On the Excellency of the soul. 365 great fummeof mony , If his friends come to know that hee Both not prize what bee bath loft, will any friend bee fo mad as today down five hundred pound to redeem that for his friend which hee knows aforehand that bee doth not prize at twelve pence ? So, canft thou think that that foul of thine that thou prizeft at nothing, that the Infinite God fhould lay down fuch a price CO redeem it? Thirdly, From the confederation of the comparifon of the gain of the world, to the lofs of the foul; It is a Ufe of exhortation, To teach us to anfwer all temptations or to work this upon our hearts, the anfwering of all temptations to any way of fin, To anfwer all with this, you offer mee too little, whatfoever you can offer mee , to draw mee to think well of fin, certainly it is too little, cor it indangers my foul ; the thorow underfanding of this point, and the working of is upon the heart , is a very great help againft whatfoever temptation fhould come to draw thee to fin. Surely, If thefe things bee fo, then this can bee no Argu- ment for mee to neglect any duty that God calls for at my hands, or to venture upon any way that my confciencetells mee is fin Oh but if I do thus, it will indanger my eflate, but if I do fuch a thing I (flail get fo much by it : Certainly there can bee no ftrength in this, if what bath been fpoken out of th's Text bee true. But now when there comes a temptation and prevails over thee, thou dolt deny this Scripture to bee the Word of God, and thou fetteft thy judgement againft the truth of God; but now confider with thy feif which is like to Rand, know, that God will make his Word Rand, bee will make it good, when thou and a thoufand thoufand fuch as thou art 1hall perifh for ever; and therefore, as you that are chapmen, when men offer 'You lets than your ware is worth, you fcarn and contemn them ; fò you fhould do when temptation offers you lefs than your foul is worth. Wee read of Sao!, when hee faw the people following David, faith hee, What can the fon of fefJe do for you ? Ciro hee give yogi Clive-yards and Vine yards, and the like ? So when temptation to lain comes, ask it, what. can y°44
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