S6 G el-Cenverfation. __ or any corruptible thing that can redeem you, but the preci- ous blood of jefus Chrif, Oh that blood, that is morepreci- ous than the world, even all the world muff let the redemption of afoul alone for ever, all the Angels in Heaven ifthey would have joyned together to have redeem'd a foul, and would have ventured themfelves to have been deftroyed for ever that they might have redeem'd a foul, it would not have been, they muff all let the redemptionof a foul alone for ever.; the matter then of the redemption of a foul is more than we are aware of, and we could never have come to have known this but by the Gof. pel of jefus (Thrift : The full price of a foul is writ down by the finger of Gods Spirit in the Gofpel ofChrifl, which is only this, The Bloodofthe Son ofGod the Bloodof the Son ofGod. Well then, let our Converfation be as becomes this that is held forth in this Gofpel, that is thus, ManifcRing inyour Con- vcrfation thatyoufit a high price tspcu jourfouls : do not venture your fouls upon nothing ; Oh how unbefeeming is this, that when God fluff let fuch a price upon a foul, as to give for the redemption of it more than ten thoufand thoufand worlds are worth, yet that a man or woman that profeffes themfelves to be Chriftians fhall venture the lofs of their fouls for the get- tingof fixpence or twelvepence, hazard thole immortal Jewels for one or two minutes of fenfual pleafure, to fatïsfie the lulls of the flefh ; what is it elfe, when fuch will lye orcofen for i little while for thick clay ? For theLords fake, do not lay down thy everlafling foul at flake for a little gain, fome for a little credit; art thou a Chriflian ? didll ever reade the Gofpel, man or woman did'ft thou ever hear of Chrifl ? and doll thou know what the death of Chrifi meant ? and wherefore Chrifl came into the world ? mull Heaven and earth be mov'd to provide a way to ranfom fouls ? and doff thou fet them at fo low a rate ? Oh how unbefeeming is this to the Gofpel ? And others pawn away their fouls, when God manifefls what a price he fets upon them, yet will pawn their fouls to the veryDevil. Sueft. Youwill fay, Isany man foWickedas topalkn gray his foul to the Devil ? Alf. Yes, When any manwill venture upon fin, but upon this
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