1oo ·. IV~y it is to he JPetially noticed. St ate 11. tolilched. Bm if ye would repent indeed, let the fheams . lt:ad you up to the fountain; and mourn over your corrupt • tiatare, as the caufe of all fin, in heart lip, and li fe, Pfa/; ii. 4, )· , Againli t.hu, thee only have ljinned, and done this evil in thy fight .-Beh~ld: I rwaJ Jhapo: in inigui– ~;:, and in )in did my mother to1;ceive me. (4.) ·f::lave a ' Jpecial eye upon it, i.1 your mortification, Gal. V·. 24 . .And' they that are Chrifl's have eruc~fied the fiejh. It is th e root of bittern€fs, tha t mufi be fl:ruck at, which the ax of .mor– tification muft be laid to; t'!fe Wi labour in vain. In vain r1o' men go about to pui ge the firt: ams , while they :ue at no , , vain~ a?out th_e muddy fuuntain : , It i! vain rei!gion to ~t.: tempt to make the life t ruly good, while the cn.nuption of nar~re retains its ;anti~~tlt vigour, an'd the power _of i.t is not [,f-oken. lajllj, Ye are to eye Lt in your daii y,wa :k. He that , would w~ i k aright, muft have one eye upward to J.efus Chri(t; and .another in~ard to toe coatlf.ition of his o'\\'n JJ.ature. It is not e4ougb that we look lii~otrt us, we rntift c:1 lb look wi rhin u,s. Tt~ere the wall is weakeft!; there our greate(i: e~emy lies ; .anJ tl1c:re are gro~llds for d"ily watchiD" and mo.-!rnin,J, ' ' . ~ b b . H L I {hall df..:r (ome rea,f\>D~, why we fuo,uld cfpecially notice th fin of our nature. 1. B~caufe of all fins it i:; the mo!l extenGve and d:ffu-, ftve. it gves throll·gh the whole mao, and fpoil.s all. 01her fi ns mar patticular parts of the image of God; but this cloth at onci deface thi whole. A difeafe_dfetling :.ny par- . t{clllar me.mher of t he body is ill ;· but that whifh 2ff~cts th e:. whole is worff. The corr uption of nature is the po,fon of the old fet pent, eafi into the fount~in of action· : ·and fo in~ 'f.tas every a~tion, e\·ery ,breathing of tlie foul. 2. 1t is t,he caufe of all particular lllfts, and aCl:ual fins_, . in our h~arts and,lives.' It is the fpawn which the greatt L;viathan has left in the fouls.of men ; fromwhence comes all the fry of aCtual uns and abominations. .frlark vij. 2 [. Out ofthe heart ofmanproceedevil tbought.r ,aditlteries, &c. It 'is the bitter fountain : patticular luHs are but rivulets J'Unniog from it; which bring forth into the life, a pari on– lv, aod not the whole of what is within. Now, th~ folln– t~i n is fiill above the fir earm;: 'fo where the water is good', it is beft in the fo~n tain ; wheJe h i~ 'ill, it is worfi there! The
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