A private letter of satisfaction to a friend concerning 1. The sleep of the soul, 2. The state of the soul after death, till the resurrection, 3. The reason of the seldom appearing of separate spirits, 4. Prayer for departed souls whether lawful or no.
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             A private letter of satisfaction to a friend concerning 1. The sleep of the soul, 2. The state of the soul after death, till the resurrection, 3. The reason of the seldom appearing of separate spirits, 4. Prayer for departed souls whether lawful or no.
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           A
           Private
           LETTER
           of
           Satisfaction
           to
           a
           FRIEND
           Concerning
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               Sleep
               of
               the
               Soul.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               State
               of
               the
               Soul
               after
               death
               ,
               till
               the
               Resurrection
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               reason
               of
               the
               seldom
               appearing
               of
               Separate
               Spirits
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Prayer
               for
               departed
               Souls
               whether
               lawful
               or
               no
            
          
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Origen
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1667.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Received
           yours
           —
           .
           In
           which
           upon
           the
           sudden
           death
           and
           abruption
           of
           your
           dear
           Lady
           ,
           having
           wasted
           her
           silent
           hours
           in
           pensive
           sighs
           ,
           and
           moistned
           her
           funeral
           Cypresse
           with
           a
           shower
           of
           tears
           ;
           you
           have
           now
           converted
           the
           Griefs
           into
           Patience
           and
           a
           noble
           Charity
           ,
           and
           made
           your
           sorrows
           the
           Scene
           of
           Divine
           Speculations
           ,
           concerning
           the
           memory
           of
           your
           dead
           Saint
           :
           And
           ,
           admitting
           her
           into
           your
           retired
           thoughts
           such
           as
           she
           desired
           to
           be
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           amiable
           and
           pleasant
           ,
           Not
           to
           discompose
           the
           quiet
           serenity
           of
           your
           mind
           by
           any
           afflictive
           circumstance
           ,
           but
           to
           administer
           a
           lenitive
           to
           your
           sadness
           ,
           and
           elevate
           and
           advance
           your
           joyes
           ;
        
         
           To
           this
           end
           ,
           you
           have
           propounded
           these
           following
           Questions
           :
           To
           which
           out
           of
           a
           due
           sense
           of
           gratitude
           and
           of
           that
           service
           and
           obedience
           I
           owe
           you
           ,
           I
           shall
           
           not
           detract
           to
           give
           you
           the
           best
           Solution
           I
           can
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             
               Whether
               the
               Soul
               ,
               when
               separated
               from
               this
               terrestrial
               body
               ,
               sleeps
               till
               the
               general
               Resurrection
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Whether
               ,
               upon
               the
               quitting
               this
               body
               ,
               she
               be
               immediately
               carryed
               either
               to
               Heaven
               or
               Hell
               ?
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Why
               Separate
               Souls
               do
               seldome
               appear
               ?
            
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Whether
               it
               be
               not
               lawful
               to
               pray
               for
               our
               reparted
               Relatives
               ?
               or
               ,
               whether
               the
               duties
               and
               obligations
               of
               friendship
               are
               extinct
               by
               their
               death
               ?
            
          
        
         
           That
           there
           is
           in
           us
           a
           Principle
           of
           life
           and
           motion
           wholly
           independent
           upon
           matter
           ,
           and
           which
           by
           an
           intrinsick
           virtue
           actuates
           this
           stupid
           and
           heavy
           body
           we
           carry
           about
           us
           ;
           I
           think
           ,
           there
           are
           few
           so
           gross
           and
           sensual
           as
           to
           deny
           :
           At
           least
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           such
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           now
           concern
           my selfe
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           take
           into
           consideration
           that
           odd
           Hypothesis
           which
           some
           have
           fallen
           upon
           ,
           who
           fancy
           the
           soul
           (
           though
           distinct
           from
           the
           body
           )
           to
           fall
           into
           such
           a
           profound
           sleep
           ,
           as
           never
           to
           be
           awakened
           but
           by
           that
           shril-sounding
           Trump
           which
           shall
           eccho
           through
           the
           arched
           roof
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           rouz
           the
           dead
           from
           the
           silence
           of
           their
           
           dormitories
           ,
           to
           appear
           before
           the
           just
           tribunal
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God.
           Which
           if
           examined
           to
           the
           bottom
           will
           prove
           little
           less
           than
           a
           piece
           of
           Epicurism
           and
           a
           branch
           of
           new
           —
           modell'd
           Atheism
           ,
           to
           exclude
           and
           banish
           all
           hopes
           of
           a
           future
           reward
           in
           those
           immortal
           regions
           of
           love
           and
           joy
           out
           of
           the
           minds
           and
           spirits
           of
           men
           .
           It
           will
           be
           necessary
           as
           well
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           righteousness
           and
           holiness
           ,
           as
           the
           discouraging
           vice
           and
           impiety
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           lubricous
           and
           brittle
           foundation
           upon
           which
           this
           doctrine
           is
           built
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           which
           ,
           
           we
           may
           consider
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           as
           a
           spiritual
           Essence
           capable
           of
           acting
           and
           subsisting
           (
           if
           God
           so
           please
           )
           after
           she
           is
           disengaged
           from
           this
           weight
           of
           dull
           mortality
           ,
           to
           which
           by
           a
           vital
           harmony
           and
           essential
           congruity
           she
           became
           at
           first
           united
           .
           Which
           happy
           Crasis
           being
           worn
           out
           by
           the
           length
           of
           time
           ,
           or
           discomposed
           through
           the
           violence
           of
           a
           disease
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           disordered
           motions
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           that
           sweet
           Tye
           is
           presently
           dissolved
           and
           broken
           ,
           and
           the
           Soul
           ,
           freed
           from
           her
           terrestrial
           prison
           ,
           becomes
           a
           denizon
           of
           another
           world
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           cords
           or
           springs
           can
           retard
           a
           spirit
           ?
           Or
           what
           walls
           can
           detain
           
           and
           imprison
           so
           subtil
           and
           penetrative
           a
           Being
           as
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           ?
           For
           ,
           that
           the
           Soul
           at
           any
           time
           separates
           from
           the
           body
           ,
           is
           not
           from
           her
           own
           actual
           will
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           vitiated
           temperament
           of
           the
           body
           she
           is
           united
           with
           ,
           which
           by
           harsh
           and
           uneven
           motions
           becomes
           very
           unpleasant
           and
           disharmonious
           to
           her
           inward
           sense
           or
           plastick
           life
           ,
           so
           that
           ,
           being
           once
           loosened
           from
           the
           body
           she
           regains
           a
           vital
           energie
           or
           power
           far
           more
           vigorous
           than
           before
           ,
           and
           attains
           to
           a
           clearer
           perception
           of
           things
           than
           when
           cloystred
           within
           these
           walls
           of
           flesh
           .
           No
           law
           of
           Fate
           or
           Immutability
           ,
           can
           stop
           her
           flight
           from
           the
           insensate
           Corps
           which
           is
           no
           longer
           in
           a
           capacity
           of
           entertaining
           it's
           departing
           Guest
           .
           So
           then
           ,
           this
           sleep
           of
           the
           soul
           must
           be
           resolved
           into
           the
           cessation
           of
           her
           operations
           upon
           her
           disunion
           with
           the
           body
           :
           For
           ,
           Death
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           quite
           obliterates
           and
           wipes
           off
           all
           those
           various
           phantasms
           with
           which
           the
           mind
           was
           stored
           here
           below
           :
           which
           being
           excited
           and
           stirred
           up
           in
           her
           by
           the
           presence
           of
           their
           several
           objects
           ,
           now
           that
           she
           is
           dispread
           and
           fallen
           back
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           into
           that
           universal
           Life
           ,
           can
           never
           re-enter
           her
           knowledg
           ,
           nor
           can
           she
           be
           conscious
           of
           ought
           ,
           but
           
           must
           lye
           thus
           senselesse
           for
           ever
           ,
           unless
           that
           benign
           Spirit
           which
           first
           brought
           her
           into
           Being
           ,
           awaken
           her
           from
           this
           mortal
           Sleep
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           that
           shall
           consider
           those
           several
           powers
           and
           faculties
           the
           great
           Creator
           of
           the
           World
           who
           made
           all
           things
           well
           ,
           bestowed
           upon
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           ;
           and
           how
           orderly
           in
           their
           due
           time
           and
           place
           they
           awaken
           into
           act
           ,
           will
           be
           forced
           to
           confess
           ,
           that
           Infinite
           Wisdome
           has
           so
           happily
           contrived
           it
           ,
           that
           she
           shall
           never
           want
           proportionate
           instruments
           of
           action
           ,
           whatsoever
           state
           the
           various
           revolutions
           of
           an
           unerring
           Providence
           shall
           place
           her
           in
           .
           Those
           clear
           eyes
           of
           Heaven
           and
           divine
           Omniscience
           foreseeing
           all
           the
           possible
           fates
           of
           men
           ,
           beheld
           them
           not
           only
           as
           being
           inhabitants
           of
           this
           terrestrial
           World
           ,
           but
           as
           those
           that
           were
           not
           farr
           removed
           from
           the
           confines
           of
           eternity
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           dwelling
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           of
           light
           and
           glory
           which
           no
           mortal
           eye
           can
           behold
           and
           live
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           endued
           them
           with
           such
           powers
           as
           should
           make
           them
           happy
           both
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           themselves
           and
           God
           ,
           in
           that
           condition
           of
           Being
           wherein
           they
           are
           .
           While
           we
           are
           here
           in
           this
           Region
           of
           
           mutability
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           a
           state
           of
           banishment
           from
           our
           native
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           life
           of
           the
           body
           grown
           so
           powerful
           and
           vigorous
           that
           the
           gentle
           touches
           and
           soft
           vibrations
           of
           our
           more
           divine
           part
           are
           scarce
           perceptible
           within
           us
           :
           Those
           fatal
           Inclinations
           which
           at
           first
           pent
           up
           our
           spirits
           which
           lay
           wide
           as
           the
           World
           ,
           embracing
           the
           Creation
           in
           an
           extensive
           love
           ,
           and
           sunk
           them
           down
           to
           a
           boundless
           indulgence
           and
           regard
           of
           sense
           and
           corporal
           pleasures
           ,
           are
           now
           most
           lively
           and
           active
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           near
           approaches
           we
           make
           to
           this
           muddy
           life
           ,
           the
           more
           gross
           and
           feculent
           are
           the
           apprehensions
           and
           Idea's
           of
           our
           minds
           .
           The
           scorching
           flames
           of
           Envy
           and
           degenerate
           Malice
           dry
           up
           the
           gentle
           dews
           of
           heaven
           that
           enlarge
           and
           widen
           the
           soul
           with
           a
           divine
           fertility
           ;
           the
           vile
           and
           impure
           motions
           of
           Lust
           bemire
           the
           internal
           beauty
           of
           this
           Daughter
           of
           heaven
           ;
           and
           every
           caitive
           affection
           captivates
           her
           to
           a
           new
           invented
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           a
           further
           deflection
           from
           her
           Original
           and
           Primitive
           good
           .
           This
           is
           the
           lowest
           degree
           of
           life
           that
           is
           seated
           in
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           pleasing
           Magick
           which
           bewitches
           and
           enchants
           the
           Mind
           with
           these
           poor
           and
           contemptible
           Goods
           :
           
           Thus
           Adam
           lost
           his
           Paradise
           by
           listning
           to
           the
           charming
           voice
           of
           his
           new
           espoused
           Bride
           ;
           and
           thus
           we
           fell
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           became
           mancipated
           and
           enslaved
           to
           the
           body
           ;
           and
           that
           eternal
           Fire
           which
           was
           first
           kindled
           from
           heaven
           ,
           sensibly
           decayed
           and
           vanished
           ,
           and
           darkness
           took
           away
           the
           light
           of
           the
           day
           and
           hid
           the
           beams
           of
           truth
           and
           righteousness
           from
           our
           eyes
           ,
           leaving
           us
           wandring
           in
           a
           night
           of
           error
           ,
           without
           any
           guide
           ,
           save
           that
           now
           and
           then
           a
           ray
           of
           glory
           pierced
           through
           those
           clammy
           mists
           ,
           and
           left
           an
           impression
           upon
           us
           sufficient
           to
           let
           us
           know
           that
           it
           sprang
           from
           an
           heavenly
           source
           and
           fountain
           .
           But
           when
           the
           edge
           of
           this
           luxuriant
           principle
           shall
           be
           taken
           off
           ,
           and
           men
           dye
           to
           their
           grosser
           bodies
           ,
           another
           and
           farr
           more
           ample
           degree
           of
           life
           shall
           awake
           in
           the
           Soul.
           For
           ,
           there
           being
           in
           the
           spirit
           of
           man
           such
           a
           gradual
           subordination
           of
           faculties
           and
           all
           so
           closely
           connected
           to
           their
           indiscerpible
           head
           and
           center
           ,
           't
           is
           very
           natural
           to
           conceive
           ,
           that
           ,
           upon
           the
           extinction
           or
           cessation
           of
           a
           lower
           power
           ,
           a
           more
           extended
           and
           enlarged
           Capacity
           should
           arise
           and
           spring
           up
           in
           its
           room
           .
           Thus
           ,
           Death
           being
           nothing
           but
           a
           Consopition
           
           of
           some
           inferiour
           faculties
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           farr
           from
           drawing
           over
           the
           whole
           man
           this
           benumming
           drousiness
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           bring
           into
           play
           those
           hidden
           powers
           ,
           which
           like
           some
           keys
           in
           musick
           lay
           dead
           and
           silent
           ,
           till
           struck
           by
           the
           careful
           hand
           of
           Nature
           to
           keep
           up
           that
           Vniversal
           Harmony
           which
           the
           Eternal
           Mind
           wrought
           in
           the
           essential
           contexture
           of
           the
           Creation
           .
           All
           the
           powers
           of
           the
           Soul
           do
           not
           operate
           at
           once
           with
           an
           equal
           degree
           of
           intenseness
           and
           vigour
           ,
           but
           ,
           as
           the
           dull
           and
           heavy
           life
           of
           sense
           and
           corporeity
           is
           emacerated
           by
           repeated
           acts
           of
           mortification
           ,
           and
           made
           sequacious
           and
           obedient
           to
           the
           dictates
           of
           the
           intellectual
           man
           ,
           so
           the
           mind
           and
           divine
           life
           becomes
           more
           subtil
           and
           abstracted
           from
           matter
           ,
           assimilating
           its
           self
           to
           that
           Holy
           One
           whose
           perfection
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           wholly
           spiritual
           and
           immaterial
           .
           And
           we
           our selves
           plainly
           perceive
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           mind
           is
           bent
           and
           fully
           carried
           out
           upon
           the
           contemplation
           of
           an
           object
           ,
           the
           external
           Sense
           is
           very
           much
           debilitated
           and
           abated
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Vibrations
           of
           corporeal
           motion
           upon
           the
           Organs
           both
           of
           sight
           and
           hearing
           are
           for
           a
           time
           suspended
           and
           unconcerned
           ,
           which
           plainly
           inferrs
           that
           the
           Soul
           cannot
           attend
           to
           
           two
           distinct
           powers
           at
           the
           same
           time
           in
           their
           highest
           actings
           and
           capacities
           ,
           but
           that
           ,
           as
           the
           operations
           of
           the
           one
           are
           brought
           low
           and
           decrease
           ,
           so
           the
           other
           are
           invigorated
           and
           augmented
           .
           And
           who
           can
           rationally
           averr
           that
           the
           actings
           of
           the
           soul
           shall
           cease
           when
           divested
           of
           these
           garments
           of
           mortality
           ,
           since
           that
           there
           is
           a
           gradual
           declension
           &
           derivation
           of
           all
           her
           powers
           from
           the
           perceptive
           part
           or
           first
           and
           primary
           substance
           of
           such
           an
           essentially-incorporate
           Spirit
           as
           the
           soul
           of
           man
           ?
           For
           ,
           the
           higher
           life
           contains
           and
           includes
           the
           lower
           ,
           and
           still
           as
           we
           ascend
           upward
           life
           is
           more
           large
           and
           compleat
           till
           we
           arive
           at
           the
           highest
           of
           all
           :
           which
           whoever
           hath
           throughly
           awakened
           ,
           is
           installed
           in
           the
           greatest
           Happiness
           ,
           humane
           nature
           is
           capable
           of
           ;
           flying
           beyond
           the
           regions
           of
           death
           and
           dissolution
           ,
           and
           seated
           above
           the
           reach
           of
           envy
           and
           malice
           ,
           in
           the
           great
           diffusions
           and
           communications
           of
           heavens
           glory
           and
           beatitude
           .
           All
           life
           is
           not
           destroyed
           at
           once
           ,
           nor
           can
           the
           power
           of
           death
           and
           the
           grave
           exceed
           the
           dissolution
           of
           the
           Souls
           vital
           congruity
           of
           actuating
           a
           terrestrial
           body
           :
           whatever
           looks
           beyond
           this
           remains
           safe
           and
           secure
           as
           the
           laws
           of
           heaven
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           need
           not
           fear
           ,
           an
           eternal
           oblivion
           
           should
           creep
           upon
           us
           ,
           or
           that
           we
           should
           slide
           out
           of
           being
           when
           we
           cease
           to
           converse
           with
           men
           ,
           and
           have
           our
           Ashes
           crowded
           into
           their
           narrow
           urns
           .
           To
           carry
           on
           this
           Argument
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           and
           to
           pleasure
           and
           gratifie
           our
           fancies
           :
           we
           may
           conceive
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           to
           be
           a
           Circle
           whose
           Center
           is
           that
           noble
           and
           divine
           part
           full
           of
           essential
           Intellect
           and
           perception
           ;
           the
           Area
           ,
           those
           exterior
           branches
           or
           essential
           emanations
           from
           the
           first
           central
           power
           and
           activity
           ,
           which
           descend
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           by
           abatement
           from
           the
           Primary
           substance
           ,
           the
           will
           and
           Reason
           being
           the
           nearest
           the
           source
           of
           life
           and
           vigour
           ,
           the
           Imagination
           a
           degree
           lower
           ,
           from
           whence
           we
           go
           down
           to
           the
           Senses
           which
           take
           cognisance
           of
           external
           objects
           and
           make
           a
           true
           and
           faithful
           representation
           of
           them
           in
           the
           seat
           of
           perception
           :
           and
           still
           the
           further
           they
           are
           removed
           from
           their
           origin
           and
           Spring
           ,
           the
           more
           straitned
           and
           confined
           they
           grow
           till
           they
           arrive
           to
           the
           Periphery
           wihch
           is
           the
           Plastick
           and
           deepest
           or
           lowest
           power
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           narrow
           and
           contracted
           of
           all
           :
           Thus
           we
           see
           how
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           the
           soul
           lye
           in
           a
           natural
           graduality
           and
           subordination
           to
           the
           eye
           and
           Center
           of
           this
           little
           World
           ,
           which
           
           like
           the
           Sun
           ,
           the
           bright
           Eye
           and
           Center
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           fills
           the
           whole
           Aire
           with
           rayes
           of
           light
           ,
           to
           its
           utmost
           confines
           and
           circumference
           .
           Having
           thus
           illustrated
           the
           Nature
           and
           Powers
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           it
           's
           easie
           to
           imagine
           (
           she
           not
           being
           an
           independent
           ,
           homogeneal
           Mass
           like
           a
           lump
           of
           matter
           ,
           but
           one
           part
           the
           gradual
           result
           and
           efflux
           of
           the
           other
           )
           that
           some
           vital
           congruity
           may
           be
           layed
           asleep
           ,
           and
           Death
           may
           cause
           a
           cessation
           of
           the
           actings
           of
           some
           faculties
           ,
           without
           the
           total
           consopition
           of
           the
           Soul.
           
