All 5 Uses of

dispose

in

Resistance to Civil Government

Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents on injustice.†

well-disposed = with a positive or cooperative attitude

How shall he ever know well that he is and does as an officer of the government, or as a man, until he is obliged to consider whether he will treat me, his neighbor, for whom he has respect, as a neighbor and well-disposed man, or as a maniac and disturber of the peace, and see if he can get over this obstruction to his neighborliness without a ruder and more impetuous thought or speech corresponding with his action.†

I find myself disposed to ... discover a pretext for conformity.
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disposed = inclined (having a tendency to)

he is unable to take a fact out of its merely political relations, and behold it as it lies absolutely to be disposed of by the intellect
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disposed = settled

They will wait, well disposed, for other to remedy the evil, that they may no longer have it to regret.†
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Definitions:

(1) (dispose as in: dispose of the waste)
to throw away
(2) (dispose as in: dispose of the matter)
to settle something so it no longer requires attention
(3) (dispose as in: dispose of the assets)
sell or transfer to another
(4) (dispose as in: disposed the troops along...)
the arrangement, positioning, or use of things
This sense of dispose can be used in the form disposal to indicate that a person can use something as they wish -- as in:
- I am at your disposal.
- She has many assets at her disposal.
(5) (dispose as in: Is she disposed to help?)
inclined (with a tendency to; or in the mood to)

This is usually seen in the form "disposed to..." or "disposed toward..."