The immortality of the human soul, demonstrated by the light of Nature. In two dialogues / [Walter Charleton].

  • Charleton, Walter, 1620-1707.
Date:
1657
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    (iitute a perfect Analogy or correfpon- dence) in the firmament or Celeftialpart of the Le ffer World, Man, hath He placed two great truths Q the proper Lights of the Soul ) the one to rule the Day, or Life of Man j the other to difpel the horrid darf- nes of his Night, Death. And thefe are thofe twin-like proleptical Notions of the Being of the Deity, and of the Immortality of the Human Soiil. I call the?;/ Twin-like Proleptical Notions, becaufe, as the Sun and Moon were made together, fo were thefe implantM at once 'in the Mind of theFirJl Man, and have as conUantly finned in the region of every mans Soul f nee, as thofe have done in the Heavens 5 however the 0- pacity of terrene ObjeSis and Corporeal Af¬ fections may feem fomtimes to eclipfe them• and becaufe, as the Sun doth com mu- nicate its light to the Moan}fo doth the For¬ mer of thefe fuper-excellent Notions illumi¬ nate the Latter; the kgowledg of the Im¬ mortality of the Soul, receiving illufl ration, if not abfolute dependence, from the know¬ ledge of the Exifience of God. The H c ir |v, • * • - r