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42 LIFE OF TOLAND.Mr. Toland's belief, that he will never he the sameToland, after the resurrection, is not heterodox,though his enemies have not failed to represent itin this light. The gospel uniformly declares, thata considerable change will take place in the humanbody at the resurrection, and that we shall all bechanged. Mr.Toland must, therefore, not be consideredas here denying his absolute future identity,but merely as alluding to that partial change whichthe scriptures so clearly point out.Hitherto I have almost implicitly followed *M.Maizeuz, and, as far as the nature of this abstract^vould admit, have adopted his own words, beingAveil aware, that by so doing, no body will accuseme of partiality to Mr. Toland. M. Maizeuz wasa Frenchman, a friend to popery and arbitrarypower; he did not undertake our author's biographyvoluntarily,nor from any motive of respect.On the contrary, when requested by afriend of our author's (who was at the same timethe Frenchman's benefactor), to undertake thetask, he positively declined it. A second request,mdre peremptory than the first, had the desiredeffect. M. Maizeuz has not, in one single instance,made the slightest allusion to the complexion ofthe limes in which Mr. Toland lived, without aknowledge of which, it is impossible duely to appreciateeither his principles, or the scope of hiswritings. He seems, however, to have been undergreat obligations to his benefactor, and knowing