a88 On the Excellency of the Soul. known no more to them than hee bath, fuch a foul would bee loft, and that upon this ground, becaufe that without Faith it mutt bee loft, that is acknowledged by all; hee that beleeves not 'hall bee damned , is condemned already. Now, there cannot bee Faith in a Saviour to fave the foul, but it mutt needs imply that I know what a dangerous con- dition I am in by fin. For there- is.even a contradidtion im- plied in my beleevi -ng in Chrift , as a Saviour , and yet d not convinced of the damnable condition that I am in with- out this Chrift. Secondly, That foul that yet bath not made it to bee its great care, above all outward things in this world, to -fave its felf, that foul, if it fhould now depart from the body; would bee loft.: I fay, if God bath not firft convinc'd thee, and made thee fenfible cf that damnable condition in which thou art in thy felt, and _fecondly , if hee hath not taken off thy heart from the creature, from the things that are here below, and made it to bee the great care of thy foul, for to get it to bee faved, bath not made thee to bee folicitous about the work of Paving of thy foul fudh a foul as this is, I fay, if it fhould now depart, would bee loft, for God doth not fave fouls, but by manife1ting him - felf to them; hee would have all to workout their falvation with fear and trembling. Certainly , though the principle of our falvation bee without us, yet the Lord that made us without our felves, will never fave us without our felves; whofoever God doth fave, hee doth make them felicitous and careful about the work of the falvation of their fouls: Now, if thy confcience tells thee that to this day thy care hath been about many vanities, but as for having thy heart taken up with the faving thy foul, thou kr oweil not what belongs to this; I fay, if God fhould workno more in thee, than hee had; done , if thou fhouldeft now die, thou wouldeft bee loft. Thirdly, That foul to whom the Lord hath not revealed the glory of the myfteries of the Gofpel , that yet bath the Cape! kept hidden from ir, that doth not fee into the glo- nous
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