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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28587	Man's great duty, or, A discourse of the care every man should take to make sure the salvation of his own Soul by Samuel Bold, rector of Styple in Dorsetshire.	Bold, S. (Samuel), 1649-1737.	1693 (1693)	Wing B3481; ESTC R34369	57,671	141

deserve Other things are more thought of and minded than this and the means we think proper to obtain them are more diligently and delightfully used than those God hath directed us to to make the Salvation of our Souls sure But tho we provide our selves other work this remains our Duty our heedlessness and omission is not to be Justified cannot discharge us from our Obligation For What is a Man profited if he shall gain the whole World and lose his own Soul Or what shall a Man give in exchange for his Soul Matt. 16.26 In discoursing of this Doctrin I will observe this plain and easie Method First I will explain the words in which it is Propounded Secondly Mind you of some Reasons why every Man should be so concerned for the Salvation of his Soul Thirdly Take notice of some Inferences which the Point will evidently afford and which may and ought to be improved by us to our great Advantage First I am to explain the terms of the Proposition which may be done by answering these two Questions First What are we to understand by the Salvation of the Soul Secondly What is meant by a Person 's being very much concerned for it First What are we to understand by the Salvation of the Soul The Soul is the most excellent part of Man that part on which the Image of God was at first principally Stamp'd and Imprinted which doth distinguish him from and dignifie him above all the lower parts of the Creation and which renders him capable of Knowing Loving Serving and Enjoying God the Sovereign Good It is an immaterial spiritual Substance which is not like the Body lyable to Corruption and Death but when separated from it doth enter into a State either of such Happiness and Pleasure we cannot at present form an adequate Idea of or of Misery and Torment altogether unconceiveable In which Estate it must continue unalterably to all Eternity The Salvation of the Soul then is its exemption and Freedom as from all the Sins Temptations and Evils unto which Man is obnoxious in this Life so from all the Miseries Curses and Plagues Sin doth expose and make Man lyable to in the next World and its fruition of God and Christ and all that Glory and Blessedness in Heaven God hath prepared for and promised thorough Christ to them who faithfully accept of and comply with the terms he hath propounded in his Word Rom. 6.22 23. Rom. 21.6 7 c. Matt. 25.34 If any one should now enquire why the Salvation of the Soul is so much insisted on when it is most true in it self and certain unto Christians that the Body as well as the Soul will in the next World be in a State of Happiness or Misery for ever Or why People should not rather be minded that it behoves them to take care to provide for the Salvation of their whole Man than thus to be put in mind of and excited to concern themselves for the Salvation of one part of themselves It may be pertinently enough replied That the Soul being the noblest part is ordinarily put for the whole Man So that for a Person to mind the Salvation of his Soul is the same thing with his minding the Salvation of himself Our blessed Saviour speaking of this same matter the Evangelist St. Matthew relates his discourse in these words I or what is a Man profited if he shall gain the whole World and lose his own Soul Or what shall a Man give in Exchange for his Soul Matt. 16.26 St. Luke delivers it thus For what is a Man advantaged if he gain the whole World and lose himself or be cast away Luke 9.25 Besides the Body when the Soul is departed from it doth not presently pass unto a State of Torment or Joy but is laid in the Grave where it remains without any sense of either till the Resurrection whence it must be raised up and fitted for and united to its own Soul to share with in that State to which it was assigned immediately after it was separated from the Body The Soul after its departure from the Body appears before God and is sentenced to a State either of Horror and Torment or of Satisfaction Joy and Pleasure Luke 16.22 23. Luke 23.43 So that the Salvation of the Soul doth note a freedom from Sin Misery and Torment and enjoying a State of eminent Delight and Happiness immediately upon its departure out of this World When the Body shall be again united to the Soul it must partake of the same Happiness with the Soul The Salvation of the Soul implies and comprehends in it the Salvation of the whole Man The happiness or misery of the Body at the Resurrection depends on the happy or wretched Estate the Soul was consigned to at its departure from the Body All that are in the Graves shall hear his Voice and shall come forth they that have done good unto the Resurrection of Life and they that have done evil unto the Resurrection of Damnation Joh. 5.28 29. Dan. 12.2 Secondly What is it for a Person to be very much concerned for the Salvation of his Soul Answ To be firmly perswaded that it is of extraordinary importance to him to have his Salvation well secured to desire ardently that it may be so and to apply his utmost endeavours to make it sure by a due and regularuse of those Means God hath appointed for this purpose He hath a sound knowledge of what the Salvation of his Soul doth mean He often thinks with himself of what consequence and moment it is to him that he should be Saved He frequently considers in what State his Soul is and what he may reasonably concludes would become of it if it were presently to be called away from its earthly Tabernacle He seriously considers what course he ought to take that his Soul may assuredly be saved at last Such kind of thoughts do often occur to him and he is careful to entertain them and prosecute them with seriousness till they produce some good effect What can we think of those who obstinately neglect to meditate on their future State and refuse to consider what a plain and certain tendency the sins and wickednesses in which they allow and indulge themselves have to make them eternally Miserable Who are so very regardless they leave their Souls to all adventures Never seriously thinking of reasoning and expostulating with themselves about these matters I say what can we think of them but that they are dangerously befotted by Satan and their Lusts if not dreadfully forsaken and given over of God in just Judgment to go on Inconsiderately to the Vengeance of the Great Day We must at least conclude they are not much concerned for the salvation of their Souls We should certainly without any difficulty make such a determination in another Case so circumstanced He feedeth on Ashes a deceived Heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his Soul nor say is