17. The supposed marks wanting.
Secondly, that all his marks are not to be found in each of his five propositions,
viz., his first, second, and third marks agree perfectly to neither of them; and the first, second, third, fourth, and
sixth marks agree but ill to his third, fourth, and fifth propositions. For, besides that we are assured from history of
many men, nay whole nations, who doubt or disbelieve some or all of them, I cannot see how the third, viz., "That
virtue joined with piety is the best worship of God," can be an innate principle, when the name or sound virtue, is
so hard to be understood; liable to so much uncertainty in its signification; and the thing it stands for so much
contended about and difficult to be known. And therefore this cannot be but a very uncertain rule of human
practice, and serve but very little to the conduct of our lives, and is therefore very unfit to be assigned as an innate
practical principle.
