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The

Second

SHRMO.N

ON

The

Excellency

of

the

Soul.

Matth. 16.26.

For

what

is a

Mall

profited

if

bee

'ball

l

pin

the

whole

world

and

lofe

his

own

Soul

?

or

what

(Pall

a

man

give

in

exchange

for

his Soul ?

Shall

adde one thing more,

which [hews

the

,

°,,

Z

excellency

of

the

foul in

the relation

that

it

UM;

hath

to

God,

and

that

is

this,

u

°%'

That

it

is

fatisfied onely with

God

him

-

T-c4c'

felf, there

is

nothing can

fill

the

foul

of

man

to

fatisfie

it,

but God

himfetf. For

the true

obje&

of

mans

underflandiùg

,

it

is

not

this

truth,

or

the other

truth

,

but

truth

in general

, and the highefl

truth

,

and

that

is

God

;

and the

ob;ef}

of

this foul,

it

is

not

this

or

that

good

,

but

good

in

general,

the

higheti

and the

chiefela

good, and

that

is

God

:

Let

all

the creatures

in the

world

prefent them-

{elves

beforè the

foul

of man

to

be

the portion of

him

,

Mans

foul

would fay, thefe are

not

the things

that can

fa-

tisfie

mee

;

faith

Au.ftin

,

Lord thou

haft made

us

for

thy

fell,

and our

heart

is

unquiet

till

it

comes

unto

thy

felf ,

E

a

and