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Jug. Util. B.II. Under Revelat n. Ch.6. Mischief. A Forcing men to embrace pain.

Part V. Verity apart

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Mischief 3. Forcing men to embrace pain.

The notion that self torment in matter of duty or merit seems pretty much out of date under protestantism, always under Catholicism, now. p.1.

2.

To submitt to physical evil rather than be accessary to moral or religious; yes, in this there may be merit: but not in taking it upon one's self for its own sake not thereby to please a bring of infinite benevolence. p.1.

3.

Pains of martyrdom yes. But martyrdom is a means to an end. viz. either saving one's self from abjuring what is thought religious truth or causing others to embrace it. p.1.

4.

An obstacle to martyrdom is that there are no adequate persecutions.

Of Conversions the operation is not unexampled but to that purpose instances of pain adequate to that of martyrdom in any shape voluntarily sustained are not to be found. p.2.

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Abandoned by Christians the notion of the duty or meritoriousness of self torment is less to Mahometans and Hindoos. p.2.