[71] [We ought perhaps to inform our readers that what we have here said refers to that particular state after the present—the dying out of which, in consequence of voluntary separation from its centre of life and energy, has been called the second death. Whether this dying out is equivalent to absolute annihilation is a point which we do not pretend to discuss.] [72] Including in it _a state of things_ like the present physical universe; not, however, _the very things_ that now exist, these being evanescent in energy at least, if not also in material. [73] _Cambridge_, Macmillan, 1855. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. Pg 78: ‘tell us’ replaced by ‘tells us’. Pg 115: ‘τρισμυριόις’ replaced by ‘τρισμυρίοις’. Pg 118: ‘first to recal’ replaced by ‘first to recall’. Pg 150: ‘The griding sword’ replaced by ‘The grinding sword’. Pg 205: ‘in the charracter’ replaced by ‘in the character’. Pg 213: ‘its continous energy’ replaced by ‘its continuous energy’. Pg 227: ‘John iii. 16’ replaced by ‘John iii. 13’. Pg 243: ‘school of thought are’ replaced by ‘school of thought is’. Footnote 44, Pg 131: ‘tickle the the ears’ replaced by ‘tickle the ears’.