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On
the
Excellency
of
the
Soul.
3'ï9
is
(hall
bee with
thee,
as
with
them,
that
is,
you
shall
have
as
much
as
they, and there is
all
the good
you
are like
ever
to
have
from
mee;
would
you
not
fee
caufe
to
give
a
dread-
ful skreek,
if
fuch
a
meffage
should come
from
Heaven
to
you
?
what
a
foolifh thing
were
it
for
a
childe
that
bath
a
loving
Father,
and
a
great Inheritance that
hee
expeas from
him,
becaufe bee
fees
a
f
}ranger
that
comes and
fits
at the
Table, and
have
better
provifion
than hee bath,
to
grumble
and
grutch,
becaufe hee
hath not
filch
provilion made for
him every
day?
Oh hee bath no caufe
to
do fo,
for
the
Inhe-
ritance
is
referved
for
him.
God,
hee
is a
rich
Houiholíder,
and
hee
can
give inch things
as
there
are to his
enemies,
as
wee fpeak
of,
but
the
Inheritance
is
ref:
rved
for
thee;
en-
vy
not the
ungodly
in the
enjoyment of the -world,
for
the
truth is,
their
portion
it
is
but
very
little,
it,
is
but
a
poor
pittance
for
an
immortal
foul
to
have, though hee should
have all
the world.
It
is
true,
wee should bee fenfible
of
our
unworthinefs of
the leafl cruet of
any
good
thing
,
yet
though
wee fliould
bee fenfible of our
unworthinefs, yet wee
should not bee fatisfied
+,,
ith:
having all
the world for our
portion.
It
was
a
mot}
admirable
fpeech
of Luther, when
divers
of
the
Princes of
Germany
made
much of him,
bee
began
to
bee afraid
left
bee
fhould
have
his
portion in
thefe
outward things, and here fliould bee
all, hee
breaks
forth
in
this exprellion,
fearing left
.God
should
give him
his
portion here;
I
did,
faith hee,
pro.efl'to
God with
all my
power and flrength
that hee
should
not put
mee off
fo
with
thefe things,
hee would
not
bee
content
with
them;
that
is
the
firft Life;
Little,caufe
to
envy at the men of
the world;
..
for
the
truth is, it
is
but
a
poor
pittance
they have, and they
have
made
a
moil
miferable
bargain
:
If
you
.
fhould
fee
one
that
profeffes
himfelf
tube
à
Merchant, and
bee
fhould
venture
many thoufand pounds, but
bring home
nothing
but
a
fair
painted
bauble for children
to
play with, would
you
envy
it
to
him
?
Jufl
thus
it is
with
the men of the world,
they flatter and pleafe themfelves with
their baubles,
but
their
fouls are
gone in the
mean
timea
.
Secondly,
,