/ Tiii Corrttption of the·Wit!. ;' State Ii..t again, Pfal. !xxvii . 34, 36, 37· Tho' a !lone, thrown up , into t he air, may abide .there a little while: yet its natu~ 1al he avinefs will bring it t! ow'n to the earth again : ..and fo tJnt.t:n:: wed · men return to / ,~e 'l/Jcllo~wing: in the mire; be- . cau[e aitbo ' th ey were wafi~ed, yet thei r 4wineifh nature was ·, not- changed. lt !s. hard.to caufe wet wood take fi ~e, hard to make it keQ: p fire: but it is _h a rd ~ r than either of tbefe to .· makt# t h? unrer:cwed will retain atta.iot:dgoodne[l! ; ,\\'hidt L a pl ain ~ v i~r. ce o( the rJatUr;,d b~t .o.f th e w·ill to evil ; E vid. /afi;· . Do the:rai nts ferve d1e Lord now, ss they , wete wont to feivt: fi11 in rheir unconvetted flat~? Very .far J from it, Rom.. vi. 20. · 1 /1en ye '7.JJ,tri thejr:rv,1~~11 ~f)in, .~ c rzwre.free.f1'o7Jt rightcouftefi. Sin got all; and a dmitted r.o panner: bui' now, wh en they are rhe fe rv:;r,ts ofChrilt, . ~~ e th~-Y free fromJ!n? Nay, the.re ardtil l with them fome ; e·eeds of the old man; {hewing that he is but dying in ..them. And hence their hearts often mi fgi ve them, a qd fl ip afide– u~Ho..evil, •whm_. t hey ttvould._ d.JgooJ., Rom. viil. 21. T he,.. I .J;eed to watC·h, and keep their; hear ts with all diligence'; and thei-r · fad -experience teacheth .them, That .be .tha t .,· !J;llflctbrin 'M; .ottvn -heari is afo{)l, ~ Pro v.-. x-x:\liii, 2 6~ Ifit -. be thus in the green tree, how muft it be in the dry ? · FourthfJ, There is a natural contrariety. diretl opp9fit~ • on a.n~Lenmi.ty in the will of num, to God himfelf; and his . ~ holy wiH, Rottt . viii . 7. ? he carnal,mind i-1eNmity againfi ". Cod, for it iJ .·nct;ubjefUo the law ~[Cod, neither inde{Jd can , le . i he will was. once God's deputy in the foul, fet tocom– mana there for him; ~ut nqw.it is fct-up again(t him. If'.' J OU would have the p'et.ure of it,., .in its natur,al,flate, the.-.: ve ry reverfe of the will of God r,p_refents .it. . If the fru-it ' hanging before one's eyes, be but forbidden, that is fl\ffici~ · emt.. to draw the heart afte-r it. Let me in(hmce in the !in of '' . l;r oft:. ne fwear ing and-cuding, to which fome arefo abandon " ed , that t he y take a pride, in .t.hem; belching out horrid . (,,., rhs ar.d curfes. as ifhell op.ened with the opening of their• l~>et1-ths? or Iardir,g their fr~eech e s withcminced oaths~ as ., .faith, hath, fai' dye,bai:dJe,andJul,ili.like: and all this with• - ,. our any man ner of provocation, tho-' -ev~n that wo.uld nor.ex- · c::. fe them. Pray tell me, ( 1.) What profit is&here here ? A . t hief gets fom~thing in his ha.rid for his pains'; a drunkard ' 9et~ a bell v·ftlll_; bm.wllat p.o you. g,~t ~- 0 ~~J er.$ ferv~. the .• 0 , 4 · • devil ;
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