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On the Excellency
of
the Soul.
a;
pereffes
of
their
bodies.
4mbrofe
faid
of
Valentinian:,
No
man
was
ever
fuch a
fervant
to
his Matter ,
as Valentinianr
body was
to
his
foul
;
Bring your bodies down, and therein
you
will
Phew
the
greateft
love
unto
your fouls.
3.
And further,
Adorn your fouls, labour
to put
come-
linefs and beauty
upon
them
as
much
as
you
can,
and
therein
you
will
Phew
love and
refpeót
to
them.:
Adorn
them
with thofe graces
that
may
make
them
amiable
and
lovely in the
eyes
of
God himfelf,
in
t
Pet,5.5.
Fee cla
thed
with
humility. Thofe
that
underftand the Greek
language,
know
it to
bee
a
word
that
lignifies
a
drefs
that Gentle
-
women
ufe
to
halve
upon
their
heads with
rib
ands
fuch
as
they did ufe
to
wear
in
thofe dayes
,
and
fo
they thought
themfelves very comely ,
and the
Apoftle
alludes to
thofe
kinde
of
dreffes. Oh
humility
is
the
fineft drefs for
a
wo-
man in the world, and
fo
for
men too. The finett
cloaths
that
you can
put
upon
you
is
the cloaths of humility
;
and
fo any
grace
of
Gods Spirit
it
is
the
cloathing of
the
foul
:
Oh therefore thew
your love
unto
your
fouls
by
labour-
ing to
deck
-and
adorn them with
fach
cloathing
as this
is,
4.
And
thew
your
love to your fouls
by
providing for
them,
while God
affords
means labour to
underhand
the
want of
your
fouls,
and
be
willing
to
bee at
any charge
and
coft for
the good
of
them
:
If
your head
ake
,
or you
have
any
little
pain in
any
of
your members
,
how
do
you
reek
out, and are willing
to
bee
at
a
great
deal
of
charge
that
you may
have cafe for your bodies
?
now
feek out
for
your
fouls,
the=one is a
fign
that
you
love your
bodies well,
and
the other
will
bee
a
fign
that
you love your
fouls
as
well.
5.
And
then
flew
love
to
your fouls
in
the
excellency of
them,
in
things
that
are
fuitable to them,in
converting
with
God
and
Jefus
Chriff,
with
the
mylleries
of the
Gofpel
,
and withheavenly things.
6.
Shew
your
love to
them in labouring to
bring
them
to
the
attaining of
eaat
end
that
they
were made for
,
die
utter-