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Ox
the
Excellency
of
tbe'Sonl.
215
Now
is
iepolfible
to
think
that
a
than
'that
did
fo
much
fervice
for
Chrift
as
ever man
didv'
and that
injoyed
fo
much fweet communion
with Jefus
Chtill, that
fuch
titian
fhould bee willing to dye
?
:
Certainly nb
,
but
that
bee
knew
that
upon
thediffotution
of
his
body,
his
foul should
in;oy
further
cominuniort
with Jerus
Cyril},
than
it
could
do here:
It
is
an
immortal fubf}ance,
it
runs
parallel
with
eternity;
of
fuch
an
excellent nature
the
foul
of man
is.
And
then
further,:
in this
appears
be
eviceffener
of
it,.
that
:t
is
the
meafureofall
other
ljnrfeof
exz:ellerrcy.
The
foul of
cxcellencyls
man is
the
meafure
of
ail:
other-
kinde
of excellencies
,
as sewed
in
be_
thus
,
look how far any
thing
may
bee fubfervienc
for
the
ing
the
mea
good of
the
foul,
:
fokfar
that
thinghath
an
"excellency
in
it
lure of
all n-
and
.
if
it
bee.
not
_fubfenvient
for
the
good
of
the
foul ,
ït
ether
excellen-
hath.no:worth
ándexcellenby-in
it
;
as
thus
, Suppofe
a
man
have.
a
great e(latc
in
the
world,
great
comings in,
Many
friends,,many
places
;
now
there
is
fome excellency
you will
.fay
in'
there things
:
but
are
thefe
fubfervient
for
the
good
of thy.foul ,
that
thy
foul can
injoy
communion
with
God fo
much
the better.
?
then
chele
things
are
good
to
thee
;
but
if fo
bee
that
chefe
things hinder
the
work
of
thy
foul
, and do
not
help
it
forward
in
the fervice
that
it
is
moil capable
of,
and made
for,
there
is no
excellency
in
thefe things.: And
indeed
1ï
know no.-one
better
fign
that
a
nun
cloth
underffand
the'
true
worth'
of
his
foul
than
this
:
What
cloth
bee
account to
bee
the_meafure
of
the
excellency
of
all
the
things.
of
this world
?
Thou
wouldef}
fain have
an efface,
andoutwardthings
in
abun-
dance,.
as
other
men have
:
Why
thou
faye}
they
are
the
good
creatures
of
God,
ï
grant
it,
they
are fo
;
but now
wherein doff thou think
the
excellency
of
chefe
creatures
doth
moil
confil}
?
Certainly
if
thou. comet}
to
know
the
true worth
of thy
foul, thou
wilt
fay,
God
gives
mee
theree
outward things,
and blefled bee
his
Name; by
a
more
large
portion of there things
am
I
inabled
to
do more
large
fer-
vice
for
Cod
;
my foul
is
freed from incumbrances
in
the
world,