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on
the
Èxceflenc
ePbe
sod.
2,
2
7
Senfe,
for
the body,
why
the
brute-
beam; they
have
fnfe,
they have
flea) and blood
as
well
as
wee,
onely
wee
dif-
fer
in
there
rational immortal
ibuls
that
,God
bath given
to
us;
therefore fuch,
whore foulp
are
filled with
divìi
excellency, they are
to
bee molt
honoured,rtherare indeed
the
Lords
and Ladies
of
the world; therefore
the
Scripture
fpeaks
of
thofe,
whofe
out-fides
were mean
enough;
in
the
latter end
of
the
i
trh. of the
Hebrews
,
that wandered in
íheep
-skins
and goat
-
skins
yet
they were
fuch
as
the
world
was
not
worthy
of
there. Indeed
,
a
man
of
under[tanding
is
of
an
excellent
fpirit;
wee read
of
the
Ark,
the
outfide
was
of Badgers-
skins,
it
had
a poor
and
mean
outfide,
but
within
were
the
Cherubims, and Gold was
within;
And
fo,
many have very
mean
outfides,
but
within
there
is a
great
deal
of excellency;
and
others
that
have
brave outfides,:and
well clad without,
yet
if
you
look
within
cheti,
oh what
vile
fouls
have they l the heart of the
wicked
is
little
worth,
faith the Scripture
;
Perhaps
his
Land
may bee.fomewhat
worth, and
his
Houfe,
bet
his
heart
is
little
worth;
As
ma-
ny
a
man
that
hash
perhaps a
hand
full
of
-fortis,
yet
may
have
a
fine imbroidered Glove upon
it; and
a dunghill may
bee
flrewed with
herbs,
and in
the winter time
filthy
dung-
hills
you
know
are covered
with white
Snow,
that
in
a
for
frofty day
look
as
glittering as the
Snow
that
is
upon
a
fine
lvleddow,
but
1
}ill
nothing
but filch:
So
it
is
with
many
a
man
thathath
a fine
outfide, covered
over
itanay
bee with
a
great
many
outward
excellencies,
but
within their
fpirits
nothingbut carrion, nothing
but
abominable fluff
that
is
fil-
thy
and
loathfome
in the
eyes
of
God
;
as
a
fore
legg
may
have
a
fine
f
ockinor boot
upon
it;
and
fo
a
fore
putrefied
foul
may
have
a brave
outfide upon
it.
But
thatGod that
is
a
Spirit,
that
looks
unto Spirit,
and
thofe anen
that
know
what
fpiritual
excellency
means
,
if
they fee
a
man
or wo-
man have
filthy, defiled, corrupt
foul ,
they
cannot
but
el em
of
themaccordingly.
Whatfoever the body, or the
out'fide
bee,
thofe
are the
mol
excellent in Godsefieern,
and the
holy
Angels,
and
the Saints,
that
have
the
mofi'ex-
F
f
z
cel-