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On the Excelle#cy

of

the

Soul.

314

one foot to

do any

thing,

for

the deliverance

of

your fouls

from

eternal wrath,

without the

work

of God upon

you;

you

had need take heed what

you

do,

that

you

do

not

provoke

this

infinite

God

that

bath

you

under

his

feet, that

you are

able to

do

nothing towards

your

falvation

if

bee withdraw

himfelf from

you.

I

appeal

to

you,

fuppofe you

did

fo

depend

-upon

any

one man in the world,

that

your

life

lay

at

his

mercy, and

if

bee

fhould

but

fpeak

a

word

you

were

a

dead

man

or

wo-

man,

would

you

not

when

you

come

into

his

prefence come

with fear,

left

you

fhould

difpleafe him

?

would

you

fay,

what

do

I care for him

?

let

him bee

pleafed

or

not

plea

-

fed , what

is

that to

men

?

you

would

not

dare

to

do

it

:

Now,

sham

wee

have

lefs

fear,

becaufe

bee with whom wee

'have

to do

is

the

Lord

?

if

wee

hid dependence

upon any

man in the world,

as

wee

have upon

God,

wee would

fear

him

:

Now I

fay,

shall God

have

the lets fear, becaufe

hee

is

a

God

?

bee fhould

have

the

more

fear

;

FcaV

him , faith

Chri(t, that

when

hee

bath

Milled

the

body, can

lik

ewife

¡till

the

foul

;

Teti

I

fay

unto you,

fear

him

;

Chrili

puts

an

I

fav

upon

that;

and

truly, that

foul

begins

to

bee

in

a

way

of

falvation,

that

begins

to

have

the

fear

of

the

great

God

to,

fall

upon him,

Moli people

in the

world

they walk

boldly,

,

and

prefumptuoufly

in

the prefence

of God,

as

if

God

had

nothing

to

do with

there,

and

as

if

they had

nothing to do

with God.

Alas

1

thefe

go

on in

the

wales

of death

and

de-

ftru::tton

:

but

that

foulthat

God

bath

a

purpole

to

fave,

he

begins

to reveal

his

glory to

it,

and

to

Chine

upon

it,

as

bee

did

upon

Saul,

'when

hee

did

Chine

from Heaven in

a

glori-

ous

manner,

andditoot

him

in

his way

when hee

wis

ridng

p4t:unto

Hell and

deftrss

Lion;

bee

cries

to

him,

Pam

hee

that

thp4

hart.

fianelagainli,

!

am

hee

that

thou

perfecuelt ,

thert

Saul falls

down

trembdng,

and faith

,

Lord,

That

rvi't

those

have

mee

ts:44

?

'

as

Said should fay,

Lord,

I

did not

know

thee,

but

I

fee

thee now

ro

bee

a

great and

à

dread-

ful

God, I

fee

that I ate

in thy hands

to

fave or daiiroy,

as

thou:pleafefl;

and therefore Said

comes with

a

trembling

.

Rr

a

heart,