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:On

the

Evielle,>scy

of

Mr

.Soul,

20S

thisigithat;are

done

'byfömea

h'ät

bé36nd

the

body.:.

M

1hatfdeverr.

a:

man

loth

, if

it bee but oüely

the body

thatis exercifed,

andfenfe,

iris

not

acceptable

to

God.

Bodily

evercl

fe. pro.. Tim

fatethlittle, faith

the

Scripture, and

i

Cór

i ;.

;

What

if

I

give

my

body to

bee

burnt? A

man may give

his

body

to

bee

burnt.:

there

all

the fenfes may concur

in

it ,

and yet

if

there

beenot

a

fpirit

in

man to

aa

this

upon any

higher:

ends

and

grounds,

than

any

thing that

is

bodily can

Teach

unto,

iris

worth nothing,

it

is

not regarded.

Fourthly,

There.

if

a

drat

in

man

beyond:

this

6ada

yfah-

ance

:

for

when:this bodily.faskffarce

is

decaying

, mouldring

aay,

theze

are

many thoughts

in

a

man

-about

an

eternal

elate,:

and

more

frefb

and

lively fornetinies

.when

the

-

body- is

mouldring

away

, than ever

there

was

before;' there arena

creatdrés

but

Angels and

men

thattake/

aiay

cognizance

of

an

eternal ellate

,

that

take any thoughts about what

is

to

come

hereafter. Now

We

fay,Nature

doth nothing in

vain,

'De`SS

&

not

rFd

furely God 'would

not

have

put

fuch-kinde

of

workings

in

fruri

a,"

x

man

about another condition:, after

this,

body

fhall moulder

away,.

but

that thee-

'is

Somewhat

that

cloth

coneern-

Lome

other

part

of

man

betides

that

bodily fubflance

of

his.

Fifthly,and then

laf+ly,Yhere

is

certainly

afpirit'innoon

be=

yond

his bodily

fti6fiance

:

for

wee-know

that

there

are

real

pains

and

torments

upon

.a

mans

fpirit,Thè

burdens

of

confciençe

in

the

reflex

as

that

a

mans;confcience hath'upon

himfelf:funi-

moningof biinto

appear

beforethegreat

God

:

Though

a

mans

bodybe

in

never

Such

health,and

bath

all outward

ac-

commodations about him

as

mufick, good

cheer,

friends,e-

fiate,yet

there

is

that

horror.

and

torment

in

his

fpirit,fome-

times through

the-

confcioufnefs

of the

guilt.

of

fin,

that bee

is

not

able. o'bear

nay:

were

there not fomewhat

beyond

this bodily

fübaancecertainly

this could never bee;

verily,

then there

is

a.

fpirit

in man,'

and hence

therefore

you

fee

.

that there

is:

Somewhat

cloth

concern'

you-

all

beyond your

prefent, outward, and bodily condition.

Iet

no man

think

that

hee hath provided

well

for

himfelf

,

when

hee

bath'

provided

mony, and houfe,

`.and

lands,,

and good

cheat, and

G

c

3

cloatbs,,