Every Christian knows from the Word that one's own life remains after death; for it is there said in many passages that man will be judged and rewarded according to his deeds and works; and no one who really thinks from good and from its truth can help seeing that he who lives well comes into heaven and he who lives wickedly into hell. But the evil man is unwilling to believe that his state after death is according to his life in the world; he thinks, especially when he is sick, that heaven is granted to everyone out of pure mercy, whatever his life may have been, and that this is done in accordance with his faith, which he separates from life.