Excerpt from Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury, Vol. 9 of 10: With the Life of the Author, by Thos. Birch, M.A.; Also, a Copious Index, and the Texts of Scripture Carefully Compared II. Because of the indispensable necessity of the thing to render us capable of the Divine favour and acceptance, and of the reward of eternal life and happiness. I. Because men are so very apt to deceive them selves in this matter, and so hardly bro'ug'ht tothat wherein religion mainly consists, viz. The practice of real goodness. T hey are extremely desirous to reconcile (if it be possible) the hopes of eternal happiness in another world, with a liberty to live as they list in this present world: they are loath to be at the trouble and drudgery of mortifying their lusts, and subduing and governing their passions, and bridling their tongues, and ordering their whole conversation aright, and practising all those duties which are comprehended in those two great com mandments, the love of God and our neighbour. They would fain get into the favour of God, and make their calling and election sure, by some easier way, than by giving all diligence, to add to their faith, virtue, and knowledge, and temper ance, and patience, and brotherly kindness, and charity. 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.