That external goods are not the proper
rewards, but often inconsistent with, or
destructive
of Virtue, v.
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51. But, notwithstanding
that inequality, the balance of Happiness among Mankind is kept even by
Providence, by the two Passions of Hope and Fear, v.70. III. What the
Happiness of Individuals is, as far as is consistent with the
constitution of this world; and that the good Man has here the advantage,
V.77. The error of imputing to Virtue what are only the calamities of
Nature or of Fortune, v.94. IV. The folly of expecting that God should
alter His general Laws in favour of particulars, v.121. V. That we are
not judges who are good; but that, whoever they are, they must be
happiest, v.133, etc. VI.
That external goods are not the proper
rewards, but often inconsistent with, or
destructive
of Virtue, v.
165.
That even these can make no Man happy without Virtue: Instanced in
Riches, v.183. Honours, v.191. Nobility, v.203. Greatness, v.215.
Fame, v.235. Superior Talents, v.257, etc. With pictures of human
Infelicity in Men possessed of them all, v.267, etc.
