364 0» the Excellency of the Sana. and the poor for a pair of/Noes: That they put fuch a poor price upon righteous men, and upon poor men; as. if God Ihould fay, Know I put a greater price upon my righteous fervants, than all the filver in the world; Oh now ! the complaint may bee againtl many people , that fell their fouls for (liver, yea even for a pair of fhooes, for a trifle, for a toy, for nothing.; not for all th ° world, but for every little pittance; what is that that thou hafi, or art like to have ? why very poor things in comparifon of the world. I remember it is reported of Alcibiades a young Gallant, that Socrates comes in a jeering way unto him for his pride, and brings him a Map of the world, and faith bee to him, Shew mee, I pray thee, where lies thy Land here : Now, if I were to fpeak to Princes and Emperours, yet this Text would fpeak dreadfully to them, that they should venture their fouls for Kingdomes and Empires; but now for you that are never like to have any fuch things, for you to fet your hearts upon fuch trifles, and fo to damn your fouls, what can you get? look upon a Map, and fee what all England is: Europe is but a fourth part of the world that is known, I but then what is England to Europe, and then to all the world ? and then what is one County in England, and one City,or one Houfe? I have a great many Tenements, faith one, in a Parish, but what is all this to the world, and all this world unto Hea- ven , and Heaven and the world unto God ? but now to think that thou art bleffed, becaufe thou haft but a few rot- ten Tenements , Oh what a feduced heart hach deceived thee, that thou cant+ bee fatisfied with fuch things as thefe are ? this one meditation mee thinks might fink into the hearts of thofe that will venture their fouls for every trifle: If ever thy foul bee Paved, God mull fet fuch a price upon ir, that bee mutt give more than a thoufand worlds are worth to fave it, hee muff give no lefs than the blood of his Son ; and can(+ thou think that the infinite God fhould prize thy foul at fuch a high rate, when thou thy felt dolt prize it at fuch a low rate ? If fo bee that a man had loft anv thing of his ellate, and it could not bee redeemed without fame great
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