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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44220	Magnetismus magnus, or, Metaphysical and divine contemplations on the magnet, or loadstone written by Sir Matthew Hale.	Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.	1695 (1695)	Wing H250; ESTC R8784	65,385	172

it is truly said that life and immortality are brought to light by the Gospel But although this be true that the Contrivance of Man's Redemption could only be by infinite Wisdom and the Discovery it self is supernatural a divine Message from Heaven and published to us by the Son of God Heb. 1. yet the Truths thus revealed do bear a great Consonance and Congruity to the True Light of Reason to the true State of the humane Nature For to say the Truth True Reason in the Souls of Men is but a Ray or Beam of that transcendent Wisdom that is in God and it is no longer true Reason than as it bears a Congruity and Consonance to that Divine Reason as I may with Submission call it namely the Divine Wisdom And though in relation thereunto the humane Reason bears not so great a Proportion as the Light of a Candle doth to the Sun yet certainly if it be True Reason it holds an Analogy and Conformity to its Fountain and Original and ceaseth to be Reason when it suits not to it And in this respect I have adventured to range this means of Conversion of the Soul to God among Means that are rational and to call them reasonable and intellectual Means And indeed they are so there is no Religion that is or ever was professed in any Age that hath so great a sutableness to True Reason no Means or Method of bringing the Soul into its true genuine State and Position as the Christian Religion and Doctrine I shall not pursue this Subject at large but shall give some Instances making good my Affirmation 1. The Evangelical Doctrine gives us a clear Account of the Immortality of the Soul and this is a Doctrine highly sutable to the very Sentiments of our Souls 1. The Consent of the most Learned and Judicious Sects of the Philosophers the Platonists and many of the Stoicks 2. It seems an utter unlikely thing that the Noble Creature Man of such admirable Endowments and Faculties of Mind a Mind of that great Capacity furnished with Conceptions that are of an Extent beyond a Life of Sense a Mind reaching after Immortality and Communion with Almighty God or at least with those Noble Creatures the Angels I say it is highly incredible that such a Nature such a Mind should be placed and made only to take a Turn for a few years upon the Theatre of this World and then die and perish and vanish like a blast of flame or smoke and have a lesser Privilege of Duration than many Vegetables and Brutes 2. The Evangelical Doctrine gives us a distinct Account of a Future State of Rewards and Punishments This is also a Truth highly consonant to natural Sentiments of Mankind and to the ordinary Appearances in the State of humane Nature 1. There is scarce any Sect of Learned and Judicious Men nay scarce any Nation under Heaven but is highly persuaded of the Truth thereof in general though they labour under differing manners of explicating it 2. The whole Frame of the Universe do proclaim Almighty God to be delighted in the due Order and Disposal of all things every thing is full of Order Congruity Beauty and Comeliness only the Dispensations of External Good and Evil to Mankind seem very confused and disproportionable to the Conditions and Deserts of Men Good Men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked and wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous therefore it is not conceptible but that there must be a time to set things at rights a day of the manifestation of the Righteous Judgments of the God of Order this was the natural Conclusion of the Wise Man Eccles 3.16 17. when he saw the Disorder that was in the Dispensations among Men I said in my heart God shall judge the righteous and the wicked for there is a time for every purpose and for every Work 3. The Gospel teacheth that the Way and Means to attain a State of Blessedness and Glory in that future Life of Immortality is by converting the Soul to Almighty God by Faith Love and Obedience by Purity and Holiness by Righteousness and Charity by Sobriety and Patience and all these Christian Vertues recommended to us by the Precept and Example of Christ Jesus And certainly if we examine this impartially by Reason such a State and Position and Temper of the Soul is most sutable and agreable to a Life of Immortality and Happiness And we may take a measure of it by the contrary Let us but suppose a Soul entirely addicted to a Sensual Life and the love of this World placing its Felicity in Carnal Pleasures Eating Drinking Wantonness Recreations Bravery of Apparel Splendid Houses and Furniture Great Retinue great Store of Lands Money Flocks Herds in Delights of the Ear the Eyes and other Senses in Power and Rule over others and in the Sence and Delight of these Enjoyments the Soul to be wholly immersed let any Man but think with himself how it is possible for such a Soul thus addicted and habituated to be in any kind of Congruity with the State of Happiness of a separated immortal Soul nay how it is possible for such a Soul to be without extream Vexation Sorrow and Perturbation when it comes into such a State as is wholly unsutable to and uncapable of such Enjoyments which once it made its Felicity and if it had a Capacity to relish and taste such worldly Contentments yet they are not in that State to be had they are quite gone and out of date and vanished away 4. The Doctrine of the Gospel commands and commends unto Mankind Piety towards God Vertue Charity Righteousness Justice Veracity Fidelity Sincerity Integrity Purity Holiness Humility Sobriety Temperance Patience Longanimity and all other excellent Vertues and certainly if we take a Measure of these Precepts even by the Light of Nature and True Reason we shall find them admirably consonant thereunto though there were no other future Life to come 1. If once that most radical and natural Notion of the Existence of a Deity and of his great Perfection be but deeply digested in the Soul the greatest and most divine sort of Evangelical Precepts are and would be as naturally consequential thereupon as the most necessary Conclusion of a Logical Demonstration such as are the Love and Fear of God Reverence and Veneration of him entire Obedience to him Patience and Resignation of our Wills to his Will Sincerity and Uprightness of Heart Thankfulness to him Dependance upon him Trust in him a vigilant Conversation becoming his Sight and Presence an imitation of him in all things that we are capable to imitate him in Again 2. Tranquillity of Mind and Conscience was accounted among the Wisest of the Philosophers the greatest Pitch of Happiness attainable by Man in this Life and I dare confidently assert That no Precepts no Practice under Heaven is more conducible to the Tranquillity of the Mind