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on

the excellency of

the

Soul.

poifon

in it

,

for

fo

it

bath

;

all

there things in

the

world

being

feparated from

God

,

they are not

only

dirt,

but there

is

poifon

in

them.

Now

then,

thefe

things being

laid

together,

you

fee the

point cleared

,

and all

that doth

remain

it

is

but to binde

up this

in

fe-

veral

Ufes

and Applications;`

If

all thefe things bee

fo

poor

and mean, what

ufe are

wee

to

make

of

all thefe

Me,

ditations

and Confiderations?

U.S

Then

for

Life,

If

there things bee

fo,

in the

firf

.

place

wee

learn, not

to envy at

the profperity

of

ungodly

men

,

whatever

it

be,

let

them

ruffle

it

out

for- a

while

here

in

this world

,

and carry all before them;

let

man

have

his

day here in

this

world, there

is

na

great

carafe

to

envy him,

if

hee bee

going

on

in

Itch

a

way

as

hee

is

like

to

lofe

his

foul;

poor

miferable

wretched creature

that

hee

..

is,

better

ten

thoufand

times:

hee had never been born

:

Poor

people

that

are wicked,

(as

many

are)

they

have

the

curfe

d

God mingled

in

water,

and

rich

men

that

are wicked

,

they

have

the

curfe

of

God like

poifon

in their

Wine

;

now

wee

know,

of the twain, the

poifon will work more

flrong-

ly

in

Wine,

than

in

Water,

and

fo

of

both, certainly

un-,

.

godly

rich

men,

that

have moll

of

the world,

are

the.mofl

.

miferable

creatures, for they have more

to anfwer for

than

others

have,-

and their

elates

are

ufuallyy

fuel for

their

lulls,

and

fo

their condition

is

worfe than

the.

condition

of

any beggar

that

begs his

bread from door

to

door;

And

certainly there

is

no wicked

rich

man

upon the

earth, but

if

fo

bee that'hee

dye

fo, bee

will

hereafter curfe

the

time

that

ever hee

had an eflate , and

wi17a

hee had been

a

beggar,

and gone

begging up

and

down

in_

his

raggs,

for

then

hee had

not

had

fo much

.to

anfwer for

before God.

O

hee

is

not

a

man to

bee envied

at

!

What manis

there

that

would

envy

at

a

malefaetour condemned

tó dye

,

though

bee have

on

brave cloaths

?

would

not

any

'one

of

you-,

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