236 MAWAAAAWAA4CWWOMA.4,4b , a°3. 3 The Third SERMO N ON The Excellency of the Soul. Matth. 16. 26. For what is a man profited if hie (ball gain the whole world and lofe his own Soul ? or what (hall a man give in exchange for his Soul ? Shall fpeak fomething unto a Jfe that was mentioned the lait day, and that was this; If God hath given unto us fuch precious fouls, Oh then let not us difhonour our{ouls : Difhonour them, Why, how may a man difnonour his foul ? i Why firfi when bee lives idlely, and makes no ufe at all of it, any more than if bee had but the foul of a Brute. Pfa`. i4. S. fpeaking of hion that had not lift up his foul unto vanity,. I remember the. old Larin Arias Montanus turns it , flee that hath rece;ved his foul in vain. And in- deed molt people do receive their fouls from God in vain, or to no purpofe , they make no more ufe of them than the Philcfopher faid of the Swine that had his foul onely as fait to keep the flab from oinking; there is 211 the ufe many men
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