Note 1553 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)
Reading edition
After ver. 316 in the MS.:
Ev'n while it seems unequal to dispose, And chequers all the good man's joys with woes, 'Tis but to teach him to support each state, With patience this, with moderation that; And raise his base on that one solid joy, Which conscience gives, and nothing can destroy.—Warburton.
The sense in the first line is not completed. Virtue "seems unequal to dispose" something, but we are not told what.