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On
the xsellency of the
Seul:
and
this is
the
excellency
of
mans foul,
it
is
above
all crea-
tures;
itis
a
vertue-in the foul
of
man to
have
a
holy
kiiidé
of pride, to
think all creatures in the world
to
bee too
little
to
bee the portion of
it.;
and
God
takes this
well,
hee
likes
it
well,
that
wefhouldltnow
our own fouls,fo
far,that
wee
fhould
have this
kinde of
pride of
fpirit
,
as
wee
may
fo
call
it,
or
rather
a
right elevation
._of
fpirit, to
look upon
all creatures in
the
world,
as
too low, and toomean
to
bee
the portion of
one immortal foul.
ig
"
Many other things were delivered about
the
excellency
of
mans
foul
,
that
fo you might know fomething
of
your
worth,
that
you are
too
good
to
bee llaves
to the Devil,
and
is is
good for
you
to
know
your own
worth
in
this
thing, that
foyour hearts might
be
elevated
above
thole
bare things
that
you
fought
to
have your 'happinefs
in
;
all
thole that ever
have
had
true
wifdome,have accounted
fouls
to
bee
very precious.
I
remember
Zozomen
the
Ecclefiaflical
Hiflorian
faith of the
Martyrs that they fuffered torment
in,;their
bodies,
asif'they
were
other
folks
bodies, and
not
their
own,
they
looks
nor
upon
them
as
any
part
of
them
-
felves,but
on'their
fouls,
as
themfelves;and
fo
you finde
it
in
Scripture
that
it
is
the
fdul
of man ,
that
is
a
mans
Pelf.
Compare for
_this,my
Text in
Matthmm,with
Luke
9.
where
you have
the
fame
fpeech of our
Saviour
fetting
out
the
ex-
cellency of
a mans
foùl.In
the
one
it
is,
What will
it
profit
4
man,
if
hee
gain
the
whole
world
and
lofe
his
own
foul
?
In
the
other
it
is,
If
hee lofe
himfelf
;
this
is
all
one, the
lofing of
a
mans foul, and
the
lofing
of himfelf
:
for
a
mans felf
it
is
his foul
,
as
for the
body
it
is
but the
cafe
,
it
is
but
the
out-fide
,
and
fo
indeed
fgine
of
the Heathens
accounted
7unde
tune
their
bodies.
Anaxarchus,. when hee was beaten
in
a
Auxxarchi
fol-
Mortar to
death
by the
Tyrants;hee
calls
to them
, Beat,
km, Acaxar-
Beat
as
long
as
you
will,
you
beat
but the
outward part
of
chum enim
ass
An4xarchu5,
it
is
but the
veffel
in
which
bee
is.
tandiai
The Devil himfelf
bath
high
efaeem
of
fouls,
the
Devil
cares
not,
fo
bee
it
hee may gain mens fouls, what
they
have
for their bodies
;
the Devil
d©th
not
envy
any
wicked
man
to