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             Of the immortality of the soul a sermon preached before the King and Queen at White-Hall upon Palm-Sunday, 1694 / by the Right Reverend Father in God, John Bishop of Norwich.
             Moore, John, 1646-1714.
          
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           Of
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul.
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           KING
           and
           QUEEN
           .
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           .
           UPON
           PALM-SUNDAY
           ,
           1694.
           
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           JOHN
           ,
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           NORWICH
           .
        
         
           Published
           by
           Their
           Majesties
           Special
           Command
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Rogers
          
           at
           the
           Sun
           ,
           over-against
           St.
           
           Dunstan's
           Church
           in
           Fleetstreet
           .
           MDCXCIV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           Bishop
           of
           
           Norwich's
           SERMON
           OF
           THE
           IMMORTALITY
           of
           the
           SOUL
           ,
           Before
           the
           KING
           and
           QUEEN
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           On
           
             Palm-Sunday
             ,
             1694.
          
           
           
           
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           OF
           THE
           IMMORTALITY
           of
           the
           Soul.
           
        
         
           
             St.
             MATTH
             .
             X.
             v.
             28.
             
          
           
             And
             fear
             not
             them
             which
             kill
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             are
             not
             able
             to
             kill
             the
             soul
             ;
             but
             rather
             fear
             him
             which
             is
             able
             to
             destroy
             both
             soul
             and
             body
             in
             hell
             .
          
        
         
           WHEN
           our
           Lord
           was
           about
           to
           send
           his
           Disciples
           forth
           into
           the
           World
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           he
           thought
           it
           just
           and
           necessary
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           Dangers
           unto
           which
           they
           certainly
           should
           be
           exposed
           by
           doing
           their
           duty
           ,
           and
           to
           prepare
           their
           minds
           against
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           might
           neither
           be
           surprised
           by
           Tribulations
           and
           Sufferings
           when
           they
           came
           ,
           nor
           sink
           under
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           enable
           them
           to
           deal
           with
           the
           most
           malicious
           Enemies
           of
           his
           Holy
           Religion
           ,
           he
           commands
           them
           to
           furnish
           their
           Souls
           with
           two
           excellent
           Virtues
           ,
           Wisdom
           and
           Innocence
           .
           They
           were
           to
           be
           wise
           as
           Serpents
           ,
           and
           as
           harmless
           as
           Doves
           .
           As
           Wisdom
           would
           cause
           them
           to
           decline
           and
           avoid
           
           all
           needless
           hazards
           and
           difficulties
           ;
           so
           Innocence
           would
           make
           them
           gentle
           ,
           and
           meek
           ,
           and
           tender-hearted
           ,
           and
           not
           apt
           to
           revenge
           injuries
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           that
           true
           Wisdom
           which
           would
           secure
           them
           from
           running
           into
           unnecessary
           danger
           ,
           would
           likewise
           prompt
           them
           readily
           to
           encounter
           and
           submit
           to
           those
           pains
           ,
           troubles
           ,
           and
           hardships
           ,
           which
           were
           necessary
           to
           establish
           the
           Heavenly
           Doctrines
           of
           their
           Master
           ;
           to
           endure
           small
           evils
           ,
           to
           escape
           greater
           ;
           and
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           lives
           ,
           rather
           than
           have
           both
           Soul
           and
           Bodydestroyed
           for
           ever
           .
           And
           it
           must
           be
           a
           mighty
           encouragement
           to
           undertake
           the
           Office
           of
           Preaching
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           Christ
           had
           allotted
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           cruelty
           of
           their
           fiercest
           Opposers
           could
           extend
           no
           farther
           than
           the
           body
           :
           whereas
           that
           God
           ,
           whose
           message
           they
           were
           to
           Publish
           ,
           could
           destroy
           both
           Soul
           and
           Body
           .
           
             And
             fear
             not
             them
             which
             kill
             the
             body
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           From
           which
           words
           we
           may
           deduce
           several
           Observations
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           That
           the
           Soul
           and
           Body
           are
           distinct
           Beings
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           That
           after
           the
           dissolution
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           the
           Soul
           doth
           live
           in
           the
           separate
           state
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           That
           nothing
           less
           than
           the
           Almighty
           Power
           of
           God
           can
           destroy
           the
           Being
           of
           the
           Soul.
           
        
         
           We
           have
           a
           noble
           Argument
           before
           us
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Infidelity
           of
           our
           times
           hath
           render'd
           very
           necessary
           .
           It
           is
           our
           Soul
           ,
           which
           makes
           us
           like
           
           God
           ,
           and
           superior
           to
           other
           Creatures
           ;
           and
           its
           subsistence
           in
           the
           boundless
           Eternity
           ,
           which
           shall
           succeed
           our
           short
           abode
           in
           this
           World.
           In
           treating
           whereof
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           avoid
           all
           needless
           Speculations
           ,
           and
           confine
           my self
           to
           those
           Arguments
           ,
           which
           seem
           most
           clearly
           and
           strongly
           to
           prove
           the
           great
           Truths
           contained
           in
           the
           Text.
           The
           Propositions
           I
           chiefly
           shall
           insist
           upon
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           are
           these
           two
           :
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           That
           the
           Soul
           and
           Body
           are
           distinct
           Beings
           .
           (
           2.
           )
           That
           after
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           the
           Soul
           doth
           exist
           and
           live
           in
           the
           separate
           State.
           
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           That
           the
           Soul
           and
           Body
           are
           distinct
           Beings
           .
           The
           very
           Argument
           our
           Lord
           uses
           to
           persuade
           the
           Disciples
           not
           to
           fear
           those
           who
           can
           kill
           the
           Body
           ,
           rests
           upon
           this
           Supposition
           ,
           That
           the
           Soul
           and
           Body
           are
           Beings
           distinct
           one
           from
           another
           .
           For
           if
           Men
           had
           no
           Souls
           ;
           or
           if
           the
           Soul
           was
           not
           a
           different
           thing
           from
           the
           Body
           ;
           or
           if
           other
           Men
           had
           as
           much
           Power
           over
           the
           Soul
           as
           the
           Body
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           no
           Force
           in
           his
           Reasoning
           .
           But
           to
           make
           this
           Truth
           the
           more
           evident
           ,
           I
           shall
           draw
           Arguments
           from
           these
           three
           heads
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           From
           the
           distinct
           Properties
           of
           the
           Soul
           and
           Body
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           From
           the
           Incapacity
           of
           Matter
           to
           think
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           From
           the
           difference
           every
           where
           supposed
           in
           Scripture
           between
           the
           Soul
           and
           Body
           .
        
         
         
           (
           1.
           )
           From
           the
           distinct
           Properties
           of
           the
           Soul
           and
           Body
           .
           Now
           if
           we
           will
           give
           our selves
           leave
           a
           little
           to
           contemplate
           our
           own
           Nature
           ,
           we
           shall
           discover
           in
           us
           Powers
           ,
           Qualities
           ,
           and
           Actions
           ,
           which
           are
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           quite
           different
           from
           the
           Affections
           and
           Qualities
           which
           belong
           to
           the
           Body
           .
           Essential
           Properties
           of
           the
           Soul
           are
           to
           think
           ,
           to
           understand
           ,
           to
           will
           ,
           to
           consider
           ,
           to
           judge
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           But
           Inseparable
           Properties
           of
           Body
           ,
           are
           length
           ,
           breadth
           ,
           thickness
           ,
           size
           ,
           shape
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           as
           these
           things
           may
           be
           esteemed
           Essential
           ,
           some
           to
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           some
           to
           the
           Body
           ;
           for
           if
           either
           you
           sever
           Thinking
           from
           the
           Mind
           ,
           or
           Extention
           from
           the
           Body
           ,
           you
           can
           have
           no
           Conception
           or
           Apprehension
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           ;
           So
           they
           are
           very
           distinct
           ,
           not
           having
           the
           least
           Affinity
           each
           with
           other
           ;
           thus
           Consideration
           ,
           Remembrance
           ,
           Judgment
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           Conscience
           ,
           have
           no
           Relation
           unto
           Body
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           enter
           into
           the
           Notion
           and
           Idea
           of
           it
           ;
           neither
           doth
           Length
           ,
           Breadth
           ,
           Size
           ,
           Figure
           ,
           Hardness
           ,
           Softness
           ,
           enter
           into
           the
           Conception
           of
           a
           Soul
           ;
           for
           we
           never
           speak
           of
           the
           length
           ,
           or
           the
           shape
           ,
           or
           the
           bulk
           ,
           or
           the
           colour
           of
           our
           Thoughts
           ,
           since
           that
           would
           be
           absurd
           Speech
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           could
           mean
           nothing
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           our
           Souls
           are
           distinguisht
           from
           our
           Bodies
           by
           Properties
           ,
           which
           are
           peculiar
           and
           essential
           to
           each
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           have
           
           as
           clear
           ,
           full
           ,
           and
           distinct
           Apprehensions
           of
           the
           Attributes
           that
           are
           Essential
           to
           the
           Soul
           ,
           as
           of
           those
           which
           are
           inseparable
           from
           the
           Body
           .
           For
           does
           not
           every
           Man
           as
           plainly
           comprehend
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           Thinking
           ,
           Considering
           ,
           and
           Judging
           ,
           as
           by
           Dimensions
           ,
           Motion
           ,
           and
           Divisibility
           in
           Bodies
           ?
           
