,t90 di gradates fpirit. Popular men fh{old efteem learning as fiiver, Noble men fhould account it like Gold, and Princes thou ?d prize it like Pearls. 1hus it godlineffe bee as filver to ordinary men, it is to be ac- counted asgoldandPearls to you. The fcriptures compares beauty in a woman without wifdom, toa Pearl in a Swines fnout , Frov. I I22. as a thing unfit - table:Thus are all out ward excellencies where there is not grace. 8 And would it not be a grievous thing to you , to fee poore, inferiour, meanmen and ;ovum n tobe lifted up to 'glory, and your felves call our,an eter- nal! curfeehave not manyof themmolt excelknt precious fpirits e do theynot do God far more fev ice Then you : do they not bring more honour to his Name, then ever you did " Think then with your felves , Why thou`d God put thofe who are of fucti chuice pre- cious spirits, into fuch a tow cö rditicn, and raife tree to fuch an high ? h is not becaufe be intends to give me my portion in this life, ;but relèrves better mercies for themafterwards e It would bee very grievous indeed if it fhould prove fo. 9 The
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