        
         
           The
           Moral
           state
           and
           condition
           of
           the
           soul
           after
           death
           is
           such
           ,
           
           as
           to
           every
           considerative
           and
           ingenuous
           Spirit
           will
           give
           sufficient
           security
           against
           those
           irrational
           fears
           of
           her
           Sleep
           and
           senselesness
           when
           she
           has
           left
           the
           body
           .
        
         
           Though
           men
           here
           strayed
           from
           God
           the
           fountain
           of
           their
           bliss
           and
           happiness
           ,
           and
           defaced
           the
           beautiful
           Image
           of
           their
           Creator
           by
           a
           vigorous
           prosecution
           of
           the
           exorbitant
           motions
           and
           pleasures
           of
           sense
           ,
           yet
           he
           regards
           and
           careth
           for
           them
           ,
           remembers
           that
           his
           own
           good
           hands
           first
           gave
           them
           being
           ,
           and
           pities
           the
           unhappy
           miscarriage
           of
           so
           noble
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Creation
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           as
           a
           tender
           Mother
           shoves
           off
           her
           prety
           infant
           from
           
           her
           that
           it
           may
           return
           again
           with
           fresh
           and
           more
           ardent
           embraces
           ;
           so
           God
           the
           benign
           Father
           of
           Spirits
           is
           pleased
           for
           a
           while
           to
           banish
           his
           own
           dear
           Offspring
           into
           this
           region
           of
           mortality
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           more
           endear
           them
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           enhance
           the
           price
           of
           heavenly
           joy
           ,
           by
           begetting
           in
           them
           an
           impatient
           desire
           and
           breathing
           after
           it
           .
           And
           to
           this
           end
           that
           All-comprehensive
           Wisdome
           which
           made
           all
           things
           well
           ,
           and
           fitted
           the
           capacities
           of
           his
           Creatures
           to
           those
           severall
           states
           they
           were
           to
           run
           through
           ,
           hath
           cloathed
           the
           souls
           of
           men
           with
           coats
           of
           skins
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           not
           that
           they
           should
           make
           the
           Paternal
           bounty
           and
           indulgence
           of
           God
           an
           occasion
           of
           a
           riotous
           licentiousness
           ,
           and
           take
           heart
           from
           his
           kindness
           to
           be
           the
           more
           vitious
           ,
           but
           to
           curb
           their
           lawless
           wills
           ,
           and
           restrain
           their
           irregular
           appetites
           ,
           refine
           and
           purifie
           their
           minds
           and
           Spirits
           to
           a
           high
           degree
           of
           Generosity
           ,
           Sobriety
           and
           Goodness
           :
           For
           ,
           in
           this
           life
           it
           is
           that
           men
           lay
           the
           Trains
           and
           Seeds
           of
           their
           future
           happiness
           or
           misery
           ,
           and
           that
           just
           Nemesis
           ,
           which
           passes
           through
           the
           universe
           ,
           and
           interestes
           it self
           peculiarly
           in
           the
           affairs
           of
           rational
           Agents
           ,
           will
           inevitably
           seize
           on
           the
           Soul
           when
           departed
           
           from
           her
           decayed
           tenement
           ,
           and
           convey
           her
           to
           that
           place
           and
           society
           which
           the
           rectitude
           or
           obliquity
           of
           her
           moral
           Nature
           hath
           fitted
           her
           for
           .
           There
           are
           two
           opposite
           Principles
           or
           contrary
           Natures
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           between
           which
           there
           is
           an
           eternall
           and
           irreconcilable
           Feud
           ,
           viz.
           Sin
           &
           Righteousness
           ;
           to
           one
           of
           which
           every
           man
           ioyns
           himself
           ,
           and
           becomes
           a
           member
           of
           a
           society
           or
           body
           Politick
           ;
           and
           carries
           on
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           an
           immortal
           warr
           ,
           Sin
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           deflection
           from
           the
           divine
           Nature
           ,
           a
           transposition
           or
           undue
           connexion
           and
           dis-harmonious
           union
           of
           some
           principles
           in
           the
           Creation
           ,
           which
           raises
           a
           perturbation
           and
           disorder
           in
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           ,
           when
           confirmed
           by
           repeated
           acts
           ,
           becomes
           a
           habit
           ,
           and
           incrassates
           &
           obnubilates
           the
           mind
           ,
           crowding
           it
           into
           narrowness
           and
           servility
           :
           But
           righteousness
           is
           a
           concord
           or
           agreement
           and
           suitableness
           with
           those
           living
           laws
           impressed
           upon
           every
           moral
           agent
           ,
           when
           the
           Soul
           acts
           adequately
           and
           conformably
           to
           those
           innate
           notions
           of
           truth
           and
           holiness
           ,
           and
           this
           enlarges
           and
           sets
           free
           the
           Spirit
           of
           man
           from
           Tyranny
           and
           slavery
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           that
           the
           actions
           of
           men
           are
           not
           as
           the
           transient
           effects
           of
           necessary
           causes
           ,
           as
           a
           stone
           to
           
           fall
           downwards
           ;
           but
           ,
           being
           the
           results
           of
           spontaneous
           principles
           have
           a
           moral
           influence
           of
           good
           or
           evil
           upon
           their
           future
           states
           and
           conditions
           :
           For
           ,
           men
           arrive
           not
           to
           the
           utmost
           degrees
           and
           completion
           of
           goodness
           or
           iniquity
           in
           a
           moment
           ;
           but
           ,
           as
           in
           Naturals
           ,
           so
           likewise
           Morals
           there
           is
           a
           latitude
           required
           ;
           and
           things
           ascend
           gradually
           to
           their
           perfections
           :
           and
           consequently
           the
           wicked
           or
           righteous
           Nature
           respectively
           dispreads
           it self
           and
           incorporates
           and
           conjoyns
           the
           Soul
           either
           with
           Hell
           or
           Heaven
           in
           this
           life
           .
           For
           Hell
           in
           a
           moral
           sense
           is
           nothing
           but
           an
           Orbe
           of
           sin
           and
           unrighteousness
           ,
           a
           state
           of
           penury
           &
           anxiety
           ,
           and
           sucks
           in
           and
           draws
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           with
           hidden
           cords
           and
           strings
           ,
           every
           thing
           that
           is
           like
           to
           it self
           ;
           so
           that
           every
           wicked
           man
           truly
           carries
           the
           beginnings
           of
           Hell
           and
           mi●ery
           within
           his
           breast
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           purpose
           is
           that
           of
           Porphyry
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           The
           Spirit
           is
           said
           to
           be
           in
           Hades
           because
           it
           partakes
           of
           the
           dark
           nature
           and
           void
           of
           light
           .
           But
           Heaven
           is
           the
           region
           of
           serenity
           and
           quiet
           ,
           a
           state
           of
           righteou●ness
           ,
           peace
           and
           joy
           ,
           and
           takes
           hold
           of
           every
           thing
           congenerous
           to
           its
           
           own
           Nature
           ,
           elevating
           and
           winding
           the
           spirits
           of
           men
           off
           from
           their
           commerce
           with
           vice
           ,
           and
           the
           alluring
           objects
           of
           sense
           ,
           and
           transforming
           them
           into
           it's
           own
           beauteous
           Image
           and
           pulchritude
           ;
           and
           the
           further
           they
           recede
           from
           the
           Cuspis
           of
           the
           love
           of
           wickedness
           and
           the
           unrighteous
           Nature
           ,
           the
           more
           liberty
           they
           find
           ;
           and
           when
           once
           they
           are
           so
           farr
           risen
           that
           the
           utmost
           projections
           of
           this
           dark
           shadow
           cannot
           touch
           them
           ,
           then
           are
           they
           arrived
           to
           an
           eternal
           and
           boundless
           freedom
           .
        
         
           Every
           man
           therefore
           so
           fatally
           adjoyning
           himself
           either
           to
           Heaven
           or
           Hell
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           it
           will
           inevitably
           fall
           to
           his
           share
           to
           be
           happy
           or
           miserable
           when
           departed
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           cannot
           be
           ,
           except
           the
           Memory
           and
           Sense
           of
           his
           past
           actions
           return
           ,
           upon
           his
           separation
           from
           the
           body
           :
           And
           that
           it
           does
           so
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           a
           probable
           but
           necessary
           consequence
           from
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Soul
           :
           For
           ,
           Memory
           being
           a
           radicated
           faculty
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           having
           no
           greater
           dependance
           upon
           the
           body
           than
           all
           other
           exertions
           and
           operations
           of
           the
           mind
           whatsoever
           ,
           it
           will
           remain
           safe
           and
           entire
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           various
           turnings
           and
           transmutations
           of
           
           corporeal
           principles
           :
           Indeed
           ,
           were
           Memory
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           Faculties
           ,
           which
           not
           without
           great
           reason
           we
           attribute
           to
           a
           knowing
           and
           intelligent
           Principle
           ,
           the
           sole
           effects
           of
           the
           re-action
           or
           tremulous
           motions
           of
           certain
           pieces
           of
           matter
           striking
           upon
           each
           other
           ;
           it
           were
           a
           necessary
           deduction
           from
           thence
           ,
           that
           Death
           should
           spoil
           their
           sport
           and
           quite
           deface
           and
           obliterate
           whatever
           their
           nimble
           friskings
           and
           incertain
           agitations
           might
           represent
           unto
           us
           :
           but
           this
           is
           already
           sufficiently
           demonstrated
           to
           our
           hands
           ,
           to
           be
           both
           frivolous
           and
           precarious
           by
           an
           excellent
           Person
           ,
           who
           has
           divested
           Matter
           of
           all
           cogitative
           powers
           and
           properties
           .
           And
           if
           we
           well
           weigh
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Soul
           after
           death
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           Memory
           will
           then
           be
           more
           vivid
           and
           lively
           ;
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           reflexe
           act
           of
           Memory
           ,
           more
           sensible
           and
           awakened
           :
           For
           the
           great
           cause
           of
           all
           our
           weak
           and
           imperfect
           actions
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           is
           the
           stubbornness
           and
           inobsequiousness
           of
           matter
           to
           the
           powers
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           whereby
           they
           become
           dull
           ,
           languishing
           ,
           and
           inactive
           ;
           but
           when
           death
           shall
           give
           us
           entrance
           into
           another
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Soul
           united
           to
           a
           more
           ductil
           and
           pliable
           
           vehicle
           ,
           her
           operations
           will
           become
           more
           sprightly
           ,
           and
           the
           Memory
           bring
           into
           view
           many
           and
           diverse
           things
           which
           ,
           before
           it
           was
           not
           able
           to
           command
           ;
           &
           the
           Conscience
           afflict
           or
           cheer
           according
           to
           her
           deportment
           in
           the
           former
           life
           .
           Neither
           is
           this
           any
           more
           than
           what
           we
           find
           already
           in
           the
           natures
           and
           causes
           of
           things
           :
           For
           ,
           if
           Memory
           being
           lost
           by
           the
           violence
           of
           a
           disease
           or
           some
           other
           extraordinary
           indisposition
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           yet
           returns
           and
           is
           regained
           upon
           the
           cessation
           and
           amotion
           of
           the
           distemper
           ,
           and
           reduction
           of
           the
           spirits
           to
           their
           pristine
           temperament
           :
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           ,
           why
           it
           should
           thus
           totally
           be
           despoiled
           by
           Death
           ,
           there
           being
           oft-times
           a
           greater
           change
           and
           perturbation
           in
           some
           malignant
           diseases
           ,
           than
           we
           see
           happen
           to
           sound
           and
           healthy
           persons
           ,
           whom
           the
           casualties
           of
           Warr
           or
           other
           sudden
           Fate
           hath
           brought
           to
           an
           untimely
           end
           .
           This
           only
           difference
           is
           assigned
           (
           which
           yet
           when
           severely
           examined
           carries
           no
           great
           moment
           with
           it
           )
           that
           when
           Nature
           or
           Art
           hath
           expelled
           the
           morbifick
           matter
           ,
           and
           restored
           the
           body
           to
           a
           healthfull
           vigour
           ,
           and
           the
           spirits
           depurated
           and
           rectified
           from
           their
           vitiosity
           ,
           become
           accommodate
           
           instruments
           for
           the
           operations
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           her
           vital
           union
           with
           matter
           continues
           ,
           which
           in
           Death
           (
           say
           they
           )
           is
           totally
           lost
           and
           dissolved
           ;
           and
           how
           the
           Soul
           unbared
           from
           all
           commerce
           with
           matter
           can
           be
           capable
           of
           acting
           ,
           seems
           utterly
           unintelligible
           :
           Whether
           therefore
           the
           Soul
           does
           ,
           or
           does
           not
           act
           without
           the
           help
           of
           matter
           ,
           when
           her
           garments
           of
           mortality
           are
           laid
           aside
           ,
           is
           not
           my
           present
           purpose
           to
           discuss
           :
           Only
           I
           shall
           cast
           in
           this
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           can
           be
           demonstratively
           certain
           that
           the
           Soul
           cannot
           act
           without
           the
           assistance
           of
           matter
           ,
           but
           if
           he
           remind
           himself
           of
           that
           intimate
           dependance
           the
           Soul
           hath
           upon
           matter
           in
           this
           life
           even
           in
           her
           sublimest
           exercises
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           omit
           here
           the
           power
           of
           moving
           the
           body
           ,
           which
           is
           likewise
           performed
           by
           the
           motion
           of
           matter
           directed
           according
           to
           the
           will
           and
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Soul
           )
           as
           also
           her
           sympathy
           with
           the
           mutations
           and
           alterations
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           whereby
           the
           mind
           becomes
           more
           elevate
           and
           serene
           ,
           or
           cloudy
           and
           dull
           ,
           and
           those
           infinite
           varieties
           likewise
           which
           a
           man
           may
           observe
           in
           his
           own
           temper
           and
           constitution
           ,
           not
           to
           instance
           in
           any
           other
           but
           those
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           joy
           
           and
           cheerfulness
           of
           spirit
           at
           sometimes
           ,
           and
           at
           others
           as
           great
           a
           pensiveness
           and
           melancholy
           ,
           of
           which
           a
           man
           can
           give
           no
           account
           or
           reason
           from
           any
           external
           cause
           ,
           but
           only
           from
           the
           purified
           and
           more
           subtle
           ,
           or
           fulsome
           and
           gross
           steams
           ascending
           into
           the
           brain
           ;
           and
           withall
           consider
           that
           the
           great
           Crown
           of
           our
           Faith
           and
           Patience
           ,
           the
           happiness
           and
           reward
           of
           glorified
           Spirits
           ,
           to
           purchase
           which
           for
           mankind
           the
           ever
           blessed
           Son
           of
           God
           left
           the
           sacred
           mansions
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           bosome
           of
           blessedness
           ,
           and
           veiled
           his
           glory
           under
           the
           clouds
           of
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           shall
           be
           an
           ethereall
           and
           heavenly
           body
           ,
           which
           Plato
           calls
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             a
             resplendent
             vehicle
          
           ,
           and
           St.
           Paul
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             a
             spiritual
             body
          