             
             Every
             Man
             judges
             (
             says
             
               Atticus
               Platonicus
            
             )
             that
             they
             are
             the
             Properties
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             to
             deliberate
             ,
             to
             consider
             ,
             and
             after
             any
             manner
             to
             think
             .
             For
             when
             he
             looks
             upon
             Body
             ,
             and
             its
             Powers
             ,
             and
             likewise
             concludes
             ,
             that
             those
             kind
             of
             Operations
             cannot
             belong
             unto
             Bodies
             ,
             he
             presently
             yields
             that
             there
             is
             in
             us
             some
             other
             Thing
             ,
             which
             does
             deliberate
             or
             advise
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Soul.
             
          
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           I
           argue
           that
           the
           Soul
           and
           Body
           are
           distinct
           substances
           from
           the
           incapacity
           of
           matter
           to
           think
           .
           All
           we
           know
           of
           the
           Nature
           and
           Qualities
           of
           Matter
           ,
           we
           learn
           from
           its
           Operation
           on
           our
           Senses
           ;
           for
           further
           than
           it
           acts
           upon
           some
           of
           our
           Senses
           we
           have
           no
           notice
           of
           it
           .
           But
           Matter
           can
           no
           other
           way
           work
           upon
           our
           Senses
           ,
           but
           by
           motion
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Cause
           of
           all
           that
           variety
           ,
           which
           shews
           it self
           in
           bodies
           .
           If
           then
           Matter
           can
           perceive
           and
           think
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Effects
           and
           Changes
           in
           Matter
           be
           wrought
           by
           Motion
           ,
           then
           unto
           Motion
           must
           be
           ascribed
           Thought
           
           and
           Perception
           .
           But
           as
           nothing
           is
           more
           unlike
           than
           Corporeal
           Motion
           and
           Cogitation
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           unconceiveable
           how
           one
           should
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           how
           stupid
           matter
           by
           any
           degree
           of
           Motion
           communicated
           to
           it
           ,
           should
           acquire
           a
           Power
           to
           consider
           ,
           reflect
           ,
           and
           remember
           .
        
         
           The
           Epicureans
           indeed
           ,
           who
           hold
           the
           Soul
           corporeal
           ,
           to
           explain
           how
           Matter
           may
           perform
           the
           Functions
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           do
           teach
           that
           the
           Parts
           of
           Matter
           which
           go
           to
           making
           a
           Soul
           ,
           are
           light
           and
           small
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           globular
           or
           round
           Figure
           .
           Just
           as
           if
           a
           massy
           piece
           of
           Lead
           ,
           when
           melted
           and
           form'd
           into
           Bullets
           ,
           was
           in
           a
           nearer
           capacity
           to
           think
           ,
           meditate
           ,
           debate
           ,
           and
           act
           like
           a
           Soul.
           But
           I
           appeal
           to
           the
           common
           sense
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           whether
           that
           Philosopher
           has
           a
           right
           to
           call
           any
           Legendary
           Tale
           into
           question
           ,
           who
           can
           believe
           that
           little
           balls
           of
           Matter
           ,
           by
           being
           briskly
           moved
           ,
           can
           come
           to
           have
           Understanding
           ,
           Will
           ,
           and
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           Surely
           they
           ought
           to
           doubt
           of
           nothing
           ,
           who
           can
           be
           perswaded
           that
           small
           Bodies
           round
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           other
           shape
           ,
           should
           by
           justling
           and
           moving
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           be
           endued
           with
           Reason
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           a
           Talent
           to
           dispute
           concerning
           the
           Nature
           of
           their
           own
           Beings
           ;
           to
           raise
           Questions
           ,
           whether
           they
           are
           Matter
           or
           Spirit
           ,
           bodily
           or
           incorporeal
           
           Substances
           ?
           And
           not
           only
           yield
           to
           ,
           or
           resist
           the
           impressions
           of
           Objects
           present
           to
           them
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           acknowledged
           Laws
           of
           Motion
           ,
           but
           also
           reflect
           on
           the
           times
           long
           since
           past
           ,
           and
           meditate
           on
           those
           which
           are
           to
           come
           ,
           nay
           ,
           stretch
           out
           their
           consideration
           to
           infinite
           Space
           ,
           and
           eternal
           Duration
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           the
           Epicureans
           would
           rid
           us
           of
           our
           Difficulties
           by
           assigning
           the
           Figure
           of
           the
           Parts
           ,
           which
           compound
           a
           corporeal
           Mind
           ;
           so
           the
           Stoicks
           would
           make
           the
           thing
           intelligible
           by
           describing
           the
           kind
           or
           sort
           of
           Motion
           which
           causes
           Matter
           to
           think
           .
           Now
           it
           's
           their
           Doctrine
           that
           the
           Soul
           is
           Fire
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           that
           it
           performs
           its
           Office
           by
           such
           motion
           as
           is
           in
           Fire
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           strange
           Fire
           which
           gives
           us
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           yet
           no
           Light
           ,
           whereby
           we
           may
           any
           whit
           more
           easily
           conceive
           in
           what
           manner
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           Matter
           to
           think
           .
           For
           who
           can
           shew
           so
           much
           as
           the
           shadow
           of
           an
           Argument
           to
           move
           a
           sober
           Man
           to
           conclude
           ,
           That
           there
           should
           be
           Reasoning
           Powers
           and
           Faculties
           any
           more
           in
           a
           Fire
           of
           Coles
           ,
           than
           in
           a
           lump
           of
           cold
           Clay
           ;
           or
           that
           a
           Log
           of
           Wood
           should
           get
           sense
           and
           understanding
           by
           being
           put
           into
           a
           Flame
           .
           *
           If
           Materialists
           will
           make
           their
           Senses
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           so
           often
           appeal
           ,
           the
           Judges
           ,
           they
           must
           confess
           ,
           That
           the
           Natural
           Effect
           of
           Fire
           is
           to
           separate
           and
           rend
           the
           Parts
           of
           
           Bodies
           asunder
           ,
           which
           action
           can
           bear
           no
           faint
           resemblance
           to
           the
           Thoughts
           ,
           Deliberations
           ,
           and
           Judgments
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           nor
           to
           that
           freedom
           of
           Will
           with
           which
           it
           either
           sets
           its
           Faculties
           on
           work
           ,
           or
           stops
           them
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           some
           of
           the
           gross
           and
           nauseous
           Absurdities
           ,
           which
           unhappy
           licentious
           persons
           are
           forced
           to
           cram
           down
           ,
           who
           yet
           are
           so
           nice
           and
           squeamish
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           yield
           their
           Assent
           to
           any
           Truths
           of
           Religion
           ,
           for
           which
           there
           is
           not
           Mathematical
           Proof
           or
           Demonstration
           .
        
         
           *
           Aristotle
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           most
           profound
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           penetrating
           Thoughts
           ,
           who
           was
           of
           opinion
           that
           every
           thing
           under
           the
           Sun
           was
           compounded
           of
           the
           four
           Elements
           ,
           observing
           that
           the
           Faculties
           and
           Operations
           of
           human
           Souls
           were
           so
           remotely
           distant
           from
           all
           the
           Phoenomena
           or
           Appearances
           of
           Bodies
           ,
           was
           compelled
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           fifth
           Essence
           or
           Element
           ,
           of
           which
           only
           Souls
           were
           formed
           .
           To
           remember
           the
           past
           ,
           to
           consider
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           provide
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           to
           encrease
           our
           own
           Knowledge
           ,
           and
           to
           improve
           others
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ;
           all
           the
           products
           of
           a
           thinking
           faculty
           ,
           were
           things
           in
           the
           Opinion
           of
           this
           
           great
           Philosopher
           ,
           not
           possible
           to
           be
           accounted
           for
           by
           the
           Affections
           and
           Modes
           ,
           and
           Qualities
           of
           matter
           .
           *
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           The
           Soul
           and
           Body
           will
           appear
           distinct
           Substances
           from
           the
           difference
           every
           where
           supposed
           in
           Holy
           Scripture
           between
           them
           .
           To
           shew
           which
           ,
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           Creation
           of
           Man.
           
           
             And
             God
             said
             ,
             Let
             us
             make
             man
             in
             our
             image
             ,
             after
             our
             likeness
             .
          
           But
           man
           is
           not
           like
           God
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           because
           God
           hath
           no
           body
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           body
           in
           its
           nature
           is
           divisible
           and
           corruptible
           :
           but
           God
           without
           change
           or
           decay
           is
           eternally
           the
           same
           ,
           a
           Being
           for
           ever
           infinitely
           perfect
           .
           The
           similitude
           therefore
           between
           God
           and
           Man
           must
           be
           with
           relation
           to
           the
           Soul
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Spirit
           as
           God
           is
           a
           Spirit
           .
        
         
         
           The
           distinction
           between
           Soul
           and
           Body
           may
           also
           be
           observed
           from
           the
           manner
           wherein
           God
           created
           Man.
           
             And
             the
             Lord
             formed
             man
             of
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             breathed
             into
             his
             nostrils
             the
             breath
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             man
             became
             a
             living
             soul
             .
          
