Considerations respecting the recognition of friends in another world : on the affirmed descent of Jesus Christ into hell : on phrenology in connexion with the soul : and on the existence of a soul in brutes / by John Redman Coxe.
- John Redman Coxe
- Date:
- 1845
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Credit: Considerations respecting the recognition of friends in another world : on the affirmed descent of Jesus Christ into hell : on phrenology in connexion with the soul : and on the existence of a soul in brutes / by John Redman Coxe. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![when treating on the difficulties attendant on the appearance of angels to mortals, as to the nature of the bodies in which they were seen; [Enchiridion, ch. 59,] Quand on forme sur tout cela desquisitions, ct que chacun propose ses conjec- tures, ccs rccherches scrvent a cxercer atilement Vesprit, pourvu qu'on demeure dans les termes d'une recherche mo- deste, ct que Ton ne so fiatte pas sans raison de scavoir ce que Ton ne scait pas. Car enfin qu'cst-il necessaire d'assurer ou de nier, ou de definer ccs sortes de choscs, qu'on ne pent as- surer sans danger, et qu'on pcut ignorer sans peche, et sans aucun inconvenient. This, says Calmet, is not to resolve the difficulty, nor to untie the knot that embarrasses us; but God has prohibited us from knowing more.* Without further apology, I proceed then to remark, that if the moment of death is not, in fact, the actual commencement of a future active state of existence to each individual, and, in so far, the actual and immediate call to the judgment scat of God, going on from the first recorded death (Abel) and through all past ages, progressing still each day, and thus to continue until time shall he no more; in which respect it may be viewed as a general, though progressive judgment: if such be not the fact, then the inquiry remains, as to what becomes * It is, says Calmet, preface, p. G, It is always shameful to de- ceive oneself, and it is hazardous in religion to believe lightly, or rashly to deny ; voluntarily to remain in doubt, or to continue with- out reason, in superstition and illusion. It is therefore important to know how to doubt wisely, and not extend our judgment beyond our knowledge. This is perfectly just, and should influence all, in me- taphysical disquisitions especially, to argue with complacency and moderation, instead of employing an intemperate and sectarian zeal to prove that which is often incapable of proof in this world, either by reason or by Scripture itself, which is too often pressed into the ser- vice of both parties, without a shadow of foundation on either side of the disputed point.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2111173x_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
