English Cambridge Platonist philosopher who attempted to reconcile Calvinist theology with rational moral philosophy in his major work An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature.
Distinguished natural light (reason) from supernatural revelation; natural law is knowable by reason and constitutes a genuine moral order, but this is compatible with Calvinist theology if nature is understood as God's gift.
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