Excerpt from The Doctrine of a Future State: In Nine Sermons, Preaches Before the University of Cambridge in the Year the Lecture Founded by the Rev. John Hulse, M. A F we would estimate rightly the value and importance of the Christian Dispensation, we shall not be content to view it merely as a system standing by itself, or connected only with the Mosaic Institutions; it will be neces sary to consider what relation it bore to those religious principles and persuasions, which, before the Gospel was promulgated, were ge nerally current among men. Did it form an alliance with any of the existing modes of faith, or was it directly opposed to them all? Did it recognize them as substantial verities, or explode them, and cast them out, as the morning chases away the baseless dreams of the night? Shall we say that the divine Author of our Religion began by overthrow ing every vestige of ancient faith, and then upon fresh foundations reared a new and goodly edifice; or did he merely rebuild What had fallen in, and establish again What had. 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.