on the Excellency of the Soul. 259 Fitt +, Becaufe the body all the time a man doth live in this world, it was the onely or moll immediate int+rument that the foul had to work and to fin by : And certainly God mutt needs hate that body, and curie it, that did be- long to the foul, becaufe it was the onely ü tlrument of the foul to fin by. Secondly, Miferable mull the body alfo bee , becaufe when fuch a loll foul (hall bee united unto the body, the very extremity of the foul mull needs bring mifery upon the Body alfo ; as thus, When Chrill had the apprehenfions of his Fathers wrath and difpleafure in his foul , how did it work upon his body even fo as to caufe even clodders of blood to fall from him ? Now, what caufed this pain in his body, but the terrors of God in his foul ? and if it was fo with Jefus Chrill, that had but fin imputed unto him, then certainly the body of a damned creature mull needs bee in very great and dreadful torment, to which this foul is uni- ted. If a holy man cried out , Thy arrows flickfall in mee and thy hand prefab mee fore, there is no foundnefs in my Pfal. 3s, a.3 flefh, becaufe of thine anger, neither is there any relt in my bones, becaufe of my fin. I fay, if the anger of God caufed this mifery unto Daveds body for his fin , what mifery will that bee when all the faculties of the foul fhall bee filled with the wrath of God to their utmoll capacity ? O then, I fay, what dreadful evil and pain will there bee unto the body united unto fuch a foul ! The fecond aggravation of the lofs of the foal, it is this, That when it comes to bee in this lot+ condition , then it comes to bee in the deadfulleft and moll miferable con- dition that any Creature is in , except the Devils them - felves. The Scripture tells us; it is an evil thing to have riches kept for a mans hart : But O then what an evil is it, and will it bee, for a man to have an immortal foul for his hurt? this is the condition of a loft foul. The third aggravation of the lofs of the foul, is this, It will have none to pitty it, in that its miferable loll condi- tion it is in. K k z If
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