Page 30, Par. 8
"To which I answer, that I doubt not but, without being written on their hearts, many men may, by the same way that they come to the knowledge of other things, come to assent to several moral rules, and be convinced of their obligation. Others also may come to be of the same mind, from their education, company, and customs of their country; which persuasion, however got, will serve to set conscience on work, which is nothing else but our own opinion or judgement of the moral rectitude or pravity of our own actions. And if conscience be a proof of innate principals, contraries may be innate principals; since some men, with the same bent of conscience prosecute what others avoid."
I feel this is talking about how we make our own decisions in life. I feel that it is describing that we as people can asorb information from other people, and can be convinced, but we always act on our own opinion or hunch. I also think he is saying of our conscience is working off of information takin from others we have a bent sole. I feel that the entire passage is basically stating that we make decisions at our own free will.
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I think that when hes talking about people coming into the same mind by being from the same country, company, education, etc makes sense because usually people from the same countries have a similar mind set/morals.
Again he is talking about innate principles which is contradictory to his belief that we dont have innate principles.
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