Note 70 — Chapter III · [59] THE MORAL GOVERNMENT OF GOD.
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[It was contended by Mandeville in his “Fable of the Bees,” that private vices, as luxury for instance, are often conducive to the well-being of society. This idea is fully refuted by Warburton, Divine Legation of Moses, b. 1: Berkeley, Minute Philosopher, Dial. 2: and by Brown, Characteristics, Ess. 2.]