           
           His
           Body
           was
           made
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           but
           his
           Soul
           which
           gave
           life
           to
           it
           ,
           came
           immediately
           from
           God.
           
           
             *
             The
             Soul
             therefore
             was
             not
             created
             of
             the
             same
             Substance
             ,
             nor
             together
             with
             the
             Body
             ,
             but
             of
             one
             better
             and
             more
             Divine
             ,
             as
             the
             Scripture
             shews
             .
             For
             of
             the
             brute
             Creatures
             void
             of
             Reason
             ,
             it
             says
             ,
             That
             the
             Water
             brought
             forth
             some
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             others
             ;
             but
             of
             Man
             ,
             that
             God
             breathed
             into
             him
             the
             breath
             of
             Life
             .
             Manifesting
             thereby
             that
             he
             had
             an
             Intellectual
             and
             Rational
             Nature
             ,
             more
             noble
             than
             that
             of
             Brutes
             ,
             and
             near
             of
             kin
             to
             the
             Divine
             Beings
             above
             .
          
        
         
           Accordingly
           also
           Solomon
           pronounceth
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           hour
           of
           death
           ,
           
           
             The
             spirit
             of
             man
             goeth
             upward
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             beast
             goeth
             downward
             to
             the
             earth
             .
          
           In
           which
           Author
           ,
           the
           wisest
           of
           men
           ,
           (
           if
           his
           Authority
           may
           be
           of
           any
           weight
           )
           there
           is
           another
           Passage
           that
           demonstrates
           the
           Soul
           and
           Body
           to
           be
           distinct
           Substances
           ,
           and
           puts
           the
           matter
           beyond
           a
           possibility
           of
           a
           contradiction
           .
           
           
             Then
             shall
             the
             dust
             return
             to
             the
             earth
             as
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             the
             spirit
             
             shall
             return
             to
             God
             who
             gave
             it
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Soul
             of
             the
             dead
             remain
             uncorrupted
             .
             For
             God
             lends
             men
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             his
             Image
             :
             But
             the
             Body
             we
             have
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             we
             all
             being
             dissolved
             into
             it
             ,
             shall
             be
             dust
             ;
             
             but
             Heaven
             shall
             receive
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
        
         
           In
           pursuance
           of
           our
           Argument
           it
           may
           here
           be
           proper
           to
           observe
           ,
           how
           difficult
           it
           will
           be
           for
           them
           ,
           who
           maintain
           that
           the
           Soul
           is
           only
           a
           mode
           ,
           accident
           ,
           or
           quality
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           rational
           account
           of
           Christ's
           words
           in
           our
           Text
           :
           
             Fear
             not
             them
             which
             kill
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             are
             not
             able
             to
             kill
             the
             soul
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           According
           to
           these
           Philosophers
           other
           men
           may
           kill
           the
           Body
           ,
           but
           are
           not
           able
           to
           hurt
           the
           Accidents
           and
           Qualities
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           pleased
           to
           call
           the
           Soul.
           And
           yet
           it
           is
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           men
           only
           can
           destroy
           the
           Accidents
           and
           Qualities
           in
           Bodies
           ,
           but
           cannot
           destroy
           their
           Substance
           ,
           which
           after
           all
           force
           used
           to
           it
           ,
           will
           still
           subsist
           in
           other
           forms
           and
           shapes
           .
           Insomuch
           as
           they
           quite
           invert
           our
           Saviour's
           Doctrine
           ,
           it
           following
           manifestly
           from
           their
           Assertions
           ,
           that
           men
           have
           only
           power
           to
           kill
           the
           Soul
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           destroy
           the
           Modes
           and
           Accidents
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           but
           
           can
           do
           no
           injury
           to
           the
           Body
           or
           Substance
           it self
           .
        
         
           In
           one
           Instance
           more
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           shew
           how
           repugnant
           these
           wild
           Opinions
           are
           to
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           :
           And
           it
           shall
           be
           in
           the
           Promise
           of
           our
           Lord
           to
           the
           Penitent
           Malefactor
           ,
           who
           was
           crucified
           with
           him
           ,
           
             to
             day
             shalt
             thou
             be
             with
             me
             in
             paradise
          
           ;
           
           which
           in
           their
           sense
           must
           be
           thus
           :
           While
           the
           Body
           of
           this
           Sincere
           Penitent
           was
           on
           the
           Cross
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Grave
           ,
           the
           Modifications
           and
           Qualities
           of
           his
           Body
           were
           to
           attend
           our
           Saviour
           into
           Paradise
           .
           But
           I
           think
           only
           to
           name
           such
           ridiculous
           stuff
           is
           sufficient
           to
           confute
           it
           ;
           nothing
           being
           plainer
           than
           that
           men
           must
           either
           part
           with
           these
           Principles
           ,
           or
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           their
           Saviour
           ,
           for
           they
           can
           never
           consist
           and
           agree
           together
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           That
           after
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           the
           Soul
           doth
           exist
           and
           live
           in
           the
           separate
           State.
           It
           appears
           from
           our
           Lord's
           words
           ,
           
             fear
             not
             them
             which
             kill
             the
             body
             ,
          
           &c.
           that
           he
           does
           rather
           suppose
           ,
           than
           go
           to
           prove
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           which
           he
           took
           for
           a
           granted
           truth
           by
           them
           steddily
           believed
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           was
           not
           his
           design
           to
           convince
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Soul
           does
           live
           after
           its
           separation
           from
           the
           body
           ;
           but
           to
           shew
           that
           it
           is
           such
           a
           simple
           and
           incorruptible
           substance
           ,
           that
           nothing
           beneath
           Almighty
           Power
           can
           destroy
           it
           .
        
         
         
           But
           I
           fear
           a
           general
           decay
           of
           Faith
           and
           Piety
           will
           not
           only
           justify
           ,
           but
           make
           it
           requisite
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           endeavour
           to
           prove
           that
           fundamental
           Doctrin
           
             of
             the
             immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
          
           the
           truth
           whereof
           our
           Lord
           supposed
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           instructing
           his
           Disciples
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           The
           first
           Argument
           I
           shall
           use
           for
           the
           
             Immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
          
           ,
           shall
           be
           from
           the
           general
           sense
           and
           perswasion
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           the
           Soul
           does
           survive
           the
           Body
           .
           This
           Belief
           seems
           to
           be
           as
           early
           as
           the
           first
           Inhabitants
           on
           the
           earth
           ;
           for
           Authors
           of
           the
           greatest
           Reputation
           and
           Antiquity
           ,
           who
           write
           of
           the
           Opinions
           and
           Manners
           of
           men
           ,
           do
           relate
           almost
           of
           every
           Country
           ,
           that
           they
           thought
           the
           Soul
           did
           subsist
           after
           death
           .
        
         
           This
           Perswasion
           prevailed
           among
           the
           *
           Jews
           ,
           
           not
           only
           while
           
           they
           were
           the
           immediate
           and
           peculiar
           Care
           of
           God
           ,
           
           but
           hath
           been
           diligently
           preserved
           and
           transmitted
           to
           their
           Posterity
           ;
           
           the
           Sect
           of
           unbelieving
           Sadduces
           being
           long
           since
           extinct
           .
           *
           The
           Aegyptians
           ,
           
           a
           Nation
           famous
           for
           Invention
           of
           
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           
           are
           said
           first
           to
           have
           taught
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Immortality
           
           of
           Souls
           .
           
           Which
           Opinion
           found
           Entertainment
           among
           all
           
           the
           Antient
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           East
           ;
           was
           the
           Perswasion
           also
           of
           the
           old
           Greeks
           and
           Gauls
           ,
           and
           Thracians
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           Opinion
           of
           *
           Homer
           ,
           who
           preceded
           all
           the
           Sects
           of
           Philosophers
           ,
           he
           in
           words
           ,
           very
           like
           our
           Saviour's
           ,
           declaring
           that
           nothing
           was
           so
           valuable
           to
           him
           as
           his
           Soul
           ,
           and
           he
           makes
           Ulysses
           to
           summon
           before
           him
           the
           Souls
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           discourse
           with
           them
           .
           And
           among
           the
           old
           Greek
           and
           Latin
           Poets
           ,
           scarce
           more
           than
           a
           Dissenter
           or
           two
           from
           the
           Judgment
           of
           Homer
           are
           to
           be
           found
           .
        
         
           *
           Thales
           ,
           supposed
           by
           some
           the
           first
           Physiologer
           who
           treated
           of
           Nature
           ,
           
           is
           supposed
           also
           first
           to
           have
           taught
           the
           Immortality
           of
           Souls
           .
           
           But
           as
           Herodotus
           does
           ascribe
           the
           first
           publication
           thereof
           to
           the
           AEgyptians
           ;
           
           so
           Pausanias
           ascribes
           it
           to
           the
           Chaldaeans
           and
           Indian
           Magi
           ;
           
           as
           Tully
           does
           it
           to
           Pherecydes
           ,
           Pythagoras's
           Master
           ;
           and
           some
           to
           others
           :
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           this
           belief
           of
           the
           Souls
           future
           Subsistence
           seems
           so
           general
           and
           very
           ancient
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           Writers
           are
           not
           able
           to
           discover
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           fix
           the
           time
           of
           its
           beginning
           .
        
