os the Excttlencj of the soul. 215 Now is it pof able to think that a,Man that did fo much fervice for Chrift as ever man did,'s - and that injoyed fo much (weer communion with Jefus Chrift, that fuch aman fhould bee willing to dye ? :Certainly no , but that bee knew that upon tiLdif%tution of .his body, his foul should in;oy further communionwith Jéîus Chrift, than it could do here : It is an immortal fubftance , it runs parallel with eternity; of fuch an excellent nature the foul of min is. And then further, in this appears The excellency of it, that it is the meaftere of all other lj?edeofexcellerrcy. The foul of exccellencqls man is the meafure of all other- kinde of excellencies , as sewed ;n be- thus , look how far any thing may bee fubfervient for_ the ;ng the mea -. good of the foul, fo1ar'that thing bath an excellency in it; lure of all and if it bee nor fubfeiwiei t for the good -of the foul, it rher excell:n- hath no worth andexcetlency in it; as thus, Suppofe, a "es. man have a great elate in. the world , great comings in, Many friends, many places ; now there is fome excellency you will .fay in - there things :. but are thefe fubfervient for the good of thy.foul , that thy foul can ittjoy communion with God fo much the better ? then there things are good to thee ; but if fo bee that diefe things hinder the work Of thy foul , and do not help it forward in the fervice that it is molt capable of, and made for, there is no excellency in there things.. A.nd indeed I know no.-one better fign that a man. cloth underhand the true .worth of his foul than this ; What dorh hee account ro bee the_meafure of the excellency of all the things: of this. world ? Thou wouldef} fain have an ef}ace , and.outward things in abun- dance, as other men have : Why thou fayel} they are the good creatures of God, ï grant it, they are fo but now wherein doff thou think the_ excellency of drefe creatures cloth molt confif ? Certainly if thou. comeft to know the true worth of thy foul, thou wilt fay, God gives mee thefe outwardthings, and blefled bee his. Name ;. by a more large portion of there things am I inabled to do more large fer- vice for God ; my foul is freed from incumbrances in the world,
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