on the excellency of the Soul, ment ofthoufands of gold and Glver ? Now if the bare ab- fence of the fight of a mans eyes bee fo great an evil, and bee would rather almoft endure any pain, than to have his eyes deprived of the light, then certainly the abfence of God mull: needs bee ä m ft dreadful evil to the foul when the Sun thins in its lultre, how beautiful is it ? and how plea - fant to that it is at midnight, when it is difmal dark ? why what is done ? it is onely the abfence of one Creature, one Creature is here now, and Niles glc iqufly 'upon us, and at midnight the Creature is gone : fo , tvliat a mghtrthange and alteration would there bee in the fóul, if it fhtiuld bee deprived of the prefence of the. Lord ? if the Lord who is infinite in glory bee prefent with the foul, and thine upon it to all eternity, Oh holy glorious wait bex,4 but Gods withdrawing himfelf,' full) and ever!d ttrrrrgl7 froth the foul, Oh what a difmal night of darknefs will there bee 1 and therefore it is a molt dreadful thing for the foul of a man to bee loft in regard of this firft particular regard of the pri- vation of.that good that it is capable of:' z53
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