           :
           he
           ,
           I
           say
           that
           attentively
           perpends
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           instruments
           of
           the
           Souls
           operations
           both
           in
           this
           life
           and
           the
           next
           are
           corporeal
           ,
           will
           likewise
           think
           it
           probable
           ,
           that
           she
           is
           not
           wholly
           denudated
           of
           Matter
           in
           the
           intermediate
           space
           between
           death
           and
           the
           resurrection
           ,
           at
           what
           time
           she
           shall
           be
           possessed
           of
           her
           long
           expected
           joy
           ,
           and
           her
           vile
           body
           shall
           be
           transformed
           into
           the
           similitude
           of
           the
           glorious
           body
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           
           God.
           Supposing
           then
           the
           Soul
           vitally
           united
           with
           matter
           after
           death
           ,
           she
           will
           both
           act
           ,
           and
           also
           be
           capable
           of
           pleasure
           or
           pain
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           unavoidable
           concomitants
           of
           her
           transactions
           in
           this
           life
           :
           For
           ,
           can
           we
           imagine
           that
           God
           will
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           course
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           alter
           that
           order
           and
           constitution
           of
           things
           which
           bears
           upon
           it
           the
           signature
           and
           Image
           of
           his
           eternal
           Wisdome
           ?
           Surely
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           that
           he
           should
           frustrate
           the
           hopes
           and
           expectations
           of
           men
           ,
           when
           all
           things
           so
           favourably
           conspire
           to
           give
           them
           an
           energetical
           and
           vital
           reception
           into
           the
           other
           World.
           And
           if
           God
           do
           not
           drench
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           in
           this
           lake
           of
           oblivion
           and
           soporiferousness
           (
           which
           we
           have
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           to
           believe
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           confident
           that
           he
           will
           not
           )
           they
           will
           infallibly
           be
           instated
           ,
           upon
           their
           dereliction
           of
           their
           earthly
           bodies
           ,
           into
           a
           condition
           of
           happiness
           or
           misery
           ,
           which
           will
           altogether
           take
           away
           that
           fanciful
           dream
           of
           their
           sleep
           till
           the
           great
           day
           of
           judgment
           .
           For
           ,
           although
           here
           the
           voice
           of
           Conscience
           may
           be
           drowned
           by
           the
           clamours
           of
           Sense
           ,
           and
           those
           many
           Diversions
           arising
           from
           the
           present
           
           state
           of
           affairs
           in
           this
           life
           ;
           yet
           ,
           when
           death
           shall
           draw
           aside
           the
           curtain
           of
           mortality
           ;
           and
           those
           various
           objects
           ,
           which
           so
           often
           presented
           themselves
           to
           our
           view
           ,
           pass
           away
           like
           a
           shadow
           ,
           leaving
           nothing
           to
           the
           Soul
           but
           the
           vast
           prospect
           of
           an
           eternal
           Tragedy
           ;
           the
           conscience
           will
           then
           awake
           ,
           and
           pierce
           her
           with
           an
           extraordinary
           resentment
           and
           vexation
           :
           For
           ,
           besides
           that
           the
           Soul
           shall
           see
           all
           her
           wicked
           attempts
           and
           designs
           blasted
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           the
           memory
           of
           her
           name
           cursed
           and
           detested
           ,
           and
           become
           throughly
           apprehensive
           of
           the
           miscarriage
           and
           iniquity
           of
           her
           past
           life
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           full
           and
           clear
           sight
           of
           all
           her
           impious
           actions
           ,
           stript
           of
           their
           painted
           gloss
           and
           varnish
           ,
           &
           in
           their
           proper
           colours
           and
           genuine
           circumstances
           ;
           besides
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Fame
           of
           her
           unrighteous
           demeanour
           will
           go
           before
           her
           into
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           and
           quickly
           be
           dispread
           over
           the
           secret
           regions
           and
           receptacles
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           by
           those
           vigilant
           spectators
           ,
           who
           take
           cognizance
           and
           give
           intelligence
           of
           humane
           affairs
           :
           which
           cannot
           but
           afflict
           her
           even
           unto
           death
           ,
           to
           see
           her self
           abandon'd
           both
           of
           good
           Angels
           ,
           and
           the
           spirits
           of
           just
           and
           holy
           men
           ,
           and
           confined
           to
           the
           society
           of
           degenerate
           Fiends
           and
           Daemons
           
           reserved
           to
           the
           judg●ment
           of
           the
           great
           Day
           .
           And
           these
           fiery
           stings
           and
           gripeings
           of
           conscience
           shall
           rage
           perpetually
           ,
           and
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           imagine
           any
           intermission
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           but
           like
           the
           sleeps
           of
           the
           wind
           in
           a
           storm
           ,
           or
           the
           broken
           sighs
           of
           a
           tempest
           ,
           to
           recover
           its
           exhausted
           spirits
           ,
           and
           return
           with
           a
           greater
           impetuousness
           and
           fury
           .
           But
           to
           take
           a
           view
           of
           those
           good
           and
           holy
           persons
           whom
           the
           Father
           of
           spirits
           has
           called
           out
           of
           this
           present
           life
           ,
           who
           yet
           are
           in
           as
           small
           a
           probability
           of
           being
           overtaken
           by
           this
           long
           night
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           there
           wants
           not
           sufficient
           employment
           to
           keep
           them
           vigilant
           and
           active
           :
           For
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           that
           they
           delight
           in
           converse
           and
           society
           ,
           they
           will
           find
           those
           immense
           tracts
           of
           space
           ,
           not
           empty
           desarts
           and
           wildernesses
           ,
           but
           replenished
           with
           diverse
           sorts
           of
           Beings
           ,
           some
           equal
           to
           ,
           others
           more
           noble
           than
           themselves
           ,
           who
           all
           studiously
           endeavour
           to
           promote
           and
           carry
           on
           that
           great
           and
           general
           design
           of
           the
           diffusion
           of
           the
           Life
           and
           Nature
           of
           God
           over
           the
           whole
           Creation
           ;
           they
           may
           there
           likewise
           meet
           with
           many
           of
           their
           departed
           Friends
           and
           Relatives
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           may
           again
           renew
           their
           antient
           leagues
           of
           friendship
           ,
           and
           
           entertain
           an
           amicable
           correspondence
           and
           familiarity
           :
           or
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           contemplative
           ,
           and
           affect
           a
           solitary
           retiredness
           and
           recess
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           they
           may
           there
           call
           to
           mind
           their
           almost
           obliterate
           Speculations
           ,
           and
           please
           themselves
           in
           the
           exertions
           of
           the
           innate
           Idea's
           and
           notions
           of
           their
           minds
           ,
           and
           raise
           within
           them
           a
           high
           sense
           of
           joy
           and
           delectation
           in
           finding
           out
           many
           choise
           Theorems
           of
           Nature
           and
           Providence
           ;
           besides
           many
           other
           advantages
           which
           are
           not
           allowed
           or
           permitted
           to
           this
           state
           :
           So
           that
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           fear
           the
           Soul
           should
           sleep
           or
           cease
           from
           acting
           ,
           when
           loosened
           from
           this
           earthly
           body
           .
        
         
           The
           resurrection
           of
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           from
           the
           dead
           is
           so
           palpable
           a
           pledge
           of
           the
           Soul
           's
           living
           and
           acting
           after
           death
           ,
           
           that
           he
           must
           commit
           a
           rape
           upon
           his
           faculties
           ,
           and
           do
           violence
           to
           all
           his
           intellectual
           powers
           who
           will
           not
           be
           convinced
           by
           it
           .
           For
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           by
           wicked
           hands
           be
           bereaved
           of
           his
           innocent
           life
           ,
           and
           so
           throughly
           slain
           that
           his
           malitious
           enemies
           the
           Jews
           never
           question
           his
           death
           ,
           and
           ,
           which
           further
           confirms
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           lye
           three
           dayes
           buried
           in
           the
           
           grave
           ,
           and
           afterward
           rise
           again
           and
           exercise
           the
           proper
           functions
           of
           a
           living
           man
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           for
           some
           small
           and
           inconsiderable
           time
           ,
           but
           conversing
           forty
           dayes
           with
           his
           Disciples
           upon
           Earth
           to
           take
           away
           all
           cause
           and
           suspicion
           of
           delusion
           ,
           and
           then
           ascend
           in
           the
           sight
           and
           presence
           of
           his
           Disciples
           and
           Friends
           to
           the
           comprehensions
           of
           that
           Glory
           which
           not
           long
           before
           his
           death
           he
           prayed
           to
           his
           Father
           to
           glorify
           him
           withall
           ;
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           a
           full
           and
           convictive
           Demonstration
           even
           to
           outward
           sense
           that
           that
           dull
           and
           lethargick
           stupour
           shall
           never
           take
           away
           sense
           and
           action
           from
           our
           Souls
           when
           they
           depart
           from
           their
           living
           graves
           and
           monuments
           of
           flesh
           and
           blood
           .
           And
           as
           it
           was
           with
           him
           ,
           so
           shall
           it
           be
           with
           us
           ,
           in
           our
           order
           ,
           measure
           ,
           and
           proportion
           ;
           Christ
           our
           head
           lives
           ,
           and
           is
           seated
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           God
           in
           the
           highest
           glory
           and
           felicity
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           there
           makes
           intercession
           for
           his
           Church
           ;
           )
           and
           because
           he
           lives
           ,
           we
           his
           members
           shall
           live
           also
           .
           He
           is
           a
           
             living
             Vine
          
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           members
           of
           his
           mystical
           body
           are
           
             living
             branches
          
           not
           only
           in
           a
           moral
           but
           natural
           and
           physical
           
           sense
           :
           For
           ,
           God
           is
           not
           the
           God
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           living
           :
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             for
             all
             live
             unto
             him
          
           .
           Now
           if
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           fall
           into
           so
           permanent
           a
           sleep
           ,
           they
           are
           dead
           ,
           or
           rather
           annihilated
           ,
           (
           for
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           conscious
           of
           ones
           Being
           ,
           are
           much
           one
           )
           and
           their
           recuperation
           to
           life
           is
           to
           them
           as
           it
           were
           a
           new
           Creation
           ;
           neither
           know
           they
           why
           they
           are
           rewarded
           or
           punished
           ,
           because
           Death
           and
           that
           Narcotick
           state
           which
           immediately
           follows
           it
           (
           according
           to
           this
           extravagant
           Dream
           )
           washes
           away
           the
           memory
           of
           all
           past
           actions
           whatsoever
           .
           To
           this
           we
           may
           adde
           the
           Apparition
           of
           Moses
           ,
           and
           Elias
           ,
           in
           their
           Celestial
           robes
           to
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           at
           his
           Transfiguration
           upon
           Mount
           Tabor
           ,
           when
           his
           Face
           shone
           like
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           his
           rayment
           became
           pure
           and
           white
           as
           the
           light
           ;
           and
           those
           two
           divine
           Personages
           foretold
           the
           good
           events
           of
           his
           Death
           ,
           and
           spake
           words
           of
           comfort
           to
           him
           under
           the
           consideration
           of
           his
           inglorious
           and
           humble
           Passion
           ;
           which
           is
           an
           evident
           proof
           that
           the
           Souls
           of
           Moses
           and
           Elias
           did
           not
           sleep
           when
           they
           left
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           
           now
           live
           and
           act
           in
           the
           felicities
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           to
           whom
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           his
           flesh
           they
           brought
           relief
           and
           solace
           .
           And
           if
           it
           were
           otherwise
           ,
           
           I
           do
           not
           see
           how
           the
           Apostles
           affections
           could
           be
           carried
           out
           in
           so
           vehement
           and
           longing
           a
           desire
           to
           be
           freed
           from
           this
           Earthly
           body
           (
           for
           so
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             i.
             e.
             Tabernacle
          
           ,
           signifies
           ,
           and
           is
           used
           Wisd
           .
           9.15
           .
           and
           by
           Pythagoras
           in
           Hermippus
           )
           and
           to
           be
           possessed
           of
           that
           Building
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           likewise
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             a
             house
             which
             is
             from
             heaven
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           heavenly
           body
           ,
           (
           for
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           is
           the
           same
           with
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           &
           both
           answer
           to
           the
           Hebrew
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           and
           so
           St.
           Chrysostome
           understands
           it
           ,
           where
           ,
           to
           the
           Apostle's
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           he
           thus
           speaks
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           that
           is
           ,
           
             what
             house
             ?
             tell
             me
             :
             An
             incorruptible
             Body
             :
          
           To
           this
           sense
           
             Gorgias
             Leontinus
          
           in
           Stobaeus
           uses
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           when
           he
           calls
           our
           earthly
           body
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             a
             putrid
             and
             decaying
             Tenement
          
           :
           )
           for
           if
           he
           enjoyed
           nothing
           of
           this
           great
           Reward
           till
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           but
           upon
           his
           dissolution
           from
           the
           body
           were
           deprived
           of
           all
           Sense
           of
           his
           Being
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           farr
           more
           desireable
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           
           Christians
           to
           continue
           still
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           then
           to
           groan
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           burden
           and
           encumbrances
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           only
           to
           fall
           into
           a
           state
           of
           inactivity
           and
           silence
           ,
           being
           neither
           conscious
           of
           themselves
           nor
           of
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           external
           Creation
           .
           What
           Christ
           once
           said
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           may
           very
           accommodately
           be
           applyed
           to
           this
           present
           Case
           ,
           
             In
             my
             Fathers
             house
             are
             many
             mansions
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             not
             so
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             told
             you
             .
          
           And
           surely
           if
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           after
           death
           fall
           into
           such
           a
           dead
           and
           heartless
           condition
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           know
           they
           are
           in
           Being
           ,
           the
           infinite
           goodness
           and
           veracity
           of
           almighty
           God
           so
           wonderfully
           displayed
           to
           the
           World
           in
           the
           Son
           of
           his
           love
           ,
           would
           never
           have
           deceived
           the
           hopes
           and
           expectations
           of
           the
           wisest
           and
           best
           Persons
           even
           to
           this
           present
           age
           ,
           but
           timely
           have
           corrected
           and
           prevented
           so
           Universal
           an
           error
           ,
           especially
           in
           so
           weighty
           a
           Concernment
           as
           this
           ,
           wherein
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           reception
           into
           the
           other
           World
           differs
           so
           widely
           from
           the
           Schemes
           and
           representations
           they
           drew
           of
           it
           in
           this
           .
           Nay
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           an
           errour
           ,
           the
           Veracity
           of
           God
           is
           
           deeply
           engaged
           to
           discover
           it
           ;
           because
           the
           greatest
           Prop
           which
           upholds
           and
           maintains
           its
           credit
           amongst
           men
           is
           founded
           upon
           the
           most
           holy
           revelations
           of
           his
           will.
           
        
         
           Before
           I
           descend
           to
           the
           second
           Demand
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           insert
           these
           two
           Paragraphs
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           Sensuality
           is
           the
           great
           Patronesse
           of
           this
           heartless
           and
           dull
           fancy
           ,
           of
           the
           Soul's
           Sleep
           after
           death
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           when
           the
           Intellectual
           man
           is
           refined
           by
           purity
           and
           holiness
           ,
           it
           will
           lift
           up
           the
           Soul
           far
           above
           these
           panick
           fears
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           love
           of
           Sense
           and
           corporeal
           pleasures
           ,
           that
           first
           sunk
           us
           from
           our
           happiness
           ,
           and
           drew
           the
           Sable
           Mantle
           of
           death
           over
           the
           comely
           pourtrayture
           of
           Gods
           Image
           in
           our
           Souls
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           this
           which
           still
           degrades
           us
           ,
           and
           makes
           us
           unlike
           our
           Maker
           :
           This
           outward
           World
           is
           that
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           the
           Great
           Magician
           or
           Enchanter
           (
           as
           the
           Platonick
           Philosopher
           calls
           it
           )
           which
           with
           its
           Syren
           Musick
           bewitches
           and
           allures
           the
           Mind
           from
           the
           still
           and
           quiet
           contemplation
           of
           the
           beauties
           
           and
           pulchritude
           of
           the
           moral
           and
           intellectual
           World
           ;
           for
           all
           those
           charming
           complacencies
           and
           exterior
           phantasms
           with
           which
           the
           Soul
           is
           so
           ravished
           and
           captivated
           ,
           are
           nothing
           but
           so
           many
           emissions
           and
           radiations
           of
           the
           external
           World
           ,
           variously
           striking
           upon
           and
           moving
           the
           Senses
           or
           bodily
           life
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           declining
           Soul
           according
           to
           the
           diversity
           of
           its
           degeneracy
           becomes
           more
           or
           less
           dispread
           and
           incorporated
           with
           the
           outward
           World
           :
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           (
           as
           Porphyry
           speaks
           )
           
             Where
             the
             motions
             of
             Sense
             are
             predominant
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             recession
             from
             Intellect
             .
          
           There
           is
           in
           every
           man
           an
           Animal
           and
           an
           Intellectual
           Nature
           ,
           the
           one
           respects
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           sensible
           objects
           ,
           the
           other
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           intellectual
           and
           things
           abstracted
           from
           Sense
           :
           Now
           the
           more
           we
           check
           and
           controul
           the
           Luxuriancy
           of
           the
           Animal
           or
           bodily
           life
           ,
           the
           more
           refined
           and
           vegete
           are
           those
           higher
           powers
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           which
           consists
           her
           true
           life
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           more
           besotts
           the
           perceptive
           faculties
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           than
           those
           grosser
           pleasures
           of
           the
           Sensitive
           life
           ?
           And
           who
           Philosophize
           more
           grosly
           concerning
           
           the
           future
           state
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           than
           those
           who
           make
           it
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           happinesse
           to
           enjoy
           to
           the
           full
           whatsoever
           pleasure
           their
           degenerate
           wills
           and
           lusts
           shall
           suggest
           unto
           them
           ?
           But
           he
           that
           by
           a
           wise
           and
           timely
           management
           of
           those
           powers
           the
           provident
           care
           and
           goodness
           of
           God
           hath
           vouchsafed
           to
           him
           ,
           hath
           so
           gallantly
           maintained
           the
           Nobility
           and
           heavenly
           Nature
           of
           his
           Soul
           ,
           that
           he
           soares
           above
           terrene
           vanities
           ,
           disdaining
           to
           mingle
           with
           the
           unsatisfactory
           pleasures
           of
           the
           corporeal
           World
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           due
           and
           severe
           castigation
           hath
           brought
           low
           that
           exorbitant
           principle
           by
           which
           he
           is
           connected
           to
           this
           Earthly
           body
           ;
           he
           hath
           subtiliz'd
           his
           mind
           and
           is
           united
           to
           that
           Omnipresent
           and
           alcomprehensive
           Intellect
           ,
           and
           foresees
           his
           reception
           into
           the
           other
           life
           ,
           and
           presages
           that
           happy
           and
           blessed
           state
           he
           shall
           then
           enter
           upon
           ,
           when
           the
           links
           and
           cords
           of
           mortality
           shall
           be
           broken
           or
           worn
           asunder
           :
           Such
           a
           one
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           confident
           that
           it
           shall
           go
           well
           with
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           finished
           the
           last
           Act
           of
           life
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           there
           be
           any
           Beng
           more
           excellent
           than
           Matter
           ,
           
           any
           Providence
           ruling
           and
           presiding
           over
           the
           affairs
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           he
           shall
           not
           then
           slide
           out
           of
           Being
           nor
           cease
           to
           Act
           ,
           when
           he
           
             goes
             hence
             and
             is
             no
             more
             seen
             .
          
