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The

Sixth

SERMON

ON

The

Excellency

of

the

Soul.

Matthew

16.26.

For

what

is

a

nun

profited

if

hee'Ball g4in

the

whole

world,

and

lofe

his

own

foul

?

Any do lofe

their

fouls by

ftarving

of

them

,

that is,

fuch

as

neglea

the

Word,

that

is

the food

of

the foul

,

the

Word of God,

upon

which

the

foul

fhould

feed,

as

the

body Both

upon any food ,

that negle;t

Gods

Ordinances,

that

care

not

to

come

to

the

Word,

either

to feed

upon it privately

or

publick-

ly, that

think

that

there is no

need

of the

Word

:

but

if

they can procure

food for

their

bodies,

and make fhift to

:`et

up

a

living, and

that

that

may fatisfie

the fle(h, there

is all

that they

loòk after;

but for the feeding

of

their

fouls

by

the

Word,

it

is

that

that

is

little

minded

or

regarded

by

thoufands

:

Oh

how

many

that belong

to

this

Congrega-

tion perifh

eternally,

even

that

way,by starving

!

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