On the Excsfleney of the Saul. 239 drudges to your bodies , by making them to bee Caters to provide for the body, and to fatisfie the lulls of the flefh ; 1 have Peen (faith Solomon) fervants upon horfes, and Princes Lcc,c _To walking as fervants upon the earth. This was an evil Soiotszc,n thought, but to fee our bate vile bodies to bee fer up , and our fouls to bee brought under, and fervants and (lave; to this body, Oh how vile is it ! If you fhould fee a great Prince to bee made a (lave to fome Scullion -boy, you would account . it a great leaving of his condition , and dithonour put upon him , but while thou makeft thy foul to bee a fl ave to thy body, it is worfe a great deal. Seneca,though hee were but a Heathen , yet bath this notable fpeech, l am greater, and born to greater things, than that 1 (hould bee a drudge to my" body, and theflave of my body : A Heathen thought himfelf too great , and born to greater things than that ever hee fhould bring that foul of bis to bee a drudge and flave to his body. And indeed did wee now our fouls, wee should think fo , and wee fhould never make them drudges to our bodies , meetly to fatisfie the lulls of the fle fh ; and yet how many men and women are loath ro dye,only upon thie ground , becaufe that then they (hail have no more fatis- faaion to the lulls of the fle!h ? Oh what dithonour is there put upon this precious and excellent foul in this ? but much more difhonour when thou inakeft it a drudge and flave to the Devil ? it is an evil to have our fouls to bee (laves to our bodies , but a greater evil to bee a (lave and drudge to the Devil , that the Devil fhould have command of them, and carry them up and down as hee pie fifes. I remember , it is reported of Theodofius and another Em- perour tHat didufe to call themfelves the vaflals of Chritt ; but as for thofe precious fouls now to bee vafhals to the Devil Oh this is too great a dithonour that is put upon them. Fifthly, Again,you dithonour yourfo ills by grudging the time and coil that is fpent upon them; how many men and women think the time is loft that is fpent upon their fouls more immediately ! the y mull indeed lometime.pray , and
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