         
           This
           also
           is
           the
           avow'd
           Doctrine
           of
           Pythagoras
           ,
           the
           Founder
           of
           the
           Sect
           of
           Italick
           Philosophers
           ,
           and
           
           of
           Plato
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           judicious
           Interpreters
           ,
           and
           
             Plotinus
             ,
             Amelius
             ,
             Porphyrius
             ,
             Proclus
             ,
             Alcinous
             .
          
           And
           into
           this
           List
           we
           may
           bring
           Aristole
           ,
           about
           whom
           tho'
           there
           is
           some
           Controversy
           ,
           yet
           *
           
             Photius
             affirms
          
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           dive
           deep
           enough
           into
           his
           Profound
           Mind
           ,
           who
           were
           of
           another
           Opiníon
           .
           And
           as
           Moses
           relates
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           body
           was
           formed
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           God
           did
           breath
           a
           living
           Soul
           into
           it
           ;
           so
           *
           Aristotle
           expresly
           teaches
           ,
           that
           the
           Soul
           only
           enters
           the
           body
           from
           without
           ,
           and
           is
           of
           Divine
           Extraction
           :
           he
           may
           also
           pass
           for
           a
           good
           Witness
           ,
           both
           when
           he
           affirms
           that
           the
           Renowned
           Philosophers
           who
           were
           before
           him
           ,
           believed
           that
           the
           Soul
           lived
           after
           it
           had
           left
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           also
           when
           he
           says
           no
           Philosopher
           before
           him
           held
           the
           World
           to
           be
           Eternal
           .
        
         
           That
           great
           man
           *
           Tully
           urges
           for
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           Immemorial
           Tradition
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           the
           consent
           of
           all
           Antiquity
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           voice
           of
           all
           men
           is
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           are
           much
           concerned
           for
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           shall
           take
           place
           after
           death
           .
           
           *
           Seneca
           also
           treating
           of
           the
           Eternity
           of
           Souls
           ,
           does
           affirm
           that
           he
           has
           the
           Publick
           perswasion
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           and
           the
           consent
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           either
           fear
           the
           invisible
           Powers
           below
           ,
           or
           worship
           those
           above
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Soul
           is
           of
           Divine
           Original
           ,
           obnoxious
           neither
           to
           old
           age
           nor
           death
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           is
           set
           at
           liberty
           from
           the
           heavy
           Chains
           of
           this
           Body
           ,
           it
           will
           return
           to
           its
           place
           in
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           *
           Macrobius
           declares
           that
           the
           Opinion
           hath
           universally
           obtained
           ,
           as
           well
           that
           the
           Soul
           is
           an
           incorporeal
           substance
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           is
           immortal
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           Belief
           of
           Immortality
           was
           generally
           received
           among
           the
           Antients
           ;
           so
           men
           all
           along
           since
           have
           been
           stedfast
           and
           constant
           to
           it
           .
           For
           from
           Modern
           Histories
           ,
           Voyages
           ,
           and
           Travels
           ,
           it
           is
           found
           to
           be
           the
           common
           Opinion
           of
           the
           World
           as
           much
           in
           these
           later
           days
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           in
           old
           time
           .
           The
           *
           Turks
           have
           so
           strong
           a
           perswasion
           both
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           the
           subsistence
           of
           the
           Soul
           after
           it
           leaves
           the
           body
           ,
           
           that
           not
           only
           the
           Alcoran
           ,
           but
           their
           Offices
           of
           Prayer
           have
           
           frequent
           relation
           thereunto
           .
           The
           *
           Arabian
           Philosophers
           think
           that
           a
           virtuous
           Soul
           ,
           when
           it
           has
           taken
           leave
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           shall
           partake
           of
           immense
           Pleasures
           and
           Joys
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           the
           chief
           Angels
           which
           are
           nearest
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           *
           Chinese
           hold
           the
           Soul
           spiritual
           ,
           
           and
           separable
           from
           the
           body
           ,
           
           and
           that
           after
           death
           pious
           Souls
           
           shall
           be
           rewarded
           ,
           
           and
           bad
           souls
           tormented
           .
           
           They
           who
           have
           of
           
           late
           travelled
           in
           Persia
           ,
           
           India
           ,
           
           Japan
           and
           other
           Countries
           of
           the
           East
           ,
           
           have
           observed
           the
           same
           Belief
           to
           
           prevail
           among
           the
           present
           Dwellers
           of
           those
           places
           :
           
           and
           the
           like
           accounts
           we
           have
           of
           Southern
           Inhabitants
           from
           them
           who
           have
           visited
           Guinea
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           Africa
           .
           And
           though
           they
           who
           first
           touched
           at
           the
           Cape
           of
           
             Good
             Hope
          
           ,
           either
           through
           want
           of
           time
           rightly
           to
           be
           informed
           ,
           or
           not
           having
           Curiosity
           sufficient
           to
           discover
           the
           Truth
           ,
           did
           relate
           the
           people
           of
           those
           Parts
           to
           have
           no
           Religion
           ;
           yet
           we
           have
           quite
           another
           story
           of
           them
           from
           late
           Travellers
           ,
           who
           with
           more
           care
           and
           accuracy
           have
           searched
           into
           those
           matters
           .
           And
           what
           is
           remarkable
           the
           first
           Discoverers
           of
           America
           ,
           found
           the
           people
           of
           
             Brasil
             ,
             Canada
             ,
             Virginia
          
           ,
           &c.
           tho
           severed
           
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           world
           by
           the
           vast
           Ocean
           ,
           and
           with
           whom
           probably
           they
           had
           no
           intercourse
           in
           many
           ages
           to
           have
           generally
           the
           same
           belief
           of
           the
           Souls
           Immortality
           .
        
         
           But
           after
           all
           it
           must
           be
           allowed
           ,
           That
           there
           have
           been
           here
           and
           there
           some
           ,
           who
           resolving
           to
           live
           wickedly
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           have
           pretended
           to
           deny
           a
           Future
           One
           :
           even
           the
           Christian
           Church
           hath
           not
           wholly
           escaped
           this
           Infection
           .
           For
           within
           its
           Pale
           some
           have
           started
           up
           ,
           who
           maintain
           the
           Impious
           Doctrines
           of
           Epicurus
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           dishonour
           of
           the
           Lord
           who
           bought
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           reproch
           of
           their
           Holy
           Profession
           .
        
         
           Of
           this
           sort
           of
           ill
           men
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           last
           Century
           ,
           *
           Italy
           produced
           a
           plentiful
           Crop
           ,
           who
           valuing
           themselves
           more
           upon
           the
           Reputation
           of
           their
           Philosophy
           ,
           than
           Religion
           ;
           
           taught
           openly
           ,
           that
           the
           Soul
           did
           perish
           with
           the
           body
           :
           so
           that
           it
           seemed
           necessary
           to
           have
           their
           wicked
           opinions
           condemned
           by
           a
           *
           Council
           .
           But
           notwithstanding
           these
           vain
           glorions
           persons
           by
           venting
           such
           strange
           Notions
           ,
           hoped
           to
           have
           been
           accounted
           the
           only
           Masters
           of
           Sense
           and
           Reason
           ,
           yet
           by
           the
           judicious
           and
           strong
           Confutations
           of
           the
           worthy
           Men
           who
           answer'd
           their
           
           Writings
           it
           does
           appear
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           as
           weak
           Philosophers
           ,
           as
           bad
           Christians
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           those
           who
           bid
           defiance
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           ridicule
           Religion
           ,
           bear
           no
           proportion
           to
           the
           Bulk
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           so
           't
           is
           no
           wonder
           some
           such
           should
           be
           found
           .
           For
           when
           Men
           abuse
           the
           liberty
           God
           has
           given
           them
           over
           themselves
           ,
           and
           by
           continual
           Debauchery
           weaken
           and
           corrupt
           their
           Faculties
           ,
           it
           may
           so
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           hardly
           form
           a
           true
           Judgment
           of
           any
           thing
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           a
           Mind
           enfeebled
           and
           clouded
           with
           the
           steams
           of
           brutish
           Lust
           is
           no
           more
           able
           to
           contemplate
           the
           Glorious
           Nature
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           affected
           with
           pure
           and
           intellectual
           Pleasures
           ,
           than
           a
           Body
           brought
           into
           the
           World
           without
           Eyes
           and
           Hands
           ,
           is
           capable
           to
           do
           the
           ordinary
           Works
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           For
           Men
           may
           make
           themselves
           Monsters
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           be
           born
           so
           ;
           *
           but
           then
           by
           the
           Example
           of
           a
           few
           such
           Monsters
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           suffer
           either
           our
           Faith
           to
           be
           shaken
           ,
           or
           our
           Manners
           to
           be
           perverted
           .
        
         
           Before
           I
           part
           with
           this
           Head
           ,
           I
           would
           observe
           ,
           where
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Virtue
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           have
           thriven
           most
           in
           the
           Conversation
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           good
           they
           have
           done
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           more
           firmly
           they
           have
           been
           perswaded
           ,
           
           that
           their
           Souls
           should
           subsist
           after
           they
           had
           left
           their
           Bodies
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           that
           there
           hardly
           ever
           were
           found
           any
           much
           diposed
           to
           scoff
           at
           Providence
           ,
           and
           deny
           a
           Future
           State
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           been
           infamous
           Livers
           .
        
