...that great Argument for a Future State, which St.P«#/hath couch'd in the Words of my Text. " If in this " Life only we have hope in Chrift, we are of all men <s moft miserable. " I fuppofe them to fignipe, That, If all the Benefits we exped: from the Chriftian...

...this He. tells Us f elfewhere, the more antient Martyrs had alfo. ih- yi^w. Otherwife, fays He, If in this Life only, We have Hope in Chrift, We are of all Men the moft miferable. $ut now is Chrift rifen front the Dead, and become theTirft Fruits of them that...

...have faid on this occafion, 'tis eafy to fhape an anfwer to what is objected from St. 'Pan/, Ij- in this life only we have hope in Chrift, we are- of, all men mofl miferable. 'Tis confefleclly and indifputably true, that had thofe ChriiHans been deftitute of...

...died in the Chrijiian Faith, are loft, and difappointed of all their Hopes and Promifes. 19. If in this life only we have hope in Chrift, we are of all men moft miferable. 19. For, if all our Profpefi of Happinefs were terminated in the? p^fa Life, a Cbrtftian, and efpeciany...

...(bat! be the prosperous ; for, as the Apoflle argues tor the happy refurreflionof the faints ' if in this life only we have hope in Chrift, we are of ' all men moft miferable,' i Cor. xv. 19. It is true, Gor!, fometimes punifheth the wicked, in this life ; that men may know,...

...rifen, as an Earneft, and Pledge I. of an univerial Refurrection, are moft wretched and unhappy. If in this Life only, we have Hope in Chrift, we are of all Men moft miferable. Were there no Hopes of a Refurrection and a future State after the ending of this mortal Life, who...

...Chrift, is to be underftood of thofe that died for his cmife ; becaufe it follows immediately, If in this life only we have hope in Chrift, we are of all men moft miferable; that is, confidering how much Chriftians fuffered for him in this life, they were in a moft rniferable...

...are yet in your fins. 1 8. Then the allb which are fallen afleep in Chrift, are perifhed. 19. '. in this life only we have hope in Chrift, we are of all rod moft u miferable. 20. But now * is Chrift rifen from to dead, aad (i) become the b firft-fruits...

...exprefly delivered in the Words before us, yet feems to be implied in them ; for the Words are, If in this Life only we have Hope in Chrift> we are of all Men mojl mifcrable. It is not barely affirmed, that the Perfons here intended by the Apoftle, are, upon...

...vain ; ye are yet in your Sins. Then they alfo which are fallen ajleep in Chrift, are perified. If in this Life only we have Hope in Chrift, we are of all Men moft miferable. But ?iow is Chrift rifen from the Dead, and become theftrft Fruits of them that Jlfpt. Elfe what /hall...