A discourse concerning the Redeemer's dominion over the invisible world, and the entrance thereinto

These Sentiments were so reasonable, as generally to prevail with the more deeply thinking part of Mankind, Philosophers of all sorts (a few excepted, whose Notions were manifestly formed by vicious inclination) in the Pagan World, where was nothing higher than Reason to govern. But we have life and immortality brought ⟨p. 43⟩to light in the Gospel, ¹and are forewarned by it that these will be the measures of the final Judgment, to give eternal life at last to them who by a patient continuance in well-doing, seek honour, ²glory and immortality. To the rest, indignation, and wrath, ³&c. because there is no respect of persons with God. ⁴As supposing the discovery of another World, even by natural light (much more by the addition of supernatural) to be so clear, as that the Rule of the Universal Judgment, even for all, is most righteously to be taken from hence, and that there is nothing but a resolution of living wickedly, to be opposed to it.

These Sentiments were so reasonable, as generally to prevail with the more deeply thinking part of Mankind, Philosophers of all sorts (a few excepted, whose Notions were manifestly formed by vicious inclination) in the Pagan World, where was nothing higher than Reason to govern. But we have life and immortality brought ⟨p. 43⟩to light in the Gospel, ¹and are forewarned by it that these will be the measures of the final Judgment, to give eternal life at last to them who by a patient continuance in well-doing, seek honour, ²glory and immortality. To the rest, indignation, and wrath, ³