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On
the
Excellency
of
the
Sod.
2
.3q
drudges
to your bodies
,
by
making
them to
bee
Caters
to
provide for
the
body,
and
to
fatisfie the lulls
of
the flefh
;
1
have
feen
(faith
Solomon)
fervants
upon
horfes,
and
Prhees
Eccicf
io
walking
as
fervants
upon
the
earth. This
was an
evil
Seinesmn
''
thought,
but to fee
our
bate vile bodies
to
bee
fer
up,
and
our
fouls
to
bee brought
under,
and fervants and
(lave; to
this
body,
Oh
how
vile
is
it
!
If
you
fhould
fee
a
great Prince
to bee
made
a
llave
to
fomeScullion
-boy,
you
would
account
.
it
a
great
leaving
of
his
condition , and dishonour put
upon
him , but
while thou
make(+
thy foul
to bee
ail
ave
to
thy
body,
it
is
worfe
a
great deal.
Seneca,though
hee were but
a
Heathen
,
yet
bath
this
notable fpeech,
1
am
greater,
and
boas
to
greater
things,
than
that
1
ihoaeld
bee
a
drudge
to
mi
body,
and
the (brae
of
my body
:
Ä
Heathen thought hirnfelf
too
great
,
and born
to greater
things
than
that
ever hee
fhould bring
that
foul
of
his
to
bee
a
drudge and
(lave
to
his
body.
And
indeed didwee
11now
our fouls,
wee
fhould
think
fo
,
and wee
mould
never make
them drudges
to
our
bodies
,
meerly
to
fatisfie
the
suits
of
the
fle(h
;
and yet
how
many
men
and
women
are
loath
to
dye,only
upon
this
ground ,
becaufe
that then
they (hall have no more
fatïs-
faaion
to the
Tuffs
of
the fle!h
?
Oh what
dishonour
is
there
put
upon
this
precious
and excellent
foul in this
?
but
much
more
difhonour
when
thou
make(+
it
a
drudge and
flave
to the Devil
?
it
is
an evil to have
our fouls
to
bee
haves
to
our
bodies,
but
a
greater
evil
to bee
a
flave
and
drudge
to
the Devil ,
that
the
Devil fhould have command
of them
,
and carry
them
up
and down
as
bee ple
fifes.
I
remember
,
it
is
reported of
Theedofaus
and
another Em-
perour that did
ufe to
call themfelves the vaffals
of
Chrif+
;
but
as
for
thofe precious fouls now
to
bee
vaffais
to the
Devil
Oh
this
is
too
great
a
difhonour
that
is
put
upon
them.
Fifthly,
Again,you
difhonour
yourfo uls
by
grudging the
time and
colt
that
is
fpent
upon
them;
how
many
men and
women think
the time
is
loft
that
is
fpent
upon
their
fouls
more
immediately
!
the
y
muf+
indeed
lometime
-pray
,
and
force=