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ou
the Excellency
of
the Soul.
getting the
things
of the world ,
however men efleem
of
them.
Secondly,What if
a
man
loth
gain
theworld,but
lofes
his
foul, he
is
never
a
whit the
better
for any
thing in
the
world;
we
fay
fömetimes
in
our
common language,fuch
a
man
is
the
belt man
in
the
Parifh,, and
I
have
the hands of the bell
men
.
in
the
Parifh;
the
truth is, wee mean the
richeft men
in
the.
Parish
:
but
riches and honours
make no
man
one
whir
bet-
Br®r,
"'
ao.
ter than
hee was before
:
The heart of
the wicked
is
little
lrorth.
Let
a
man
have
never
fo
great
an
eltate
,
hee
may
have
fo
many houles
that
are worth
fo
much
,but
hee
is
worth
no more than
bee
was;
as a
great
letter
makes no
more to
the
fenfe of
a
word,
than
a
little letter
Both; fo
great
honours, and
great
places,
make
no more
to the
excellency.:
of
a
man,
than to bee without them; thefe things
in
the
world they have no goodnefs
in them
any
further than
wee
put
goodnefs
upon
them; wee
may
indeed make good
ufe
ofthem,
and
fo
by
our good
ufe_wee
may make our
felves
better
through
Gods
Grace; but
the
poffeffing
of
them
Both.
not
make any
foul
one whit
better than
it
was
before,
they'
make many fouls
worfe;
thoufands
of
fouls grow worfe than
they were
before,by
the enjoyment
of
the world,
but
where
have
you
one
better
?
none can
bee better
by
the
things of
the world,
no,
it mullbee
by fome grace of
God
that
a foul,
grows
better, and
not
by
the things of
the
world
:
I
will
°ive
you
for
this, this
demonftration,
you never finde
in
Scripture
.
(
that I
know
of)
that
ever
any
ehilde
of
God',
was
worfe
for.
afflictions
in
the conclufion,
but
you may
finde,
that
almoft
every
childe
o
God that
was
in
profperi-
ty,.
was
the
worfe for
their
profperity,
there are
very
few to
bee excepted
:
I
confefs
wee
read
not
of Daniel, nor ofNe-
hemiah,
and
I
know
not
any
but
thole two, but
ever
were
.
the
worfe
for.
their
profperity,
but
not
one
worfe for
af-
flidtions, from
Genefis
to
the
Revelation
;
therefore
certainly
there
is
no
fuch
great
matter
in
the
things
of
the
world
;
That
is
a
remarkable place wee have
in
Dan.1.1
.
s
1.
And
îtt
bis.
elate
Jima
flan!.
sip
a
vill.-.perfon,
and
bee
fhall:
obtain
the