           These
           Speculations
           therefore
           require
           a
           due
           preparation
           of
           mind
           .
           And
           every
           man
           cannot
           be
           convinced
           by
           them
           ;
           because
           few
           are
           in
           a
           fit
           capacity
           and
           disposition
           for
           the
           entertainment
           of
           them
           .
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             Like
             is
             known
             by
             its
             like
             :
          
           and
           it
           the
           inward
           sense
           and
           touch
           of
           mens
           spirits
           be
           adapted
           only
           to
           the
           relish
           and
           gust
           of
           the
           Bodily
           Life
           ,
           the
           suggestions
           of
           the
           Intellectual
           Nature
           will
           be
           like
           the
           sudden
           immission
           of
           light
           upon
           sore
           eyes
           ,
           burdensome
           and
           offensive
           ;
           and
           the
           man
           is
           no
           more
           capable
           of
           the
           force
           and
           power
           of
           such
           argumentations
           ,
           than
           a
           Swine
           of
           Morality
           ,
           or
           the
           savage
           Tygers
           of
           Ingenuity
           and
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           your
           second
           Question
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           
             Whether
             upon
             the
             quitting
             this
             Body
             ,
             the
             Soul
             be
             immediately
             carried
             ,
             either
             to
             Heaven
             or
             Hell
             ?
          
           The
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           give
           us
           all
           imaginable
           certainty
           of
           a
           blessed
           reward
           of
           our
           Faith
           and
           Patience
           ,
           at
           the
           Great
           Day
           of
           Recompences
           ,
           when
           God
           shall
           have
           
           put
           all
           his
           enemies
           under
           his
           feet
           ;
           are
           very
           silent
           in
           delineating
           and
           depainting
           out
           to
           us
           ,
           the
           state
           and
           condition
           of
           the
           Soul
           between
           Death
           and
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           Yet
           this
           we
           are
           assured
           of
           in
           general
           ,
           That
           the
           Souls
           of
           Good
           and
           Holy
           Men
           ,
           are
           alwaies
           under
           the
           careful
           eye
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           joy
           and
           felicity
           ,
           farr
           above
           the
           troubles
           and
           discontents
           that
           attend
           this
           obscure
           and
           evanid
           life
           they
           lead
           on
           Earth
           :
           and
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           That
           shame
           and
           misery
           await
           the
           refractory
           and
           irreclaimable
           spirits
           of
           Impious
           persons
           ,
           upon
           their
           separation
           from
           their
           terrestrial
           bodies
           .
           But
           ,
           whether
           the
           one
           be
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           properly
           so
           called
           ,
           and
           partake
           of
           those
           great
           diffusions
           of
           Glory
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           conferred
           on
           the
           children
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           in
           Hell
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           that
           place
           of
           torment
           
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Angels
             ,
          
           or
           into
           which
           Death
           and
           the
           Grave
           shall
           be
           cast
           ,
           when
           time
           shall
           be
           no
           more
           ,
           immediately
           upon
           their
           disunion
           from
           their
           Bodies
           ;
           the
           Sacred
           Writ
           hath
           no-where
           determined
           .
           He
           therefore
           ,
           who
           will
           seek
           further
           ,
           may
           indeed
           light
           upon
           some
           probable
           Conjectures
           ,
           which
           may
           bear
           the
           visage
           
           and
           phisnomy
           of
           truth
           ,
           but
           can
           never
           positively
           assert
           them
           as
           convictive
           and
           indubitable
           .
           The
           only
           remain
           in
           Speculations
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           is
           ,
           To
           decide
           them
           by
           free
           and
           unprejudiced
           Reason
           and
           Philosophy
           :
           and
           if
           by
           that
           light
           and
           conduct
           ,
           the
           mind
           of
           man
           fall
           upon
           any
           conclusion
           consentient
           with
           the
           Attributes
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           those
           eternal
           and
           immutable
           laws
           ,
           implanted
           and
           wrought
           in
           the
           essential
           frame
           of
           the
           Creation
           ;
           though
           I
           do
           not
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           him
           then
           to
           erre
           ,
           yet
           his
           miscarriage
           will
           be
           exceeding
           pardonable
           ,
           pleasant
           ,
           and
           ingenuous
           .
           I
           confess
           ,
           the
           world
           hath
           been
           long
           contented
           to
           live
           in
           an
           easie
           and
           affected
           ignorance
           ;
           and
           men
           ,
           either
           out
           of
           a
           deplorable
           proclivity
           to
           vice
           and
           impiety
           ,
           or
           from
           a
           stupid
           and
           blockish
           zeal
           to
           Religion
           ,
           willingly
           profess
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           are
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           sit
           down
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           know
           nothing
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           wise
           and
           benign
           Author
           of
           our
           Beings
           had
           made
           the
           very
           essential
           principles
           of
           our
           Natures
           ,
           fallacious
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           should
           then
           be
           most
           of
           all
           deceived
           ,
           when
           we
           think
           we
           have
           the
           clearest
           apprehensions
           ,
           and
           most
           distinct
           
           Idea's
           of
           the
           things
           we
           converse
           about
           .
           Reason
           is
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Soul
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           ,
           when
           assisted
           by
           the
           Divine
           Wisdome
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           to
           discriminate
           between
           truth
           and
           falshood
           :
           And
           though
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           an
           honest
           and
           sincere
           heart
           be
           dear
           and
           precious
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           sufficient
           to
           instate
           a
           man
           in
           that
           happiness
           which
           attends
           the
           faithful
           adherents
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Light
           ;
           yet
           he
           that
           employes
           his
           faculties
           in
           searching
           out
           such
           considerable
           truths
           in
           Nature
           and
           Providence
           ,
           as
           may
           benefit
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           do
           good
           to
           the
           generations
           of
           men
           ,
           ennobles
           his
           Soul
           ,
           and
           widens
           it
           for
           the
           reception
           of
           some
           greater
           good
           and
           influence
           ,
           from
           that
           inexhaustible
           Fountain
           which
           gave
           life
           and
           being
           to
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           Nature
           .
           But
           I
           fear
           my
           Pen
           has
           been
           too
           luxuriant
           in
           pleading
           for
           the
           free
           use
           of
           Natural
           Reason
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           need
           of
           your
           pardon
           ,
           and
           shall
           make
           amends
           ,
           by
           falling
           immediately
           upon
           the
           Question
           in
           hand
           .
           I
           say
           therefore
           ,
           So
           far
           as
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           is
           able
           to
           judg
           ,
           the
           Soul
           doth
           not
           immediately
           go
           to
           Heaven
           or
           Hell
           in
           their
           strict
           significations
           ,
           upon
           it's
           
           separation
           from
           the
           body
           ;
           but
           that
           there
           is
           some
           middle
           State
           of
           Being
           between
           Death
           and
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           And
           that
           you
           may
           not
           think
           I
           take
           in
           the
           ashes
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           seek
           to
           revive
           and
           blow
           up
           that
           ridiculous
           Doctrine
           of
           Purgatory
           ;
           I
           shall
           crave
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           middle
           State
           I
           mean
           no
           such
           condition
           of
           Being
           ,
           as
           that
           wherein
           a
           man
           from
           his
           impious
           transactions
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           shall
           undergo
           very
           sharp
           and
           acute
           torments
           ,
           the
           protraction
           or
           abbreviation
           of
           which
           yet
           ,
           depend
           upon
           the
           will
           and
           pleasure
           of
           his
           Holiness
           and
           mercenary
           Priests
           ;
           and
           after
           such
           a
           time
           of
           penance
           and
           purgation
           ,
           be
           delivered
           ,
           and
           translated
           into
           Heaven
           :
           but
           ,
           such
           a
           state
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           by
           a
           due
           purification
           of
           their
           minds
           ,
           and
           subjugation
           of
           those
           stubborn
           lusts
           and
           desires
           which
           exalt
           themselves
           against
           the
           life
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           which
           were
           not
           throughly
           tamed
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           becomes
           wholly
           dead
           to
           every
           inordinate
           affection
           ,
           and
           daily
           kindles
           that
           fire
           of
           Divine
           Love
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           it
           arise
           to
           a
           perfect
           flame
           ,
           and
           triumphantly
           carry
           up
           the
           duly
           prepared
           soul
           ,
           like
           Elijah
           in
           his
           fiery
           chariot
           ,
           
           to
           the
           beatifical
           vision
           and
           enjoyment
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           
           And
           this
           is
           no
           more
           than
           what
           Reason
           it self
           assures
           us
           of
           ;
           For
           ,
           he
           that
           shall
           consider
           ,
           that
           the
           operations
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           upon
           mens
           hearts
           ,
           and
           their
           progress
           in
           Holiness
           and
           Virtue
           ,
           are
           wrought
           successively
           by
           parts
           ,
           and
           distant
           proportions
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           man
           is
           not
           a
           Saint
           in
           an
           instant
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Piety
           and
           Religion
           of
           a
           day
           ;
           but
           attains
           and
           reaches
           to
           that
           glorious
           Crown
           by
           patient
           continuance
           in
           well
           doing
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           sharp
           and
           unwearied
           conflicts
           with
           Lust
           and
           Sin
           ,
           by
           habitual
           and
           persevering
           acts
           of
           Virtue
           ,
           and
           an
           undaunted
           Resolution
           ,
           he
           must
           demonstrate
           himself
           a
           true
           and
           faithful
           disciple
           and
           souldier
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           :
           must
           necessarily
           conclude
           ,
           either
           that
           the
           infinitely
           far
           greater
           part
           of
           men
           are
           damned
           ,
           yea
           ,
           those
           who
           have
           had
           very
           small
           ,
           and
           few
           opportunities
           of
           doing
           good
           to
           themselves
           or
           others
           in
           this
           life
           ;
           or
           else
           that
           there
           is
           a
           time
           and
           place
           of
           bettering
           themselves
           ,
           and
           where
           that
           benign
           Spirit
           ,
           who
           expressed
           his
           dear
           compassion
           in
           hovering
           over
           the
           new
           born
           world
           ,
           will
           be
           as
           ready
           to
           help
           
           forward
           the
           tender
           inchoations
           of
           the
           life
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           perpetually
           raise
           and
           lift
           up
           those
           fettered
           souls
           into
           the
           true
           liberty
           of
           the
           sons
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Immortality
           .
           As
           the
           efformations
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           Nature
           out
           of
           fitly-prepared
           Matter
           ,
           are
           not
           instantaneous
           ,
           but
           gradually
           arrive
           to
           their
           perfection
           and
           maturity
           ;
           So
           are
           the
           operations
           of
           that
           Universal
           Spirit
           of
           Love
           and
           Goodness
           upon
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           ,
           where-ever
           he
           meets
           with
           fit
           and
           kindly
           dispositions
           and
           capacities
           .
           And
           surely
           no
           man
           can
           ,
           without
           blasphemy
           ,
           think
           that
           God
           ever
           was
           ,
           or
           will
           ,
           at
           any
           time
           or
           place
           ,
           be
           wanting
           to
           the
           faithful
           endeavours
           and
           attempts
           of
           sincere
           persons
           ,
           after
           the
           participation
           of
           his
           own
           Image
           ,
           and
           the
           renovation
           of
           their
           minds
           and
           spirits
           into
           that
           divine
           frame
           and
           temper
           ,
           which
           is
           dearer
           to
           God
           than
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           .
           Nay
           ,
           he
           can
           never
           do
           it
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           as
           possible
           for
           the
           Sun
           to
           withhold
           his
           beams
           from
           shining
           upon
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           disconsolate
           world
           to
           an
           eternal
           night
           of
           sorrow
           and
           darkness
           ,
           as
           for
           God
           ,
           the
           Sun
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           be
           divided
           from
           that
           which
           is
           his
           own
           life
           ,
           and
           suspend
           his
           kindly
           influence
           from
           the
           tender
           
           productions
           of
           his
           Nature
           .
           I
           can
           sooner
           believe
           ,
           that
           darkness
           should
           desert
           it's
           black
           and
           pitchy
           caverns
           ,
           and
           sport
           with
           light
           and
           the
           day
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           Elements
           should
           change
           their
           natures
           ,
           and
           the
           Frame
           and
           beauteous
           order
           of
           things
           be
           tumbled
           into
           an
           eternal
           confusion
           ;
           as
           once
           to
           entertain
           a
           thought
           that
           God
           should
           be
           unkind
           ,
           and
           severe
           to
           the
           pious
           breathings
           of
           an
           innocent
           and
           harmless
           Soul.
           There
           being
           therefore
           in
           the
           world
           so
           many
           truly
           Religious
           persons
           ,
           who
           affectionately
           pant
           and
           aspire
           after
           a
           greater
           communication
           of
           the
           life
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           denied
           those
           opportunities
           of
           perfecting
           their
           minds
           ,
           which
           others
           enjoy
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           that
           place
           and
           station
           assigned
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           wise
           ,
           and
           unerring
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           this
           transitory
           life
           ;
           there
           being
           likewise
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           the
           world
           lying
           yet
           under
           a
           squallid
           barbarity
           ,
           wholly
           oppressed
           and
           loaden
           with
           the
           ruines
           of
           their
           broken
           Natures
           ,
           whom
           yet
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           thought
           not
           unworthy
           his
           care
           and
           love
           :
           surely
           it
           would
           be
           a
           great
           eye-sore
           and
           blemish
           in
           Heavens
           righteous
           Oeconomy
           and
           dispensation
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           really
           no
           time
           
           or
           means
           allowed
           for
           the
           recovery
           of
           these
           lapsed
           Souls
           :
           whose
           condition
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           very
           sad
           and
           calamitous
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           desperate
           ,
           nor
           are
           they
           sunk
           below
           the
           compassions
           of
           their
           Maker
           ,
           but
           still
           lye
           under
           a
           benign
           aspect
           :
           and
           though
           the
           Sun
           of
           Righteousness
           seem
           to
           set
           in
           a
           cloud
           ,
           and
           leave
           their
           Hemisphere
           to
           a
           night
           of
           darkness
           ;
           yet
           there
           is
           hopes
           that
           there
           will
           come
           a
           time
           (
           if
           it
           be
           not
           already
           )
           wherein
           he
           will
           rise
           again
           with
           healing
           in
           his
           wings
           ,
           and
           visit
           the
           desolate
           and
           dejected
           regions
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           with
           his
           chearing
           heat
           and
           vigour
           ,
           and
           their
           entangled
           pinions
           be
           again
           set
           loose
           ,
           and
           their
           plumes
           freely
           dispread
           in
           the
           open
           and
           boundless
           tracts
           of
           Immortality
           and
           Joy.
           It
           is
           not
           the
           will
           and
           pleasure
           of
           God
           that
           any
           innocent
           person
           should
           perish
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           may
           conclude
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           some
           time
           and
           place
           ,
           where
           the
           young
           and
           tender
           efformations
           of
           God's
           holy
           life
           ,
           in
           the
           more
           harmless
           Pagans
           ,
           and
           such
           who
           lived
           in
           the
           dark
           and
           ignorant
           age
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           shall
           be
           brought
           to
           their
           due
           measure
           of
           maturity
           and
           perfection
           :
           For
           ,
           to
           think
           they
           are
           damned
           ,
           
           is
           not
           suitable
           to
           that
           everlasting
           Goodness
           which
           is
           the
           source
           and
           root
           of
           the
           Divine
           Perfections
           ;
           And
           that
           they
           are
           not
           immediately
           translated
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           properly
           so
           called
           ,
           will
           appear
           from
           the
           Oeconomy
           of
           Providence
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           .
        
