The vanity of this mortal life, or, Of man, considered only in his present…

If he that, amidst the hazards of a dubious War, betrays the Interest and Honour of his Country, be justly infamous, and thought worthy severest punishments; I see not why a debauched Sensualist, that lives as if he were created only to indulge his appetite, that so vilifies the notion of man, as if he were made but to eat, and drink, and sport; to please only his sense and fancy; that in this time and state of conflict between the powers of this present world, and those of the world to come, quits his Party, bids open defiance to Humanity, abjures the Noble Principles and Ends, forsakes ⟨image 7⟩the Laws and Society of all that are worthy to be esteemed men; abandons the common and rational hope of mankind concerning a future immortality, and herds himself among brute Creatures; I say, I see not why such a one should not be scorned and abhorred as a Traitor to the wh•le Race and Nation of reasonable Creatures; as a fugitive from the T•nts, and desertor of the common Interest of men; and that, both for the vileness of his practice, and the danger of his example.

If he that, amidst the hazards of a dubious Warr, betrays the Interest and Honour of his Countrey, be justly infamous, and thought worthy severest punishments; I see not why a debaucht Sensualist, that lives as if he were created only to indulge his appetite, that so vilifies the notion of man, as if he were made but to eat, and drink, and sport; to please only his sense and sancy; that in this time and state of conflict between the powers of this present world, and those of the world to come, quits his Party, bids open defiance to Humanity, abjures the Noble Principles and Ends, forsakes ⟨image 7⟩the Laws and Society of all that are worthy to be esteemed men; abandons the common and rational hope of mankind concerning a future immortality, and herds himself among brute Creatures; I say, I see not why such a one should not be scorn'd and abhorr'd as a Traytor to the wh•le Race and Nation of reasonable Creatures; as a fugitive from the T•nts, and desertor of the common Interest of men; and that, both for the vileness of his practice, and the danger of his example.