One section of this work claims that a man's "immortal soul" gains happiness by "doing those things in this life which are necessary to the obtaining of God's favour.
One section of this work claims that a man's "immortal soul" gains happiness by "doing those things in this life which are necessary to the obtaining of God's favour." Another section of this work deems it to be "a secret evil," "when men arrogate to themselves" and their "sect" a "peculiar prerogative covered over with a specious show of deceitful words." This work notes that in the "Jewish commonwealth" idolaters "fall under a double consideration" containing "those who apostatise" who are prosecuted as "traitors and rebels" and "foreigners" who "were not compelled by force to observe the rites of the Mosaical law" This work argues that a man who "denies not anything that the Holy Scriptures" and does not "makes a separation" of "anything that is not manifestly contained in the sacred text" cannot "be either a heretic or schismatic" though it also claims that "Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society" do not hold for one specific group of people. For 10 points name this work that argues for religious rights for pretty much everyone except atheists, a work of John Locke.
One section of this work claims that a man's "immortal soul" gains happiness by "doing those things in this life which are necessary to the obtaining of God's favour.
A Letter Concerning Toleration