         
           A
           Heathen
           Philosopher
           hath
           spoke
           of
           this
           Point
           with
           so
           much
           Wisdom
           and
           Piety
           ,
           that
           I
           think
           it
           will
           be
           no
           loss
           of
           time
           here
           to
           present
           you
           with
           what
           he
           hath
           said
           ,
           
             
             If
             Conscience
             awaken
             in
             a
             bad
             Man
             a
             sense
             of
             his
             evil
             Deeds
             ,
             which
             tortures
             his
             Mind
             ,
             and
             puts
             him
             in
             fear
             of
             Punishment
             in
             Hell
             ,
             his
             only
             remedy
             is
             to
             fly
             to
             Non-entity
             ,
             or
             Not-being
             ;
             so
             he
             cures
             one
             Evil
             with
             another
             ,
             supporting
             his
             Wickedness
             by
             the
             Destruction
             of
             his
             Soul.
             He
             gives
             Sentence
             of
             himself
             that
             after
             Death
             he
             shall
             be
             nothing
             ,
             to
             fly
             the
             Penalties
             of
             Future
             Judgment
             .
             For
             a
             wicked
             Man
             will
             not
             have
             his
             Soul
             immortal
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             not
             subsist
             to
             suffer
             punishment
             .
             He
             anticipates
             his
             Judge
             ,
             by
             declaring
             it
             is
             sit
             that
             a
             wicked
             Soul
             should
             be
             re-reduced
             to
             nothing
             .
             But
             as
             through
             want
             of
             Counsel
             he
             was
             drawn
             to
             Sin
             ,
             so
             through
             Ignorance
             of
             the
             measure
             of
             Things
             he
             passes
             wrong
             Judgment
             on
             himself
             .
             For
             the
             Judges
             of
             Spirits
             departed
             ,
             framing
             their
             Sentence
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             Truth
             ,
             do
             not
             judge
             it
             meet
             the
             Soul
             should
             be
             annihilated
             .
          
        
         
         
           (
           2.
           )
           My
           next
           Argument
           shall
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           fears
           Men
           have
           of
           Punishment
           after
           this
           Life
           for
           their
           Sins
           .
           Sin
           troubles
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           in
           such
           instances
           ,
           as
           the
           Law
           takes
           no
           notice
           of
           ;
           and
           in
           such
           ,
           which
           notwithstanding
           they
           are
           punishable
           by
           Law
           ,
           yet
           were
           acted
           too-secretly
           to
           be
           detected
           ;
           and
           then
           also
           ,
           when
           the
           Offenders
           having
           fled
           their
           Country
           ,
           were
           out
           of
           reach
           of
           the
           Secular
           Judge
           .
           Such
           Persons
           likewise
           have
           been
           perplext
           with
           the
           remembrance
           of
           their
           Wickedness
           ,
           whose
           height
           and
           power
           made
           them
           strong
           enough
           to
           break
           through
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           trample
           on
           them
           ;
           in
           which
           several
           Cases
           there
           was
           nothing
           but
           the
           Natural
           Suggestions
           of
           Conscience
           to
           terrify
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           whence
           can
           all
           this
           inward
           Trouble
           proceed
           ,
           but
           from
           an
           invincible
           perswasion
           ,
           that
           after
           Death
           will
           come
           Judgment
           .
           If
           any
           doubt
           this
           ,
           we
           may
           appeal
           to
           disconsolate
           Sinners
           themselves
           ,
           who
           often
           finding
           no
           ease
           in
           the
           business
           of
           their
           Calling
           ,
           in
           the
           Conversation
           of
           their
           Friends
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           change
           of
           Company
           or
           Place
           ,
           have
           been
           driven
           to
           seek
           for
           relief
           of
           another
           kind
           ,
           and
           to
           apply
           themselves
           to
           proper
           Persons
           ,
           unto
           whom
           they
           may
           unburden
           their
           Souls
           ,
           and
           confess
           their
           secret
           Offences
           ,
           hoping
           by
           their
           devout
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           ghostly
           Assistance
           ,
           to
           procure
           some
           remedy
           for
           their
           distressed
           Minds
           .
        
         
         
           I
           may
           add
           ,
           That
           so
           insupportable
           have
           been
           the
           Horrors
           of
           a
           wounded
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           men
           have
           disclosed
           their
           capital
           Crimes
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           when
           they
           well
           knew
           it
           was
           his
           duty
           to
           punish
           such
           Criminals
           with
           Death
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           why
           they
           exposed
           themselves
           voluntarily
           to
           Temporal
           Death
           ,
           was
           to
           escape
           Divine
           Vengeance
           in
           another
           World
           ,
           which
           they
           of
           all
           things
           dreaded
           .
           They
           did
           trust
           ,
           that
           having
           confest
           their
           Sin
           ,
           and
           repented
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           made
           all
           the
           satisfaction
           they
           could
           to
           Civil
           Justice
           ,
           God
           would
           not
           enter
           into
           Judgement
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           his
           infinite
           Compassion
           forgive
           them
           ,
           and
           save
           their
           Souls
           alive
           .
        
         
           Neither
           was
           the
           Course
           here
           taken
           to
           be
           imputed
           to
           Melancholy
           or
           Distraction
           ,
           since
           experience
           assures
           us
           ,
           many
           hereby
           have
           quieted
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           found
           comfort
           in
           Death
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           if
           the
           fears
           of
           what
           shall
           become
           of
           us
           after
           Death
           ,
           were
           the
           Effects
           only
           of
           the
           false
           Principles
           which
           are
           owing
           to
           bad
           Education
           ;
           certainly
           they
           would
           not
           be
           so
           general
           ,
           nor
           so
           deeply
           rivetted
           in
           our
           Nature
           ,
           nor
           so
           terrible
           ,
           that
           Men
           should
           be
           willing
           to
           sacrifice
           their
           Lives
           to
           get
           rid
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           The
           third
           Argument
           I
           would
           urge
           for
           
             the
             Immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
          
           ,
           and
           that
           Men
           were
           not
           
           made
           only
           to
           live
           here
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           the
           World
           which
           fills
           the
           mind
           with
           satisfaction
           .
           Men
           are
           always
           dissatisfied
           with
           their
           present
           Condition
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           make
           some
           Alteration
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           after
           the
           Alteration
           is
           made
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           continue
           any
           long
           time
           pleased
           ;
           but
           rather
           discover
           that
           they
           have
           only
           changed
           their
           old
           Grievances
           for
           new
           ones
           ,
           and
           are
           disturbed
           with
           a
           fresh
           set
           of
           Complaints
           .
        
         
           Those
           who
           have
           the
           greatest
           opportunities
           to
           supply
           themselves
           with
           the
           various
           pleasures
           of
           Sense
           ,
           should
           ,
           if
           any
           were
           ,
           be
           easy
           in
           their
           Enjoyments
           ;
           and
           yet
           experience
           declares
           ,
           that
           what
           lately
           they
           with
           much
           eagerness
           desired
           ,
           does
           pall
           their
           Appetites
           ,
           and
           grow
           flat
           and
           insipid
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           well
           known
           that
           Men
           ,
           who
           have
           had
           their
           Treasuries
           filled
           with
           Gold
           ,
           who
           have
           commanded
           Great
           and
           Victorious
           Armies
           ,
           and
           conquered
           and
           ruled
           over
           many
           Nations
           ,
           have
           after
           the
           large
           encrease
           of
           their
           Wealth
           ,
           their
           Power
           ,
           and
           their
           Glory
           ,
           upon
           little
           occasions
           been
           disturbed
           ,
           and
           discontented
           ,
           and
           fallen
           into
           such
           fits
           of
           Rage
           ,
           or
           Lust
           ,
           or
           Melancholy
           ,
           as
           are
           in
           no
           wise
           consistent
           with
           true
           Contentment
           of
           Mind
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           still
           post
           and
           press
           forward
           from
           one
           design
           to
           another
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           same
           dissatisfaction
           ;
           either
           trusting
           those
           who
           will
           deceive
           them
           ;
           or
           striving
           to
           remove
           that
           which
           will
           never
           leave
           them
           ;
           
           or
           vehemently
           coveting
           what
           they
           shall
           never
           obtain
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           what
           reason
           can
           be
           given
           why
           worldly
           Goods
           ever
           shew
           better
           and
           greater
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           than
           they
           prove
           in
           our
           Possession
           ,
           but
           this
           ;
           that
           they
           carry
           no
           proportion
           to
           the
           Appetites
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           a
           Spiritual
           and
           Heavenly
           Nature
           ,
           and
           can
           never
           hope
           to
           receive
           adequate
           Satisfaction
           from
           any
           thing
           here
           below
           ?
        
