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On
the
Excellency.
of
the
Soul.
s57
further,
A loft foul
is
in this
condition alto,
to
be
continu-
ally
under the
ftroak of
Gods iuftice,
that
when it
hash
lain
under
its pains thoufands of
thoufands of years, faith divine
inflict, I
am
tacit
yet
fatisfied.
Nov
that
that
is
required,
is,
that'the
foul
thould lye under
the
wrath of
God, until
fuch
tim
that God
may
have
as
much honour by
punishing
ir,
as
bee
hath
had dishonour by
its
finning
againa
him
,
and
that
mull
bee
for
ever; becaufe
God
can never have
fo
much
honour by
the punifhingof
ir,
as
hee hath had
difho-
nour
by
its
finning
againtl him
:
(
And
then)
As
the
foul
thould
have had
eternal
communion with
God and
Chrift, &c,
it
being loll,
it mutt have
communion
inlead
.
thereof
with the Devil and
the damned
fpirits
in
Hell
:
And
if
this
bee
the
condition of
a
loft
foul
in
Hell,
as
it
is,
then
What
(hall
a
man gain
in
gaining the
world, if
hee lofe his
foul
?.
But
further, to
make this mifery
appear
to
bee mi-
fery
indeed,
There
is
required
a
perfe4t
fenfe of
all thefe
evils
:
for
a
man
or
woman
may
bee
in
a
loft condition
is
many are
now,
but
they do
not
underftand
it,
and there
-
fóre
are
not
fenfible
of
it.
But that
foul
that
is
loft
eternally,
the
Lord
thall
fo
far
enlighten its underflanding,
as
may make
it
fenfible
of
all
its evil;
certainly
many this day
are
in
fuch
a
condition,
as
did
they butunderfcand the loft
condition
they
are
in;
is
would make
them
tremble
:
But now, when
the
foul is
e-
ternally loft,
it
than
then
perfefly
underhand
what its loft
condition
is,
and then
the thoughts of
its mind
thall
bee
fo
bufied
about its mifery,
as
that
it
(hall
not
bee able
to
eáfe
its
felf
one moment,but
its
thoughts {hall be bufied about
its
condition,
fo
far
as
may
make
it
miferable; And the
Lord
is
able
to
make a creature
as
fenfible
of mifery
as
hee pleafeth.
For this
is
the
propriety
of God,
to
make
a
creature
as
fenfible
of all the evil
that
is
upon him
as
hee pleafeth; and
if
fo, then
when
all
thefe
evils
come
upon the creature
,
and
the Lord intends
to
make
the
creature fully
fenfible
of It
;
then certainly
it
mull needs
bee
miferable
indeed. Fur
ther,
then
this lofs
of
the foul
confifts
in
this,
That
it
mull
K
k
have