. A treatise concerning the state of departed souls, before, and at, and after the Resurrection. TREATISE Concerning the STATE of Departed SOULS Before, At, and After the RESURRECTION. The Introduction: The SubjeEl\ and theMethod of hand ting it. H E mean, the uncertain, andthe too often mtferable State ofthe Affairs of Men, with regardto the prefent Life, gives usjuffcCaufe to inquire, whether humanHappinefs depends upon this alone: Andfince we are compounded, and intirely made B up. A TREATISE concerning the up of two Parts, the Soul and the Bodyjand fince the Life of the Body muft perifh,an
. A treatise concerning the state of departed souls, before, and at, and after the Resurrection. TREATISE Concerning the STATE of Departed SOULS Before, At, and After the RESURRECTION. The Introduction: The SubjeEl\ and theMethod of hand ting it. H E mean, the uncertain, andthe too often mtferable State ofthe Affairs of Men, with regardto the prefent Life, gives usjuffcCaufe to inquire, whether humanHappinefs depends upon this alone: Andfince we are compounded, and intirely made B up. A TREATISE concerning the up of two Parts, the Soul and the Bodyjand fince the Life of the Body muft perifh,and be totally extinguiftYd within the Com-pafs of one Age, we are further to inquire^whether the Mind, that other Part of Man,furvives the Extinction of the Body, orwhether, like two dear Friends, that are ne-ver to be divided, they both of them livetogether, and both of them together this latter be the Cafe, we are irrecove-rably ruind; the Whole of us is perifh/d andloft; nor is it worth while to make any In*quiry concerning Things that have alreadyceasM to be. But if, on the other Side, the Soul re-mains after the Diffolution of the Body ; if,after tis deliverd from it, it enjoys a fepa-rate Life and Vigour; then have we manyQueftions to ask, and many Inquiries tomake relating to the Soul thus ieparated,and thus exifting : What Sort of Life it en-joys ? what Sort of State ? and whether itbe to remain the fame for ever ? Or, if it beto undergo another Change, whether i
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