A

DISCOURSE

Concerning the

Happiness of Good Men,

AND THE

Punishment of the Wicked,

IN THE

NEXT WORLD, &c.

Under the following HEADS: Viz.

I. Concerning the true Rea- IV. Concerning the Gospel
fon and Foundation of our

Evidence of Immortal Life.

Faith and Hope of Immor- V. That Salvation, which is
tal Life.

II. Concerning the Natural
and Moral Arguments of a
Future State.

III. What farther Evidence
the Law of Mofes gives us
of the Immortality of the
Soul, and a Future State.

wrought for us by Chrift,
gives us the most sure and
certain Hopes of a blessed
Immortality.

VI. The Conclufion. A Com-
parison between the Gain of
the World, and the Loss
of the Soul.

By WILLIAM SHERLOCK, D. D.
late Dean of St. PAUL'S.

The FIFTH EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed for J.WALTHOE, J. J. and P. KNAPTON, A.BETTESWORTH
and C. HITCH, R. ROBINSON, J. PEMBERTON, B. MOTTE,
J. WALTHOE, jun. T. LONGMAN, J. CLARKE, and D. BROWN.

MDCCXXXV.

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1735

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THE

CONTENTS.

THE Introduction,

Page 1.

CHAP. Ι.

Concerning the True Reason and Foundation of our

Faith and Hope of Immortal Life,

P. 3.

Sect. 1. That we must resolve the Certainty of our

Faith as to another Life wholly into a Divine Re-

velation,

Ibid.

Sect. 2. Of what Use Natural and Moral Arguments

are for the Proof of the Immortality of the Soul, and

a Future State,

P. 15.

CHAP. II.

Concerning the Natural and Moral Arguments of a

Future State,

p. 26.

Sect. 1. That there is no Appearance of Reason against

the Belief of another Life,

P. 27.

Sect. 2. The first Natural Argument for Immortality,

from the Nature of the Soul,

p. 46.

Sect. 3. The Immortality of the Soul proved from the

Universal Consent of Mankind in this Belief,

P. 70.

A Digression concerning Connate Ideas, or Inbred

Knowledge,

P. 77.

Sect. 4. The Immortality of the Soul prov'd, from the

Natural Defires of Immortality, and the Justice of

the Divine Providence,

P. 101.

CHAP. III.

What farther Evidence the Law of Moses gives us

of the Immortality of the Soul and a Future State,

p. 116.

Sect. 1. The Mosaical Evidence, for the Immateriality

Sect. 2. Concerning the Universal Consent in the Be-

lief of a Future State, and the Natural Desires of

Immortality.

p. 128.

Sect. 3. The Mofaical Evidence of a Future State,

from the Divine Providence,

p. 141.

Sect. 4. The Immortality of the Soul prov'd from God's

Covenant with Abraham,

P. 150.

the So

the Law of Mofes,

p. 189.

Sect. 5. The Proofs of the Immortality of the Soul, from

CHAP. IV.

Concerning the Gospel-Evidence of Immortal Life,

P. 203.

Sect. 1. The Gospel-Notion of Life and Immortality,

Ibid.

Sect. 2. The Gospel-Promises of Life and Immorta-

F. 209.

lity,

Sect. 3. The Promises of Immortal Life confirm'd by

the Resurrection of Chrift from the Dead, p. 228.

CHAP. V.

That Salvation which is wrought for us by Christ, gives

us the most fure and certain Hopes of a blessed Im-

mortality,

P. 242.

Sect. 1. That we must be saved by a Saviour; and

what kind of Saviour Sinners want,

Ibid.

Sect. 2. The Eternal Godhead of our Saviour is the

only certain Foundation of all our Hopes of Salvati-

on, and Immortal Life.

P. 257.

Sect. 3. The Visible Reconciliation of human Nature

in the Incarnation of the Son of God, p. 278.

Sect. 4. The Death of Christ a true Expiatory Sacri-

fice to redeem Mankind from Death,

p. 286.

Sect. 5. The Conquest of Death by the Death and Re-

furrection of Christ,

p. 318.

Sect. 6. The Covenant of Pardon and Immortal Life,

fealed with the Blood of Christ,

P. 354.

The Conclufion. A Comparison between the Gain

of the World, and the Lofs of the Soul,

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P. 377.

A DIS-

A

DISCOURSE

OF THE

Immortality of the SOUL,

AND A

FUTURE STATE.

The INTRODUCTION.

T

HE Serious Confideration of Death
and Judgment is absolutely neceffa-
ry to the Wife and Religious Go-
vernment of our Lives. That we

must die, disparages all present Enjoyments; and if we fuffer fuch Thoughts to fink into our Souls, they naturally moderate our Affections, and fet bounds to our use of them. That we shall be judged, and rewarded and punished,

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