Discourse, in Which Is Shown That the State of Man Was Originally Necessarily Mutable, and Therefore Imperfect, Vol. 1 of 2: That This Imperfection ... Be Perfect and Immutable (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from Discourse, in Which Is Shown That the State of Man Was Originally Necessarily Mutable, and Therefore Imperfect, Vol. 1 of 2: That This Imperfection Nevertheless Leads to a State Which Will Be Perfect and Immutable

Now, when on the one hand, the Bishop says, that our improvement in Virtue and piety, as the requisite qualification for a future state Of happiness and security, is the end (or reason) why we are placed in a state Of so much affliction, hazard, and difficulty; and Dr. Cheyne, on the other, says, that it is by a gradual progress, viz. By experience, and many appropriate trials, that this quali fication (and which he had before mentioned) is to be attained, there can scarcely be said to be any difference at all between them.

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.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.