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on

the Excellency

of

the

soul.

3

53

and

fine

eates,

but

they never have

the

San

-thine of

the

bleffing

of God

upon

any

thing

they have;

yea

that

that they

have in

a

way

of

fin,

they

have

it

with

a

curte of

God

to-

gether

with

it

:

That

that

wicked men

.

feed

upon,

it

is

but

fwill, and

like

Hoggs

-meat

that

is

wraps

up

in the

dirt

;

their

meat

is

filthy

,and

oinking-

it

felf, but when

it

is

wrapt

up

in

dirt,

then

it

is worfe,,

and

fo their:eflares;

the,

Scripture

calls all

in

the

world but

ás

Boggs-

rneat, and

it

is'

wrapt up

in their

fin

, and

the

curfe

of God

is upon

it.

Suppofe

that that

thou

doeil feed

upon had no

curfe

óf God

upon

it,

.

yet

it

is

but

as

a

peece

of

carrion

,

but

now

it

is

wrapt

up

in thy

fin

, and

fo

long

as

thou

goefi on

in

thy fin,

the

curfe

of God

is

upon

it

:

But now, the

good'

of

all

the

things in

the

world

confii

}s

in

this

,

the communication

of

Gods goodnefs towards

mee

in them, and

Chrifis bleffing

of

them to draw

my

heart

nearer

to

God,

and to bee

inflru-

mental

for

mee the

better

to

ferve

God;

but

Oh

hew few

men

do know

wherein the

true

chief good

of

thefe

things

dotk

confia

:

I

have more

of

the

things

of the

world

than

others

have,

I,

but wherein

am

I

morerhappy

?

wherein

?

Oh

!

I

fee

God

letting out of

himfelf

to

me

in the

way

of

his

good

-

nefs,

and hee

gives

mee this

to

do him

more

fervice

than

others

that

are,

poor

;

Oh,

if

thou

couldefl

fay.

thus

,

this

were

a.

fist

of

a

gracious

heart indeed.

A

man

that

lofes

his foul, and gets the

world,

'

hee

pets

dogs

-meat

wraps

up

in

dirt and filth. Oh

poor

price

for

an immortal

foul

.f

Ninthly,

And

then

befides, wee mutt

thew

you

fome-

what

aboutthe

uncertainty of

all thefe things. Charge

thofe

that

are

rich

in

the world,

that

they

truf#

ior

in

ancertami

T

?m.

6.

17.

riches.

The

whole world

is

asit

were upon

a wheel

;

the

Scripture

faith,

that

the

tongue

fets on

fire

the

whole

course

of nature,

it

is

in

the Original,

the

wheel

of

nature;

all thefe things

are

turning

up

and

down,

as

it

were

in

a

wheel; you

have heard of

the

wheel of him

who was a

great

King,and having

overcome

others

fet

them

to

draw his

Charriot,but

he

obferving

of

them

as

they

drew=

hisCharrior,

Yy

rook