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Show = g i ne o 14 i I .' ) 1 z. k. L', .' A»F 2 & 8i 21 ed General thfiripz;ién o felf There are othe Philofophers among them ----- but they are not f, Leare and Famous, being poffeffe with Dreams and Phanfie of world of Incredip) things, and many impoflible impert unto In the Doérine of this Se there are many leflons, tea reward of good and the punifhment ofevil : an this feems to infinuate to us, th t the Antient Cj; nefes did not doubt of th Immortal or they remember the dec and thofe that are in Hea fe en, long after their eaths; but of the punith the damned in Hell, they ma o e no mention atall : this time are of opinion thing with the Body, an cerning all 5 and therefor ut the Learned among them that the Souls of the departe perifh and c me to . {o make of no effe@ whateve is written or {pokep conim pute no Torment or Pun fhment there for the wicked But {fome think this to harfl,and therefore maint n that only the Soyls f the Juf remain-alive 5 becaufe as th y {ay, the Soul of a Map s (q united and renewe through the exercife of V er ue, that it will live for 2 lon from the Body ; but witha time after its [eparatio they conclude, that the Soy s of the Wicked dye a foonas they are divided fro the Body, and varifh like fino k And although the Learned of this Sett, acknowledge t higheft and one Dcity, ye they ere& no Temple for h m, por have any particula place appointed for hjs Wo lhip ; neither are there a y Pricfts, nor fetled or dy form of Worlhip, nor Comma ds ¢o oblerve, other the Pleafure.break y may not a There isno High Pricft among m, to punith fuchas offen againft the Law, or to pr pagate the Do&rine tau concerning him; therefor they offer unto him nejther P ayer nor Sacrifice,in Pablic of in Private, believin that it isonly free for the Kin dore this King of Heaven Andif any body elfe fhoul he {o adventurous to underta e to make fuch a Offering, he would be held fo accordingly. For this purpole has the Emperour two fa ous and well-buile Temple in both the Imperia chief Citiesat Nanking an Peking 5 the one Dedicated t Heawen, and the othe to the Earth5 in both whic themfelves formerly in pe on made their Offerings but now the chiefeft Magiftrat s Officiate in their behalfs, an Sacrifice fevera Oxenand Sheep to Heaven an Earth The chiefeft matter wherewit Se & trouble themfe] ves,an wherein as well the King as th People is concerned, confifts i the performing o certain Ceremonies towards th dead, whereof we have alread {poken at large for they conceive it a Principal p rt of their Duty, to Honour the r deceafed Pa rentsand Friends, asif they wer fill living: Yet thefe People ( lthough the fet viands and the like before th m) are not {o blind and ignoran to believe tha the dead eat, or have any need ther fon for fuch thei doings, which in it felf indee 15 of no weight, zix. becaufe hey can fhow thei love unto them no other-. way : he wifeft among them affirm, tha thofe cuftom were introduced more for th inftru&ion of the living, t en honour of the dead to wit, to teach Children how to onour and refpe& their Parents a d Superiour when they are alive , whom they fee by fo many Perfon of quality and worth after thej Deaths e now come to fpeak of the Do lefe behind him, and whic isin fuch efteem among( the People This Great Dodrine, or rathe the Do&rine of Great Men, 1s p of thef Heads or Pofitions ; that c¢very on erfeCtion, and afterwards others, that (o all ma arrive to the. pofleflion of t muns bonum or bigheft good. By Perfedion it fel confifis herein, that every perfon blo up the natural light in himfelf, and m ke j¢ clear, {oas he may never erre f om th Law of Nature, or from the Comman s and Rudiments which are naturalized nt |
