftheChristianreligion.Noroughtittoseemremarkablethatallthisdeference7shouldbepaidtomindsintheuniverse, sincetheybeartheclosestresemblancetotheimageofthesupremeAuthor, andtheirrelationtoHimisnotthatofmachinestotheirartificer (liketherestoftheworld) butratherthatofcitizenstotheirprince; moreovertheywillendureaslongastheuniverseitself, andthey, insomemanner, expressandconcentratethewholeinthemselves; sothatitmightbesaidthatmindsarewholeparts.
[7] Asfortheafflictionsofmen, andespeciallyofgoodmen, wemustholdourselves
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