What does the phrase "recommend to" mean in this paragraph?

This use of recommend is rare now but at the time of Adam Smith was common but formal:

OED

recommend

3 b. transitive. To commit (oneself or another) to a person or thing, or to someone's care, prayers, etc. Cf. recommand v.1 1c. Now rare.

1713 tr. in R. Steele Guardian No. 17 He led her to a Relation's House, to whose Care he recommended her for that Night.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. xi. 245 Fanny..was..recommended to the Care of a Maid-Servant of the House, who helped her to [...] dress, and clean herself.

The same principles that direct the order in which individuals are recommended to our beneficence, direct that likewise in which societies are recommended to it.

The following is my understanding of the text above:

The same principles that direct the order in which individuals are recommended to use their beneficence (for someone) are also recommended to a society to decide upon its order of beneficence for individuals, which are part of it.

"Order" as used in this text, means certainly

• "a natural, moral, spiritual, or social system in which things proceed according to definite laws (Middle English) (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary).

"Society" means

• "The system of customs and organization adopted by a body of (esp. human) individuals for harmonious and interactive coexistence or for muual benefit, defence, etc. (mid 16th century)".

"Recommend" signifies in this particular context

• "Procure a favourable reception for; make acceptable or desirable to or to a person (early 17th century)" .

The sentence "The same principles that direct the order in which individuals are recommended to our beneficence, direct that likewise in which societies are recommended to it." has then the following meaning.

• The principles in the system which we use to judge individuals and thus favour some rather than others are the same as the principles in the system ("that likewise") we use for the similar purpose of judging societies and favouring some of them over others.