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on

the Ex`ellency

of

the

soil.

cloth

any

high

notions

that

yoti

are

able

to

tell it;

and truly

thus

it

is

with

fenfual

men

,

even

as

the

Atheift

who

faith

in

his

heart:, That

there is

no

God

;

fo

a

kinde of

Atheifin

there

is

in

their

hearts

to

fay

they.have no fouls,

that

there

is no difference

between them and the

brute-

beafis

hence

it

is

that

they favour fpiritual things

fo

little.

Tell carnal

men

of

the excellency

of the Name of

God,

Tell

.

them

of

;Jefus.chrift,

how

wonderful hee

is

of

the

,wonderful

mytleries

of the

Gofpel , and

of

the

things

of eternal

life,

they

are dry things

to

fuch

a

one,

.hee

favours

them

not

:

Tell

him

of

money,

and

meat,

and

drink

,

and fports, and

cloaths,

and fuch

kinde of

things

they

are

fuitable

unto

him

,.

there

is

fome

favour

in

them

;

but for

the

great

things

of the

Kingdom, of

God

,

and

of

eternal life,

there

is

no

favour

at

all

in them

;

anikthus far

is

man

fallen from God, and

lives for

the

moll

part

,

as

if

fo

bee

hee were capable of no higher good

,

but meetly to ear

and

drink

and live for

a

while

here

like

a

beall

:

Thus

cloth

the

Devil

gull

and deceive

;{troll

of

us

:

Now

my

brethren,this

is

a

work

that I

have

undertaken, and

it

con-

cerns

as

much

the

Miniflers

of God to

!hew

unto

you

what

you

are your

felves

,

what

God

hath made

you,

as

to

thew,

you.

what

God

is,

and what Chrifl is,

that

you

may

come

to

under(land

your

felves

;

you

can

never come

to

know your

reference unto

God,

until'

you

come

to

know

what

God

bath made

you

;

this

is

therefore

my fcope

in this

Scripture,

to thew unto

you

what God

loath

made

you,

and

that

you

have fouls

within

you,

and

fouls

of exceeding

great

worth

(I

will

not

fay

infinite

,

for none

is

infinite

but

God

himfelf ),

but

nmo

e

worth

than

all

the

world,,

than all

the

creatures

that

God

hath

made,

except

the An-

aels

in

heaven

:

The fouls

of

the children

of men

are moff

excel

lent creatures

did

but

a man

or

woman confider

fe-

rioufly

that

they have

fouls

in

.thexik

beyond

their

bodies,,

it

wouid raife

them

up

a

little.

But this

next

Point

that

is

the main and

principal ,

Did

Deist.

2..

they but know the worth

of their

fouls, it

could

not but

raife

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