BOOK I PART III
those few, who upon cool reflection on the im-
portance of the subject, have taken care by re-
peated meditation to imprint in their minds the
arguments for a future state, there scarce are
any, who believe the immortality of the soul
with a true and established judgment; such as
is derived from the testimony of travellers and
historians. This appears very conspicuously
wherever men have occasion to compare the
pleasures and pains, the rewards and punish-
ments of this life with those of a future; even
though the case does not concern themselves,
and there is no violent passion to disturb their
judgment. The Roman Clatholicks are certainly
the most zealous of any sect in the Christian
world; and yet you’ll find few among the more
sensible people of that communion who do not
blame the Gunpowder-treason, and the mas-
sacre of St. Bartholomew, as cruel and bar-