         
           Wherefore
           if
           these
           vast
           Capacities
           and
           Desires
           were
           placed
           in
           us
           by
           a
           Being
           of
           Infinite
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           if
           a
           Being
           infinitely
           wise
           can
           do
           nothing
           in
           vain
           ,
           then
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           our
           Souls
           were
           created
           not
           only
           for
           this
           World
           ,
           but
           to
           live
           in
           another
           ,
           where
           they
           shall
           converse
           with
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           such
           bright
           and
           glorious
           Objects
           ,
           as
           will
           compleatly
           gratify
           and
           delight
           them
           .
           And
           from
           hence
           I
           deduce
           a
           fourth
           Argument
           for
           
             the
             Immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
          
           ;
           viz.
           
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           From
           the
           common
           appetite
           in
           Men
           to
           live
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           Eternal
           State
           to
           possess
           the
           chiefest
           good
           which
           will
           satiate
           the
           highest
           and
           most
           extensive
           Desires
           of
           the
           Mind
           .
           Every
           Man
           that
           comes
           into
           the
           World
           loves
           happiness
           ,
           and
           would
           enjoy
           it
           eternally
           ;
           it
           was
           not
           only
           the
           desire
           of
           St.
           
             Paul
             to
             be
             dissolved
             ,
             and
             be
             with
             Christ
          
           ;
           but
           the
           wish
           of
           
             Balaam
             ,
             to
             die
             the
             death
             of
             the
             righteous
             .
          
           
           He
           believed
           a
           future
           Life
           ,
           and
           that
           good
           Men
           should
           be
           blessed
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           wisht
           he
           might
           have
           a
           share
           of
           their
           Blessedness
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           had
           great
           experience
           of
           God's
           Goodness
           ,
           who
           hath
           enriched
           us
           with
           many
           favours
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           ought
           to
           believe
           that
           he
           loves
           us
           ,
           and
           did
           intend
           good
           to
           us
           in
           the
           whole
           contrivance
           and
           constitution
           of
           our
           Nature
           ,
           wherein
           he
           only
           could
           put
           these
           unextinguishable
           Appetites
           to
           live
           and
           subsist
           happily
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           to
           partake
           of
           such
           Felicity
           as
           this
           World
           does
           not
           afford
           ,
           and
           which
           indeed
           is
           no
           where
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           but
           in
           his
           infinitely
           perfect
           Being
           .
        
         
           Now
           he
           who
           loves
           us
           exceedingly
           well
           ,
           and
           of
           whose
           Bounty
           we
           have
           shared
           thus
           largely
           already
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           endued
           our
           Nature
           with
           those
           vehement
           Appetites
           ,
           which
           ,
           unless
           he
           be
           pleased
           in
           fit
           time
           to
           give
           them
           satisfaction
           ,
           can
           only
           serve
           to
           distract
           and
           torture
           our
           minds
           ,
           and
           render
           us
           extremely
           miserable
           .
           For
           such
           a
           Treatment
           would
           be
           not
           only
           inconsistent
           with
           his
           infinite
           Wisdom
           ,
           which
           appears
           in
           every
           part
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           repugnant
           to
           his
           boundless
           Goodness
           ,
           which
           always
           disposes
           him
           to
           promote
           the
           Happiness
           ,
           pity
           the
           weaknesses
           ,
           and
           supply
           the
           wants
           of
           his
           poor
           Creatures
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           hope
           of
           enjoyment
           of
           Everlasting
           Happiness
           ,
           which
           makes
           us
           to
           bear
           Injuries
           ,
           Pains
           ,
           and
           
           Losses
           patiently
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           yield
           to
           the
           stroke
           of
           Death
           with
           a
           willing
           and
           contented
           mind
           .
           But
           had
           we
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           Death
           would
           make
           an
           utter
           end
           both
           of
           Body
           and
           Soul
           ,
           as
           the
           conceit
           thereof
           all-along
           this
           Life
           would
           be
           an
           intolerable
           burthen
           ,
           so
           we
           should
           leave
           the
           world
           with
           deep
           Horror
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           there
           be
           a
           God
           ;
           and
           that
           God
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           our
           Nature
           ;
           and
           the
           Author
           of
           our
           Nature
           is
           infinitly
           Good
           ,
           and
           always
           acts
           suitably
           to
           that
           Goodness
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           be
           the
           property
           of
           infinite
           Goodness
           to
           bestow
           all
           that
           endless
           Bliss
           and
           Felicity
           upon
           its
           Creatures
           ,
           which
           it
           not
           only
           hath
           made
           them
           capable
           of
           ,
           but
           which
           it
           hath
           inclined
           their
           very
           Nature
           earnestly
           to
           desire
           and
           hope
           for
           ;
           then
           we
           may
           from
           hence
           ,
           beyond
           all
           question
           and
           doubt
           ,
           conclude
           the
           Immortality
           of
           our
           Souls
           .
           And
           our
           hope
           of
           a
           joyful
           Eternity
           can
           no
           where
           rest
           so
           safely
           as
           upon
           the
           Divine
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           (
           5.
           )
           I
           shall
           but
           name
           one
           Argument
           more
           ,
           tho
           it
           is
           of
           unconquerable
           Force
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           future
           subsistence
           of
           the
           Soul
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           Divine
           Providence
           which
           governs
           the
           World
           ,
           preserves
           all
           things
           in
           their
           natural
           order
           ,
           and
           observes
           whatever
           is
           done
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           all
           men
           may
           receive
           a
           Treatment
           from
           God
           ,
           agreeable
           
           to
           their
           behaviour
           .
           That
           those
           who
           love
           ,
           and
           fear
           ,
           and
           serve
           God
           ,
           may
           partake
           of
           the
           Glories
           with
           which
           he
           will
           reward
           the
           Heavenly-minded
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           who
           neglect
           ,
           and
           forget
           ,
           and
           dishonour
           God
           ,
           may
           be
           banisht
           into
           outer
           Darkness
           .
        
         
           That
           they
           who
           have
           done
           good
           in
           their
           Generation
           ,
           and
           shew'd
           pity
           to
           their
           fellow-creatures
           ,
           may
           obtain
           a
           Recompence
           ;
           and
           they
           who
           have
           been
           impure
           ,
           and
           malicious
           ,
           and
           have
           laid
           wait
           for
           the
           righteous
           ,
           opprest
           the
           poor
           ,
           and
           not
           spared
           the
           widow
           ,
           may
           receive
           Judgment
           without
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           But
           since
           this
           equal
           distribution
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           ,
           which
           the
           Divine
           Justice
           does
           require
           ,
           is
           not
           made
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           we
           have
           full
           assurance
           our
           Souls
           shall
           live
           in
           another
           ,
           and
           there
           have
           Judgment
           pass
           upon
           them
           according
           to
           their
           deserts
           .
        
         
           It
           now
           but
           remains
           that
           I
           make
           a
           short
           Reflection
           or
           two
           upon
           this
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           If
           our
           Souls
           shall
           survive
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           it
           ought
           not
           only
           to
           encourage
           us
           to
           be
           patient
           and
           resigned
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           under
           the
           great
           variety
           of
           Troubles
           and
           Afflictions
           which
           happen
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           arm
           us
           against
           the
           fear
           of
           Death
           .
        
         
         
           Since
           Death
           only
           will
           lay
           open
           a
           passage
           for
           us
           into
           another
           Life
           ,
           which
           will
           infinitely
           surpass
           this
           For
           as
           much
           as
           there
           we
           shall
           be
           deliver'd
           from
           all
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           render
           our
           present
           condition
           either
           dangerous
           or
           uncomfortable
           .
           We
           shall
           no
           longer
           be
           exposed
           to
           the
           Temptations
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           or
           of
           our
           own
           Lusts
           ,
           now
           so
           dangerous
           and
           dreadful
           to
           us
           ,
           when
           admitted
           into
           the
           Conversation
           of
           Angels
           and
           Souls
           made
           Perfect
           ;
           we
           shall
           not
           so
           much
           as
           suspect
           treachery
           and
           wrongs
           when
           out
           of
           reach
           of
           the
           Malice
           of
           Men
           and
           Devils
           :
           we
           shall
           not
           fear
           Pains
           ,
           and
           Diseases
           ,
           wherewith
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           our
           incorruptible
           nature
           should
           be
           affected
           ;
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           we
           never
           again
           shall
           be
           liable
           to
           the
           power
           of
           Death
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Fears
           ,
           for
           our
           Lord
           says
           we
           
             cannot
             die
             any
             more
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Poet
           supposes
           the
           Soul
           of
           Achilles
           after
           he
           was
           slain
           ,
           
           to
           be
           introduced
           into
           the
           presence
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           to
           exhort
           him
           ,
           not
           to
           grieve
           and
           be
           cast
           down
           for
           his
           Fathers
           Death
           ,
           by
           means
           whereof
           he
           was
           admitted
           to
           familiarity
           with
           the
           Blessed
           Gods
           ,
           but
           to
           furnish
           his
           mind
           with
           his
           Virtues
           ,
           from
           which
           he
           should
           reap
           most
           pleasant
           Fruit.
           
