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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29156	A sermon preached before the King & Queen, at White-Hall, the 23d day of October, 1692 by Nicholas Brady ...	Brady, Nicholas, 1659-1726.	1692 (1692)	Wing B4175; ESTC R19588	10,770	34

there is between Light and Darkness and from hence it comes that by how much the more our Souls are clogged and incumber'd with them by so much is this Image of God within us impaired and defaced and therefore the Friendship of this World is said to be Enmity with God because every approach which we make to that sets us at a greater distance from him and makes us more unlike him than we were before A resemblance therefore of God being the truest Standard of worth and excellency the Soul of Man which has so large a share of it must be infinitely preferrable to the Things of this World which have no manner of affinity with him But 2dly The Soul of Man is most highly valuable upon the account of its durableness and continuance Every thing that is truly desirable and estimable in itsself receives a great addition of value and esteem from the consideration of its being permanent and lasting but the Soul of Man enjoys this advantage in a most eminent degree Eternity alone can be the measure of its continuance and Time which shall destroy all other things can make no Conquest over this the Body must die and return unto its Earth but over the Soul Death has no dominion that has a being Immortal and Eternal and shall rise like a Phoenix out of the Funeral Pile more lively and vigorous than it was before Then as Time can never put an end to its being so neither can it impair its Powers and Abilities that which can never die can never grow old since every least degree of fading and decaying is a Sign and Symptom of a Final Dissolution The Soul of Man therefore shall not only enjoy a perpetual duration but its Faculties and Operations shall remain in their full vigour and be active and lively to all Eternity But if the reasonable Soul enjoys this advantage in its most absolute Perfection the Things of this World are wholly destitute of so considerable a Recommendation all the Pleasures and Advantages which it can propose are momentary and transient fickle and uncertain feeble and languishing Honour is but a Blast which depends upon the giddy Humors of other People Pleasure is but a Dream which soon passes away Riches make themselves wings that they may be gone from us or if any of these continue some time with us they pall upon our hands grow flatter and more insipid supposing they accompany us to the end of our Lives yet there at least we must take our leave of them and there will be no more remembrance of them within the Land wherein all things are forgotten they are the Companions of this earthly Tabernacle and have their sole dependence upon it and therefore must drop off when that falls away The time of their continuance is seldom a span long but it is most certain that it can be no longer and there is therefore as much difference between the true value of the Soul of Man and the Things of this World as there is between the Days of a Man's Life and the Years of Eternity But 3dly The reasonable Soul is highly valuable upon the account of its self-sufficiency We are taught by right Reason to place our highest esteem upon such Objects as contain within themselves the most considerable Advantages independently from others and without being forced to seek for them abroad But such as this is the Soul of Man it has all within itself that is necessary or expedient to advance its true Interest and Satisfaction It is but directing its Contemplations to a right Object but fixing the Thoughts upon a worthy Entertainment and it is at all times secure of such an Employment as is at once both profitable and delightful If any thing from without does ruffle or discompose it it is but retiring within itself and it is beyond the reach of all outward Inconveniences Nothing can deprive it of a true Satisfaction if it takes care to preserve an unspotted Innocence and it needs not be beholding to any thing but itsself for the most refined Pleasures and the most precious Advantages But how precarious on the other side and how absolutely dependent upon something else to set them off are all the seeming Conveniences of the Things of this World They have nothing real and substantial to recommend them and are therefore forced to court the Senses and debauch them first that by them they may afterwards corrupt the Soul they must flatter the Body and slily insinuate themselves into the favour of that before they expose themselves to the Scrutiny of the Understanding or undergo the Test of a due Examination their value is founded upon Fancy and Opinion and they are obliged for their Welcome and Entertainment rather to the mistaken Conceptions of others than to any real Worth within themselves they cannot at all administer Satisfaction but as Juglers play their Tricks by the confederacy of others if the Senses be out of Humor the World cannot delight us if the Body be indisposed the World cannot divert us nay if the Soul be but otherwise addicted and does not play Booty against itself the Things of this World can contribute nothing to our Delight but it s sweetest Entertainments will be Gall and Bitterness How vastly more considerable then must the Soul of Man be which is always possessed of an independent Satisfaction than the Things of this World which have nothing solid in them and which cannot in the least advance our Enjoyments but by the connivance of those whom they design to impose upon And thus much may suffice to prove that the Soul of Man is much more valuable than the Things of this World as it has a near resemblance of the Divine Nature to which they are directly contrary as its continuance will be to all Eternity whereas they are transitory and soon decaying and as that has a Stock of Happiness within itsself to which they cannot contribute but by the assistance of others I proceed now to the Consideration of my Second General namely 2dly To reflect upon the dismal Consequences of having lost our Souls and how little able the Things of this World are to make any tolerable Amends for so deplorable a Misfortune You have been already told That by losing our Souls the annihilation of our Beings cannot possibly be meant since in that sence they can never be lost by us but it is the precipitating of them into a State of Misery from whence it is impossible ever to redeem them and the utter losing them to all the intents of Happiness and Satisfaction This therefore is the Condition which falls under our present Consideration and for which all the Things of this World are not able to make any tolerable compensation For our better understanding this deplorable Condition I shall consider it 1st In relation to the Advantages of which we are deprived 2dly In respect of the Miseries to which we are exposed 1. Then I shall consider