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Cool. You are miſtaken, for that queſtion I can anſwer, and after this you may underſtand it.
Ogil. Well then, Cool, have you never yet appeared before God, nor received any ſentence ⟨from⟩ him as a Judge. Cool. Never yet.
Ogil. I know you was a ſcholar, Cool, and 'tis ⟨generally⟩ believed that there is a private ⟨judgement⟩ beſide the general at the great day; the ⟨former⟩ immediately after death ——— Upon this he interrupted me, arguing,
Cool. No ſuch thing, no ſuch thing! no trial till the great day. The heaven which good men ⟨enjoy⟩ after death, conſiſts only in ſerenity of ⟨their⟩ minds, and ſatisfaction of good conſciences, ⟨and⟩ the certain hopes they have of eternal joy, ⟨when⟩ that day ſhall come. The puniſhment or ⟨Hell⟩ of the wicked immediately after death, ⟨consists⟩ in the dreadful ſtings of an awakened ⟨conſcience⟩, and the terrors of facing the great judge, ⟨and⟩ the ſenſible apprehenſions of eternal torments ⟨ensuing⟩, and this bears ſtill a due proportion to ⟨the⟩ evils they did when living; ſo indeed the ⟨fate⟩ of ſome good folks differ but little in ⟨happiness⟩ from what they enjoyed in the world, ſave ⟨only⟩ they are free from the body, and ſins and ⟨sorrows⟩ that attend it: on the other hand, there ⟨are⟩ ſome who may be ſaid rather not to have been ⟨good⟩, than that they were wicked, while living; ⟨their⟩ ſtate is not eaſily diſtinguiſhed from that of ⟨the⟩ former, and under that claſs comes a great {{reconstruct|herd} of ſouls, a vaſt number of ignorant people, ⟨who⟩ have not much minded the affairs of eternity, ⟨but⟩ at the ſame time have lived in much ⟨indolence⟩, ignorance, and innocence.