         
           
           As
           an
           Appendix
           to
           this
           ,
           we
           may
           add
           ,
           That
           Heaven
           is
           rather
           a
           State
           than
           a
           Place
           ,
           and
           consists
           in
           the
           frame
           and
           temperament
           of
           a
           mans
           mind
           and
           spirit
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           could
           imagine
           a
           degenerate
           and
           sinful
           person
           taken
           up
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           unless
           God
           did
           likewise
           miraculously
           change
           and
           alter
           the
           present
           temper
           and
           disposition
           of
           his
           mind
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           pain
           and
           affliction
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           be
           no
           more
           capable
           of
           dwelling
           in
           that
           glorious
           brightness
           ,
           than
           Owls
           and
           Night-birds
           to
           face
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           steadily
           behold
           that
           amazing
           lustre
           .
           When
           the
           benign
           Creator
           of
           all
           things
           produced
           the
           glorious
           Fabrick
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           and
           replenished
           all
           the
           empty
           regions
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           vast
           capacities
           of
           immense
           Space
           ,
           with
           diverse
           sorts
           and
           degrees
           of
           Beings
           ;
           he
           so
           wisely
           ordered
           
           and
           disposed
           every
           thing
           ,
           that
           nothing
           should
           act
           beyond
           it's
           sphere
           ,
           but
           proportionately
           to
           those
           powers
           and
           faculties
           it
           became
           invested
           with
           ;
           for
           so
           the
           order
           and
           frame
           of
           the
           world
           required
           .
           Thus
           ,
           the
           beasts
           of
           the
           field
           cannot
           live
           perpetually
           in
           the
           water
           ,
           nor
           fish
           in
           the
           air
           ,
           because
           the
           vital
           congruities
           of
           the
           one
           are
           adapted
           to
           the
           gross
           and
           more
           compacted
           body
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           the
           fluid
           and
           yielding
           Element
           of
           the
           Water
           .
           The
           Angels
           ,
           which
           are
           an
           Order
           of
           Spirits
           above
           the
           rank
           of
           Humane
           Souls
           ,
           cannot
           actuate
           and
           inform
           a
           terrestrial
           body
           ;
           nor
           can
           man
           ,
           in
           his
           earthly
           state
           ,
           become
           an
           inhabitant
           of
           the
           thinner
           tracts
           and
           regions
           of
           purest
           Aether
           .
           When
           therefore
           in
           the
           beginning
           God
           created
           Mankind
           ,
           foreseeing
           that
           they
           would
           not
           alwayes
           continue
           in
           the
           immortal
           mansions
           of
           Paradise
           ,
           but
           eat
           and
           dye
           ,
           and
           instruct
           themselves
           ,
           by
           unhappy
           experiments
           ,
           in
           the
           frail
           and
           imperfect
           fate
           of
           this
           lower
           World
           ;
           he
           fitted
           them
           with
           such
           vital
           powers
           and
           congruities
           ,
           as
           might
           capacitate
           them
           for
           action
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           revolutions
           of
           the
           wheel
           of
           Providence
           
           (
           though
           wide
           ,
           and
           seemingly
           intricate
           and
           perplext
           )
           may
           at
           last
           appear
           equal
           and
           unerring
           .
           There
           being
           then
           a
           peculiar
           Crasis
           or
           congruity
           required
           to
           inform
           that
           heavenly
           Body
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           the
           reward
           of
           departed
           Saints
           at
           the
           Day
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           not
           to
           be
           awakened
           but
           by
           a
           long
           and
           regular
           depuration
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           perfect
           submission
           and
           resignation
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ;
           )
           we
           cannot
           rationally
           imagine
           ,
           that
           any
           one
           should
           pass
           immediately
           from
           the
           Body
           ,
           to
           those
           regions
           of
           Light
           and
           Glory
           ,
           before
           this
           Divine
           Principle
           be
           sufficiently
           invigorated
           ,
           and
           the
           others
           perfectly
           laid
           asleep
           .
           And
           to
           think
           that
           God
           will
           immediatly
           call
           forth
           into
           act
           this
           Aethereal
           congruity
           of
           life
           in
           the
           soul
           of
           every
           pious
           Man
           ,
           departed
           this
           life
           ,
           is
           to
           set
           the
           miraculous
           power
           of
           God
           at
           a
           very
           cheap
           and
           easie
           rate
           .
           Besides
           that
           ,
           it
           despoils
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Creature
           ,
           and
           renders
           useless
           and
           ineffectual
           such
           Faculties
           as
           ,
           without
           this
           supernatural
           check
           and
           controul
           ,
           would
           ,
           in
           their
           due
           time
           ,
           awake
           ,
           for
           the
           orderly
           accomplishment
           of
           that
           ,
           to
           whose
           production
           we
           entitle
           the
           immediate
           operation
           
           of
           the
           Divinity
           .
           Nor
           doth
           it
           less
           entrench
           upon
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           drawing
           such
           a
           Scheme
           of
           things
           ,
           wherein
           God
           must
           continually
           unbare
           his
           arm
           ,
           and
           upon
           every
           occasion
           exert
           his
           eternal
           power
           for
           the
           effecting
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           would
           certainly
           arise
           in
           it's
           order
           and
           proportion
           ,
           by
           the
           attempts
           and
           operations
           of
           rational
           agents
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           the
           concurrence
           and
           assistance
           of
           divine
           grace
           and
           benediction
           .
           For
           so
           we
           see
           that
           God
           works
           in
           men
           now
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           as
           well
           think
           that
           God
           should
           take
           every
           man
           immediately
           into
           heaven
           upon
           his
           first
           embracing
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           infinite
           power
           make
           him
           a
           perfect
           Saint
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           should
           do
           the
           same
           for
           them
           upon
           their
           death-beds
           ,
           or
           upon
           their
           dis-union
           from
           their
           bodies
           .
           Farr
           be
           it
           from
           us
           to
           entitle
           such
           precarious
           ,
           and
           unaccountable
           actions
           to
           the
           Deity
           ;
           but
           rather
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           constancy
           and
           immutability
           of
           his
           Nature
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           he
           alwayes
           works
           orderly
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           those
           Laws
           and
           Rules
           he
           hath
           placed
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           unless
           a
           visible
           and
           certain
           good
           of
           a
           part
           ,
           or
           the
           whole
           
           Creation
           intervene
           ,
           and
           cannot
           so
           advantageously
           be
           effected
           by
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           Natural
           Agents
           .
           And
           now
           let
           us
           consider
           how
           very
           few
           there
           are
           that
           have
           arrived
           to
           such
           eminent
           degrees
           and
           measures
           of
           virtue
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           capable
           of
           this
           exalted
           state
           of
           mind
           ;
           and
           what
           multitudes
           of
           sincere
           and
           hearty
           lovers
           of
           truth
           and
           righteousness
           are
           snatcht
           away
           by
           the
           rude
           arms
           of
           death
           ,
           before
           the
           luxuriant
           branches
           of
           the
           Animal
           or
           Brutish
           life
           are
           taken
           wholly
           away
           ;
           and
           Reason
           will
           extort
           this
           confession
           from
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           must
           be
           a
           time
           of
           purgation
           in
           some
           state
           on
           this
           side
           Heaven
           ,
           wherein
           the
           infant
           productions
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           may
           arise
           to
           their
           full
           maturity
           and
           perfection
           .
           For
           ,
           it
           cannot
           consist
           with
           that
           eternall
           Goodness
           which
           is
           the
           rule
           and
           measure
           of
           all
           the
           actions
           of
           the
           Deity
           ,
           to
           send
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Mankind
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           there
           to
           lead
           a
           frail
           and
           miserable
           ,
           and
           ,
           at
           best
           ,
           but
           a
           short
           life
           ,
           subject
           to
           infinite
           casualties
           and
           imperfections
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           yet
           blemishes
           Heaven
           's
           righteous
           Oeconomy
           )
           having
           but
           very
           
           few
           ,
           and
           those
           weak
           means
           and
           ineffectual
           helps
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           recovering
           the
           broken
           and
           decayed
           Image
           of
           God
           in
           their
           Souls
           ,
           for
           the
           want
           of
           which
           notwithstanding
           they
           shall
           be
           thrown
           into
           everlasting
           misery
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           cannot
           consist
           with
           the
           Benignity
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           deal
           thus
           with
           his
           Creatures
           :
           Wherefore
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           not
           admit
           of
           this
           ,
           we
           must
           seek
           out
           some
           other
           Hypothesis
           ,
           to
           salve
           up
           those
           flaws
           and
           defects
           which
           otherwise
           will
           appear
           in
           the
           beauteous
           Order
           and
           ministration
           of
           Providence
           .
        
         
           Not
           to
           omit
           any
           thing
           which
           might
           give
           light
           to
           the
           present
           Question
           ,
           I
           shall
           consider
           the
           use
           of
           those
           terms
           and
           expressions
           in
           Holy
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           by
           many
           are
           extended
           and
           drawn
           to
           the
           contrary
           Sense
           ;
           and
           me-thinks
           from
           thence
           some
           few
           glimmerings
           ray
           forth
           ,
           on
           purpose
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           to
           allure
           the
           lovers
           of
           knowledge
           to
           a
           diligent
           search
           and
           inquisition
           after
           it
           .
           
             In
             my
             Fathers
             house
          
           (
           sayes
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           )
           
             are
             many
             mansions
             :
             but
             I
             go
             to
             prepare
             a
             place
             for
             you
             .
          
           The
           whole
           world
           is
           the
           house
           
           of
           the
           great
           King
           ,
           and
           in
           it
           are
           many
           Outer-Courts
           and
           different
           Places
           ,
           both
           higher
           and
           lower
           Rooms
           ,
           fitted
           for
           the
           several
           capacities
           and
           states
           of
           all
           his
           Servants
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           place
           whither
           all
           holy
           Souls
           shall
           arrive
           ,
           and
           which
           was
           not
           then
           ready
           .
           From
           whence
           't
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Souls
           of
           the
           Patriarchs
           ,
           and
           holy
           men
           ,
           which
           lived
           before
           the
           Coming
           of
           the
           Messias
           ,
           were
           not
           entred
           into
           the
           
             Coelum
             Beatorum
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           properly
           so
           called
           ;
           but
           were
           in
           a
           state
           of
           joy
           and
           happiness
           ,
           (
           which
           the
           Greek
           Fathers
           call
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           Luk.
           16
           ,
           and
           the
           Latin
           ,
           Refrigerium
           and
           
             Somnum
             pacis
          
           )
           where
           they
           conversed
           with
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Prophets
           did
           in
           their
           Dreams
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           received
           great
           degrees
           of
           favour
           and
           revelation
           ,
           and
           were
           refreshed
           with
           the
           frequent
           visits
           and
           society
           of
           Angells
           ,
           till
           they
           arose
           to
           their
           ethereal
           State.
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Receptacle
           of
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           in
           whom
           the
           fire
           of
           Divine
           Love
           is
           not
           so
           enflamed
           and
           kindled
           ,
           as
           to
           melt
           their
           less
           pure
           bodies
           into
           a
           Celestial
           splendor
           .
           And
           to
           this
           accords
           that
           speech
           of
           Christ
           to
           
           the
           penitent
           thief
           ;
           
             This
             day
             shalt
             thou
             be
             with
             me
             in
             Paradise
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           joyes
           and
           felicities
           of
           pious
           Souls
           ;
           for
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           is
           by
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           and
           Philo
           ,
           called
           the
           Garden
           where
           Adam
           was
           placed
           :
           And
           hence
           ,
           when
           the
           felicities
           of
           a
           future
           life
           began
           to
           be
           discovered
           more
           clearly
           ,
           the
           state
           of
           holy
           Souls
           expecting
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           was
           called
           by
           the
           Jews
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           The
           reason
           of
           which
           was
           ,
           (
           as
           Grotius
           in
           Luk.
           23.
           conjectures
           )
           because
           of
           the
           analogy
           between
           them
           ;
           that
           ,
           as
           the
           Garden
           of
           Paradise
           ,
           in
           which
           Adam
           was
           in
           his
           state
           of
           innocency
           ,
           abounded
           with
           pleasures
           and
           delights
           ;
           so
           doth
           this
           receptacle
           of
           pious
           and
           devout
           souls
           after
           death
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           was
           that
           St.
           Paul
           in
           2
           Cor.
           12.2.4
           .
           was
           first
           shewn
           the
           joyes
           of
           the
           children
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           and
           ,
           least
           his
           resolute
           and
           active
           Soul
           should
           be
           troubled
           with
           the
           long
           expectation
           of
           such
           ineffable
           felicity
           ,
           the
           comforts
           and
           refreshments
           of
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           antepasts
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           were
           likewise
           discovered
           to
           him
           .
           Which
           were
           denoted
           to
           the
           sons
           of
           sense
           under
           the
           notion
           and
           figure
           of
           a
           Garden
           ,
           because
           they
           could
           not
           conceive
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             nisi
             sub
             
             figura
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             intellectual
             things
             ,
             but
             under
             a
             sensible
             Scheme
             .
          
           And
           to
           this
           are
           opposed
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           which
           signifie
           the
           state
           and
           condition
           of
           such
           irreclamable
           spirits
           as
           are
           sunk
           below
           all
           the
           principles
           of
           Righteousness
           and
           justice
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           their
           whole
           design
           to
           obliterate
           those
           Idea's
           out
           of
           their
           minds
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           Paradise
           and
           Hell
           signifie
           the
           distinct
           condition
           of
           good
           and
           bad
           Spirits
           ,
           so
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           Hades
           denotes
           the
           common
           receptacle
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           is
           opposed
           both
           to
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           and
           answers
           to
           the
           Hebrew
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           Gen.
           37.35
           .
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           
             for
             I
             will
             go
             down
             into
             the
             grave
             unto
             my
             son
             ,
             mourning
          
           ;
           which
           could
           not
           be
           meant
           of
           the
           Grave
           ,
           as
           if
           his
           son
           had
           been
           buried
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           supposed
           him
           to
           be
           torn
           in
           pieces
           by
           wild
           beasts
           )
           but
           of
           the
           region
           or
           state
           of
           Invisibility
           ;
           for
           so
           Hades
           properly
           signifies
           :
           Thus
           Heraclitus
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           speaking
           of
           the
           Helmet
           of
           Hades
           which
           makes
           men
           invisible
           ,
           he
           sayes
           ,
           It
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           the
           end
           ,
           or
           death
           of
           every
           man
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             to
             which
             he
             that
             comes
             ,
             becomes
             invisible
             .
          
           It
           is
           more
           
           than
           probable
           therefore
           ,
           that
           Paradise
           signifies
           no
           other
           ,
           but
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Jewish
           notion
           ,
           a
           place
           of
           delight
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           appropriated
           to
           the
           Spirits
           of
           just
           men
           ;
           such
           as
           the
           Poets
           understood
           by
           their
           Elizian
           field
           ,
           which
           
             Pindar
             ,
             Olymp.
             Od.
          
           2
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           cited
           by
           Eugubinus
           ,
           in
           his
           book
           
             de
             perenni
             Philosophia
          
           ,
           excellently
           well
           describes
           ;
           
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
               
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           For
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour
           by
           Paradise
           did
           not
           understand
           those
           aethereal
           Regions
           of
           bliss
           and
           joy
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           portion
           and
           inheritance
           of
           defecate
           and
           sublime
           Spirits
           ,
           will
           be
           evident
           ;
           in
           that
           he
           himself
           was
           not
           there
           ,
           but
           ,
           in
           the
           intermediate
           space
           between
           his
           Death
           and
           Resurrection
           ,
           preached
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             to
             the
             spirits
             in
             prison
          
           ,
           
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           Noah
           were
           drowned
           in
           that
           general
           Deluge
           ,
           and
           now
           were
           released
           ,
           and
           set
           at
           liberty
           by
           the
           approach
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           such
           as
           the
           Prophet
           Zach.
           9.11
           ,
           12.
           calls
           
             Prisoners
             of
             hope
             ,
             lying
             in
             the
             lake
             where
             there
             is
             no
             water
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           where
           there
           was
           no
           constant
           stream
           of
           joy
           to
           refresh
           their
           present
           condition
           ,
           but
           yet
           they
           were
           supported
           with
           certain
           showers
           and
           gracious
           visitations
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           illuminations
           of
           their
           hope
           .
           That
           of
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             Phil.
          
           1.23
           .
           makes
           little
           to
           their
           purpose
           ,
           who
           think
           the
           Soul
           goes
           presently
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           upon
           the
           dissolution
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           for
           ,
           
             To
             be
             with
             Christ
          
           ,
           signifies
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           our
           Souls
           are
           received
           by
           Christ
           ,
           into
           merciful
           ,
           joyful
           ,
           and
           safe
           custody
           ,
           as
           dear
           pledges
           *
           committed
           to
           his
           trust
           and
           care
           ,
           till
           Hades
           shall
           deliver
           up
           it's
           dead
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           ,
           who
           before
           were
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           invisible
           ,
           shall
           come
           forth
           ,
           and
           be
           presented
           to
           the
           view
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           receive
           that
           great
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           and
           Crown
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           which
           Christ
           has
           laid
           up
           for
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           and
           you
           ,
           and
           me
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           long
           for
           his
           
           appearance
           .
           The
           sum
           of
           all
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           made
           good
           ,
           either
           from
           Scripture
           or
           Reason
           ,
           that
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           departed
           this
           life
           ,
           go
           immediately
           upon
           their
           separation
           ,
           to
           Heaven
           or
           Hell
           ,
           in
           a
           Scholastical
           sense
           :
           For
           this
           we
           have
           the
           suffrage
           of
           
             Justin
             Martyr
          
           ,
           who
           disputing
           with
           Trypho
           the
           Jew
           ,
           taxes
           those
           as
           erroneous
           ,
           who
           say
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
        
         
           Your
           third
           Demand
           carries
           with
           it
           more
           d●fficulty
           ;
           and
           while
           I
           discourse
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           am
           wholly
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           can
           only
           give
           you
           a
           Conjectural
           Essay
           :
           which
           ,
           if
           it
           may
           be
           subservient
           to
           my
           purpose
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           please
           ,
           and
           gratifie
           your
           fancy
           ,
           and
           ,
           like
           the
           little
           dots
           or
           characters
           in
           Brachygraphy
           ,
           bring
           to
           your
           mind
           a
           more
           copious
           illustration
           of
           the
           present
           Theme
           ,
           I
           shall
           obtain
           my
           desire
           .
        
