Hugo Grotius · 29 of 132

SECT. XXIV. But many things favour it.

NAY, there are many not inconsiderable arguments for the contrary; such as, the absolute power every man has over his own actions; a natural desire of immortality; the power of conscience, which comforts him when he has performed any good actions, though never so difficult; and, on the contrary, torments him when he has done any bad thing; especially at the approach of death, as it were, with a sense of impending judgment; the force of which many times could not be extinguished by the worst of tyrants, though they have endeavoured it never so much; as appears by many examples.