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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Thes. 9. The soul of man is capable of knowing that there is a God, whose everlasting favour is his happiness, and of loving him, desiring him, and seeking to enjoy him: and he may know, that nothing here below can be his proper end and happiness …
These. 10. The nature of man is fitted to be here ruled by the hopes and fears of a life to come: and without these the werld cannot be ruled according to the nature of man …
Thes. 11. Therefore the soul of man is immortal, and he is made for a life to come, where he shall be for ever happy or miserable …
Thes. 12. Were there not a life to come for man, his Knowledge, Desires, Hopes and Fears, would be his torment, and the nobleness of his nature above brutes, would make him so much more miserable than they, and the wisest men, and the best would be most unhappy: which are things not to be believed …
Thes. 13. If there were no life for man but this, mens pious performance of their duty to God and man, and their prudent care of their own felicity would be their losse; and mens wickedness and folly would be their gain, and the worst would be least miserable: which are things not once to be imagined … […]
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