| John Leng (bp. of Norwich.) - 1730 - 536 pages
...of fome of thofe great Truths, which, are ftrong motives to obedience to the Law of Nature. (fuch as the Immortality of the Soul and a Future State of Rewards and Punifhments :) Yet their conviction was not fo fteady and uniform as was necelTary to perfuade others... | |
| George Berkeley - 1732 - 392 pages
...next ; and that fo heavy and lafting as infinitely to overbalance the Pleafure and Profit accrewing from his Crimes. Hence, the Belief of a God, the Immortality of theSju1, and a C 4 future. Di A L. future State of Rewards and Punifhments I. have been efteemed ufeful... | |
| 1740 - 480 pages
...or Mew, who received immediately from God «' theJJoftrinesof the one true God, of Providence,, " of the Immortality of the Soul, and a future State *«- of Rewards and Punifhrnents, of the Creation *'-of the World, and of the Corruption of human " Nature," Befidcs thefe,... | |
| John Orr - 1750 - 424 pages
...SERM.all doubt by the Revelation of Chriftia1nity. Such, for inftance, are the great Doc.ines concerning the Immortality of the Soul, and a future State of Rewards and Punifiments; which, whatever folid Foundation they may have in Nature and Reafon, were never fo clear... | |
| John Wesley, George Story - 1818 - 934 pages
...motives to induce them to it. Now the great motives to the observation of moral duties confessedly are the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments. But not one of a million believed these things; and the few wise men who did collect some... | |
| William Hurd - 1799 - 952 pages
...that can scarce ever take place in the heart of a rational creature ; for how can a man believe in the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments, without acknowledging at the same time, that there is a Supreme Being. These islanders... | |
| Conyers Middleton - 1801 - 462 pages
...since, in other parts of his works, he seems to intimate not only a diffidence, but a disbelief of the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments; and especially in his letters, where he is supposed to declare his mind with the greatest... | |
| George Berkeley - 1803 - 402 pages
...fure to find it in the next; and that fo heavy and lafting as infinitely to over-balance the pleafure and profit accruing from his crimes. Hence the belief of a God, the immortality of the foul, and a future ftate of rewards and *' punifhments, have been eftiajmed ufeful engines of government.... | |
| Charles Butler - 1807 - 308 pages
...mysterious truth. The Sadducees denied the resurrection and a future life; the Pharisees believed in the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments, which extended both to soul and body; the Essens believed in the immortality of the soul,... | |
| Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - 1807 - 228 pages
...of that time which was given you to prepare and educate yourself for eternity r — yet you believe the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments. Ask your own heart what rewards you deserve — or what kind of felicity you are fitted... | |
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