260 / 1054
26p
ON
the
.Excellency
of
the
sold.
it
If
a
man in
this
world fhould lofe
his
elate,
or any
great
lofs,
hee would have many
to
;piety.
him
:
if
a
man
lofe
by
fire,
then bee
may
obtain
a
gathering, whereby
his
lofs maybee
partly made
up,
or
hee relieved
;
or
if
.
you
lofe
your
children, you
have
your friends
to pitty
you,
and
to
condole with
you
:
But
that
man
that fhall
have
his
foul
loft,
hee shall bee
in
fuch
a
condition ,
as
that
bee fhall
have
none
to
pitty
him.
True , wee
are all loft
by
nature.,
but in
that
our
loft
condition wee have.
God pittying
us, and Chrift
pittying
us, and
the
Angels looking
.
upon
us
with
pitty, and
Saints
pittying
us
;
But hereafter, if loft, none (hall pitty
that
foul in
that condition,
when
its lofs
is
eternal.
God (hall
not
pitty
it,
but then
the bleffed
God fhall
look
upon
it
as
an
objea
of
his
eternal
curfe
:
But no
pitty fhall
hee
have
of
fouls
in
that
their loft condition;
neither
(hall
Je-
fus
Chrill pitty
them:
True,
Jefus Chrift
cane
to
leek
and to fave.thofe that were naturally
loft,but
yee
have done
whit
in,you
lay
to
fruftrate
the
ends
of
Chrift
his
coming:
and
as
Chrill (hail
not
piny
you,
fo
mercy
it
fell
fhall not
pitty you; but
bee
fo
far from pittying
of
you,
as
that
it
snail
plead
again(+
you
And Angels they
fhall
not
pitty
you, becaufe
they fhall
hee
taken up
in blefling
and
prifing
of God
for
his
works,
and righteous judgements upon
you
:
Neither
(hall the
Saints
pitty you,
,though
it
bee
thy
Fa-
ther, out
of
whofe
loins thou çameft
;
or though
it
bee
thy
Mother, out
of
whole
womb
thou
cameo;
yet;they'
fhall.
not pitty thee,,
though thou art
loll,
andl"oft
eternally,
but
11
iall,rejoyce
at it,
and
beefs
God
for
his"júfticeupon
thee::
therefore miferable
is
the
condition
of
a
loft
foul:
The
fourth aggravation
of
a
loft
foul
,
is
this, It
will
prove
unto
mold
that
are
loft,
an unexpet+ed
lofs
:
There
are
very
few
that
have any apprehenfions
of the
lofs
of
their
fouls,
but
they think
they
may go
on
in
fin,
and
yet
do well
enough.;
It
may
bee
thou
heareft
a
ls,dinifler
fpeak
of,
the
lofs
of
the
foul,
.