A miscellaneous metaphysical essay; or, An hypothesis concerning the formation and generation of spiritual and material beings To which is added, some thoughts upon creation in general, upon (14589822538)

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Title: A miscellaneous metaphysical essay; or, An hypothesis concerning the formation and generation of spiritual and material beings .... To which is added, some thoughts upon creation in general, upon pre-existence, the cabalistic account of the Mosaic creation, the formation of Adam, and fall of mankind; and upon the nature of Noah's deluge. As also upon the dormant state of the soul, from the creation to our birth, and from our death to the resurrection ...

Year: 1748 (1740s)

Authors: Casway, R Ralph, James, d.1762

Subjects: Philosophy and religion Creation Soul

Publisher: London, A. Millar

Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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alted 5 and nothing but the Loveof God and our Neighbour will prevail overthe Eled;, and thofe who improve their Stateof Probation here ; who will prefide and ruleover thofe who are irreclaimable, until fometime before the Conflagration and Diflblution ofthis Globe; when there will be a Falling-awayand Infurreffion of the Ungodly againfl theHoly City or Polity, the Eled Society; whenour Saviour, the Divine Meffiah, will come inTriumph in the Clouds, to begin the generalJudgment of Men and Angels; reiloring, af-ter 314 ^ MifcellaneouSy &c. ter a folemn Hearing and Sentence, thofe, whohave behaved vs^ell, to the ajthereal Regions ofDay, and eternal Joy; and dooming thofe, whohave mifbehaved, to the chaotic Abyfs of ourSyftem, for a Series of Ages indeterminate tous. What may emerge afterwards, Eye hathnot feeriy nor Ear heard; nor hath it eJiteredinto the Heart of Man to conceive, what theWifdom, Juftice, and fuperlative Goodnefs ofGod will bring to Light in our progrefliveEternity.

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AR APPENDIX- Reasoi^s /upporfed by feveral Paffage^ inHoly Writ, and from the general Tenor ofScripture^ to floew^ that the Soul^ from ourDeath to the RefurreBion, is rather in adormant or qiiiefcent State^ than any-waycOrcious^ or capable of re?nembri?2g pajlAttioy:^; and confcquently^ incapable of re-ceiving a Reward or Punlfoment^ until Seii-tence is pafjed at the general Judgment \ butthat Souls are in an invifible State^ iinem-bodied^ and incapable of a7iy Senfations, be-ing in a State of Silence^ R^fl-> or Inadlivity^having no Communication with other Beings. S to the State of the Soul from Deathto the laft Judgment, and Refurrec-tion of the Body at the Refiorationof all Things, there have been feveralOpinions, but principally three : The firft,Thofe that believe, they go immediately intoHeaven or Hell, at Death -, that the Juft orEle<fb enjoy the beatific Vifion at once,and that the Unjuft are fent into Punifhment jfounded upon the Parable of Dives and Laza-rus, and the T

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