         
           I
           consider
           therefore
           ,
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           under
           God
           the
           great
           Monarch
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           (
           so
           many
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           as
           participate
           of
           Reason
           and
           Intellect
           )
           to
           fall
           under
           a
           Political
           Government
           ;
           and
           it
           seems
           altogether
           necessary
           ,
           that
           
           among
           the
           aereal
           Inhabitants
           it
           should
           be
           so
           ;
           for
           they
           being
           a
           mixed
           ,
           and
           heterogeneous
           number
           ,
           of
           good
           and
           bad
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           not
           a
           due
           execution
           of
           those
           Eternal
           and
           Sacred
           Laws
           enacted
           by
           the
           Counsel
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           for
           the
           promoting
           and
           establishing
           Piety
           and
           Virtue
           ,
           and
           the
           everting
           and
           eradicating
           Vice
           and
           Impiety
           ,
           the
           condition
           of
           all
           good
           and
           holy
           men
           would
           be
           unspeakably
           grievous
           and
           miserable
           ;
           there
           being
           so
           many
           degenerate
           Spirits
           ,
           who
           are
           only
           awake
           to
           the
           life
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           being
           wholly
           dead
           to
           all
           sense
           of
           Pity
           and
           Compassion
           ,
           please
           themselves
           in
           wreaking
           the
           rage
           of
           their
           furious
           and
           exorbitant
           Lusts
           upon
           the
           Innocent
           and
           Virtuous
           :
           whose
           calamity
           must
           needs
           be
           Eternal
           ,
           should
           not
           that
           just
           Nemesis
           ,
           which
           pervades
           the
           essential
           contextures
           and
           inmost
           capacities
           of
           the
           whole
           Creation
           ,
           erect
           a
           Polity
           and
           Kingdom
           of
           Light
           ,
           to
           preside
           over
           ,
           and
           curb
           the
           lawless
           actions
           of
           the
           dark
           Associates
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Condition
           and
           state
           of
           separate
           Souls
           is
           in
           a
           manner
           quite
           different
           from
           ours
           ,
           so
           their
           Laws
           and
           Mulcts
           are
           diverse
           ,
           and
           are
           
           best
           known
           to
           those
           that
           live
           under
           them
           :
           But
           whatever
           they
           are
           ,
           't
           is
           most
           certain
           ,
           their
           Penalties
           are
           severely
           executed
           upon
           offenders
           .
           And
           ,
           for
           the
           due
           effecting
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           conserving
           the
           peace
           and
           quiet
           of
           this
           great
           Empire
           of
           Intellectual
           Agents
           ,
           there
           are
           Aethereal
           Princes
           set
           over
           the
           several
           Kingdomes
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           subordination
           to
           them
           ,
           are
           ,
           the
           Governours
           ,
           or
           tutelary
           Angels
           of
           Provinces
           ,
           and
           little
           Exarchats
           ;
           and
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           every
           mans
           particular
           Genius
           ,
           or
           guardian
           Angel
           :
           so
           that
           this
           Government
           reaches
           even
           from
           Heaven
           to
           Earth
           ,
           and
           none
           can
           ,
           through
           subtilty
           or
           power
           ,
           free
           themselves
           from
           it
           .
           Considering
           therefore
           ,
           The
           blew
           Arch
           ,
           or
           Concave
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           is
           so
           full
           of
           eyes
           ,
           and
           careful
           Inspectors
           of
           the
           several
           actions
           and
           demeanours
           of
           separate
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           their
           punishments
           so
           sharp
           and
           heavy
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           to
           be
           thought
           that
           they
           will
           easily
           be
           induced
           to
           violate
           any
           of
           their
           Laws
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           ,
           perchance
           this
           may
           be
           one
           ,
           of
           concealing
           their
           state
           from
           us
           Mortals
           )
           unless
           some
           one
           begg
           a
           Patent
           or
           dispensation
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           the
           importunity
           
           of
           a
           relict
           Friend
           ,
           or
           discharge
           the
           obligation
           of
           an
           Oath
           .
           And
           this
           may
           be
           one
           reason
           why
           we
           hear
           so
           little
           news
           from
           the
           aereal
           Regions
           .
        
         
           Another
           great
           Cause
           of
           their
           so
           seldome
           appearing
           to
           us
           ,
           may
           be
           the
           d●fficulty
           and
           uneasiness
           of
           incrassating
           their
           Vehicles
           ;
           Thus
           have
           I
           seen
           ,
           of
           twenty
           boyes
           ,
           bathing
           and
           washing
           in
           the
           streams
           ,
           scarce
           one
           delight
           in
           diving
           to
           the
           bottom
           ;
           and
           if
           perchance
           he
           do
           ,
           his
           stay
           is
           so
           small
           and
           inconsiderable
           ,
           that
           ,
           had
           he
           been
           sent
           on
           Embassie
           to
           the
           Fishes
           ,
           the
           time
           would
           scarce
           permit
           him
           to
           have
           Audience
           ,
           before
           he
           were
           constrained
           to
           disappear
           .
           And
           I
           am
           the
           more
           confirmed
           in
           this
           perswasion
           ,
           from
           those
           assiduous
           Apparitions
           of
           Spirits
           among
           the
           Laplanders
           ,
           whose
           Air
           being
           gross
           and
           clammy
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           hard
           matter
           for
           a
           Daemon
           to
           condensate
           it
           to
           visibility
           ;
           and
           from
           hence
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           those
           people
           used
           to
           interr
           their
           deceased
           Friends
           under
           their
           hearths
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           warmth
           and
           heat
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           accelerating
           the
           putrefaction
           of
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           rarefying
           the
           Crasie
           consistency
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           might
           prohibit
           their
           
           otherwise
           more
           frequent
           Visits
           .
           And
           he
           that
           shall
           recollect
           some
           ,
           of
           those
           many
           stories
           of
           Phantasms
           ,
           and
           the
           Apparitions
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           which
           every
           age
           supplies
           us
           with
           ;
           and
           take
           notice
           of
           those
           artifices
           and
           wayes
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           they
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           when
           they
           intend
           to
           shew
           themselves
           to
           the
           frail
           eyes
           of
           men
           :
           he
           cannot
           but
           conclude
           it
           to
           be
           a
           pain
           and
           affliction
           ,
           to
           constipate
           and
           hold
           together
           the
           gross
           particles
           ,
           and
           glutinous
           suffusions
           of
           their
           Vehicles
           ,
           for
           any
           considerable
           time
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           those
           Spectra
           which
           infest
           the
           Earth
           ,
           are
           generally
           maleficent
           Daemons
           ,
           whose
           spirital
           part
           ,
           grown
           fat
           and
           dull
           ,
           through
           a
           perpetual
           indulgence
           to
           their
           lower
           Faculties
           ,
           like
           Swine
           ,
           they
           take
           a
           great
           complacency
           in
           dabling
           and
           soaking
           their
           vehicles
           in
           the
           miry
           ,
           and
           caliginous
           tracts
           of
           the
           Air
           ;
           and
           often
           become
           visible
           ,
           by
           fermenting
           and
           agitating
           the
           stagnant
           blood
           of
           their
           despicable
           bodies
           they
           left
           behind
           them
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           charity
           of
           men
           laid
           to
           rest
           in
           the
           Earth
           .
           And
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           reason
           why
           sometimes
           the
           
           Spectra
           have
           never
           been
           seen
           or
           heard
           of
           ,
           after
           the
           burning
           and
           consuming
           of
           their
           bodies
           ,
           which
           furnished
           them
           with
           effectual
           instruments
           and
           provision
           for
           their
           gamesome
           or
           wicked
           attempts
           .
           But
           if
           this
           be
           not
           ready
           at
           hand
           ,
           they
           descend
           into
           the
           nasty
           Caverns
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           attract
           to
           them
           the
           thickest
           fumes
           and
           exhalations
           ;
           or
           else
           suck
           in
           the
           impure
           and
           fulsome
           steams
           arising
           from
           the
           blood
           of
           slain
           beasts
           ,
           like
           the
           Zabii
           ,
           licking
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           Aegyptian
           Sacrifices
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           nor
           only
           a
           kind
           of
           Nutriment
           to
           their
           vehicles
           ,
           but
           the
           most
           likely
           means
           to
           transform
           themselves
           into
           whatsoever
           visible
           shape
           they
           please
           .
           To
           this
           purpose
           is
           that
           of
           Porphyrie
           ,
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           (
           scil
           .
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           And
           this
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           is
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           Familiars
           ,
           and
           Imps
           of
           Witches
           ,
           make
           themselves
           a
           kind
           of
           Teat
           in
           some
           part
           or
           other
           of
           the
           bodies
           of
           their
           accursed
           Consorts
           ,
           whereby
           they
           exhaust
           their
           blood
           and
           spirits
           ,
           and
           render
           their
           visages
           for
           the
           
           most
           part
           horrid
           and
           gastly
           ,
           like
           themselves
           ,
           when
           they
           appear
           to
           them
           .
           From
           the
           consideration
           of
           these
           evil
           Genii
           ,
           we
           may
           proportionably
           guess
           at
           the
           state
           of
           those
           better
           Souls
           ,
           who
           have
           nothing
           more
           to
           do
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           once
           departed
           from
           it
           ;
           or
           ,
           if
           they
           appear
           again
           ,
           it
           is
           upon
           a
           great
           necessity
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           weighty
           occasion
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           scorn
           and
           abhorr
           those
           ignoble
           wayes
           of
           making
           themselves
           objects
           of
           our
           Senses
           ;
           and
           having
           effected
           their
           design
           ,
           they
           are
           no
           more
           heard
           of
           ,
           but
           rest
           in
           peace
           and
           quietness
           ;
           chiefly
           aiming
           at
           the
           loosening
           and
           freeing
           themselves
           from
           their
           commerce
           with
           the
           impurer
           parts
           of
           matter
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           do
           delight
           in
           incrassating
           ,
           so
           these
           are
           continually
           intent
           upon
           attenuating
           their
           Vehicles
           ,
           and
           awakening
           to
           life
           their
           aethereal
           congruity
           ;
           which
           having
           attained
           ,
           they
           become
           invisible
           to
           the
           Aereal
           Inhabitants
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           when
           we
           traverse
           the
           hills
           ,
           and
           suck
           in
           the
           purer
           gusts
           of
           air
           ,
           we
           are
           more
           vivid
           and
           cheerful
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           an
           affliction
           to
           stay
           in
           a
           thicker
           and
           unwholsome
           Region
           ;
           so
           these
           purer
           Spirits
           ,
           having
           
           free
           access
           to
           the
           tops
           of
           mountains
           ,
           and
           more
           serene
           Quarters
           of
           heaven
           ,
           find
           themselves
           sensibly
           pained
           ,
           when
           they
           descend
           into
           these
           lower
           tracts
           ,
           and
           coagulate
           their
           looser
           bodies
           into
           a
           visible
           consistency
           .
        
         
           To
           give
           some
           further
           light
           to
           the
           Physical
           consideration
           of
           this
           Argument
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Apparitions
           both
           of
           Good
           and
           Bad
           Spirits
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           it
           will
           require
           almost
           as
           deep
           a
           degree
           of
           Fancy
           ,
           to
           constipate
           their
           aery
           Bodies
           to
           visibility
           ,
           as
           it
           doth
           to
           attain
           to
           that
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           separation
           and
           disjunction
           of
           the
           Soul
           from
           this
           terrestrial
           Body
           without
           Death
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           if
           so
           few
           appear
           to
           us
           :
           For
           ,
           though
           the
           matter
           of
           their
           Vehicles
           may
           be
           very
           pliable
           ,
           and
           easily
           formed
           into
           any
           shape
           ,
           yet
           the
           efformation
           of
           it
           into
           this
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           particular
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           depends
           not
           so
           much
           upon
           the
           will
           ,
           or
           arbitrarious
           power
           ,
           as
           upon
           a
           very
           strong
           imagination
           ,
           impressed
           upon
           ,
           and
           reaching
           the
           plastick
           Faculty
           ;
           and
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           no
           more
           in
           their
           power
           to
           condense
           their
           Bodies
           into
           visibility
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           in
           ours
           ,
           to
           rarifie
           our
           Blood
           into
           
           Steam
           and
           vapour
           .
           Their
           bodies
           therefore
           ,
           naturally
           falling
           into
           humane
           shape
           ,
           and
           retaining
           the
           characteristical
           personality
           they
           bare
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           if
           at
           any
           time
           they
           constrain
           them
           to
           represent
           another
           effigies
           ,
           or
           contract
           and
           constipate
           the
           laxe
           and
           diffuse
           particles
           of
           their
           vehicles
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           become
           sensible
           to
           us
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           counted
           a
           spontaneous
           action
           ,
           that
           is
           effected
           by
           an
           arbitrary
           power
           ,
           but
           depends
           upon
           the
           strength
           of
           Imagination
           which
           ,
           although
           it
           act
           more
           quick
           and
           perceptibly
           upon
           their
           tenuious
           bodies
           ,
           yet
           all
           effects
           are
           not
           equally
           produced
           by
           the
           same
           degree
           of
           Fancy
           or
           Imagination
           :
           Thus
           the
           signature
           ,
           or
           impression
           of
           a
           Cherry
           upon
           the
           Foetus
           in
           the
           womb
           ,
           is
           more
           easily
           produced
           ,
           than
           the
           transformation
           of
           all
           it's
           members
           ,
           into
           those
           of
           a
           Cat
           or
           Dog.
           And
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           storied
           of
           Cardan
           ,
           that
           by
           use
           and
           custome
           he
           had
           so
           altered
           his
           body
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           ,
           when
           he
           pleased
           ,
           fall
           into
           a
           perfect
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           so
           I
           deny
           not
           but
           some
           separate
           spirits
           ,
           may
           ,
           by
           practice
           ,
           and
           the
           aid
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           may
           not
           improbably
           be
           thought
           assistant
           at
           such
           Feats
           as
           these
           ,
           without
           any
           great
           pain
           or
           trouble
           become
           visible
           .
        
         
         
           Having
           given
           you
           this
           brief
           account
           of
           the
           Question
           ,
           I
           shall
           digress
           a
           little
           (
           if
           I
           may
           call
           it
           so
           )
           to
           another
           Speculation
           ,
           not
           unlike
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Why
             Good
             Angels
             ,
             and
             pure
             and
             defecate
             Souls
             ,
             whose
             exalted
             State
             makes
             them
             no
             less
             lovers
             of
             Men
             ,
             than
             when
             their
             radiant
             Goodness
             was
             clothed
             with
             Humanity
             ,
             and
             dwelt
             among
             them
             ;
             should
             nevertheless
             hide
             it
             ,
             by
             their
             short
             ,
             and
             seldome
             Converse
             with
             the
             World
             ?
          
           The
           great
           Cause
           of
           it
           therefore
           seems
           to
           lye
           in
           the
           general
           wickedness
           and
           impurity
           of
           mens
           lives
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           wickedness
           has
           delug'd
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           Impiety
           and
           Vice
           ,
           like
           a
           mighty
           torrent
           ,
           swept
           away
           the
           ruinous
           and
           broken
           remains
           of
           Virtue
           ,
           and
           defaced
           the
           air
           and
           features
           of
           the
           Divine
           Image
           ,
           so
           that
           Holiness
           looks
           like
           a
           strange
           and
           unknown
           thing
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           as
           much
           forsaken
           of
           God
           as
           despised
           of
           men
           .
           For
           surely
           ,
           did
           a
           real
           Spirit
           of
           truth
           and
           righteousness
           prevail
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           mankind
           ,
           and
           were
           they
           inoffensive
           and
           harmless
           ,
           as
           the
           Sons
           of
           God
           and
           virtue
           ,
           laying
           aside
           all
           Envy
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           and
           Self-interest
           ,
           and
           expelling
           the
           principles
           of
           the
           impious
           
           Nature
           ,
           and
           becoming
           in
           all
           things
           conformable
           to
           the
           mind
           and
           temper
           of
           the
           Holy
           Jesus
           ;
           there
           would
           be
           no
           such
           strangeness
           between
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           but
           the
           communications
           of
           the
           Divine
           and
           Terrestrial
           Nature
           would
           be
           more
           frequent
           ;
           and
           the
           Holy
           Angels
           ,
           and
           the
           departed
           Souls
           of
           Just
           Men
           ,
           would
           descend
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           and
           visit
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           Men
           would
           be
           made
           one
           Polity
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           Dye
           would
           be
           no
           more
           than
           to
           walk
           out
           of
           a
           close
           Prison
           ,
           into
           the
           free
           and
           unbounded
           Air.
           For
           ,
           what
           else
           can
           there
           be
           that
           should
           impede
           ,
           or
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           such
           happy
           entertainments
           ,
           since
           their
           pretensions
           and
           designs
           on
           both
           parts
           are
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           carrying
           on
           the
           Divine
           Life
           in
           triumph
           ,
           to
           its
           utmost
           completion
           and
           perfection
           ,
           and
           the
           utter
           eversion
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Sin
           and
           Darkness
           ?
           The
           Angels
           ,
           though
           much
           more
           noble
           than
           we
           ,
           yet
           are
           no
           narrow
           ,
           and
           self-contracted
           Beings
           ,
           sporting
           themselves
           in
           the
           circles
           of
           their
           own
           glory
           ,
           in
           an
           utter
           oblivion
           ,
           or
           abhorrence
           of
           the
           poor
           and
           calamitous
           condition
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           
           the
           Earth
           ,
           but
           full
           of
           love
           and
           benignity
           ,
           remembring
           them
           as
           those
           who
           were
           once
           invested
           with
           the
           same
           happiness
           themselves
           now
           enjoy
           ;
           and
           therefore
           are
           careful
           Observators
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           Promoters
           of
           their
           felicity
           ;
           Nor
           can
           we
           imagine
           ,
           that
           Death
           can
           alienate
           the
           affections
           of
           pious
           and
           holy
           men
           departed
           this
           life
           ,
           from
           their
           fellow
           mortals
           ,
           or
           make
           them
           less
           compassionate
           and
           studious
           of
           their
           good
           and
           welfare
           ,
           but
           rather
           increase
           ,
           and
           fann
           their
           Love
           into
           Flames
           and
           gentle
           Ardors
           ,
           and
           having
           more
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           resentment
           of
           their
           wants
           and
           necessities
           ,
           become
           not
           uninteressed
           Spectators
           ,
           but
           earnest
           Abettors
           of
           their
           innocent
           and
           faithful
           attempts
           ,
           in
           recovering
           their
           ancient
           glory
           .
           'T
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           therefore
           ,
           that
           the
           time
           will
           come
           ,
           before
           the
           periods
           of
           this
           World
           are
           run
           out
           and
           unravell'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Divine
           Life
           shall
           have
           a
           general
           conquest
           over
           the
           hearts
           and
           minds
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Love
           and
           Righteousness
           overspread
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           and
           men
           shall
           be
           fully
           assured
           and
           convinced
           even
           to
           
           outward
           sense
           of
           the
           immortality
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           and
           the
           joyes
           of
           a
           future
           life
           ,
           by
           the
           frequent
           entercourse
           and
           converse
           of
           holy
           and
           benign
           Spirits
           with
           them
           in
           these
           regions
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           To
           resume
           and
           conclude
           my
           former
           argument
           :
           That
           the
           apparitions
           of
           separate
           Souls
           are
           rare
           and
           infrequent
           ,
           proceeds
           from
           the
           causes
           above
           recited
           ;
           but
           ,
           that
           there
           have
           been
           some
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           serves
           to
           carry
           on
           that
           great
           design
           of
           Providence
           ,
           in
           assuring
           men
           of
           the
           future
           subsistence
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           and
           confronting
           that
           dull
           and
           sottish
           spirit
           of
           Atheism
           ,
           which
           is
           gone
           abroad
           into
           the
           world
           ;
           That
           there
           is
           something
           in
           us
           that
           looks
           beyond
           the
           periods
           of
           this
           fleeting
           life
           ,
           and
           survives
           our
           ashes
           ,
           and
           is
           capable
           of
           acting
           freely
           and
           nobly
           ,
           when
           these
           carneous
           fabricks
           shall
           fall
           asunder
           ,
           and
           be
           cramm'd
           into
           their
           narrow
           Urns.
           The
           Soul
           of
           man
           ,
           while
           't
           is
           held
           captive
           in
           the
           shackles
           and
           fetters
           of
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           is
           but
           in
           a
           Sleep
           ,
           or
           a
           longer
           Dream
           ;
           and
           the
           expiration
           of
           this
           terrestrial
           period
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           Death
           ,
           is
           the
           expergefaction
           ,
           or
           awakening
           those
           
           nobler
           Faculties
           ,
           to
           a
           sense
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           unmasking
           the
           intricate
           ,
           and
           perplexed
           apprehensions
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           from
           error
           and
           falshood
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Indian
             Brachmans
          
