Gr an f rtenk's tells of a wo- man that was fo affeEted with fouls milcarry- in,gs, that the befought God Ito flop up the a! age into ell with her foal and body, that none might have en- trance. o anima! Dea ' nfignit a imagi- ne, degonfata de, donat a fpiritu,e7t. Bern. 0 divine foul ! inve fled with the image of Goa, efpoufed CO him by aithp Etc. The Epiftle Dedicatory. go with them in another World. There are none of the fons of men, but bear about with them precious and im- mortal fouls, that are more worth than ten thoufand thou- land worlds ; if the foul be fafe all is fafe, if that be Iva all is well, if that be loft all is loft. The frit great work that men are to attend in this World, is the eternal fafety and fecurity of their fouls the next great work is to know, to be affured, that it jball go well with their fouls for ever. And thefe are the main things that are aimed at in this Difcourfe. The foul is the better and more noble part of man 5 upon the foul the Image of God is nsoft fairly flampt the foul is firft convert- ediandthe foul'/ball be raft and moil glorified the foul is that fpiritual and immortal fwbflance that is capable of union with God, and of communion with God, and of an eternal fruition of God: Plato' though a Hea- then, could fay, That he thought the foul to be made all of eternity, and that -the putting the foul into the body, was a fign of great Wrath fromGod. Each living corps muff yield at lag to death, And every life mutt leefe his vital breath. The foul of man that only lives on high, And is an image of Eternity. The Romans, when their Emperors and great Ones died, and their bodies were buried, they caufed an Eagle to mount on high, thereby to fignifle the fouls immortality and afcent. He gave good counfel, who faid, Play not the Courtier with your foul , the Courtier.doth all things late, he riles late, and dines late, and flips late, and repents later 4 Scythian Captain having for a draught of water delivered up his city, cryed out, Quid perdidi, quid prodidi ? What have 1 loft, what have 1 betrayed Piadargs.
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