Excerpt from The Old Paths, or the Primitive Doctrine of a Future Life: Embracing Copious Extracts From the Writings of Primitive Christians, With Arguments and Remarks To this class of persons we appeal from the decls1ons of the prejudiced, and from the false accusations of those who are wiser in their own conceit than seven men who can ren der a reason. We ask that the question may be examined in the pure light of the word of God. We ask that it may be investigated by persons possessing the heads of men and the hearts of -clz7 Degreesistian8. But we would extend the influ ence of the Gospel of Christ still farther, and endeavor by manifestation of the truth to commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. And as most of the objections of unbelievers in revelation are made to use the Words of Locke against Christianity misunderstood, it will perhaps lead them to a more favorable Opinion of the doctrine of Christ, when they learn that the strength of their objections lies against the traditions of men, retbet Degrees than 'the truths of God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.