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Considerations of the existence of God and of the immortality of the soul, with…
Considerations of the existence of God and of the immortality of the soul, with the recompenses of the future state for the cure of infidelity, the hectic evil of the times / by William Bates ...Considerations of the existence of God and of the immortality of the soul, with the recompences of the future state for the cure of infidelity, the hectick evil of the times / by William Bates ...
London: printed by J.D. for Brabazon Aylmer, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. 'Tis true, that Holiness is most amiable in it self, and in true comparison infinitely excels all the allurements of Sin.
1. 'Tis true, that Holiness is most amiable in it self, and in true comparison infinitely excells all the allurements of Sin.
2. 'Tis true, that as natural actions that are necessary to preserve the Species, or the Individuals, are mixed with sensible pleasures, as an attractive to the performance of them; so there is joined to actions of Virtue that are more excellent, a present complacency of a superior Order to all carnal pleasures. But 'tis a frigid ⟨p. 214⟩conceit that this is the entire reward. For, first, besides the inward satisfaction that naturally results from the practice of Virtue, there is an excellent Good, that is properly the reward of the supreme Governor of the World. We have an Example of this in humane Justice, which is an image of the divine. For those who have been eminently serviceable to the State, besides the joyful sense arising from the performance of Heroic Actions for the Good of their Country, are rewarded by the Prince with great Honours and Benefits.
2. 'Tis true, that as natural actions that are necessary to preserve the Species, or the Individuals, are mixt with sensible pleasures, as an attractive to the performance of them; so there is joyn'd to actions of Vertue that are more excellent, a present complacency of a superiour Order to all carnal pleasures. But 'tis a frigid ⟨p. 214⟩conceit that this is the entire reward. For, first, besides the inward satisfaction that naturally results from the practice of Vertue, there is an excellent Good, that is properly the reward of the supream Governor of the World. We have an Example of this in humane Justice, which is an image of the divine. For those who have been eminently serviceable to the State, besides the joyful sense arising from the performance of Heroick Actions for the Good of their Country, are rewarded by the Prince with great Honours and Benefits.