270 an the Excellency of the Soal. than not, or but very flightly ; you never inffrru&ed them in the wales of God,, and eternal life : you were the caufe of the deftrudion of their fouls, by your wicked example ; they faw their Parents do thus and thus, hate goodnefs and good men; they faw them fcorn at the Word, or negled ir, and contemn ir, and upon that they did fo too, and now they are in Hell for it, and curling the time that ever they were born of fuck Parents : And many fouls , no queflion there are in Hell, curling the time. that ever they came into fuch a wicked family, wherein they faw fo much wickednefs, wherein there was no woríhipping of God; nor no means to come to know God, and upon that they went on fecure- ly in wickednefs, and now are funk down to eternal mife- ry. You may bee the caufe of the deUru&ion of others fouls, by drawing of them to fin ; when you (hall be aaive`' to draw any one to the commiflion of any fin , thou doft what in thee lieft to cart away that precious immortal foul; And have never any of you had a hand in this ? have you ne- ver been inftruments to draw others to fame fin or other ? now if you have, either there that you have tempted are yet alive, or they are dead; if they bee alive , know, that you are bound in confcience to do now to the uttermoft for the good of their fouls ; to make it your great work, if it bee poffible, to do them as much good as ever you did them hurt; for certainly Soul- fatìsfae}ion is required of men, as well as Bodily- fatisfaaion : If you have wronged a man in his eflate any way, although it were feven, twenty years ago, if God :comes to awaken your confciences, it will not Serve your turn to return and repent, that is, to bee very forry that you have done it, and ask God forgivenefs, but before you can have peace , you muf} make fatisfaetion where you have wronged, if God finable you : Now, doth Cod fiand.fo much upon that, that if cue hash but.vronged a man in his of }ate, that all the forrow and repenting in the world will never bring peace of confcience, without rellitution, where there is ability? then certainly, if one. bath wronged .another in his foul, and bath indangered the damnation of that, by draw-
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