Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…

That is true, It is lawful to be employed in such things, but now, when men and women have such poor and mean employment, and have no higher thoughts but merely to get bread by such employments, and their souls busied all their days about nothing else but those things, this shows the woeful fall of man, and manifests a dreadful fruit of Gods Justice upon the children of men for their sin, Certainly, Man that was made in honour is become like the beast that perisheth in this regard: And when we see the condition of men to be so low, so base and vile as they are, so beneath the excellency of a rational and immortal soul; Oh let us raise our thoughts to the meditation Gods divine Justice, it is a ⟨p. 223⟩fearful fruit of the justice of God upon man for sin; what, is this the creature that hath an immortal soul made by God more worth than ten thousand worlds? that lies scraping from morning to night in a kennel, and hath no other thoughts for any higher excellency, but only if it can get a lump of bread to live by, there is all they have to do, as if they were born for no other end? Oh! think then, is this the creature that hath such an excellent soul? surely sin hath made a great breach between God and man, and hath brought man-kind into a very low and mean condition, and yet worse are those than these that have no other use of their souls than to be drudges to the Devil, and slaves unto their lusts, but of this we shall speak to more afterwards; but now I only mention it, as to give a hint to the meditation of Gods justice upon man for his sin.

That is true, It is lawful to bee imployed in such things, but now, when men and women have such poor and mean imployment, and have no higher thoughts but meerly to get bread by such imployments, and their souls busied all their dayes about nothing else but those things, this shews the woful fall of man, and manifests a dreadful fruit of Gods Justice upon the children of men for their sin, Certainly, Man that was made in honour is become like the beast that perisheth in this regard: And when wee see the condition of men to bee so low, so base and vile as they are, so beneath the excellency of a rational and immortal soul; Oh let us raise our thoughts to the meditation Gods divine Justice, it is a ⟨p. 223⟩fearful fruit of the justice of God upon man for sin; what, is this the creature that hath an immortal soul made by God more worth than ten thousand worlds? that lies scraping from morning to night in a kennel, and hath no other thoughts for any higher excellency, but onely if it can get a lump of bread to live by, there is all they have to do, as if they were born for no other end? Oh! think then, is this the creature that hath such an excellent soul? surely sin hath made a great breach between God and man, and hath brought man-kinde into a very low and mean condition, and yet worse are those than these that have no other use of their souls than to bee drudges to the Devil, and slaves unto their lusts, but of this wee shall speak to more afterwards; but now I onely mention it, as to give a hint to the meditation of Gods justice upon man for his sin.