        
         
           
             
             Is
             not
             Death
             not
             Evil
             ?
             Are
             we
             not
             of
             kin
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             come
             from
             him
             ?
             Let
             us
             go
             back
             thither
             from
             whence
             we
             came
             ;
             and
             get
             loose
             
             from
             these
             Fetters
             ,
             which
             are
             strait
             and
             heavy
             .
             Here
             are
             Robbers
             ,
             and
             Thieves
             ,
             and
             Judicatures
             ,
             and
             Tyrants
             ,
             who
             if
             they
             have
             Power
             over
             us
             ,
             it
             is
             with
             respect
             to
             our
             BODY
             ,
             and
             its
             Possessions
             .
             Let
             us
             shew
             they
             have
             no
             power
             ,
             and
             wait
             the
             pleasure
             of
             God
             ,
             unto
             whom
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             shall
             discharge
             us
             from
             our
             Duty
             in
             the
             present
             Station
             ,
             we
             shall
             return
             .
          
        
         
           
             What
             befals
             the
             righteous
             Man
             in
             his
             Death
             ,
             and
             how
             little
             reason
             he
             has
             to
             be
             concerned
             and
             dread
             it
             ,
             we
             learn
             from
             the
             Excellent
             Author
             of
             the
             Book
             of
          
           Wisdom
           :
           
           For
           God
           created
           man
           to
           be
           immortal
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           to
           be
           an
           image
           of
           his
           own
           eternity
           ;
           nevertheless
           through
           the
           envy
           of
           the
           devil
           came
           death
           into
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           do
           hold
           on
           his
           side
           do
           find
           it
           .
           
           But
           the
           Souls
           of
           the
           righteous
           are
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           there
           shall
           no
           torment
           touch
           them
           .
           In
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           unwise
           they
           seemed
           to
           die
           ,
           and
           their
           departure
           is
           taken
           for
           misery
           ,
           and
           their
           going
           from
           us
           to
           be
           utter
           destruction
           ;
           but
           they
           are
           in
           peace
           .
           For
           tho
           they
           be
           punisht
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           men
           ,
           yet
           is
           their
           hope
           full
           of
           immortality
           .
        
         
           O
           desirable
           Immortalicy
           !
           from
           the
           belief
           of
           which
           not
           any
           Evil
           can
           come
           ,
           no
           real
           Good
           can
           be
           lost
           ;
           but
           the
           worst
           of
           Miseries
           may
           be
           escaped
           ,
           and
           the
           chiefest
           of
           Goods
           obtained
           .
           Thou
           puttest
           the
           Souls
           of
           the
           righteous
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           God
           ,
           
           a
           place
           of
           the
           greatest
           Peace
           and
           greatest
           Safety
           ,
           where
           without
           fear
           of
           being
           disturbed
           ,
           or
           dipossessed
           ,
           they
           shall
           praise
           ,
           and
           glorify
           ,
           and
           magnify
           ,
           his
           Name
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           Since
           our
           Spirit
           must
           return
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           gave
           it
           ,
           it
           does
           highly
           concern
           us
           to
           keep
           it
           always
           in
           a
           fit
           Condition
           to
           be
           given
           back
           unto
           him
           .
           *
           This
           is
           a
           great
           work
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           what
           our
           Soul
           is
           ,
           or
           whither
           it
           is
           going
           .
           
           'T
           is
           our
           Soul
           which
           hath
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           imprest
           upon
           it
           ,
           
           and
           which
           is
           more
           valuable
           to
           us
           than
           the
           whole
           World
           ;
           and
           this
           Soul
           is
           going
           to
           receive
           a
           Sentence
           ,
           which
           will
           make
           it
           either
           infinitely
           Happy
           or
           Miserable
           ,
           from
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           of
           purer
           Eyes
           than
           to
           behold
           evil
           ,
           and
           therefore
           if
           it
           take
           leave
           of
           the
           Body
           polluted
           with
           the
           Lusts
           of
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           he
           will
           abhor
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           have
           not
           banisht
           Envy
           ,
           and
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           Hatred
           ,
           and
           all
           Malicious
           Passions
           out
           of
           our
           Souls
           ,
           how
           shall
           we
           presume
           to
           surrender
           them
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           Love
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Condition
           on
           which
           only
           he
           will
           now
           dwell
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           perfect
           his
           Love
           in
           us
           ,
           is
           that
           we
           love
           one
           another
           ?
        
         
         
           God
           is
           just
           and
           true
           ,
           and
           his
           Eyes
           behold
           the
           things
           that
           are
           equal
           ;
           therefore
           if
           we
           are
           false
           ,
           and
           perfidious
           ,
           and
           deceitful
           ,
           and
           oppress
           or
           over-reach
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           he
           will
           command
           us
           workers
           of
           iniquity
           to
           depart
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           an
           admirable
           Saying
           of
           the
           Pythagoreans
           ,
           
           That
           there
           is
           no
           place
           on
           Earth
           more
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           than
           a
           pure
           Soul.
           
        
         
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           St.
           John
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           that
           hopes
           to
           see
           God
           as
           he
           is
           ,
           must
           purify
           himself
           even
           as
           he
           is
           pure
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           must
           endeavour
           to
           become
           like
           God
           in
           his
           Purity
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Love
           and
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           other
           Perfections
           which
           are
           imitable
           by
           his
           reasonable
           Creatures
           .
        
         
           May
           we
           then
           not
           only
           not
           give
           our selves
           up
           to
           commit
           acts
           of
           Uncleanness
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           much
           as
           harbour
           or
           cherish
           any
           impure
           Thoughts
           .
           And
           may
           God
           in
           his
           infinite
           Mercy
           ,
           bestow
           on
           us
           such
           a
           measure
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           as
           may
           enable
           us
           to
           subdue
           our
           unruly
           Lusts
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           under
           the
           government
           of
           our
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           Laws
           of
           our
           Holy
           Religion
           .
        
         
           And
           may
           not
           the
           Horrors
           of
           a
           guilty
           Conscience
           seize
           upon
           us
           when
           the
           Terrours
           of
           Death
           shall
           approch
           us
           ;
           but
           our
           Merciful
           Lord
           
           
             at
             his
             coming
             may
             find
             us
             labouring
             in
             his
             Vineyard
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
          
           Well
           done
           good
           and
           faithful
           Servants
           ,
           come
           ye
           blessed
           of
           my
           Father
           ,
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           prepared
           for
           you
           from
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           Two
           Sermons
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           of
           Provid
           ence
           ,
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           Queen
           at
           
             Whitehall
             ,
             August
             17.
          
           and
           24.
           1690.
           on
           
             Prov.
             3d.
             6th
          
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           Preach'd
           at
           St.
           
             Andrews
             Holbourn
          
           ,
           June
           28th
           .
           1691.
           on
           Gal.
           6th
           .
           7th
           .
        
         
           Of
           Religious
           Melancholly
           ;
           A
           Sermon
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           Queen
           at
           Whitehall
           ,
           March
           6th
           .
           1691.
           on
           Psal
           .
           42.
           6th
           .
        
         
           These
           by
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           John
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A51225-e190
           
             Euseb
             .
             praep
             .
             Lib.
             XV.
             p.
             810.
             
          
           
             *
             Sive
             anima
             ,
             sive
             ignis
             sit
             animus
             ,
             eum
             jurarem
             esse
             divinum
             ,
             Cic.
             Tusc
             .
             quaest
             .
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Aristoteles
             longè
             omnibus
             (
             Platonem
             semper
             excipio
             )
             praestans
             &
             ingenio
             &
             diligentia
             ,
             cum
             quatuor
             illa
             genera
             Principiorum
             esset
             complexus
             ,
             e
             quibus
             omnia
             orirentur
             ,
             quintam
             quandam
             naturam
             censet
             esse
             ,
             è
             qua
             sit
             mens
             .
             Cogitare
             euim
             ,
             &
             providere
             ,
             &
             discere
             ,
             &
             docere
             ,
             &
             invenire
             aliquid
             ,
             &
             tam
             multa
             alia
             ,
             meminisse
             ,
             amare
             ,
             odisse
             ,
             cupere
             ,
             timere
             ,
             angi
             ,
             laetari
             ,
             haec
             &
             similia
             corum
             ,
             in
             horum
             quatuor
             generum
             nullo
             inesse
             putat
             .
             Cic.
             Tusc
             .
             quaest
             .
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             
               My
               dear
               Friend
               ,
               have
               not
               you
               and
               I
               concluded
               an
               hundred
               times
               ,
               that
               how
               much
               soever
               we
               strained
               our
               Understanding
               ,
               we
               could
               never
               concsive
               how
               from
               Insensible
               Corpuscles
               there
               could
               ever
               result
               any
               thing
               sensible
               ,
               without
               the
               intervention
               of
               any
               thing
               but
               what
               is
               Insensible
               ;
               and
               that
               with
               all
               their
               Atoms
               ,
               how
               small
               and
               how
               nimble
               soever
               they
               make
               them
               ,
               what
               motions
               and
               figures
               soever
               they
               give
               them
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               order
               ,
               mixture
               ,
               or
               disposition
               they
               range
               them
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               whatever
               industrious
               hand
               they
               assign
               them
               for
               Guidance
               ,
               they
               would
               never
               be
               able
               (
               still
               supposing
               with
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               no
               other
               properties
               or
               perfection
               than
               those
               recited
               )
               to
               make
               us
               imagin
               how
               thence
               could
               result
               a
               Compound
               ,
               I
               say
               not
               that
               should
               be
               Reasoning
               like
               a
               man
               ,
               but
               that
               should
               be
               meerly
               Sensitive
               ,
               such
               as
               may
               be
               the
               vilest
               and
               most
               imperfect
               worm
               on
               earth
               .
               How
               then
               dare
               they
               pretend
               that
               they
               will
               make
               it
               out
               ,
               how
               thence
               can
               result
               a
               thing
               Imagining
               ,
               a
               thing
               Reasoning
               ,
               and
               such
               an
               one
               as
               shall
               be
               the
               Imaginations
               and
               Ratiocinations
               themselves
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Bernier's
               
                 Letter
                 of
                 Atoms
                 and
                 the
                 mind
                 of
                 man
                 ,
              
               p.
               ult
               .
            
