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On
the
Excellency of
the
soul.
2Q5
fave
us;;
there
is
;a;
great deal of
evil çómes
from
men
and
woinen ,prefutning
to
drive
co
.ifeq iençes
;`they
think
that
if
this
bee
true, the other
will follow,
and
fo
through
the
weaknefs
of their
undetq
t
dings,
-they Come
to
draw
dan-
EEhcf.
L.
gerous
confequences
from
true
pofition4
é
Why,
wee are
John
S.
5.
d
d
in
fins
by
nature,
and
with
uut
mee'yee can do noshing,
faith Chriít; upon
this
here
is`this
contequence drawn
by
many
ignorant
people
that
pervert the .Word
to
their
own
defiru6}ion,
If
God bee
riot
merciful
-to
them;
therefore
whÿ
f
ould
pray, ór
read, or hear,
or ufe
any
means,
let
us
lay
afide
all
wee can
do
nothing,'
wee
'are
dead in
fins,
and
the like Now
wee are
to
know,
that
though
no-
thing can
bee
done
by
us
(
till God
bring
us
into
a
Rate
of
grace
and
falvation)
that
is
acceptable
fo as
certainly
(hall
bring
us
to
Heaven,
yet
if it
bee -but
that that (hill
ííóp
us
in
the
contrary
way
a
little,
it
is
worth our labour
;
Ifit
be
but
that
that
any way may
tend
towards
the
bringing
of.us
unto
;any
means
that
_may
.do
us
good';
why
it
is
worth
©t
rlaböur,
and all
oúr`pains;
bet
especially
if
wee
confider
this ,
that
though wee
are not
able
to
do
that
that
-hall
fave
us,
yet God
is
pleated often
to
convey
his
strength
to
thole.
hee doth intend.to_
fave,
through
the
ufe of,
thole
means;
rather
at that time
when
they do
improve
their
natural
abi-
lities
than
at
that
time
when
they
fit
idle
and
do
nothing,
and therefore you
;mull
bee
up and
bee
doing.
`
Wee
read
in
the
Gofpel concerning
the
young
min that
I
told
you
came
to
Chrift, and inquired what hee
thould
do
for
eter-
nnal
life, Chriil profeft
xó
him
that
hee was
not
ffr
from
the
Kie:gdome
of Heaven,
hee
was
not
fo
'fit
as
others
;
It
is
true,
if
a
man
abufeS his
doing,
and ?ells
in
his
doing,
that
fets
him
as
far
from the Kingdome
of Heaven,
as
prophane
ones,
and
therefore Publicans
and
Harlots may
enter into
the Kiiigdome
of Heaven,
as
foon
as
Scribes
and
Pharifees
;
But there
may bee many
a
lions
done
by
a
common
afli-
fiance
of Gods
Spirit,
that
`
may`
bring
foie
nearer to the
Kingdorne
of
Heaven
tanotpers
;:aid
the denial of
fuch
a
thing
as
that is,
would
bee:
an
e)(trealn
boldnefs
in
any
;
Q
q
for