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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.
And this Life to Eternity is not so much as a spark of Light to the Sun, and accordingly the Prosperity or Adversity of it should not transport us to an excess of Joy or Sorrow, but with an equal temper of Mind, and calm Affections, we should receive the dispensations of Providence.
3. How just is it that the Soul should have the preeminence in ⟨p. 272⟩all respects above the Body. The one is the fading off-spring of the Earth, the other of an heavenly extraction, and incorruptible nature. When‖ Pherecides the Assyrian first taught among the Grecians the doctrine of the Souls Immortality, his discourse so prevailed on Pythagoras of Samos, that it changed him from an Athleta into a Philosopher. He that before wholly attended upon his Body to make it excel in strength or agility, that he might contend victoriously in the Olympic Games, then made it his business to improve and advance his Soul in Knowledge and Virtue. And if the glimmering appearances of this great Truth were so powerful upon him, how much more should the clear and certain discoveries of it be operative to make us chiefly regard the ⟨p. 273⟩interest of our immortal part.
3. How just is it that the Soul should have the preeminence in ⟨p. 272⟩all respects above the Body. The one is the fading off-spring of the Earth, the other of an heavenly extraction, and incorruptible nature. When‖ Pherecides the Assyrian first taught among the Grecians the doctrine of the Souls Immortality, his discourse so prevail'd on Pythagoras of Samos, that it chang'd him from an Athleta into a Philosopher. He that before wholly attended upon his Body to make it excel in strength or agility, that he might contend victoriously in the Olympick Games, then made it his business to improve and advance his Soul in Knowledg and Vertue. And if the glimmering appearances of this great Truth were so powerful upon him, how much more should the clear and certain discoveries of it be operative to make us chiefly regard the