deserve_v other_o thing_n be_v more_o think_v of_o and_o mind_v than_o this_o and_o the_o mean_n we_o think_v proper_a to_o obtain_v they_o be_v more_o diligent_o and_o delightful_o use_v than_o those_o god_n have_v direct_v we_o to_o to_o make_v the_o salvation_n of_o our_o soul_n sure_a but_o though_o we_o provide_v ourselves_o other_o work_n this_o remain_v our_o duty_n our_o heedlessness_n and_o omission_n be_v not_o to_o be_v justify_v can_v discharge_v we_o from_o our_o obligation_n for_o what_o be_v a_o man_n profit_v if_o he_o shall_v gain_v the_o whole_a world_n and_o lose_v his_o own_o soul_n or_o what_o shall_v a_o man_n give_v in_o exchange_n for_o his_o soul_n matt._n 16.26_o in_o discourse_v of_o this_o doctrine_n i_o will_v observe_v this_o plain_a and_o easy_a method_n first_o i_o will_v explain_v the_o word_n in_o which_o it_o be_v propound_v second_o mind_v you_o of_o some_o reason_n why_o every_o man_n shall_v be_v so_o concern_v for_o the_o salvation_n of_o his_o 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comply_v with_o the_o term_n he_o have_v propound_v in_o his_o word_n rom._n 6.22_o 23._o rom._n 21.6_o 7_o etc._n etc._n matt._n 25.34_o if_o any_o one_o shall_v now_o inquire_v why_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v so_o much_o insist_v on_o when_o it_o be_v most_o true_a in_o itself_o and_o certain_a unto_o christian_n that_o the_o body_n as_o well_o as_o the_o soul_n will_v in_o the_o next_o world_n be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o happiness_n or_o misery_n for_o ever_o or_o why_o people_n shall_v not_o rather_o be_v mind_v that_o it_o behoove_v they_o to_o take_v care_n to_o provide_v for_o the_o salvation_n of_o their_o whole_a man_n than_o thus_o to_o be_v put_v in_o mind_n of_o and_o excite_v to_o concern_v themselves_o for_o the_o salvation_n of_o one_o part_n of_o themselves_o it_o may_v be_v pertinent_o enough_o reply_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o noble_a part_n be_v ordinary_o put_v for_o the_o whole_a man._n so_o that_o for_o a_o person_n to_o mind_n the_o salvation_n 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