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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	soul_n	true_a	7,339	5	5.0618	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26941	The invaluable price of an immortal soul shewing the vanity of most people in taking care for the body, but neglect their duty as to the preservation of their never-dying souls : with advice to secure sinners to examine themselves before it be too late, that when death shall come to separate their souls from their bodies, they may be in a condition to welcome death for that happy change which all prepared Christians will ever rejoyce in : very necessary for all people to read and consider who would willingly be accounted true Christians : with large admonition to prayer as a duty most incumbant upon all who desire to obtain everlasting life through Christ Jesus.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1681 (1681)	Wing B1287; ESTC R25867	7,221	26

THE Invaluable Price OF AN Immortal Soul Shewing the Vanity of most people in taking care for the Body but neglect their Duty as to the preservation of their never-dying SOULS By Mr. Richard Baxter Printed for J Clarke in West-smithfield The Invaluable Price OF AN IMMORTAL SOUL Shewing the Vanity of most People in taking care for the Body but neglect their Duty as to the preservation of their never-dying Souls VVith advice to secure Sinners to examine themselves before it be too late that when Death shall come to separate their Souls from their Bodies they may be in a condition to Welcome Death for that happy Change which all prepared Christians will for ever rejoyce in Very necessary for all People to Read and consider who would Willingly be accounted true Christians With large Admonition to Prayer as a duty most incumbant upon all who desire to obtain everlasting life through Christ Jesus Printed for J. Clark at the Bible and Harp at the Hospital-gate in VVestsmithfield 1681. THE Invaluable Price OF AN Imortal Soul SHEWING The Vanity of most People in takeing care for the Body but neglect their Duty as to the preservation of their never-Dying SOVLS THE Immortality of the Soul is a thing indisputable and the natural proneness of Man to sin is a thing undeniable But the Body which should be as a servant to the Soul is now the more is the pitty taken more care for in one day then the soul in one year How diligent are Men for the preservation of their bodily health by providing for themselves what Delicates the appetite desires while their poor souls are even starved for want of Heavenly Food and ready to faint for want of Divine Cordials if the body be distempered the Physition is run for but the poor Soul which sometimes lyes in a perishing condition shall not find one Dram of Spiritual Comfort to Refresh it self Oh Christians consider how it will be with you at the last Day if you suffer your poor souls to be thus Ship-wrackt consider the price of your souls which cost no less then the precious blood of Iesus Christ to redeem them the riches of the whole world is not worth one soul that now is so little regarded it had better been for those who are so careless of their Souls never to have had any but to have been like a brute Beast that when it Dyes there is an end of him but it is not so with Man for he shall give an Account at the great day of all his worldly transactions the neglecting of his Soul the too great care of his body the starving of the one and the pompering of the other which though they know it must Dye and shall Dye yet will they take more care for it then that which cannot nor shall not dye but live for ever in endless joys or unspeakable torments Besides this great neglect of most Men there are more very great and dangerous defects in and amongst seeming professors who are so secure in their sins that they will confidently affirm That if any go to Heaven they shall be of that number for say they VVe have Lived Honestly we have done no Man wrong we have not Lived Debauched Lives we are not given to any notorious Vice but never consider that they have brought sin enough into the world to Damn them without the great mercy of God who only can preserve and keep us from that Lake of Everlasting Torment provided for those who shall not Dye in the Lord. How few is there that are convinced of Original sin imputed to them and how many that never consider that they with Adam Transgressed by eating the Forbidden Fruit Nay I fear do not so much as busie their Thoughts with any such matter but are satisfied with their morallity and account themselves upright in their dealing and so conclude they are in a fair way for Heaven but alas poor Deceived souls this is not sufficient for you for you will never arrive at that desired Haven of Happiness without a better wind do fill your sails he will fall short of his desires who putteth his trust in his own VVorks or deserts for all the Impieties of Mens wicked lives are nothing in comparison of that venome which lodges in the heart by nature and Man himself hardly sensible thereof Oh wretched state that Man knows not his own heart but hath a Thousand times more sin in him unknown then the greatest self-conceited person in the world can see perfection in himself few there are that are not too strongly and too well opinionated of themselves and some have high esteem of others and will say that such a one is a good natur'd Man he hath no deceit in him he would not wrong a VVorm when alas these Excellencies are nothing in comparison of that Ocean of Sin deformed Corruption which lurks in his heart and cannot be rooted out but by that Heavenly Antidote which alone can expell the Poyson of sin out of our corrupted Hearts carnal Men do not consider that their wilful minds are not nor cannot be subject to the Law of God which is absolutely pure without spot or blemish whilst the best of our actions the supream of our thoughts are vain sinful and Rebellious The Carnal mind thinks of nothing more then to provide for this present Life and hath no reflection upon Eternity nor makes any provision against that severe VVinter which undoubtedly will follow the pleasant Summer of our pleasure and delight but minds only the present things of this Life with the neglect of seeking after eternal happiness would not you account him silly who would exchange Diamonds for Pebbles Gold for Dross or Liberty for a Goal how much more is he then to be accounted witless that minds momentary pleasures before Everlasting Happiness taketh more care for his mortal Body then his immortal Soul and prizes the Riches of this VVorld which have VVings and will flye away before those never-ceasing joys which attend all those who do most faithfully and diligently seek after and earnestly desire to obtain them Carnal minds are slaves to the more ignoble parts of our souls and love that best which is least worth we have such a simpathizing Nature toward sin and momentary pleasure that we do not only endeavour to extenuate the culpableness of the Crimes but rather justifie and Plead for them being so agreeable to our sinful Natures And thus do we VValk dayly more and more in sin till at last we are brought into such a Labyrinth of sin that we cannot find the way out nor can our blinded Consciences tell us our errours of our lives for we conclude all is well with us we do justifie our selves with good opinions of our selves and thus we erroniously deceive our never-dying souls Again Some have a kind of an unwilling willingness to sin and could wish that such and such things were no sins because they are so suitable to their