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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.
It does not require subtlety of wit, or strength of Reason to draw out the proper uses of this Doctrine, as Gold from the Mines by digging into the bowels of the Earth; but the Consequences are clear and sensible to all that will duly consider things. If in the next World there are good things and evil things, great, as the possessing or losing an infinite Felicity, and lasting as Eternity, and distant from us no farther than ⟨p. 261⟩Death is from Life, that is, then a Candle from being blown out that is exposed to all the winds, 'tis absolutely necessary to regulate our selves in the present state by a continual respect to the future. As the Travellers in the Desert of Arabia, (that is all Sand, movable by every blast, so that no visible path remains to prevent their wanderings) observe the Stars to direct them in their Journey to the place they intend. Thus we must look not to the things that are seen, but to things that are not seen, eternal above, to conduct us safely through this material mutable World to Felicity. More particularly,
It does not require subtilty of wit, or strength of Reason to draw out the proper uses of this Doctrine, as Gold from the Mines by digging into the bowels of the Earth; but the Consequences are clear and sensible to all that will duly consider things. If in the next World there are good things and evil things, great, as the possessing or losing an infinite Felicity, and lasting as Eternity, and distant from us no farther than ⟨p. 261⟩Death is from Life, that is, then a Candle from being blown out that is exposed to all the winds, 'tis absolutely necessary to regulate our selves in the present state by a continual respect to the future. As the Travellers in the Desart of Arabia, (that is all Sand, movable by every blast, so that no visible path remains to prevent their wandrings) observe the Stars to direct them in their Journy to the place they intend. Thus we must look not to the things that are seen, but to things that are not seen, eternal above, to conduct us safely thorow this material mutable World to Felicity. More particularly,