Saint Stevens last will and testament A funeral sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…Saint Stevens last will and testament A funerall sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…

And here, I beseech you, ⁿlet me plead to you, and ^oprevail with you, in the behalf of your souls; making that suit, in effect, to you for your souls, that David did sometime to Saul (though in another kind) for his soul: ^pAs thy soul, faith he, hath been precious in my sight, so let my soul be precious in thy sight. So say I to you: As your souls have been precious in Gods sight, in Christs sight; in Gods sight, that ^qsent his Son to save them; in Christs sight, that ^rshed his blood to redeem them: so let them be precious in your own eyes. Be not so unthankful to God, so ungrateful to Christ, so injurious to thy self, as ^sto barter away thy soul for ⟨p. 16⟩such toys and trifles, either of momentany pleasure, or of transitory pelf, as the Flesh, or the World, Satan's Brokers, and he by them, shall tender unto thee, to deceive thee, and bereave thee of ^tso precious a piece. Consider seriously with thy self now before-hand, what a dis-heartening it will be to thee, when thou shalt lye on thy death-bed, to remember how oft thou hast, at such and such times, upon such and such occasions, made sale to Satan of thy soul, which thou shalt desire then to dispose of otherwise. And when any such offer therefore shall be made unto thee, call to mind again what now is told thee, and say to thy self; Oh, with what heart or hope may I hereafter be••eath my soul unto God, if I sell it now away to Satan? ••nd, as thou wouldest be free, to dispose of thy soul, when thou diest, take heed of bartering it away, while thou livest. Imitate thy Saviour; refuse the whole World offered thee, in way of exchange for it: it is a more precious piece then the whole World besides, and