I believe he might; and sure Mr. Crousaz could not bcj
ignorant of the reason. Itlieing so well known that that
unhappy man, the better to disguise his atheism, covered
it with such expressions as kept it long concealed eveu
from those friends and acquaintance witli whom he most
intiujately corresponded. Hence it must necessarily hap-
pen, that every the best intentioned, most religious writer
will employ niaiiy phrases, that a Spinozist would use, iq
the explanation of his impiety.
To persist, therefore, from henceforth, in this accu-
sation, will deserve a name, which it is not my business
to bestow.
Mr. Pope concludes thus :

Cease then, nor order imperfection name ;

pur proper |)liss depends on what we blame,
* Commentaire,

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MR. POPE'S ESSAY ON MAN. 57



Kiiow thy own point: this kind, this due degree

Gf 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. 1. 273, S^^seq.
