Excerpt from A Letter to Mr. Dodwell: Wherein All the Arguments in His Epistolary Discourse Against the Immortality of the Soul Are Particularly Answered, and the Judgment of the Fathers Concerning That Matter Truly Represented Yon begin with adif'tinetion gr) that the Souls of 'fome Men are made immortal by the spirit'of'god, to.: happinefs and the' Souls of fome others; by the Will of God, to Put nifhmentt, 'now what Can be more precarious and groundlefs' than this Difiineiion For what real difference is there ingthe'vthmg it felf, be tween being immortalized, hy.'the Spirit, and by the. Willofigod; Eternal Life and Happiaej} is indeed confiantly attributed\ to the Spirit of Goal; that is, thofe only who have the Spirit Of 5305, and are guided by it, who obey the Will of God, and live in conformity to.his holy Laws, thall be partakers of Et malhappinefs:, And thus the Spirit of God is indeed neceffary to Qualify Men for, and to make them' capable of, the Happinej} pf Heaven. But if, to make good Men capable pf an Eternal Duration in order to that Happinei's, it be neceflary that the Spirit of God give them a new Principle of Subfijlence, or {hperadd a new Sub/lance to their Souls, (as your obfcure Exprefj fions concerning the Aceejion of an adfi'ititious Spirit. 8cc. Frequently feem to fignify; andwith out which, there is no other diiterence than only m Words, between being immortalized by the Spirit and by the Will of God then nothing A 3 cand Letter fo' Mr Dodw'ell'. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.