a 7 6 on the Excellency of the Soul. Gods mercy, and the like; .and thus "by fuch kind of de1u: lions as chefe are, many folds.: are gulled and deceived by the Devil, and fo pertth for ever. They are like unto Jonas, that was afleep, and awakened in the mtdf} of a dreadful tempett : fo certainly thefe fouls, when they come to know themfelves, and to bee awakened, it wilt bee in the dread- full tempeit of. Gods wrath : As Sampfon , the Philiftìnos are upon thee, when bee lay in Del,lahs bofome; fo there will bee that dreadful noife one day to thefe fouls , the wrath of God, and the curfe of the Law is upon thee, that mull lye upon thee;. Oh the dreadful for row there will bee when the foul !hall fee,' oh I am deluded and gulled ! ma- ny of you are vext extreamly, when you are gulled of any little part of your etlates, but to bee deluded and gulled of your fouls, fo as they mull bee loft for ever, this will- bee extream horrour another day. Fifthly, A fifth way of toting our fouls, is, by felling of them away ; felling of them away, you will fay, what do I mean by that ? It is faid of Alexander the fixth, that was Pope, hee fold his foul to the Devil for the Popedome, there was an exprefs contra& between the Devil and him, that if in fuch a year hee fhould come to bee Pope, the Devil (hould have his foul : But now there is a twofold felling of our fouls to the Devil , betides fuch a kind of contra &, as when the Devil !hall appear in -a bodily (nape, and fo people fell-their fouls to him.. PHI, As firíl, When men feek advantage to themfelves by,any unlawful means, feek the gain of the world, or any profirs or pleafures, by cheating, couzening, wronging, íwearing, or forfwearing; feek I fay to gain any thing in fuch a way; there is fuch a thing that thou wouldeft have, and that thou mayefl have, if thou wilt bey falfe in thy books, in thy reckonings, or forfwear thy felf -for gain, I fay thoudolt as truly fell thy foul for the getting ofthat gain, as ever Conjurer did, that did contra& face to face with the Devil : I would have fuch a gain, why, faith the Devil , ( though thou.do'.l not fee.him) then .thou, mull lye,. thou mua
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