an the Excellency of the Soul. 2 69 ful lots, andonelyfavedby that great Saviour that is come into the world. And then thirdly; If the lofs of the foul bee fo dreadful, then it mull needs bee a' dreadful evil for any to have any hand in this lofs, or to bee any furtherance of it Take heed that thou haft no hand at all in fo great an evil '. as this is ; Oh how much better thou hadfl never been born, than to have a hand info great an evil ! wee account chofe mi= ferable creatures, that have a hand in the lofs of King - domes ; to have a hand in the undoing of one foul is a greater mifchief, than to be the carafe of the undoing of a whole Kingdome for their outward eíl:ate : If one filou!d bee the caufe of the ruine of a whole Kingdome for their outward eflate, you would fay that certainly it had been better that that man had never been born Certainly thou that haft a hand in the undoing of any foul, thou wert born 'to do a greater mifchief than fuch a one; if any friend of yours take a count whereby bee undoes himfelf, and when the evil confecntence of his unwife courfes appears, you a"e ready to fay, Bleffed bee God I had -no hand in it. If peo- ple will damn their fouls eternally, take heed you have no hand in it ; and if_any of your children, friends, fervants acquaintance, neighbours, fhould perifl eternally , yet it will bee a great mercy if you have no hand in it : People may have a hand in the lofs of other mens fouls many waies. As by carelefnefs of the föuls of tilde committed to their charge; they may come ,to bee loft by thy carelefnefs; by thy negl'eEl their fouls may perifh; and efpecially it concerns thole that rake the charge of fouls, they had need lóok to it , that thofe do not cry out againfl them in' Hell, that it- was through their neglect that they are here now , and mull lye here for ever? Oh the cry of a foul againfl a man is a dreadful thing ! perhaps the fouls of fome of your chil- dren may bee in Hell, crying out againfl you for the saeg- le& of them, that you regarded them not, you let them pro- pliant Sabbaths, you could hear them fwear, and rebuke L 1 3 them
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