The Loss of the Soul, Title page – Dedication
THE Loſs of the Soul, THE IRREPARABLE LOSS, Opened and Demonſtrated,
I. By the Excellency of the Soul.
II. The Utter Incompetency of the World to Anſwer it.
III. The Miſery of a Soul Loſt.
IV. The Eternal Sting of that Queſtion, What ſhall a Man give in Exchange for a Lost Soul?
IN A SERMON, ON
MATT. XVI. 26.
What ſhall it profit a Man, if he gain the whole World, and loſe his own Soul; or what ſhall a Man give in exchange for his Soul?
By T. BEVERLEY.
LONDON: Printed for W. Marſhall, at the Bible in Newgate-ſtreet, 1694. Where you may be ſupplied with moſt of Mr. Beverley's, and Dr. Owen's Works.
TO THE Honourable Gentlemen, Supporting the Lords-Day Lecture in the Morning, at Mr. Lobb's Meeting, near Fetter-Lane, London.
THere is no Apology to be made (my very Honoured) for the Confidence of my preſenting this Sermon to you, but the Tranſcendent Weight and Excellency of the Subject; and that wherever this Diſcourſe comes, your giving ſuch Encouragement to the Preaching the Goſpel of Chriſt, on which occaſion this Sermon was Preached, may be ſpoken of by it in Memorial of you, and of my own Grateful Senſe of my participation of your Favour and Good-will therein, who Acknowledg my ſelf most unworthy of any ſuch. I Acknowledg, I have Darkened the Counſels of ſo Great a Truth by Words without Knowledg; But who is ſufficient for it according to its Dignity? The Secrets of this Wiſdom are double to All can be ſaid of it; But if there be any Thing ſpoken with the Evidence of Divine Truth, or in Any Meaſure (through Gracious Aſſiſtance) Worthy of it, or Acceptable to any of the Servants of Christ, or your ſelves in particular; I deſire most Humbly, it may by a proportion of Acceptance, be Transferred to the Doctrine of the Kingdom of Christ, and the Line of Time to it, I have ſo laboured in; yet not I, but the Grace of Christ with me; For, if the Lord hath enabled his unworthiest Servant to ſpeak in this Great Point aright, and according to his Word, and the Divine Reaſon of it, I hope it will hence appear, He hath Enabled me to give Good Heed to what I have ſpoken, and whereof I have Affirm'd, and on what grounds I have ſo Affirm'd concerning the Great Revolution of the Kingdom of Chriſt, ſo near as 1697. and which I cannot but Humbly Look upon, as that Eſpecial Diſpenſation committed to me, and therein I magnify my Office. And ſo I commend All to Divine Influence, and Bleſſing, Preparing by this Diſcourſe for his Kingdom, and Aſſuring it thereby to us; And for all Bleſſings, and most Gracious Preſence of God with you in all your Stations, Action, and Conditions, eſpecially in Heavenly Places, and Things are the moſt unfeigned Supplications of,
Honoured Gentlemen, Your Moſt Humble Servant in that Everlasting Kingdom. T. BEVERLEY.