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i_o have_v so_o good_a a_o occasion_n of_o acknowledge_v your_o great_a and_o undeserved_a favour_n to_o i_o and_o of_o profess_v with_o all_o the_o sincerity_n that_o the_o subject_a of_o this_o treatise_n require_v that_o i_o be_o your_o majesty_n most_o humble_a and_o most_o obedient_a subject_n and_o servant_n william_n sherlock_n the_o content_n the_o introduction_n contain_v a_o distribution_n of_o the_o work_n page_n 1_o chap._n i._n the_o proof_n of_o a_o future_a judgement_n 3_o sect._n i._o that_o man_n be_v by_o nature_n a_o accountable_a creature_n 5_o sect._n ii_o the_o essential_a difference_n between_o good_a and_o evil_a and_o the_o natural_a notion_n we_o have_v of_o god_n prove_v a_o future_a judgement_n 19_o sect._n iii_o the_o external_n appearance_n of_o providence_n prove_v a_o future_a judgement_n 34_o sect._n iu_o the_o natural_a presage_n of_o conscience_n prove_v a_o future_a judgement_n and_o if_o there_o be_v a_o future_a state_n there_o must_v be_v a_o future_a judgement_n 89_o sect._n v._n the_o scripture_n proof_n of_o a_o future_a judgement_n 106_o sect._n vi_o the_o improvement_n of_o this_o doctrine_n in_o some_o particular_a inference_n as_o 1._o to_o live_v as_o it_o become_v those_o who_o shall_v certain_o be_v judge_v 2._o to_o keep_v our_o eye_n upon_o a_o future_a judgement_n for_o the_o government_n of_o our_o life_n 123_o sect._n vii_o three_o inference_n to_o refer_v all_o judgement_n to_o god_n 144_o sect._n viii_o four_o inference_n to_o refer_v all_o difficulty_n to_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n 168_o sect._n ix_o five_o inference_n to_o affect_v our_o soul_n with_o a_o strong_a and_o vigorous_a and_o constant_a sense_n of_o judgement_n 189_o chap._n ii_o concern_v the_o time_n of_o judgement_n 208_o sect._n i._n concern_v a_o particular_a judgement_n at_o the_o time_n of_o every_o man_n death_n ibid._n sect._n ii_o that_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n be_v appoint_v 233_o sect._n iii_o the_o day_n god_n have_v 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