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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25835	The souls worth and danger, or A discourse exciting and directing to the due care of its eternal salvation upon the words of our blessed saviour	Armstrong, John, 1634 or 5-1698.	1677 (1677)	Wing A3708B; ESTC R214882	33,452	78

unexpected news that all he had is lost and gone 5. It will be an incomparable losse What will it profit a man though he gain the whole world and lose his own Soul It will be a great losse for a small matter the losse of that which is most precious for that which is most vile shouldst thou set thy Soul to sail not for a few pence or a lye or a base lust but for a kingdome or a world thou wouldest be such a loser as to be utterly undone by the bargain 6. It will be an irreparable and so an eternal losse If thou losest one eye thou hast another if thou losest one limb thou hast another If thou losest thy goods thou mayst recover them again or if thou losest thy life thou mayst be a gainer by it thou mayst find it again Mat. 16. 25. but if thou losest thy Soul thou hast not another and all is lost with it and nothing left to redeem it Thy Soul once lost is lost for ever and its ruine is most lamentable because irrecoverable If thou missest at death thou missest for ever and for ever there is no aftergame to be play'd but thou must suffer the vengeance of eternal fire If the great work for which thou wert born be not then done thou art undone to all eternity O eternity eternity they that here could never have enough of the world and sin in thee shall have wrath enough and pain enough After a thousand millions of years space their misery shall be never the nearer an end because it shall have none being easless endless remedyless What shall a man give in exchange for his Soul why there is nothing at all he can give in exchange for it the redemption of it is so precious that it ceaseth for ever Oh that the careless world did but believe and consider the word of God and in particular these words of our Saviour surely they would mind their Souls otherwise then now they do Therefore good Reader be intreated not only to suffer others who are or may be intrusted with the care of thy Soul to be very solicitous for the welfare thereof but be thou as careful too thy self resolving as he did who sayd volo servare animam meam I will O God by all means save my Soul Say with thy self and look up unto God for his grace and spirit to enable thee to say it sincerely O Lord I am sensible of the evil of my ways and of my lost condition without thee and therefore with a penitent Soul I flee unto thee trusting in thy mercy and the merits of thy dear Son Jesus Christ I believe him making satisfaction to thy Justice for the sins of the world to be the only Saviour thereof and thereupon with the full consent of my heart I accept him for my Lord-Redeemer to save me henceforth as well from the power as the guilt of my sins I am unfeignedly willing that henceforth he should rule in me and reign over me by his word and spirit I am O God willing to be saved through him in forbearing to my utmost all that evil which thou hast forbidden in using all those ordinances which thou hast instituted in performing all those duties which thou hast commanded and in doing to my utmost all that good which thou hast required And I further resolve by thy grace assisting so to love thee and believe in thee my God and Saviour as henceforth while breath is continued to serve please worship and glorifie thee all that I can and all the ways that I can If thou hast thus resolved heretofore yet do it again and do it often in the course of thy life it cannot set thee back at all in thy gracious estate it may and will much further and quicken thee in thy holy walking Such an earnest care of thy Souls welfare let it be thy principal care because among others it may have these deserved commendations to be holy and easy safe and successeful prudent and profitable 1. It is an holy care making them that have it desirous to be holy in all manner of conversation and godliness 2. 'T is a prudent care being most earnest for that which is most precious and best deserves it He in the parable might be justly commended for his wisdome who cared not so much what became of other things so he might obtain the pearle which was of great price and purchase the field which had a rich treasure hidden therein 3. 'T is a blessed and successeful care Many are at much care and pains for the world but all in vain but here Christ hath made such provision by the covenant of grace that if we sincerely believe in him and endeavour to be in will word and deed what he requires we shall without fail obtain the end of our faith even the salvation of our Souls 4. 'T is a safe and satisfactory care And if thy Soul be first set a right God-ward and heaven-ward if thou art first devoted unto Christ stedfastly purposing to observe his word and will in all things thou mayst in the next place mind that which concerns thy ingenuous education or the works of thy honest calling more seasonably piously and regularly and by far more safely then others can do For who can with such safety and comfort follow those studies or labours which concern the preservation of life or their natural welbeing as they who have first made sure as to the main stake that which concerns their everlasting well-being Others though in the strongest castle or highest dignity are not free from the danger of hell one minute of an hour But such as these God will keep as the apple of the eye and none can take them out of Christs hands S t John 10. 28 29. Deut. 33. 27. Zach. 2. 8. They may say upon good grounds our Souls are safe to eternity our salvation we shall not misse of and other things we shall have too as God seeth best for our spiritual good and his own glory Mat. 6. 33. 5. The care of the Soul is comparatively an easie care 'T is the ready way to provide also for our bodily welfare not only hereafter but for the most part here too Religious temperance is cheap and healthful Exod 23. 25. Ye shall serve the Lord your God and he shall blesse thy bread and thy water and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee We are sure that the body hath no annoyance which we can prevent and for that the most trades are followed with restless care and toyle but certainly the Soul being much more precious deserves the far greater diligence Yet be but at half that pains to do well which others are at who weary themselves in doing evil take but half that care for thy precious Soul which some do about the affairs of the body and thou mayst be most happy for ever 6. And lastly 't is a delightful and profitable care and