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Title:  An essay on regimen: Together with five discourses, medical, moral, and philosophical: serving to illustrate the principles and theory of philosophical medicin, ... By Geo. Cheyne, ...
Author: Cheyne, George, 1673-1743.
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Trust, Dependence and absolute Resignation in every Thing, so absolutely necessary to rela|tive Perfection and Happiness. For the Point in View of infinite Perfection, is to bring all the finite sentient and intelligent Creatures to an absolute voluntary Surrendry, and Trust of themselves, and every Thing relating to them in Time and Eternity, to his Will and Plea|sure implicitly; nothing less being sufficient to establish and perpetuate the Divine Sovereignty, harmonise his Attributes, and eternise the Peace, Happiness and relative Perfection of universal Nature; which different Willing would eter|nally confound and perplex anew, and bring on a second, or perpetuate the present Lapse.§. 26. IT is not impossible, that there are other States, Mansions, and probatory Ce|lestial Regions, proper and peculiar to the se|veral imperfect Degrees of the moral Faculties of spiritual Intelligences, with their Creation-Bodies or Vehicles, according to the several remaining Degrees of Imperfection, even al|most in infinitum, in an ascending or descend|ing Progression. Infinite Wisdom and Good|ness may have appointed, in general, a certain limited Period, beyond which the Incrustation of their Creation-Bodies cannot last, things being in such a State: But the actual Approach may be quicker or slower, according to certain Terms and Conditions: which we know to be the Case of our present mortal Tabernacles; 0