410 The Evil of Evils, Or the nonefopoorin this- place, the meanefi boy, fervant5or girl, but hath a foul more worth-than Heaven and Earth ; but though the meanefi here heth a foul more worth than the World, yetwe fee it ordinarie, that toget twopence or u, groat, they will venture the ruine of their fouls : Is not this t'o defpife 'their fOuls? as if they were not worth a groat or fixpence ; and they will lye or fleal to get-that which is lefs : Nayynot onlie fo, bitt they are haters of their own fouls-5 and this you have Prov 29. 24. He that is par aThief, hates his ornfinil: there is an inflance in that one fin, but it is true of e- verie fin ; for thismuff be taken as a rule to help you to underfiand the evil of fin, Know what is J.:lit-14' any nefin) k vertuab:y true of all that eVil which is in any onefin, is-vertually in any find he hates his-own foul that goes on in anie one fin : therefore ifyou will provide, for your own good, youmufi'abandon ;objea. Bu-t it may be faid, Is that Lawful for -a man-to abfiain fromfinout offelf refimils ? for thk amupon, Iamfhewing bowfin isagait0ourfelves,and therfore firgeyou to abandon, andtalo heed°flits- a it is againfiour[elves; then this R..u.eftion arifith, What ould'ìce abfiainfromftnout offilfrepeas? whatgogd inbis? is thatfromgrace? Tothat anfwerthreethinp. ruine, yet -ifthey have butany tetnptationybut to et a groat or fixpence,theywill venture up-, on it : what is this but todefpife thy foul ? that is todefpife a thing, to account it little worth : though thy foul be worth a whol world. There
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