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on
the Excellency
of
the Soul.
people
that
wee
fee
ready
to
die
that
are
flarved;
if
wee
hear
but of
a
prifoner fiarved, even the poorefi body,
wee
account
it
an inhumane thing
in thofe
that.
knew
it,
and
did not relieve
theirs;
CO
fee
a
beafi -to die b starving,
wee
account
it
a
cruel thing; and
it
can fcarfe
confifi
with the
heart of
a
man to
fee, I fay,
fo
much
as a
dogg
to
perifh
by
way
of
fiarving
:
Now
to
fee
immortal
fouls,
thoufands
of
them to
die and
perifh,
and drop down
to Hell
as
thick
as
may
bee,
and
that
for
want
of
the
food.of
their
fouls,.meer-
ly
for
flawing
it
should
bee an obje&
of
pitty
and
corn
-
miferation.
Now
becaufe wee
are
fenfual, wee are one
-
ly
afl}e
&ed
with
fuch
things
as
concern the
body
immedi-
ately;
but
for
the foul,
how
many
care.
not what
kind of
Minifiry
they
live under
?
Oh
-the curie of God
is
upon
them
!
as
wee read of
in Pfäl iQ6.
r5..
Flee
,gave
them
their
requefis, and
fent
leannefs
into their
fouls
;
hee
gave
them
their requefis,
that
is,
hee
gave them.
Quails
7
hey
lured
in
the
zoilefe
,refs,
and
tempted God in the defert; and
bee
gave them Quails
to
feed upon,
but
Pent
I
eannefs in-.
to their
fouls
; wee
may
apply it
thus, unto thole
that
feek
after.üalhing
elfe
but.
Quails, but that
that
may
feed
the
fle
th
:
Oh the curie of God
-is
upon
their
fouls
!
there
is
leannèfs
there,
and
they,
are
flarved there
even unto
death;,
whereasthole that
do
'but know
what
the
fweetnefs
of.
the
Word
is
to their fouls,
and have fed
upon
the Word,
they
had rather
feed
upon,
brown bread
and water
all"th'eir daies,
i{obee
it'they
mayhave the
.Word,
than
have
the
greateft
delgcaciesinthe
world without the
Word. I
put
this to
your confciences, anfwer
it
as,
in
the
prefence-
of
God;
if
this
should bee
put-to
you, can
you
fay
as
in
Gods
prefence,
that
fees
and
fearches
the hearts of
men, that
upon
the real
fweetnefs and
good your fouls have
found in the
Word,
that.
if
God fhould put
it
to your choice
,
either
to
live with
.
bread and
water,
and have.the
Word,
or
to
live with all
the delicacies in the
world without
the
Word ,
:
you would.
a
thoufand
thoufand times
fooner
chufe
to
live
with
the
Word
with bread and
water,
rather
than
without
the Word
with