on the Excellency of the Scut men make of their fouls, onely to keep their bodies from finelling, and from corruption. Secondly , Wee dithonour our fouls when wee imploy them about low and mean things unworthy of them , an 1 make them to bee the chief things that wee imploy them about ; It is the mifery of man fo to do , -that I fpake of be- fore , and it is the fin of man fo to do How many men that have fach precious immortal fouls as there are , know no higher good to imploythem about, than to bee it may bee all day or night in fhufiling a pair of Cards, or calling of Dice,: or at Tables ? there is the highellgood that they know how to imploy their fouls about. What a poor mean low thing is this, what a dilhonour to fuch a foul as this.? If fo bee any of you have Servants that are of good breeding; good parentage , that are of ekcellent parts, that have lived long with you, that have skill in your Trade,if you lhould let them to do nothing but pick firms they would account it a great dilhonour put upon them. Truly what do you with there precious immortal fouls of yours that are fo much worth, even more than the world but imploy them in fuch poor things,even to pick f +raves as it were? if a man íhould have pearls, that every one' of them were worth a King- dome, andhee.fhould:know no other tire to make of them than to flop holes in Mud walls, one would think ir, as to bee great folly in him , fo a great dilhonour put upon thofe pearls that are of fo much worth; why your fouls are more worth every one. of them than all the Pearls and King-: domes in the world , and . for you to do nothing ei fe but fpend the ilrength of your fouls about gathering òf a little dirt together here in this world , ir is a great dilhonour to your fouls. Wee have a Rory of Demitiàn, that was a great Empe- rour , and yet hee had fuch a low and mean fpirit , as that tee would Spend the greateil part of his time in catching of Flies. This is recorded of him as an argument of the !owners and meannefs of his fpirit, unworthy a man of fo great a dignity' : Qh .fo our fouls that God bath made G g I , fe 227
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