           *
           affirmed
           ,
           The
           life
           of
           man
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           to
           be
           like
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Foetus
           in
           the
           Womb
           ;
           and
           Death
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Birth
           to
           Life
           ,
           truly
           so
           called
           ;
           to
           a
           Life
           of
           Happiness
           in
           the
           Blest
           Reg●ons
           above
           ,
           in
           the
           quiet
           Plains
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           Seat
           of
           the
           Immortal
           
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
          
           Genii
           :
           where
           the
           winds
           never
           ruffle
           up
           a
           cloud
           to
           intercept
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Sun
           's
           brighter
           face
           ,
           nor
           Snow
           or
           Showers
           ever
           pass
           through
           ;
           but
           an
           undisturbed
           calm
           and
           serenity
           of
           an
           Eternal
           Day
           overspreads
           the
           utmost
           limits
           of
           these
           Blissful
           Mansions
           .
        
         
           Your
           last
           Question
           propounded
           ,
           is
           ,
           
           concerning
           the
           lawfulness
           
             of
             Praying
             for
             the
             Dead
          
           ,
           and
           ,
           
             Whether
             the
             mutual
             obligations
             of
             friendship
             cease
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             removed
             from
             the
             ruinous
             fabricks
             of
             their
             Earthly
             Bodies
             ?
          
           And
           truly
           ,
           methinks
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Problem
           worthy
           your
           eximious
           and
           generous
           mind
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           contented
           only
           to
           make
           use
           of
           all
           the
           instances
           and
           opportunities
           of
           doing
           good
           to
           mankind
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           but
           your
           pious
           charity
           would
           likewise
           follow
           them
           into
           the
           next
           ;
           and
           ,
           if
           it
           might
           be
           ,
           make
           them
           as
           happy
           as
           God
           at
           first
           created
           them
           .
           For
           (
           as
           I
           have
           often
           heard
           you
           discourse
           )
           it
           is
           a
           pain
           and
           affliction
           ,
           great
           as
           the
           tearing
           and
           rending
           our
           bodily
           life
           ,
           to
           a
           noble
           and
           free
           spirit
           ,
           to
           perswade
           himself
           ,
           that
           ,
           when
           our
           Piety
           hath
           committed
           our
           dead
           Friend's
           body
           to
           the
           Earth
           ,
           its
           common
           Parent
           ,
           and
           besprinkled
           his
           Hearse
           with
           a
           Funeral
           tear
           ,
           and
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           for
           some
           small
           time
           after
           ,
           breathed
           out
           a
           fresh
           gale
           of
           Sighs
           upon
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           Picture
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           ,
           with
           his
           last
           words
           ,
           and
           dying
           groans
           ,
           he
           recommended
           to
           us
           as
           his
           Memorial
           ;
           that
           then
           he
           should
           be
           banished
           out
           of
           
           our
           minds
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           regarded
           ,
           than
           if
           he
           had
           never
           lived
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           or
           were
           now
           quite
           extinct
           ,
           and
           put
           out
           of
           Being
           .
           I
           cannot
           therefore
           attribute
           this
           unconcernedness
           for
           the
           state
           and
           condition
           of
           departed
           Souls
           ,
           to
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           but
           to
           that
           poverty
           and
           narrowness
           of
           spirit
           ,
           which
           makes
           men
           look
           upon
           themselves
           as
           private
           ,
           and
           particular
           Beings
           ,
           sent
           into
           the
           world
           to
           promote
           and
           advance
           their self
           designs
           and
           little
           interests
           ,
           in
           contradistinction
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           mankind
           ,
           forgetting
           that
           they
           are
           a
           part
           of
           Gods
           Creation
           ,
           and
           members
           of
           that
           great
           Body
           Politick
           which
           reaches
           from
           Heaven
           to
           Earth
           ,
           and
           is
           extended
           every
           way
           through
           the
           vast
           comprehensions
           of
           immense
           Space
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Creatures
           ought
           to
           have
           a
           share
           in
           their
           love
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           more
           perfect
           their
           Natures
           are
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           widened
           and
           enlarged
           in
           Charity
           ,
           and
           an
           universal
           Benignity
           towards
           all
           ,
           especially
           towards
           mankind
           ,
           in
           promoting
           ,
           to
           their
           utmost
           power
           ,
           the
           completion
           of
           their
           happiness
           .
           For
           ,
           although
           men
           ,
           when
           they
           go
           away
           hence
           ,
           become
           
           invisible
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           in
           part
           at
           loss
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           their
           affairs
           and
           concerns
           ;
           yet
           nevertheless
           we
           are
           assured
           they
           are
           in
           Being
           ,
           and
           members
           of
           that
           great
           Society
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           our selves
           make
           a
           part
           ;
           and
           therefore
           are
           not
           to
           be
           accounted
           such
           strangers
           to
           our
           thoughts
           and
           devotions
           :
           and
           if
           their
           Prayers
           can
           at
           all
           prevail
           ,
           and
           be
           effectual
           in
           our
           behalf
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           see
           why
           the
           Prayers
           and
           Oraisons
           of
           a
           Good
           and
           Holy
           Person
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           may
           not
           enter
           the
           eares
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           derive
           a
           blessing
           upon
           them
           ,
           supposing
           them
           to
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           those
           things
           he
           desires
           in
           their
           behalf
           .
           That
           separate
           Souls
           are
           not
           unmindful
           of
           us
           when
           they
           have
           left
           the
           prisons
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           ,
           and
           inherit
           a
           new
           and
           stranger
           freedome
           ,
           cannot
           easily
           be
           denied
           ;
           unless
           we
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           perfect
           they
           grow
           ,
           the
           less
           charity
           and
           love
           they
           retain
           towards
           those
           who
           want
           those
           degrees
           of
           felicity
           they
           have
           arrived
           unto
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           those
           holy
           Spirits
           which
           depart
           hence
           ,
           are
           seated
           far
           above
           the
           reach
           of
           Envy
           or
           Passion
           ;
           and
           the
           dead
           Wife
           is
           not
           troubled
           at
           the
           songs
           
           sung
           at
           the
           next
           Bridal
           Feast
           ,
           nor
           grieved
           to
           see
           another
           inherit
           the
           Joyes
           of
           her
           Husbands-bed
           ;
           but
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           removed
           so
           farr
           ,
           as
           to
           beget
           in
           them
           an
           utter
           oblivion
           of
           those
           they
           have
           left
           behind
           :
           nor
           doth
           the
           augmentation
           of
           their
           Happiness
           ,
           diminish
           their
           love
           towards
           us
           Mortals
           ,
           who
           begin
           our
           lives
           with
           weeping
           ,
           as
           a
           sure
           presage
           of
           our
           future
           calamities
           ;
           and
           the
           fi●st
           tribute
           we
           pay
           to
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           is
           to
           present
           him
           with
           a
           tear
           ,
           and
           watry
           eyes
           .
           There
           is
           then
           without
           doubt
           a
           Relation
           continued
           still
           ,
           which
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           laws
           of
           their
           Friendship
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           native
           goodness
           ,
           which
           dispreads
           it self
           every
           way
           ,
           when
           freed
           from
           the
           contagion
           of
           Earthly
           Concretions
           ,
           will
           never
           suffer
           them
           to
           rescind
           :
           To
           this
           purpose
           ,
           Josephus
           brings
           in
           Abraham
           thus
           bespeaking
           his
           son
           Isaac
           ,
           before
           that
           fatall
           stroke
           design'd
           to
           let
           out
           that
           pure
           Soul
           into
           the
           Skies
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           And
           
           St.
           Ambrose
           gave
           some
           things
           in
           charge
           to
           his
           dying
           brother
           Satyrus
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           do
           for
           him
           in
           the
           other
           world
           .
           And
           as
           they
           present
           themselves
           before
           the
           Throne
           of
           Majesty
           in
           humble
           Petitions
           for
           us
           ,
           so
           certainly
           something
           belongs
           to
           us
           to
           do
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           we
           must
           ,
           by
           all
           those
           wayes
           we
           can
           ,
           preserve
           ,
           and
           continue
           the
           memory
           of
           our
           dead
           Friends
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           good
           men
           :
           which
           can
           no
           wayes
           be
           better
           done
           ,
           than
           by
           desiring
           God
           ,
           with
           hearty
           and
           constant
           Prayer
           ,
           to
           call
           home
           his
           banished
           to
           him
           ;
           that
           those
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             those
             little
             particles
             ,
             and
             shreds
             of
             Divinity
             ,
          
           (
           as
           Epictetus
           calls
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           )
           may
           be
           gathered
           up
           ,
           and
           re-united
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           al
           comprehensive
           Good
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           periods
           of
           this
           world
           shall
           be
           expired
           ,
           they
           may
           have
           a
           joyful
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           a
           perfect
           consummation
           of
           their
           Bliss
           ,
           in
           the
           Immortal
           Regions
           of
           Glory
           and
           Felicity
           .
           Thus
           St.
           Paul
           prayed
           for
           Onesiphorus
           ,
           2
           Tim.
           1.18
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             grant
             unto
             him
             that
             he
             may
             find
             mercy
             of
             the
             Lord
             in
             that
             day
          
           ;
           who
           ,
           't
           is
           probable
           ,
           
           was
           at
           that
           time
           dead
           ,
           because
           the
           Apostle
           salutes
           the
           house
           of
           Onesiphorus
           ,
           and
           not
           Onesiphorus
           himself
           ;
           who
           ,
           doubtless
           ,
           had
           he
           been
           alive
           ,
           and
           part
           of
           his
           family
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           named
           particularly
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           and
           not
           afterwards
           ,
           distinct
           from
           his
           House
           .
           But
           I
           do
           not
           lay
           so
           much
           stress
           upon
           this
           :
           If
           therefore
           the
           dead
           are
           in
           a
           state
           and
           capacity
           of
           being
           bettered
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           think
           I
           have
           sufficiently
           proved
           they
           are
           ,
           by
           what
           I
           have
           said
           in
           answer
           to
           your
           second
           Question
           )
           they
           may
           likewise
           receive
           good
           and
           advantage
           by
           our
           Prayers
           .
           For
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           is
           immediately
           snatched
           up
           into
           the
           highest
           bliss
           and
           happiness
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           or
           depressed
           into
           the
           torments
           of
           Hell
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           contrary
           to
           Reason
           ,
           but
           repugnant
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           which
           unanimously
           determines
           a
           time
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             of
             Purgation
          
           ,
           before
           she
           can
           be
           admitted
           into
           the
           society
           of
           the
           Spirits
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             of
             just
             men
             made
             perfect
          
           ;
           and
           if
           our
           Prayers
           can
           be
           in
           any
           measure
           beneficial
           to
           men
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           they
           may
           have
           the
           same
           effects
           and
           purposes
           
           upon
           them
           in
           the
           other
           .
           For
           ,
           let
           any
           man
           that
           thinks
           otherwise
           consider
           ,
           what
           he
           means
           by
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           have
           any
           congruous
           ,
           and
           rational
           apprehension
           and
           Idea
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           must
           necessarily
           conclude
           it
           to
           be
           a
           state
           of
           the
           highest
           purity
           and
           holiness
           ,
           and
           the
           farthest
           removed
           from
           the
           infectious
           pollution
           of
           Mortality
           ,
           and
           dreggs
           of
           the
           Terrestrial
           Life
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           him
           reflect
           upon
           the
           moral
           Natures
           and
           Dispositions
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           when
           they
           leave
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           see
           how
           many
           vitious
           habits
           and
           inclinations
           towards
           the
           complacencies
           and
           inordinate
           pleasures
           of
           sense
           remain
           unmortified
           ,
           how
           stubborn
           and
           inflexible
           their
           wills
           are
           yet
           to
           sincere
           Goodness
           and
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           how
           vigorous
           the
           Animal
           and
           bodily
           Life
           is
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           continual
           contradictions
           and
           oppositions
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           higher
           principles
           ;
           and
           how
           very
           few
           of
           those
           which
           are
           sincerely
           good
           and
           righteous
           ,
           to
           their
           utmost
           powers
           ,
           have
           brought
           themselves
           under
           the
           Divine
           Life
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           awaken
           in
           them
           that
           high
           and
           comprehensive
           
           principle
           of
           Life
           and
           Immortality
           :
           let
           him
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           consider
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           then
           tell
           me
           ,
           whether
           he
           can
           rationally
           averr
           ,
           That
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           ,
           immediately
           upon
           their
           solution
           from
           their
           bodies
           ,
           are
           carried
           into
           those
           degrees
           of
           happiness
           which
           are
           competible
           only
           to
           Heroically
           good
           and
           Virtuous
           Spirits
           .
           Nor
           can
           this
           enervate
           the
           force
           of
           this
           Argumentation
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           all
           the
           sins
           which
           a
           good
           man
           is
           guilty
           of
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           proceed
           from
           his
           union
           and
           conjunction
           with
           this
           terrestrial
           Body
           ,
           which
           continually
           administers
           fuel
           to
           the
           flames
           of
           inordinate
           Passions
           and
           irregular
           Desires
           and
           Actions
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           freed
           from
           the
           strait
           and
           narrow
           Laws
           of
           Mortality
           ,
           he
           will
           become
           necessarily
           Good
           ;
           and
           it
           will
           be
           as
           impertinent
           to
           pray
           for
           his
           emendation
           ,
           and
           perfection
           in
           Holiness
           ,
           as
           when
           we
           see
           the
           Sun
           leaving
           our
           Hemisphere
           ,
           to
           pray
           that
           he
           may
           rise
           ,
           and
           enlighten
           the
           world
           again
           to
           morrow
           .
           For
           ,
           besides
           the
           ridiculousness
           of
           supposing
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           ,
           immediately
           upon
           it's
           relinquishing
           the
           Body
           ,
           to
           arise
           
           to
           such
           prodigious
           degrees
           of
           Sanctity
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           she
           becomes
           an
           Angel
           ,
           or
           Demi-god
           ,
           or
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           transcendent
           Being
           ,
           and
           so
           perfectly
           cleared
           ,
           and
           purified
           from
           all
           spots
           and
           defilements
           contracted
           in
           this
           life
           ;
           as
           that
           glorious
           Eye
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           Sun
           ,
           cannot
           espie
           a
           blemish
           in
           her
           ;
           besides
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           one
           may
           well
           question
           ,
           Whether
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           will
           be
           so
           Necessarily
           ,
           and
           Fatally
           Good
           ,
           in
           the
           other
           state
           ,
           as
           the
           Objection
           seems
           to
           inferr
           ;
           since
           that
           she
           is
           never
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           danger
           ,
           till
           she
           hath
           attained
           her
           heavenly
           Body
           ,
           which
           Christ
           ,
           the
           righteous
           Judge
           ,
           shall
           bestow
           upon
           her
           at
           the
           general
           Resurrection
           ;
           but
           is
           alwayes
           encompassed
           about
           with
           the
           same
           invisible
           enemies
           ,
           which
           attended
           her
           in
           this
           life
           ;
           (
           there
           being
           a
           mixture
           ,
           and
           complexion
           of
           good
           and
           bad
           Spirits
           ,
           as
           of
           Mankind
           upon
           Earth
           )
           :
           nor
           can
           she
           be
           totally
           freed
           from
           the
           extravagant
           impulses
           ,
           and
           motions
           of
           her
           body
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           farr
           more
           passive
           ,
           and
           yielding
           to
           those
           gentle
           impresses
           and
           strokes
           she
           layes
           upon
           it
           ,
           to
           countermand
           it's
           luxuriant
           
           sollicitations
           to
           Impurity
           and
           Vice
           :
           And
           ,
           though
           we
           should
           grant
           her
           to
           be
           Heroically
           good
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           all
           that
           can
           be
           desired
           )
           yet
           her
           own
           Will
           ,
           the
           principle
           of
           her
           first
           Rebellion
           and
           Apostacy
           ,
           still
           remains
           ,
           and
           she
           can
           have
           no
           greater
           security
           of
           her
           non-retrogradation
           ,
           and
           falling
           back
           again
           ,
           then
           the
           Angels
           ,
           or
           she
           her self
           enjoyed
           ,
           before
           her
           unhappy
           lapse
           :
           so
           that
           even
           here
           ,
           there
           is
           required
           a
           timely
           care
           and
           vigilancy
           ;
           and
           ,
           if
           the
           most
           virtuous
           Person
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           may
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           Good
           Mens
           Prayers
           ,
           to
           be
           excited
           to
           this
           careful
           industry
           and
           inspection
           over
           his
           wayes
           ,
           then
           may
           they
           likewise
           in
           the
           other
           world
           .
           The
           Similitude
           therefore
           is
           ill
           applyed
           ,
           from
           the
           necessary
           ,
           and
           inevitable
           laws
           of
           Matter
           and
           corporeal
           Motion
           ,
           to
           the
           emergent
           and
           spontaneous
           effects
           of
           free
           Agents
           ;
           for
           ,
           unless
           we
           will
           make
           those
           bright
           Suns
           of
           Immortality
           ,
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           ,
           to
           be
           purely
           Mechanical
           Contrivances
           ,
           and
           despoil
           them
           of
           all
           liberty
           and
           innate
           principles
           ,
           whereby
           to
           guide
           ,
           and
           determine
           their
           actions
           ;
           we
           cannot
           imagine
           ,
           that
           their
           
