СНАР. V. Of Moral Evil. Introduction, containing the Subftance of the H Chapter. AVING given fome Account of Natural Evils, the Moral come next under confideration we are now to trace out the Origin of thefe and fee of what kind it is, whether they flow from the fame Source with the Natural, viz. the neceffary Imperfection of created Beings; or we are to seek for fome other entirely different from it. By Moral Evils, as we faid before, are underftood those Inconveniencies of Life and Condition which befall ourselves or others thro' wrong Elections. For it is plain that fome inconveniencies happen without our knowledge, or against our Wills, by the very Order of natural Caufes; whereas others come upon us knowingly, and in a manner with our Confent (when we choose either these themselves, or fuch as are neceffarily connected with them.) The Moral are to be reckon'd among the latter kind of Inconveniencies; and he must be esteem'd the Cause of them, who knowingly, and of his own accord, brings them either upon |