Excerpt from Death's Dominion Over Man Considered: A Sermon, Occasioned by the Death of the Honorable Major General Alexander HamiltonAnother reason, for our universal mortality, which may be inferred from the economy Of God's moral government, is the restraint it lays on the passions and vices of men, by producing a salutary fear; which is of important use, not only in a moral and religious view, but in its inuence on social and civil life; affording one of the most powerful sanctions to laws and government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.