For what shall it profit a man
In the long run, in the issue of things, who by denying Christ,
and his Gospel, may not only save his life for the present, but
procure for himself great riches and wealth:
if he shall gain the whole world;
were that possible to be done, and which the ambitious, worldly
man is desirous of; yet supposing he: had his desire, of what
avail would this be in the upshot of things, should the following
be his case, as it will,
and lose his own soul?
which is immortal and everlasting, when the world, and the glory
of it pass away, and so is of more worth than the whole world.
The world can only be enjoyed for a season, and that with a great
deal of fatigue and trouble; but the soul continues for ever; and
if it is lost and damned, its torment always abides, and the
smoke of it ascends for ever, its worm never dies, and its fire
is never quenched; (See Gill on Matthew
16:26).