          
           
             Gen.
             c.
             1.
             v.
             26.
             
          
           
             C.
             2.
             v.
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             J.
             Philoponus
             de
             Mund.
             Creat
             .
             p.
             21.
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             3.
             21.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             12.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Phocylid
             .
             Poem
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Trismegist
             .
          
           
             Luke
             c.
             23.
             v.
             43.
             
          
           
             *
             Josephus
             lib.
             3.
             
          
           
             Philo
             de
             Mundi
             opisicio
             ,
             de
             somniis
             de
             praemiis
             &
             Poenis
             .
          
           
             Animasque
             praelio
             ,
             aut
             suppliciis
             peremptorum
             aeternas
             putant
             hinc
             Moriendi
             contemptus
             .
             
               Haec
               de
               Judaeis
               Tacitus
               ,
               lib.
               5.
               
               Hist
               .
            
          
           
             Maimonid
             .
             de
             fund
             .
             Legis
             ,
             p.
             47.
             
          
           
             Vide
             Manass
             .
             Ben.
             Israel
             de
             resurrect
             .
             Mort.
             
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Herodot
             .
             in
             Euterp
             .
          
           
             Diodor.
             Bibliothec.
             p
             83.
             
          
           
             Dion
             .
             Halicarn
             .
             Rom.
             Antiq.
             p.
             523.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Strabo
             l.
             4
             p.
             197.
             id
             l.
             3.
             p
             76.
             
          
           
             Caesar
             .
             l.
             vi
             .
             p.
             118.
             
             Pompon
             .
             Mela.
             lib.
             2.
             c.
             2.
             p.
             28.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Diog.
             Laer.
             proeem
             .
             Segm.
             11.
             
          
           
             *
             II.
             ι
             '
             .
             Odys
             λ
             '
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Diog.
             l.
             1.
             
             Segm.
             24.
             
          
           
             Herod
             .
             in
             Euterp
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Pausan
             .
          
           
             Pherecydes
             Syrus
             primus
             dixit
             animos
             hominum
             esse
             aeternos
             .
             
               Cic.
               Tuscul
               .
               l
               1.
            
             
          
           
             Vide
             Menagii
             in
             Diog.
             Laert.
             li.
             1.
             
             Seg.
             116.
             
             Observationes
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Photii
             Biblioth
             .
             Col.
             1317.
             
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Aristol
             .
             l.
             4.
             de
             gen
             .
             animal
             .
          
           
             *
             Omni
             autem
             in
             re
             consensio
             omnium
             gentium
             ,
             lex
             naturae
             putanda
             est
             —
             Atque
             haec
             ita
             sentimus
             natura
             duce
             ,
             nulla
             ratione
             ,
             nulla
             doctrina
             .
             —
             Quod
             si
             omnium
             consensus
             naturae
             vox
             est
             :
             omnesque
             qui
             ubique
             sunt
             ,
             consentiunt
             esse
             aliquid
             ,
             quod
             ad
             eos
             pertinent
             ,
             qui
             vita
             cesserint
             nobis
             quoque
             idem
             existimandum
             est
             —
             Sic
             permanere
             animos
             arbitramur
             consensu
             nationum
             omnium
             .
             —
             
               Tusc
               .
               qu.
               lib.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Cum
             de
             animarum
             aeternitate
             disserimus
             non
             leve
             momentum
             apud
             nos
             habet
             consensus
             hominum
             ,
             aut
             timentium
             inferos
             ,
             aut
             colentium
             ,
             utor
             hac
             publica
             persuasione
             .
             
               Epist
               .
               117.
            
             
             Nihil
             aliud
             intercidet
             ,
             quam
             corpus
             fragilitatis
             caducae
             ,
             morbis
             obnoxium
             ,
             casibus
             expositum
             ,
             proscriptionibus
             objectum
             .
             Animus
             vero
             divina
             origine
             haustus
             ,
             cui
             nec
             senectus
             ulla
             ,
             nec
             mors
             ,
             onerosi
             corporis
             vinculis
             exsolutus
             ,
             ad
             sedes
             suas
             &
             cognata
             sidera
             recurret
             .
             
               Suasoriar
               .
               p.
               129.
            
             
          
           
             *
             Obtinuisse
             non
             minus
             de
             incorporalitate
             animae
             ,
             quam
             de
             immortalitate
             sententiam
             .
             Macrob
             .
             in
             som
             .
             
               Scipio
               .
               l.
               1.
               c.
               14.
               
            
          
           
             *
             Ut
             condones
             mihi
             peccata
             mea
             ,
             &
             Statuas
             mihi
             immunitalem
             ab
             inferno
             .
             —
          
           
             Custodi
             me
             ò
             adjutor
             meus
             —
             in
             hac
             &
             futura
             vita
             peculiariter
             in
             die
             resurrectionis
             .
             
               Muhammedan
               .
               Prec
               .
               p.
               18.
               &
               p.
               399.
               
               Vide
               Hottinger
               .
               Hist
               .
               Orient
               .
               p.
               254.
               
            
          
           
             *
             Anima
             imbuta
             hisce
             perfectionibus
             ,
             cum
             discesserit
             à
             corpore
             experietur
             in
             semet
             ipsa
             voluptatem
             maximum
             ,
             &
             laetitiam
             immensam
             ,
             efficieturque
             anima
             illa
             tanquam
             Angelus
             ex
             Angelis
             Propinquis
             Deo.
             
               Propositae
               Sapientiae
               Arabum
               Philosoph
               .
               p.
            
             75.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Joh
               Mendoza
            
             de
             Regno
             Chinae
             ,
             l
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Trigautius
             de
             Christ
             .
             expedit
             .
             apud
             sinas
             .
             p.
             102.
             
          
           
             Linschoten
             
               Voyag
               .
               p.
               39.
            
             
          
           
             Varenius
             de
             divers
             .
             Gent.
             Religion
             .
             p.
             255
             ,
             269.
             
          
           
             Lerius
             
               Navigat
               .
               c.
               16.
            
             
          
           
             Osorii
             
               Hist
               .
               l.
               iv
            
             .
          
           
             Benzo
             Hist
             .
             Nov.
             orb
             .
             p.
             29.
             
          
           
             Harriot
             .
             Virgin.
             
          
           
             Tavernier
             Persian
             Trav
             p.
             165.
             
          
           
             Ind.
             Trav
             p
             167.
             
          
           
             Jos
             .
             Acosta
             lib.
             5.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             Rauwolf's
             
               Trav.
               p.
               240.
            
             
          
           
             *
             Esse
             quandam
             vim
             in
             natura
             humana
             ,
             qua
             caetera
             animantium
             genera
             destituantur
             ,
             ut
             neminem
             sensu
             rationis
             nitentem
             ,
             praeter
             Pomponatium
             ,
             &
             asseclas
             ,
             dubitare
             arbitror
             .
             
               Postellus
               de
               orbis
               Concord
               .
               p.
               114.
               
            
          
           
             O
             Italia
             ,
             etiam
             ea
             hominum
             monstra
             alis
             ,
             qui
             non
             satis
             habent
             esse
             impii
             ,
             nisi
             etiam
             virus
             suum
             omnibus
             coeteris
             propinent
             ,
             &
             cum
             hac
             pernicie
             in
             Aulas
             principum
             penetrent
             .
             
               Idem
               ib.
            
             
          
           
             *
             Concil
             Lateran
             Sessio
             8.
             19.
             
             Decemb.
             An.
             1513.
             
          
           
             *
             Quid
             enim
             est
             tam
             falsum
             tamque
             abhorrens
             à
             vero
             ,
             ut
             non
             ad
             id
             probandum
             argumenta
             excogitari
             queant
             ?
             —
             Neque
             quicquam
             est
             tam
             absurdum
             ,
             quin
             dicendo
             probabile
             fieri
             ;
             neque
             tam
             verum
             &
             exploratum
             ,
             quin
             dicendo
             in
             dubium
             vocari
             ,
             aut
             etiam
             coargui
             queat
             .
             
               Muretus
               in
               Arist
               .
               Eth.
               p.
            
             150.
             
          
           
             Hieroc
             .
             in
             carm
             .
             Pythag
             .
             p.
             165.
             
          
           
             Quintus
             Calaber
             
               lib.
               14.
               p.
               678.
            
             
          
           
             Arrian
             .
             in
             Epict.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             9
             p
             109.
             
          
           
             C.
             2.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             C.
             3.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Nazianz.
             Iambic
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Hieroc
             .
             in
             Carm.
             Pythag.
             p.
             25.