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The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural…
The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural evidence the being of God ... : the second part, of Christianity, proving by evidence supernatural and natural, the certain truth of the Christian belief ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; also an appendix defending the soul's immortality against the Somatists or Epicureans and other pseudo-philosophers.
London: printed by R. White for Fran. Titon, 1667
Part 1 › Chapter 14: That there is a Life of Retribution after this.
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.
TO know whether there be a Life after this,1 for men to receive Rewards or Punishments in, is a matter of greatest importance to Mankind, to be fully resolved in: upon which depend our Comforts, and our Religion, and without which we know not what to expect, to hope for, or to fear; nor what to intend and seek after through our lives, nor how to order our hearts or actions.
TO know whether there be a Life after this,1 for men to receive Rewards or Punishments in, is a matter of greatest importance to Mankinde, to be fully resolved in: upon which depend our Comforts, and our Religion, and without which we know not what to expect, to hope for, or to fear; nor what to intend and seek after through our lives, nor how to order our hearts or actions.
- 1Senec. Consol. ad Marciam: Cum tempus advenerit quo se mundus renovaturus, — omni flagrant materia uno igne, quicquid nunc ex disposito lucet, ardebit— Nos quoque faelices animae, & aeterna sortitae, cum Deo visum erit, iterum ista moliri — Foelicem filium tuum Marcia, qui ista (mortuus) jam novit.—Senec. Consol. ad Marciam: Cum tempus advenerit quo se mundus renovaturus, — omni flagrante materia uno igne, quicquid nunc ex disposito lucet, ardebit— Nos quoque faelices animae, & aeterna sortitae, cum Deo visum erit, iterum ista moliri — Foelicem filium tuum Marcia, qui ista (mortuus) jam novit.—
This therefore I shall inquire into by the help of Reason and Natural evidence, as one that would not be deceived nor deceive, in so great a matter. And I shall pass by those arguments which are commonly fetched from the Souls immateriality, and independence upon matter, and other such like, which are commonly to be found in Physics and Metaphysics, as being not such as my present method leadeth me to; and shall make use of such as are the necessary consectaries of the certain Truths already proved.