No More Learning

X. Cease, then, nor order imperfection name:
Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.
Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree
Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee.
Submit. In this, or any other sphere,
Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear:
Safe in the hand of one disposing Power,
Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
All nature is but art, unknown to thee;
All chance, direction, which thou canst not see;
All discord, harmony not understood;
All partial evil, universal good:
And, spite of pride in erring reason's spite,
One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.


ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE II.


Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to Himself, as an Individual.

I. The business of Man not to pry into God, but to study himself. His
Middle Nature; his Powers and Frailties, v. 1 to 19. The Limits of his
Capacity, v. 19, etc. II.
The two Principles of Man, Self-love and
Reason, both necessary, v. 53, etc. Self-love the stronger, and why, v. 67,
etc. Their end the same, v. 81, etc. III. The Passions, and their use,
v. 93 to 130. The predominant Passion, and its force, v. 132 to 160. Its
Necessity, in directing Men to different purposes, v. 165, etc. Its
providential Use, in fixing our Principle, and ascertaining our Virtue,
v. 177. IV.