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CHAP. I. That the Hobbian Principles are de∣structive to Christianity and all Reli∣gion.
THe Image of God is not al∣together defaced by the fall of Man, but that there will remain some practical notions of God and Goodness; which, when the mind is free from vagrant de∣sires, and violent passions, do shine as clearly in the heart, as other speculative notions do in the head. Hence it is, That there was never any Nation so barbarous or savage throughout the whole world, which had not their God. They who did never wear cloaths upon their backs, who did never know Magistrate but their Father, yet have their God, and their Re∣ligious Rites and Devotions to him. Hence it is, That the greatest Atheists in any sudden danger do unwittingly cast their eyes up to Heaven, as craving aid from thence, and in a thunder creep into some hole to hide themselves. And they who are conscious to themselves of any secret Crimes, though they be secure