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on
the Excellency
of
the Soul.
Gods
mercy,
and the
like;-and
thus
"by
fuch
kind
of delis-
(ions
as
thefe
are,
many
fdiils.'
are gulled and deceived
by
the
Devil,
and
fo
perifh for ever. They
are like
unto jonar,
that
was afleep, and awakened
in
the
midfl of
a
dreadful
tempefl
:
fo
certainly thefe fouls,
when
they come
to
know
themfelves, and to bee awakened,
it
wilt
bee
in
the dread-
full tempefi
of-
Gods wrath
:
As Sampfon
,
the
Philiflims
are
upon
thee,
when
hee lay in
Deltlahs bofome;
fo
there
will
bee that
dreadful noife one day
to
thefe fouls
,
the
wrath
of
God,: and the
curie of
the
Law
is
upon
thee,
that
muff
lye
.upon thee;. Oh
the dreadful
forrow
there
will bee
when
the
foul
!hall fee,'
oh
I
am
deluded
and gulled
!
ma-
,ny
of
you
are vext extrearnly, when
you are gulled
of
any
little
part
of
your
elutes,
but to
bee
deluded
and gulled
of
your
fouls,
fo
as
they mull
bee loft for
ever,
this
will
bee
extream
horrour
another day.
Fifthly,
A
fifth way
of
lofing our
fouls,
is,
by felling.
of
them
away
;
felling
of them
away,
you
will fay,
what
do
I
mean
by
that
?
It
is
faid of Alexander
the
fixth,
that
was
Pope,
bee fold
his
foul
to the
Devil for
the Popedome,
there
was an exprefs contra&
between
the Devil and
him,
that
if
in
fuch a
year hee
fhould
come
to
bee
Pope,
the
Devil fhould
have
his
foul
:
But
now,
there
is
a
twofold
felling of
our fouls
to
the Devil
,
betides fuch
a
kind of
contra&,
as
when the Devil
fháll
appear
in
-a
bodily fhape,
and
fo
people fell their
fouls
to.him.
Firfl,
As.firfl,
When
men feek advantage
to
themfelves
by,any
unlawful means,
feek
the
gain
of the
world,
or
any
profits
or
pleafüres,
by
cheating,
couzening,
wronging,
fwearing,
or forfwearing; feek
I
fay
to
gain
any
thing
in
fuch
a
way; there
is
fuch
a
thing
that
thou wouldefi
have,
and that thou
mayefi
have,
if
thou
wilt
bee
falfe
in
thy
books,
in
thy
reckonings,
or
forfwear
thy
felf
-for
-
gain,
I
fay thou
doff
as
truly
fell thy
foul
for the
getting ofthat
gain,
as ever Conjurer
did, that,did
contra& face
to
face
with
the
Devil
:
I
would have
fuch a
gain,
why, faith
the Devil
,
though
thou,do'.i
not
fee,
him)
then
thou,
mutt lye,.
thou
muß.