           Apogee's
           and
           Perigee's
           ,
           the
           excess
           and
           diminution
           of
           their
           rayes
           ,
           and
           beams
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           fatal
           and
           determinate
           ,
           as
           the
           Rising
           and
           Setting
           of
           the
           material
           Sun
           ,
           which
           illuminates
           the
           World.
           But
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           If
           we
           are
           to
           pray
           for
           nothing
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           certain
           will
           come
           to
           pass
           whether
           we
           pray
           or
           no
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           see
           how
           any
           man
           can
           say
           those
           Petitions
           ,
           in
           that
           most
           excellent
           Prayer
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           himself
           hath
           taught
           us
           ,
           wherein
           we
           desire
           ,
           God's
           
             Name
             to
             be
             hallowed
             ,
             his
             Kingdom
             to
             come
             ,
          
           and
           
             his
             Will
             to
             be
             done
          
           ;
           for
           all
           these
           things
           will
           certainly
           be
           effected
           and
           accomplished
           ,
           although
           we
           never
           pray
           that
           they
           should
           :
           Or
           ,
           what
           need
           we
           pray
           ,
           as
           our
           Church
           enjoyns
           us
           ,
           in
           her
           compleat
           ,
           and
           exact
           Service
           and
           Office
           of
           Burial
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           shortly
           accomplish
           the
           number
           of
           his
           Elect
           ,
           and
           hasten
           his
           Kingdom
           ?
           Will
           not
           such
           Prayers
           as
           these
           ,
           according
           to
           this
           Rule
           ,
           be
           wholly
           useless
           and
           insignificant
           ?
           Did
           not
           Christ
           pray
           for
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           his
           Flesh
           ,
           whom
           yet
           he
           knew
           certainly
           to
           persevere
           ,
           and
           continue
           faithful
           unto
           
           Death
           ?
           But
           I
           need
           not
           multiply
           Instances
           in
           this
           case
           .
           He
           that
           will
           follow
           therefore
           the
           duct
           of
           Reason
           ,
           which
           alone
           ought
           to
           be
           Judge
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           where
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           silent
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           subscribe
           to
           this
           ,
           That
           those
           who
           go
           out
           of
           this
           Body
           with
           love
           and
           affection
           to
           Sin
           and
           Vice
           ,
           must
           receive
           a
           punishment
           proportionable
           to
           the
           inequality
           and
           obliquity
           of
           their
           spirits
           ;
           and
           be
           fatally
           carried
           to
           such
           places
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           as
           are
           sutable
           to
           the
           coursness
           of
           their
           tempers
           ;
           and
           ,
           so
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           That
           Virtuous
           minds
           shall
           be
           rewarded
           with
           such
           degrees
           of
           Felicity
           ,
           and
           take
           up
           their
           station
           in
           rhose
           Habitations
           which
           are
           most
           congruous
           and
           agreeable
           to
           their
           Natures
           and
           Genius●s
           ;
           and
           ,
           consequently
           ,
           that
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           conquered
           their
           Lusts
           ,
           nor
           subdued
           their
           rebellious
           Habits
           ,
           but
           are
           taken
           away
           in
           the
           contest
           between
           the
           law
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           the
           law
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           the
           man
           is
           neither
           wholly
           alive
           to
           God
           nor
           Sin
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           intermediate
           state
           ,
           carrying
           a
           warr
           within
           him
           ,
           and
           acting
           perpetually
           with
           a
           
           reluctancy
           ,
           and
           adhering
           sometimes
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           the
           other
           Principle
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           strength
           of
           Natural
           corruption
           ,
           or
           the
           auxiliaries
           of
           Reason
           prevail
           upon
           him
           ;
           he
           must
           conclude
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           such
           Persons
           as
           these
           ,
           dying
           ,
           cannot
           be
           immediately
           rewarded
           with
           the
           Bliss
           and
           Glories
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           not
           as
           yet
           performed
           the
           condition
           upon
           which
           that
           Felicity
           is
           entail'd
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           changed
           and
           renewed
           in
           the
           spirit
           of
           their
           minds
           ,
           to
           be
           purified
           throughout
           ,
           and
           become
           holy
           as
           God
           is
           Holy
           ,
           partaking
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           becoming
           in
           all
           things
           conformable
           to
           the
           Holy
           Jesus
           ,
           as
           to
           a
           perfect
           and
           compleat
           Copy
           of
           all
           Virtue
           and
           Righteousness
           ;
           Nor
           will
           the
           Goodness
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           whose
           Spirit
           is
           alwayes
           taking
           hold
           of
           every
           heart
           ,
           that
           retains
           any
           capacities
           and
           dispositions
           for
           the
           reception
           of
           it's
           own
           Nature
           ,
           frustrate
           such
           auspicious
           beginnings
           ,
           but
           rather
           cherish
           and
           fold
           them
           ,
           like
           a
           tender
           mother
           ,
           in
           it's
           loving
           arms
           ,
           till
           it
           bring
           them
           to
           that
           due
           perfection
           ,
           which
           alone
           can
           render
           them
           the
           proper
           subjects
           of
           Immortality
           
           and
           Life
           .
           It
           will
           follow
           then
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           these
           (
           and
           such
           are
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           mankind
           )
           are
           fit
           and
           adequate
           objects
           of
           our
           Prayers
           ;
           Nor
           can
           the
           small
           ,
           and
           only
           conjectural
           knowledg
           which
           we
           have
           of
           the
           state
           of
           separate
           Souls
           ,
           make
           us
           ever
           a
           whit
           the
           more
           remiss
           in
           performing
           these
           exercises
           (
           which
           are
           the
           only
           ones
           we
           can
           shew
           )
           of
           love
           and
           charity
           to
           our
           departed
           friends
           ,
           if
           we
           remind
           our selves
           of
           what
           I
           before
           hinted
           ,
           and
           shall
           now
           further
           prosecute
           ;
           viz.
           That
           the
           unfallen
           Angels
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirits
           of
           good
           and
           holy
           men
           ,
           departed
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           all
           just
           persons
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           who
           are
           daily
           breathing
           after
           ,
           and
           aspiring
           to
           the
           highest
           pitch
           of
           a
           Christian
           life
           ,
           are
           one
           Polity
           ,
           Society
           ,
           or
           Corporation
           ,
           which
           reacheth
           from
           that
           Blessed
           and
           Glorious
           Seat
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           we
           more
           eminently
           call
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           this
           Globe
           of
           earth
           ,
           whereon
           we
           live
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           all
           those
           intermundane
           Spaces
           are
           replenished
           with
           several
           ranks
           and
           orders
           of
           invisible
           Agents
           ,
           who
           are
           ,
           as
           the
           benign-eyes
           of
           God
           ,
           beholding
           the
           administration
           of
           the
           affairs
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           protecting
           
           the
           sincere
           lovers
           of
           truth
           from
           the
           tyranny
           and
           invasion
           of
           the
           Airy
           Principality
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           need
           we
           should
           fancy
           them
           beyond
           the
           Stars
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           quitted
           their
           bodies
           ;
           where
           all
           that
           they
           can
           do
           (
           if
           haply
           they
           can
           attain
           so
           much
           )
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           compassionate
           Spectators
           of
           our
           Calamities
           ,
           being
           unable
           to
           afford
           the
           least
           relief
           or
           succour
           ,
           but
           look
           upon
           them
           as
           not
           farr
           distant
           from
           us
           ,
           where
           they
           may
           not
           only
           behold
           the
           several
           transactions
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           really
           assist
           and
           abette
           their
           innocent
           and
           pious
           attempts
           after
           the
           divine
           life
           and
           Nature
           .
           And
           the
           more
           good
           and
           purified
           they
           are
           from
           the
           contagion
           of
           mortal
           concretions
           ,
           the
           more
           compassionate
           and
           benign
           Inspectors
           will
           they
           be
           of
           humane
           affairs
           and
           more
           concerned
           in
           their
           behalf
           for
           their
           advantage
           and
           welfare
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           farr
           discoursed
           from
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           I
           may
           cast
           in
           the
           suffrage
           of
           the
           antient
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           let
           you
           see
           the
           Sense
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           that
           prayers
           for
           the
           dead
           were
           in
           use
           even
           in
           the
           early
           dawning
           as
           it
           were
           of
           Christianity
           :
           
             Tertullian
             
             de
             Corona
             Militis
          
           ,
           hath
           these
           Words
           ,
           
             Oblationes
             pro
             defunctis
             ,
             pro
             natalitiis
             ,
             annua
             die
             facimus
             .
          
           And
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           
             de
             Monogamia
             ;
             Pro
             anima
             ejus
             (
             nempe
             mariti
             )
             oret
             ,
             &
             refrigerium
             interim
             adpostulet
             ei
             ,
             &
             in
             prima
             Resurrectione
             consortium
             ;
             &
             offerat
             annuis
             diebus
             dormitionis
             ejus
             .
             Damascen
             .
             Orat.
             defunctis
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
        
         
           See
           likewise
           
             Dionys
             .
             Areopag
             .
             de
             Ecclesiast
             .
             Hierarch
             .
             (
             mihi
             )
             pag.
          
           147
           ,
           148.
           
        
         
           Saint
           Austin
           likewise
           ,
           in
           the
           ninth
           Book
           of
           his
           Confessions
           ,
           chap.
           12.
           and
           13.
           sets
           down
           at
           large
           the
           prayers
           he
           made
           for
           his
           mother
           Monica
           ,
           and
           her
           husband
           Patricius
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           yet
           desire
           further
           Testimony
           let
           them
           consult
           the
           antient
           Liturgies
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           where
           are
           set
           down
           particular
           Forms
           of
           Prayer
           for
           the
           dead
           ;
           for
           such
           I
           mean
           who
           deceased
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           
             Nec
             ullus
             invenitur
          
           (
           sayes
           the
           learned
           
             Grotius
             )
             alicujus
             authoritatis
             Scriptor
             ,
             qui
             ei
             mori
             contradixerit
             .
          
           St.
           Chrysostome
           
           likewise
           in
           
             Homil.
             ad
             Pop.
             Antiochen
             .
             ad
             Hom.
          
           3.
           
             in
             Epist
             .
             ad
             Philipp
          
           .
           as
           he
           is
           cited
           by
           Cassander
           in
           his
           Consultat
           .
           p.
           239.
           affirms
           that
           this
           Form
           
             qua
             Ecclesia
             omnibus
             suis
             membris
             in
             Christo
             quiescentibus
             locum
             refrigerii
             ,
             &
             quietis
             ,
             &
             pacis
             postulat
             ,
          
           was
           of
           Apostolical
           institution
           .
           And
           although
           ,
           sayes
           he
           p.
           240
           it
           were
           not
           agreed
           upon
           by
           all
           ,
           In
           what
           state
           the
           Soul
           was
           after
           her
           departure
           from
           the
           body
           ;
           
             Omnes
             tamen
             hoc
             officium
             ,
             ut
             testimonium
             charitatis
             erga
             defunctum
             ,
             &
             ut
             professionem
             fidei
             de
             immortalitate
             Animarum
             &
             futura
             Resurrectione
             ,
             Deo
             gratum
             &
             Ecclesiae
             utile
             esse
             judicarunt
             .
          
           Adde
           to
           this
           (
           which
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           case
           as
           this
           may
           have
           it's
           weight
           )
           that
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           coming
           into
           the
           World
           to
           amend
           and
           correct
           the
           manners
           of
           mankind
           ,
           and
           to
           introduce
           a
           Religion
           which
           should
           be
           Universal
           over
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           did
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           on
           purpose
           to
           gratifie
           both
           Jews
           and
           Heathens
           ,
           as
           well
           retain
           whatever
           was
           good
           and
           laudable
           in
           either
           of
           their
           Religions
           ,
           as
           expunge
           whatever
           was
           useless
           or
           of
           a
           bad
           consequence
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           never
           find
           either
           in
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Gospels
           ,
           
           or
           in
           any
           credible
           Author
           ,
           that
           ever
           he
           reprehended
           that
           custome
           of
           praying
           for
           the
           Dead
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           use
           even
           at
           his
           coming
           into
           the
           world
           ;
           as
           the
           antient
           Talmudick
           Form
           ,
           composed
           as
           it
           's
           thought
           by
           the
           Jews
           in
           their
           Babylonian
           captivity
           ,
           and
           that
           Apochryphal
           Writer
           of
           the
           second
           Book
           of
           Macchab.
           chap
           ,
           12.
           sufficiently
           testifie
           .
           And
           Calvin
           himselfe
           Instit
           .
           3.
           c.
           5.
           confesses
           that
           Prayer
           for
           the
           dead
           was
           in
           use
           above
           a
           Thousand
           three
           Hundred
           years
           ago
           .
        
         
           Those
           two
           places
           ,
           Ecclesiast
           .
           chap.
           11.
           v.
           3
           ,
           and
           Apocalyps
           .
           chap.
           14.13
           .
           some
           make
           use
           of
           to
           prove
           that
           Men
           immediately
           upon
           the
           dissolution
           of
           their
           Souls
           from
           their
           bodies
           go
           immediately
           either
           to
           Heaven
           or
           Hell
           ,
           and
           therefore
           our
           prayers
           are
           impertinent
           because
           their
           state
           whatever
           it
           be
           ,
           is
           fixed
           and
           irreversible
           ;
           belong
           little
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
           As
           for
           the
           first
           ,
           the
           words
           of
           which
           are
           these
           ,
           
             If
             the
             clouds
             be
             full
             of
             rain
             ,
             they
             empty
             themselves
             upon
             the
             earth
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             Tree
             fall
             toward
             the
             South
             or
             toward
             the
             North
             ,
             in
             the
             place
             where
             the
             Tree
             falleth
             ,
             there
             it
             shall
             be
          
           ;
           it
           hath
           
           no
           relation
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           but
           properly
           belongs
           to
           the
           case
           of
           Charity
           ,
           as
           Castellio
           hath
           noted
           :
           
             Dum
             abundas
             largire
             .
             Mortuus
             largiri
             non
             poteris
             ,
             ut
             lapsa
             arbor
             jam
             nequit
             in
             quam
             velit
             partem
             ferri
             .
          
        
         
           The
           other
           likewise
           as
           little
           promotes
           their
           Design
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           well
           into
           the
           words
           ,
           which
           are
           these
           ,
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             dead
             which
             dye
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             from
             henceforth
             ,
             yea
             saith
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             rest
             from
             their
             labours
             ,
             and
             their
             works
             do
             follow
             them
             :
          
           which
           verse
           must
           have
           a
           connexion
           with
           the
           precedent
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             Here
             is
             the
             patience
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           namely
           ,
           in
           holding
           constantly
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           faith
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           those
           Persecutions
           which
           should
           shortly
           come
           upon
           them
           ;
           upon
           which
           occasion
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           accounts
           them
           happy
           who
           die
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           quickly
           ,
           for
           they
           hear
           no
           more
           the
           voice
           of
           the
           oppressor
           ,
           but
           are
           taken
           away
           from
           the
           evil
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           rest
           from
           their
           labours
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           are
           freed
           from
           troubles
           and
           persecutions
           ;
           for
           so
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           signifies
           .
           A
           like
           speech
           ,
           is
           that
           Eccles
           .
           4.
           upon
           mention
           
           of
           the
           oppressors
           ,
           and
           the
           no
           comforter
           ,
           it
           followes
           v.
           2.
           
           
             Wherefore
             I
             praised
             the
             dead
             that
             are
             already
             dead
             .
          
           Thus
           Sir
           I
           have
           at
           last
           finished
           that
           Task
           you
           imposed
           upon
           me
           ,
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           esteem
           my self
           infinitely
           gratified
           ,
           if
           by
           it
           you
           will
           please
           to
           account
           me
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Yours
             &c.
             
          
           
             June
             ,
             25.
             1665.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45359-e140
           
             Argum.
             1.
             
          
           
             Argum.
             2.
             
          
           
             Argum.
             3.
             
          
           
             11.
             
             Cor.
             v.
             
          
           
             Argum.
             1.
             
          
           
             Arg.
             2.
             
          
           
             These
             verses
             not
             extant
             in
             our
             vulgar
             books
             .
          
           
             *
             
             Act
             ●
             .
             59
             &
             2
             Tim.
             1.12
             .
          
           
             Lib.
             2.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Sect.
             42.
             
          
           
             *
             Eorum
             sententiam
             sic
             exprimit
             nobis
             
               Strabo
               ,
               lib.
            
             15.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Vid.
             &
             insignem
             de
             hac
             eorum
             sententia
             locum
             ,
             apud
             
               Porphyr
               .
               lib.
            
             4.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Sect.
             ●8
             .